Microwave Journal: Interview with Prof. Theodore (Ted) Rappaport of NYU WIRELESS

Verizon deployed mmWave fixed wireless access service late last year in Sacramento (CA) as one of their pilot cities. Recently, Earl Lum surveyed the location of most of the access points and determined their coverage would be marginal and thus results were probably not that great due to the location of many of them – …

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WIRED: Trump Shouldn’t Plan to Tweet From a 6G Phone Anytime Soon

It’s been a big week for 5G, the next generation of wireless networks. Samsung announced its first 5G capable phone, the S10, on Wednesday. Qualcomm announced a new 5G modem on Tuesday. But President Trump is aiming higher. “I want 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible,” Trump wrote …

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Circuits: Terahertz (THz) and Beyond

Circuits; Terahertz (THz) and Beyond features the most innovative and active researchers who are pushing the limits of electrical engineering. Over the Fall of 2018, eight pioneering circuit designers will explain how they are exploring the outer limits of engineering capabilities, as they forge new ground and develop new knowledge that had led to new devices …

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Theodore S. Rappaport Elected as National Academy of Inventors Fellow

Theodore S. Rappaport, an NYU professor and founding director of the research center NYU WIRELESS, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). His pioneering work in radio wave propagation for cellular and personal communications, wireless communication system design, and broadband wireless communications circuits and systems at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies (30 to 300 …

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5G Wireless Is Coming! OK, What Exactly Does That Mean?

You’ve probably heard some of the hype: if you thought 4G wireless was great, you won’t believe 5G. In fact, the next generation of cell-phone service is already being launched in several U.S. cities. But how does it work? What makes it faster, better, and more efficient than what we’ve got now? And is there a wireless world …

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Largest In-Kind Equipment Gift to NYU Tandon Helps Propel NYU WIRELESS Beyond 5G Telecommunications

As the industry begins to look beyond the fifth generation of wireless communications, or 5G, NYU WIRELESS announced that Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has made a donation that will further the research center’s exploration of millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) electromagnetic spectra for ultra-fast and high-capacity data transmission as well as revolutionary applications in medicine, optics, computing, …

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