WTEC Panel Report on

Wireless Technologies and Information Networks

Anthony Ephremides, Chair
Tatsuo Itoh, Vice Chair
Raymond Pickholtz, Vice Chair
Magdy Iskander
Linda Katehi
Ramesh Rao
Wayne Stark
Jack Winters

July 2000

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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WTEC Staff
Disclaimer
Abstract
Acknowlegement
List of Figures
List of Tables

Executive Summary

1. Introduction

Anthony Ephremides

• Introduction
• Approach

2. Coding, Modulation, and Multiple-Access

Wayne Stark

• Overview
• Background
• Coding and Modulation
• Multiple-Access Techniques
• Comparative Analysis
• Conclusions
• References

3. Switching and Routing in Wireless Networking

Raymond L. Pickholtz

• Preface
• Introduction
• Broadband and Internet Access
• Concluding Remarks
• Acknowledgment

4. Channel Characterization and Propagation Models for Wireless Communication Systems

Magdy F. Iskande

• Introduction
• Propagation Models for Urban Environment
• Key Research Issues
• References

5. Hardware for RF Front-End of Wireless Communication

Tatsuo Itoh, Linda Kateh

• Introduction
• CMOS Technologies and Silicon Bipolar Transistors
• III-V Devices and Circuits
• SiGe Devices and Circuits
• GaN Devices and Circuits
• Millimeter-wave CPW MMIC
• High Q Components and Filters
• Packaging and Integration
• Amplifiers
• Antennas
• Concluding Remarks
• Technology Assessment

6. Smart Antennas

Jack H. Winters

• Introduction
• Smart Antenna Description
• Future Wireless System Requirements
• Smart Antenna Advantages
• Use Of Smart Antennas
• Key Research Issues
• Concluding Remarks
• Technology Assessment

7. Holistic Design of Wireless Systems

Ramesh Rao

• Introduction
• Software Radios
• Power and Energy Management
• Integrated Approaches to Wireless System Design
• Summary
• Reference

APPENDICES

A. Professional Experience of Panelists

B. Professional Experience of Other Team Members

C. Site Reports--Europe

• Alcatel
• Centro Studi E Laboratori Telecomunicazioni (CSELT)
• Daimler-Chrysler Research Center, Ulm
• Ericsson Radio Systems AB
• Filtronic PLC
• GMD FOKUS
• German National Research Center for Information Technologies (GMD)
• IBM Zurich Laboratory
• Institute of Mobile and Satellite Communication Techniques (IMST)
• Nokia
• Philips Research Laboratories

D. Site Reports--Japan

• Advanced Telecommunications Research-International (ATR-I)
• Fujitsu Laboratories
• KDD Research and Development Laboratories
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
• Matsushita Research Institute Tokyo (MRIT)
• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Murata Manufacturing Company
• NEC C&C Media Research Laboratories
• NEC Tsukuba Research Laboratories
• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT)
• NTT DoCoMo, Wireless Laboratories
• Tohoku University
• Toshiba Corporation
• Yokosuka Research Park (YRP)

E. Glossary

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