The next wave in wireless technology: challenges and solutions

Andrea Goldsmith
Stanford University

Monday, April 27, 2009 at 4:00pm
Engr IV Room 54-134

Abstract
The demand for wireless communications has enjoyed exponential growth worldwide for decades, and looks to continue unabated into the foreseeable future. To meet these demands, the next generation of high-performance wireless networks must support a significant increase in data rates, better coverage, greater spectral efficiency, and higher reliability. In addition, applications such as sensor networks, smart structures, and bioengineering need extreme energy efficiency as well as new wireless networking paradigms. Overcoming these technical challenges will require significant breakthroughs in wireless component and system design, as well as cross-layer optimization between applications and their underlying networks. This talk will describe these design challenges along with recent innovations in wireless technology that may provide the solutions.