Propagator Archive
Propagator Issues in PDF Format
- Fall/Winter
2005: Ultra-Wideband Position
Location Networks,
MPRG Paper
Receives Award,
UWB Ranging for
Unloading Ship Cargo,
Symposium Plans,
Wireless Summer
School Schedule,
MPRG Publications,
Registration Form.
- Spring/Summer 2005: A Software-Defined
UWB Communication System
Testbed,
New Dean of Engr,
Reed Receives
Professorship
CAREER Award to
Study Game Theory,
Defense Dept. Funds
Advanced Military Wireless
Networks Research,
Other Research Awards,
Distributed MIMO for
Wireless Mesh Networks,
Prof. Receives Award
to Build Radio Telescope,
1st Wireless Summer
School Huge Success,
New Affiliate,
2006 Call for Papers.
- Fall/Winter 2004: Wireless Summer
School, MCMS: A Flexible New Instrument for MIMO Research Catalyst/MPRG
Team to Address Critical Homeland Security Issues, New Faculty,
Symposium Schedule, DRT Joins as Affiliate, Cordless Calendar,
Recent Publications
- Spring/Summer 2004:
First Open-Source C++ Implementation of the SCA Released by MPRG,
ICTAS, Woerner Joins WVU, Hou Wins CAREER Award, Single Channel
Direction Finding System, Smart Antenna API Development Effort,
Recent Publications
- Fall/Winter 2003: UWBST 2003; 14th Annual Symposium; Cognitive Radio and Game Theory Research; University Awards; Conference Photos; Formal Verification Of Complex Finite State Systems; Cordless Calendar; Interference Avoidance and Game Theory; Recent Publications; New Research Groups; ECE Dept. News; Symposium Registration
- Spring/Summer 2003: MPRG 13th Annual Wireless Symposium; VT-Space Time Advanced Radio; PRISM Measurement System; Student Awards; BAE Sponsors Software Radio Work; Playing Games with Radios; A Network View of Radio Links; Getting the Jump on Hackers; New Affiliates; Recent Publications; 2003 UWB; Recent Visits; Cordless Calendar; Symposium Registration
- Spring/Summer 2001: 3G Around the World; 11th Symposium Huge Success; MPRG Studies Real Time Network Performance;Tranter Elected Vice-President, Technical Activities,
IEEE Communications Society; Drive Test Measurements for 3G Wireless Networks; A Bit of Wireless History from Bill...; NEW STAFF; New Textbooks; Woerner & Reed Promoted to Full Professor; CDMA Capacity Improvement With an
HTS Receiver Front-End; MPRG Alum Joins Virginia Tech’s ECE Dept.; Former MPRG Student Awarded the 2000 CEMR Young Researcher of the Year Award; Collaborative Research Effort with General Motors; MPRG Hosting Visiting Scholar; Walkie-Talkie Exhibit Under Construction; No Summer Vacations for Faculty; New Affiliate Members
- Winter 2000: Bluetooth: Part 3, Farewell to a Wireless Pioneer, Recent Publications, History of MPRG, Congratulations, Transmit Diversity at the Handset, New Students, Power Amplifier Non-Linearity Compensation, Cordless Calendar, 11th Symposium Plans
- Fall 2000: Bluetooth: Part 2, Lucent donation, Resources of MPRG, Mishra joins MPRG, Recent visits, Smart antennas at handsets, MPRG alumni accept professorships, Space-Time coding and MIMO channels, Recent publications
- Spring/Summer 2000: 10th Symposium, Raytheon-DARPA Project, new director, bluetooth: technical overview, resourse allocation in TDMA systems, associated faculty member receives presidential award, recent visits, MPRG contribution to IEEE 802.16 task group, recent publications
- Winter 1999: signal extraction, MPRGers tour Asia, wireless communications and channel sounding, new approach to soft radio, student news, recent publications, wireless LAN deployment, MPRG impacts 3G Bluetooth, RF Rapid Prototyping Facility, recent visits, software-based receiver, radio club banquet, site-specific propagation using ray tracing, spatial channel sounder, low power FM debate
- Summer/Fall 1999: 9th Symposium held, Tech receives $1M wireless grant, prize paper award, space-time codes, international collaboration, IMT 2000 research, student news, recent visits, multipath, measurements, & robots, study abroad, call for papers, recent publications
- Winter 1998: 9th Symposium plans, application of angle-of-arrival models, faculty news, student news, if you build it, they will come, recent visits, RF channel characterization, evolution of WPC - part 2, VT to upgrade state's public safety network, MPRG down & dirty, WLAN, new program on software radios, recent MPRG publications
- Spring 1999: exploiting a new dimension - space, student news, recent visits, new international collaborative research initiative, MPRG researchers help rescue emergency wireless callers, recent publications, video quality prediction based on physical layer parameters, 1999 Symposium schedule
Propagator Issues in HTML Format
- Summer 1998: MPRG accomplishes goals at CTIA’s Wireless’98, MPRG spinoff company, MPRG channel sounding reaches new heights, brief biography of Claude Shannon, MPRG students semi-final winners in TI DSP challenge, internship or summer at school?, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) - part I, recent MPRG publications
- Spring 1998: 8th Symposium plans, Al Gross donates extensive archives to MPRG, MPRG Alumni Association, MPRG featured on Brazilian TV show "Scientia", Virginia Tech and Dresden University of Technology share lectures, vector channel models for antenna array systems, hand-held smart antennas, Aatique defends M.S. thesis on position location for CDMA, new software radio course, recent MPRG publications
- Winter 1997: undergraduate interest in wireless running strong, pilot channel scanning receiver for IS-95A and J-STD-008 systems, Professor Desmond Taylor visits MPRG, Wireless '98, wideband, narrowband, impulse noise model indoor channel modeling tool, MPRG wins prize paper at AMTA, recent visits, free version of SIRCIM Plus 2.0, recent MPRG publications
- Fall 1997: 7th Symposium a huge success, Glenayre and PCIA provide Virginia Tech scholarships, Prentice Hall launches new book series, SMT Plus includes real time measurements, Prentice Hall and MPRG team on EDAPS development, new Software Radio with Reconfigurable Computing DARPA grant, NII band and wireless internet, MPRG & Purdue University collaborate, VLSI design for a CDMA system, MPRG visits Brazil, Hughes Research Labs hosts MPRG, high-data-rate communications into the home, recent visits, recent MPRG publications, Site Modeling Tool (SMT)
- Summer 1997: Wireless '97, radio channel sounding developments, handoff in cellular systems, student accomplishments, recent visits, recent MPRG publications
- Spring 1997: Tranter named director of IEEE journals, ray tracing: new frontiers in propagation prediction, student accomplishments, turbo codes, multi-sensor array at Virginia Tech, recent visits, recent MPRG publications
- Fall/Winter 1996: SMT Plus, 1996 Symposium a success, impulse noise modeling tool unveiled, MPRG faculty "on the road", Texas Instruments donation, Professor Darwish from Cairo University visiting, Buehrer completes dissertation on interference cancellation, student accomplishments, GloMo Program, PCS for rural locations, hearability measurements for cellular geolocation, short courses available, recent visits, recent MPRG publications
- Spring/Summer 1996: 6th Virginia Tech Symposium on Personal Communications; New Project examines Vehicle Location using Cellular Signals; Wireless Textbook Takes Off; VT Custom ICS for High-Performance Wireless; Issues Facing Software Receiver Design; Researchers set out to Miniaturize MPRG Sliding Correlator Channel Sounder; Student Profiles; Student Accomplishments; Affiliate Profile – GTE MOBILNET, INC.; Hughes Electronics Corporation and Ericsson join MPRG Affiliates; MPRG’s BERSIM to be Upgraded; Indoor Wireless System Planning and Simulation; Recent MPRG Publications; Wireless Party Line; Recent Visits; New Staff; Cordless Calendar
- Fall/Winter 1995: NSF Curriculum Award, new sponsored projects, Texas Instruments, modem development lab gaining momentum, Liberti defends Ph.D.
- Spring/Summer 1995: 1995 Symposium on Wireless Personal Communications Promises Excitement; MPRG Receives New Awards; Student Profiles; Recent Graduates; New Staff; MPRG Hosts First SISP Workshop; Cellular/PCS Class Enjoys Record Enrollment; Virginia Tech Method for Educating Wireless Engineers; The Adaptive Antenna Testbed; MPRG Affiliate Profile - Grayson Electronics; Recent MPRG Publications; Recent Visits; New Cellular/PCS At-Home Learning Program Unveiled by IEEE; Cordless Calendar
- Spring/Summer 1994:
4th Virginia Tech Symposium on Personal Communications; Dreams do Come True!; Student Activities; New Staff; Indoor Cellular Systems focus of MPRG research; Basketball Madness in MPRG; Business research on Wireless Communications - an Expending Component of the CWT; CWT starts Wideband Array project; Autonomous Guided Vehicle (AGV); Congressman to hold Wireless Symposium at Virginia Tech; Woerner assumes MPRG Directorship; SIRCIM tops 100; Cordless Calendar; Wireless Party Line; recent MPRG visitors; recent MPRG publications;
- Fall/Winter 1994:
MPRG develops independent learning program for IEEE; new journals provide outlet for research/tutorials; Symposium Highlights; Student profiles; Student news; Recent hires; Staff profiles; GPS - The Global Positioning System; National Semiconductor joins MPRG affiliates program; Virginia Tech's SMART Road: A Test Bed for IVHS; Corporate profile; Intellectual Property disclosures; Recent visits; Cordless Calendar; Wireless Party Line; recent MPRG publications;
- Spring/Summer 1993: Virginia Tech's 2nd Symposium on profits, R&D, and U.S. competiveness focuses on new communications technology; Frank First MPRG Business Administrator; Student Activities; Pendyala receives Paul E. Torgerson Graduate Research Excellence Award; MPRG student interns at Motorola; MPRG student Co-Op's with BNR; Third Annual Wireless Symposium at Virginia Tech, June 9-11, 1993; students investigate potential health risks associated with E.M. fields; Newhall receives RCA Scholarship; Prize Paper awarded to MPRG researchers; Walkie Talkie pioneer visits Tech; MPRG explores intelligent highways; IEEE CVTS Student Chapter continues to expand; recent MPRG publications
- Fall/Winter 1993:
Virginia Center for Innovative Technology opens Center for Wireless Telecommunications; MPRG to design Advanced Wireless Modem; record attendance at the 1993 Virginia Tech Symposium on Wireless Personal Communications; MPRG Advisory Board meets; MCI, US WEST join MPRG Affiliates Program; Grayson Electronics opens wireless R&D center in Blacksburg; MPRG attends Vehicular Technology Conference '93; Student Activities; My Summer Vacation; Student Co-Op with MITRE Corporation; AT&T donates DSP system; enhancements to computing facilities at MPRG; Virginia Tech SUN User's Group; recent MPRG graduates; MPRG hires additonal staff; Wireless Party Line; recent MPRG visitors; Cordless Calendar; recent MPRG publications
