ECE 8708 Fall 2025: Wireless Communication

Blackboard site

Note: To keep things organized, most materials are posted on Blackboard.

Interesting papers

Tao, Z., Wang, H., Feng, H. et al. Ultrabroadband on-chip photonics for full-spectrum wireless communications. Nature 645, 80–87 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09451-8

Theodore S. Rappaport, Todd E. Humphreys, Shuai Nie, "Spectrum Opportunities for the Wireless Future: From Direct-to-Device Satellite Applications to 6G Cellular"

Nurullah Sevim, Mostafa Ibrahim, Sabit Ekin, Theodore S. Rappaport, "Theoretical Foundations of Waste Factor and Waste Figure with Applications to Fixed Wireless Access and Relay Systems"

Ahmad Bazzi, Roberto Bomfin, Marco Mezzavilla, Sundeep Rangan, Theodore Rappaport, Marwa Chafii, "Upper Mid-Band Spectrum for 6G: Vision, Opportunity and Challenges

Josep M. Jornet, Vitaly Petrov, Hua Wang, Zoya Popovic, Dipankar Shakya, Jose V. Siles, Theodore S. Rappaport, "The Evolution of Applications, Hardware Design, and Channel Modeling for Terahertz (THz) Band Communications and Sensing: Ready for 6G?

Mayur V. Katwe, Aryan Kaushik, Keshav Singh, Marco Di Renzo, Shu Sun, Doohwan Lee, Ana G. Armada, Yonina C. Eldar, Octavia A. Dobre, Theodore S. Rappaport, "CmWave and Sub-THz: Key Radio Enablers and Complementary Spectrum for 6G"

Theodore S. Rappaport, Yunchou Xing, Ojas Kanhere, Shihao Ju, Arjuna Madanayake, Soumyajit Mandal, "Wireless Communications and Applications Above 100 GHz: Opportunities and Challenges for 6G and Beyond," in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 78729-78757, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2921522

Assignments

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Homework 3

Homework 4

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Homework 6

Paper Presentation

During the last regular meeting of the term (i.e., just before finals week) students will make an approximately 20 minute presentation on a research paper of their choice, subject to approval by Dr. Burnett. Details discussed in class.