Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
Established in 1985, the Center for Wireless Information Network Studies (CWINS)[1], Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, is a renown [2] compact wireless research laboratory with a successful history of research alliances with other industrial and academic groups. The center has performed research for government agencies and the world-leading organizations in the wireless industry. The core competence of the center is in cyberspace application development based on RF multipath propagation characteristics of the indoor radio channel. The center has contributed to several textbooks[3], has organized pioneering conferences[4], and publishes a periodical journal[5].
Early history to present time[edit]
Established by Professor Kaveh Pahlavan in 1985, the wireless indoor networking research program at WPI, was the first one of its kind in the World. In 1986, the center was awarded the first NSF grant in wireless indoor networking to start pioneering work on channel modeling, transmission and multiple access methods for wireless local area networks, commercially known as Wi-Fi. In 1991, the center organized the first of the IEEE Workshops on Wireless LANs, Worcester, Massachusetts [6]. In 1992, the center organized the Third IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radion Communications PIMRC in Boston, which was the milestone in transferring this local symposium to a major yearly international event. In 1994, the center initiated the International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, the first journal in this field[7]. In 1995, Prof. Pahlavan and Dr. Levesque published "Wireless Information Networks", published by John Wiley and Sons,[8], as the first graduate level textbook in wireless networks. During 1996–98, the Wireless LAN Research Laboratory was formed under CWINS to serve as an industrial research alliance in answer to the growing interest in wireless LAN technology. In 2002 Prof. Pahlavan and Prof. Krishnamurthy of the University of Pittsburgh (a former PhD graduate of the Center) published, "Principles of Wireless Networks - A Unified Approach", published by Prentice Hall[9]. In 1997, the center expanded the scope of research to perform pioneering research for indoor and short-range indoor geolocation applications for the Small Unit Operation Situation Awareness System program under DARPA[10]. In 2009, began a research program on Body Area Networks under a grant from NIST to expand it research into RF positioning inside the human body[11].
Collaborations with Finland[edit]
In 1997, the center initiated a long-term active collaboration with the University of Oulu, Nokia, and several other leading wireless companies in Finland. In 1999, Prof. Pahlavan was the first non-native of Finland to receive the Nokia fellowship. In 2000, he was the first scholar to receive the Fulbright Nokia fellowship. In 2003 Prof. Pahlavan was co-chair of the International Workshop on Ultra Wideband Systems, Oulu, Finland and in 2004 he served as co-chair of the International Workshop on Wireless Adhoc Networks, also in Oulu, Finland. In 2005, he served as General Chairman of the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Adhoc Sensor Systems, Washington, D.C.
Other industry cooperation[edit]
Numerous organizations have cooperated with CWINS in sponsoring research and development projects, educating their staff, and corporate consulting. These organizations include National Science Foundation, DARPA, DEC, NYNEX, Apple Computer, Alta Group of Cadence (formerly COMDISCO software), WINDATA, Motorola, GTE Laboratories, Raytheon Company, BBN, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia Mobile Phone, Aironet, Telxon, Cushcraft, Harris Semiconductors, Persoft, Mercury Computers, Texas Instruments, Sierra Communication, Azimuth Systems, Brix Networks, Draper Laboratory, Innovative Wireless Technologies, Skyhook Wireless.
Information Exchange[edit]
For over three decades, by publishing numerous research articles[12], an international periodical journal[13], organizing several pioneering workshops and participating in organizing yearly international conferences[14], the center has contributed significantly to information exchange among important sectors of the wireless industry.
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References[edit]
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- ↑ "Center for wireless information networks".
- ↑ "Workshop at Center for wireless information networks".
- ↑ "International Journal of Wireless Information Networks".
- ↑ "The First IEEE Workshop on Wireless LANS - CWINS/WPI".
- ↑ "International Journal of Wireless Information Networks".
- ↑ Pahlavan, K. and Levesque, A. H., 1995. Wireless Information Networks, John Wiley and Sons, New York.
- ↑ Pahlavan, K. and Krishnamurthy, P., 2002. Principles of wireless networks: A unified approach. Prentice Hall PTR.
- ↑ Pahlavan, K., Geng, Y., Cave, D.R., Bao, G., Mi, L., Agu, E., Karellas, A., Sayrafian, K. and Tarokh, V., 2015. A novel cyber physical system for 3-D imaging of the small intestine in vivo. IEEE Access, 3, pp.2730-2742.
- ↑ Pahlavan, K., Geng, Y., Cave, D.R., Bao, G., Mi, L., Agu, E., Karellas, A., Sayrafian, K. and Tarokh, V., 2015. A novel cyber physical system for 3-D imaging of the small intestine in vivo. IEEE Access, 3, pp.2730-2742.
- ↑ "Publication".
- ↑ "International Journal of Wireless Information Networks".
- ↑ "Workshop at Center for wireless information networks".
