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A QoE-Based Method for Quantifying and Comparing LTE Coverage

March 11, 2025
Author(s)
Wesley Garey, Yishen Sun, Richard Rouil
To determine the coverage of an LTE system, measurements such as the Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ), and Signal to Interfer-ence and Noise Ratio (SINR) are often used. However, RSRP and RSRQ are only

Time transfer performance of Broadcast Positioning System (BPS)

January 28, 2025
Author(s)
Tariq Mondal, Jeffrey Sherman, David Howe
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is the most prevalent Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) that provides Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT). GNSS vulnerability is well-known, and the search continues to find another independent system that can

Algorithm-Supervised Millimeter Wave Indoor Localization using Tiny Neural Networks

January 17, 2025
Author(s)
Anish Shastri, Steve Blandino, Camillo Gentile, Chiehping Lai, Paolo Casari
The quasi-optical propagation of mmw signals has been instrumental in designing high-accuracy localization algorithms. These algorithms either exploit the geometric properties of the mmw signals or are based on an environment's radio footprints, leading to

Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapor as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers

September 16, 2024
Author(s)
Noah Schlossberger, Samuel Berweger, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Andrew Rotunno, Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse, Matthew Simons, Abrar Sheikh, Eric Norrgard, Stephen Eckel, Christopher Holloway
Rydberg states of alkali atoms are highly sensitive to electric fields because their electron wavefunction has a large spatial extent, leading to large polarizabilities for static fields and large transition dipole moments for time-varying fields. Over the

Mapping Industrial Wireless Deployments onto Individual Use Cases

August 27, 2024
Author(s)
Mohamed Hany, Rick Candell
Industrial wireless is crucial for the vision of increased intelligence in industrial automation and enhanced connectivity in various industrial scenarios. Although general requirements are usually defined for deploying industrial wireless networks in

An Industrial Private 5G Testbed for Networked Automation Systems

August 22, 2024
Author(s)
Jing Geng, Mohamed Hany, Rick Candell
Interest in integrating wireless communication capabilities into industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) has surged recently. Driven by advantages like ease of deployment, reduced maintenance costs, and asset mobility, CPSs now employ wireless

Latency-Sensitive Networked Control Using 802.11ax OFDMA Triggering

August 22, 2024
Author(s)
Karl Montgomery, Mohamed Hany, Rick Candell
Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) is a feature implemented in IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) that aims to improve performance by sending packets simultaneously to multiple users. This paper highlights performance issues when using OFDMA with a

5G NR and LTE Downlink Coexistence Measurements Using Software-Defined Radios

August 20, 2024
Author(s)
Nadia Yoza Mitsuishi, Yao Ma, Jason Coder
With the rapid deployment of 5G New Radio (NR) in the sub-6 GHz frequency bands, cellular operators need to accommodate this new technology within the limited spectrum licensed to them, mostly occupied by 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE). This poses the

A Simulation Study of mmWave 5G-enabled Medical Extended Reality (MXR)

August 12, 2024
Author(s)
Tanguy Ropitault, Yongkang Liu, Richard Rouil, Mohamad Omar Al Kalaa
Medical extended reality (MXR) offers innovative healthcare delivery in a variety of clinical contexts. 5G-enabled MXR refers to the use of 5G connectivity to enable MXR functions by connecting multiple MXR device components, servers, and collaborators

Characterizing the Broadband RF Permittivity of 3D-Integrated Layers in a Glass Wafer Stack from 100 MHz to 30 GHz

July 30, 2024
Author(s)
Jacob Pawlik, Tomasz Karpisz, Nicholas Derimow, Sarah Evans, Jim Booth, Nate Orloff, Chris Long, Angela Stelson
We present a method for accurately determining the permittivity of dielectric materials in 3D integrated structures at broadband RF frequencies. With applications of microwave and millimeter-wave electronics on the rise, reliable methods for measuring the

Multi-frequency Antenna Metrology with Sparse Measurements

July 10, 2024
Author(s)
Marc Valdez, Angela Folz, Michael Wakin, Joshua Gordon
We examine different approaches for compressive sensing in broadband antenna radiation pattern measurements, a common tool in antenna metrology. We focus on spherical near-field measurements and seek improved reductions in the needed number of measurements

Laboratory-Based Reference Channels for Millimeter-Wave Wireless Device Measurements

July 3, 2024
Author(s)
Joshua Kast, Paritosh Manurkar, Sudantha Perera, Mohamed Hany, Rob Horansky, Rick Candell, Kate Remley, Matt Simons
Industrial and consumer wireless devices increasingly make use of millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequencies to meet increasing requirements for bandwidth, device density, and latency. The complex propagation environment and design of phased-array antennas pose

Wireless Deployment Challenges in Construction: A 5G Strategy

May 20, 2024
Author(s)
Richard Candell, Mohamed Hany, Jing Geng, Karl Montgomery
In the construction context, integrating 5G networks presents numerous challenges. Tiis article explores deploying wireless communication networks within construction projects, introducing a comparison approach to assess deployment difficulty at each

Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapor as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers

May 8, 2024
Author(s)
Noah Schlossberger, Nik Prajapati, Samuel Berweger, Andrew Rotunno, Aly Artusio-Glimpse, Abrar Sheikh, Eric Norrgard, Christopher L. Holloway, Stephen Eckel
Rydberg states of alkali atoms are highly sensitive to electric fields because their electron wavefunction has a large spatial extent, leading to large polarizabilities for static fields and large transition dipole moments for time-varying fields

Rydberg states of alkali atoms in atomic vapor as SI-traceable field probes and communications receivers

May 8, 2024
Author(s)
Noah Schlossberger, Nik Prajapati, Samuel Berweger, Aly Artusio-Glimpse, Matt Simons, Abrar Sheikh, Andrew Rotunno, Eric Norrgard, Stephen Eckel, Christopher L. Holloway
Rydberg states of alkali atoms are highly sensitive to electric fields because their electron wavefunction has a large spatial extent, leading to large polarizabilities for static fields and large transition dipole moments for time-varying fields

Independent Rydberg atom sensing using a dual-ladder scheme

May 2, 2024
Author(s)
Samuel Berweger, Alexandra Artusio-Glimpse, Nikunjkumar Prajapati, Andrew Rotunno, Noah Schlossberger, Dangka Shylla, kaitlin moore, Matthew Simons, Christopher Holloway
Rydberg atom-based electric field sensing can provide all-optical readout of radio frequency fields in a dielectric environment. However, because a single set of optical fields is typically used to prepare the Rydberg state and read out its response to RF

Empirical Characterization of Doppler in Industrial Wireless Channels

April 16, 2024
Author(s)
Dreyelian Morejon, Jon Montalban, Eneko Iradier, Mohamed Hany, Rick Candell, Pablo Angueira
This paper analyzes the temporal variation of the radio propagation channel in industrial environments. The results have been obtained by processing empirical data from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in a field measurement

Cyclostationary Channel Power Measurements for CBRS Coexistence Assessment

March 31, 2024
Author(s)
Dan Kuester, Anthony Romaniello, PETER MATHYS
We present a compressive approach for channel power measurements in coexistence scenarios involving heterogeneous cyclostationary channel usage and an example application in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band. The method leverages known cycle