Agility is Key to the Future of Wireless!

The Wireless Innovation Laboratory (WI Lab) was founded in August 2007 by Professor Alexander M. Wyglinski in order to advance our understanding of technologies and algorithms that can help improve society's usage of radio frequency spectrum for a wide range of wireless applications. WI Lab is located in Room AK318 on the third floor of the Atwater Kent Laboratories building at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA.

This Just In!

June 15, 2009: Professor Wyglinski gave an invited presentation, entitled: In Search of Wireless Spectrum: Surveying and Characterizing Unoccupied Radio Frequency Bandwidth, at the Centre for Advanced Systems & Technologies in Communications (SytaCOM) Seminar Series in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
June 9, 2009: Professor Wyglinski gave an invited presentation, entitled: Wireless Spectrum: Measurement Studies, Occupancy Characterization, and Opportunistic Access, at the IEEE Communications Society - Rochester Chapter Seminar Series.

May 16, 2009: At the 141st WPI Commencement, Mr. Zhou Yuan received his Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is the first graduate student from the Wireless Innovation Laboratory to have completed all degree requirements and awarded a graduate degree. Congratulations, Zhou! We are all proud of you and wish you all the best in the future!

Mr. Zhou Yuan and Professor Alexander M. Wyglinski

May 14, 2009: Three undegraduate students, Mr. Michael Calabro, Mr. Devin Kelly, and Ms. Niyanta Mogre, are the latest additions to the Wireless Innovation Laboratory. Welcome aboard!
April 29, 2009: Mr. Zhou Yuan successfully defended his MS thesis, entitled "Sidelobe Suppression and Agile Transmission Techniques for Multicarrier-based Cognitive Radio Systems", at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Congratulations, Zhou!
April 28, 2009: Professor Wyglinski has been inducted into Eta Kappa Nu, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Society. Click here for more information about Eta Kappa Nu.
April 24, 2009: Professor Wyglinski gave an invited presentation, entitled: Enabling Efficient Wireless Spectrum Utilization via Cognitive Radio, at the University of New Mexico for their Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquium series.
April 13, 2009: Professor Wyglinski has been inducted into Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, as a Full Member. Full membership is conferred upon those individuals who have demonstrated noteworthy achievements in research. Each year Sigma Xi initiates more than 5,000 new members. Click here for more information about Sigma Xi.
March 27, 2009: Mass High Tech published part of an interview with Professor Wyglinski on the issue of inter-operability and how cognitive radios can provide the solution. Click here for the article.
March 27, 2009: Professor Wyglinski gave an invited presentation, entitled: Agile Wireless Communications and Networking Employing Cognitive Radio Systems, at the University of Connecticut for their Electrical and Computer Engineering/Computer Science and Engineering Joint Colloquium series.
March 27, 2009: Ph.D. student, Mr. Steven Olivieri, is our latest addition to the Wireless Innovation Laboratory. Welcome aboard, Steve!

March 20, 2009: An article describing the NSF-sponsored wireless spectrum measurement campaign conducted in June 2008 by Professor Wyglinski and several members of the Wireless Innovation Laboratory has been posted online at the WPI ECE website. Click here for the full story.

January 7, 2009: The MathWorks has agreed to launch new research collaborations with Professor Wyglinski and Professor Huang in the areas of software-defined radio and embedded systems. Click here for the full announcement.

January 5, 2009: The textbook: Cognitive Radio Communications and Networks: Principles and Practice, edited by Professor Wyglinski, Dr. Maziar Nekovee (BT Research and University College London), and Professor Thomas Hou (Virginia Tech), is currently available for pre-ordering by clicking here. The projected publication date for this textbook by Elsevier is December 2009.
December 23, 2008: Ph.D. student, Mr. Jingkai Su, is our latest addition to the Wireless Innovation Laboratory. Welcome aboard, Jingkai!
September 3, 2008: Professor Wyglinski recently served as a guest editor for the ACM/Springer Mobile Networks and Applications Journal - Special Issues Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks and Communications. Ten high-quality technical papers presenting the latest advances in cognitive radio technology and research constitute this special issue. These papers can be found online at the following link.
August 3, 2008: We have relocated to Room AK318 on the Third Floor of Atwater Kent Laboratories!
July 7, 2008: High school student, Mr. Robert Konrad, has joined the Wireless Innovation Laboratory for this summer. Welcome aboard, Robert!
May 23, 2008: Undergraduate student, Ms. Robyn Colopy, is our latest addition to the Wireless Innovation Laboratory. Welcome to the lab, Robyn!

May 22, 2008: Professor Wyglinski was awarded a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) supplement from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project entitled "NeTS-WN: Quantification of Spectrum Availability for Wireless Network Access". The supplement will be used to support the participation of undergraduate students Ms. Robyn Colopy and Mr. Alexander Camilo on this NSF project during Summer 2008. Read more about the project by clicking here.

March 18, 2008: Ph.D. student, Ms. Di Pu, is our latest addition to the Wireless Innovation Laboratory. Welcome aboard, Di!
March 14, 2008: Mr. Bharatwajan Raman successfully defended his MS thesis, entitled "Synthetic Storm Modeling for Millimeter Wave Mesh Networks", at The University of Kansas. Congratulations, Bharat!
March 14, 2008: Mr. Vinaykumar Muralidharan successfully defended his MS thesis, entitled "A Unified End-to-End Communication Paradigm for Heterogeneous Networks", at The University of Kansas. Congratulations, Vinay!
March 3, 2008: Check out the WPI ECE news article about Professor Wyglinski and the research activities he is leading at the Wireless Innovation Laboratory.
January 10, 2008: Mr. Alexander Camilo has joined the Wireless Innovation Laboratory as an undergraduate research assistant. Welcome aboard, Alex!
December 7, 2007: Mr. Udaya Kiran Tadikonda successfully defended his MS thesis, entitled "Adaptive Bit Allocation with Reduced Feedback for Wireless Multicarrier Transceivers", at The University of Kansas. Congratulations, Udaya!
December 4, 2007: Ms. Shilpa Sirikonda successfully defended her MS report, entitled "Multihop Routing Optimization in Communication Networks using Genetic Algorithms", at The University of Kansas. Congratulations, Shilpa!
November 19, 2007: Mr. Srikanth Pagadarai has safely arrived in Worcester to commence his Ph.D. studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering under the guidance of Professor Wyglinski. Welcome to WPI, Srikanth!

November 14, 2007: Dr. John Chapin, CTO of Vanu, Inc. and a visiting scientist at MIT, gave a presentation entitled "Software Radio: A Broad Change in RF Communications Systems Design" at the Fall 2007 WPI ECE Distinguished Speaker Graduate Seminar. In the afternoon, Dr. Chapin visited the Wireless Innovation Laboratory and spoke with lab members about their current research activities.

Dr. John Chapin and Professor Alexander M. Wyglinski

October 18, 2007: We have relocated across the hallway to Room AK207A!
October 16, 2007: Check out our first demo using the USRP units: [WMV Format], [MOV Format].
September 24, 2007: The USRP units have arrived! Now we can start programming those radios!
September 17, 2007: We have just set up shop in Room AK208A!

August 27, 2007: Professor Wyglinski was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his project entitled "NeTS-WN: Quantification of Spectrum Availability for Wireless Network Access". Read more about it by clicking here.

August 23, 2007: Mr. Srikanth Pagadarai successfully defended his MS thesis, entitled "Sidelobe Suppression for OFDM Based Cognitive Radios in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks", at The University of Kansas. Congratulations on a job well done!