IEEE Boston Communications

02/19/2014

This course is based on the book entitled Practical Phased Array Antenna Systems by Dr. Eli Brookner. The course, the book and the notes will provide an ideal introduction to the principles of phased array antenna design and adaptive arrays. The course notes update the text to 2014 technology.

02/19/2014

This course gives an introduction to passive radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor technology. RFID sensors are considered as the foundation for Internet of things (IoT) and Smart Cities that can ubiquitously collect tagged objects’ identification and sensing information. In the opening sessi...

02/18/2013

See the section's new YouTube link for video course previews for four spring courses. https://www.youtube.com/user/IEEEBostonSection

Intro to Linux Part I
Intro to Linux Part II
Advanced Embedded Linux Optimization
Intro to the Android Application Framwork

These can also be accessed through the IEEE Boston Section's website at
www.ieeeboston.org

01/30/2013

The full paper submission deadline for the 2013 IEEE Body Sensor Networks Conference to be held May 7 - 9, 2013 at the MIT Media Lab has been extended to February 28, 2013. See the conference website for more details, www.bsn2013.org

The 10th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN 2013) will address BSN research and offer participants a unique forum to discuss the key issues and innovative solutions for sensors, communications, algorithms, systems, and applications. The conference feature...

01/25/2013

The extended abstract deadline is fast approaching (February 1, 2013) for the 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems & Technology to be held 15 - 18 October 2013 at the Westin Hotel, Waltham, MA. See the website for more details www.array2013.org

01/24/2013

Tomorrow (January 25) is the deadline to submit a paper for the IEEE International Conference on technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA). The conference will be held April 22 - 23, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Woburn, MA. See the wbesite for details and impressive list of keynote and plenary speakers. www.ieeerobot-tepra.org

The 5th Annual IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Practical Robot Applications (TePRA) will be held in the Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts, USA on April 22-23, 2013. TePRA is aimed at catalyzing the development of enabling technologies and encouraging their adoption by robot design...

03/28/2012

Please join us for a joing Communications Society and Women in Engineering Meeting at 7:00 PM, Thursday, 12 April "OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) Communication Applications over Rapidly Varying Underwater Acoustic Channels" by Milica Stojanovic, PhD, Professor, Northeastern University, MIT Visiting Scientist, WHOI Researcher
http://www.ieeeboston.org/org/subgroups/communications.html

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is widely used in wireless radio systems, but is still under investigation for underwater acoustic (UWA) communication, where legacy systems are based on single-carrier broadband modulation. While single-carrier acoustic systems must empl...

02/28/2012

Please join us for a joint Photonics, Communications and Aerospace & Electronic System Societies meeting at 7:00 PM, Thursday, 8 March
The Quantum Theory of Optical Communications
http://www.ieeeboston.org/org/subgroups/photonics.html

Communication theory for lightwave channels usually employs a semiclassical approach in which electromagnetic waves are taken to be classical fields and the fundamental noise encountered in photodetection is assumed to be shot noise arising from the discreteness of the electron charge. E...

02/27/2012

Please join us Thursday, March 1 at 7:00PM for MPLS-TP (Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile): Where Are We? by Andrew G. Malis, Verizon Communications
http://www.ieeeboston.org/org/subgroups/communications.html

MPLS-TP (Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile) is a packet-switched transport technology being jointly standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF, http://www.ietf.org/) and the International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU...

02/08/2012

Please join us for the joint Computer and Communication Societies and GBC/ACM meeting 7:00 PM, Thursday, 16 February
IEEE 802.22 Standard: Regional and Rural Area Broadband Wireless Access Using Cognitive Radio Technology in Television Whitespaces
Apurva N. Mody, Chair, IEEE 802.22 Standard Working Group

http://www.ieeeboston.org/org/subgroups/communications.html

This talk will be about the IEEE 802.22 Standard on Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs) which was published in July 2011. IEEE 802.22 systems will provide broadband access to wide regional areas around the world and bring reliable and secure high-speed communications to under-served ...

01/25/2012

Please join us at 7:00 PM, on Thursday, February 2 for our chapter meeting
IPTV: Managed Services and Technology Deployment
Michael P. Ruffini, Principle Member of the Technical Staff, Verizon
http://www.ieeeboston.org/org/subgroups/communications.html

This discussion will touch on many different IP video delivery topics but will focus on managed IPTV service, covering topics from the drivers for migrating to IP delivery to the challenges with dealing with packet-loss, channel change latency and conditional access/encryption.