Lecture topic：Next-generation Wireless Networks will be“Multi-function”

Time：2023.06.28 (Wed) 13:30-15:00

Place：EC 122R

Speaker：Prof. Ashutosh Sabharwal, Rice University

Host：Prof. Jyh-Cheng Chen

Abstract: As the wireless standards occupy larger parts of the spectrum with an ever-larger number of antennas, there is an opportunity to also use the communications spectrum for “imaging” the environment. Next-generation networks like 6G will be multi-function, i.e., use the same spectrum for multiple functions. In this talk, we will first briefly review our research contributions over the past decade that could play a role in developing multi-function networks. And then highlight our recent efforts to develop theoretical foundations and experimental results to understand the tradeoff in multi-function networks.

Biography:

Ashutosh Sabharwal's research interests are wireless theory, design, and large-scale deployed testbeds. He was one of the inventors of in-band full-duplex communications, a technology used in both wireline and wireless standards. He is the founder of the WARP project (warp.rice.edu), an open-source project used by 150+ research groups worldwide. He is currently leading several NSF-funded center-scale projects, notably Rice RENEW (renew-wireless.org), to develop an open-source software-defined massive MIMO wireless network platform. He received the 2017 IEEE Jack Neubauer Memorial Award, 2018 IEEE Advances in Communications Award, 2019 and 2021 ACM Test-of-time Awards, 2019 ACM MobiCom Community Contribution Award, and 2023 ICC Best Paper Award. He is a Fellow of IEEE, ACM and the National Academy of Inventors.

Speaker:

Ashutosh Sabharwal,

Department Chair and Ernest D. Butcher Professor of Engineering

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

Rice University, Houston, TX