| Commercial Wireless Networking: WiMAX Broadband Wireless | |
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| Kasch, William ORGANIZER: Burbank, Jack | |
| The design of military communications systems is becoming increasingly based on technologies and techniques from the commercial wireless network community. While the military's desire to leverage commercial practices as much as possible is understandable, commercial wireless networking technologies and techniques were not primarily designed to meet military needs, and thus may not necessarily be well suited for certain applications. This session focus on IEEE 802.16 technology (WiMAX) and will cover the following topics: Novel applications of commercial wireless networking technologies and techniques in military applications Performance evaluations of commercial wireless networking technologies and technologies in military applications Concepts for how commercial wireless networking technologies could be employed in future military systems Novel enhancements/improvements to commercial wireless networking technologies to address performance issues in military applications | |
| Jack Burbank received his Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering in 1998 from North Carolina State University and supervises the wireless networking section at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. His recent work is in the areas of wireless network electronic attack, sensor networking, and mobile ad-hoc networking. He is a professor of networking and telecommunications in the Johns Hopkins University Part Time Engineering Program, and a member of the IEEE and the ASEE. | |
| Mr. Kasch received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering at the Florida Institute of Technology in 2000 and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University in 2003. His interests include various aspects of wireless networking, including MANET, IEEE 802 technology, and cellular. He participates actively in both the IEEE 802 standards organization and the Internet Engineering Task Force. |