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Keynote Talk 2: R&D Progress in Wireless Communications in China: A Review on Chinese High-tech R&D Programs for Wireless Technology

Speaker: Professor Ke GONG, Vice President of Tsinghua University (Beijing) and President of Tianjin University (Tianjin), China

　

R&D Progress in Wireless Communications in China: A Review on Chinese High-tech R&D Programs for Wireless Technology

　

Ke Gong

Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology

Tsinghua University 100084 Beijing China; gongk@ieee.org
　

Abstract
China has experienced fast growth in mobile communications. Now, China is the world largest mobile communication country with near to 500 million users. Widely applications of mobile communication are giving strong pull to the research and development on the broadband wireless communication technology to meet the fast growing demand for high speed access into the information infrastructure. This makes the R&D on wireless technology plays great role in the Chinese High-Tech program. This paper will review the key project – FuTURE  (Future Technology for Universal Radio Environment) - development of the 863 program, which represents the Chinese efforts towards IMT-advance. Taking some works done in the Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology as examples, the paper will show what has been made in China on the broadband wireless technology, including MIMO, OFDM, UWB, DWCS (distributed wireless cellular system), etc.

　

Biography:

Ke Gong was born in Beijing, China, on June 8, 1955. He received the Bachelor’s and Doctoral Degrees in technical science from Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), Beijing, China, in 1982 and Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, in November 1986, respectively.

　

Since 1987, he has been working in Tsinghua University, as Associated Professor (1990), full Professor (1994), Vice Chair of the Department of Electronic Engineering (1994-1996), Deputy Dean of the Tsinghua University's graduate school (1995-1997), Chair of the Department of Electronic Engineering (1997-1998), Director of Research Center for Aerospace Technology (1998-now), Vice President of Tsinghua University (1999-now), director of the State Key Laboratory on Microwave & Digital Communications (1999-now). His main research interests include wireless/personal communications, radio propagation & channel characteristics, wireless access, microwaves & millimeter waves, antenna, and electromagnetic compatibility / electromagnetic interference (EMC/EMI). He has published more than 100 technical papers. Prof. Gong is also vice chairman of China Institute of Communications (CIC), member of executive committee of Chinese Institution of Electronics (CIE), member of IEEE (Comsoc, AP, MTT) as well as many other technical associations.

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Keynote Talk 3: Anisotropic Periodic Assemblies and Metamaterials for Applications to Antennas and Microwave Devices
Speaker: Professor John VOLAKIS, Chope Chair Professor and Director, ElectroScience Laboratory, The Ohio State University (Columbus), USA

Anisotropic Periodic Assemblies and Metamaterials for Applications to Antennas and Microwave Devices[1]

John L. Volakis and Kubilay Sertel

ElectroScience Laboratory and Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept.

The Ohio State University

1320 Kinnear Rd., Columbus, OH. 43212 USA; Email: volakis@ece.osu.edu 

Abstract:
This presentation will cover the basic microwave properties of magnetic photonic (MPC) and degenerate bandedge (DBE) crystals both mathematically and experimentally. Two dimensional and three dimensional models will be presented demonstrating the very high sensitivity and field growth associated with the crystals. A major part of the presentation will be on the development of realistic anisotropic periodic structures using a combination of layers constructed from thin film Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS), Alumina, Titanate and CVG materials. Measurements for antenna applications will be also presented demonstrating and validating the theoretical performance of the MPC and DBE crystrals. The latter part of the paper will present an exciting and promising development relating to microwave circuit applications. Specifically, a novel dual-line printed circuit will be presented to emulate propagation in anisotropic media. As such, the MPC and DBE phenomena can thus be created using very simple printed circuits (couple lines).

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[1] This paper also given as a plenary talk at the 2006 EuCap Conference, Nice, France.

　

Biography:

John L. Volakis (S'77-M'82-SM'89-F96) was born on May 13, 1956 in Chios, Greece and immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1973. He obtained his B.E. Degree, summa cum laude, in 1978 from Youngstown State Univ., Youngstown, Ohio, the M.Sc. in 1979 from the Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio and the Ph.D. degree in 1982, also from the Ohio State Univ.

From 1982-1984 he was with Rockwell International, Aircraft Division (now Boeing Phantom Works), Lakewood, CA and during 1978-1982 he was a Graduate Research Associate at the Ohio State University ElectroScience Laboratory. From January 2003 he is the Roy and Lois Chope Chair Professor of Engineering at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio and also serves as the Director of the ElectroScience Laboratory. Prior to moving to the Ohio State Univ,  he was a Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept. at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (1984-2003). He also served as the Director of the Radiation Laboratory from 1998 to 2000. His primary research deals with antennas, computational methods, electromagnetic compatibility and interference, design of new RF materials, multi-physics engineering and bioelectromagnetics.  Dr. Volakis published 230 articles in major refereed journal articles (9 of these have appeared in reprint volumes), nearly 350 conference papers and 10 book chapters. In addition, he co-authored 3 books: Approximate Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics (Institution of Electrical Engineers, London,1995), Finite Element Method for Electromagnetics (IEEE Press, New York, 1998) and Frequency Domain Hybrid Finite Element Methods in Electromagnetics (Morgan & Claypool). He has also written two well-edited coursepacks on introductory and advanced numerical methods for electromagnetics, and has delivered short courses on numerical methods, antennas and frequency selective surfaces.   In 1998 he received the University of Michigan (UM) College of Engineering Research Excellence award and in 2001 he received the UM, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Service Excellence Award. Dr. Volakis is listed by ISI among the top 250 most referenced authors (2004, 2005); He graduated/mentored over 45 Ph.D. students/post-docs, and co-authored with them 5 best paper awards at conferences.

           

Dr. Volakis served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation  from 1988-1992, and as an Associate Editor of Radio Science from 1994-97. He chaired the 1993 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Symposium and Radio Science Meeting, and co-chaired the same Symposium in 2003. Dr. Volakis was a member of the AdCom for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society from 1995 to 1998 and served as the 2004 President of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. He also serves as an associate editor for the J. Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Magazine, and the URSI Bulletin. He was elected Fellow of the IEEE in 1996, and is a member of Commissions B and E of URSI.

Tutorials (Click here for More Details)

Tutorial I: "Smart Antennas"

	Speaker	Professor Tapan  K  Sarkar
	Address	Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
	Phone	315-443-3775
	Fax	315-443-4441
	Email	tksarkar@mailbox.syr.edu
	URL	http://web.syr.edu/~tksarkar

　

　

Tutorial II: "Dielectric Resonator Antennas: Theory and Design"

　

	Speaker	Professor Ahmed A. Kishk
	Address	University of Mississippi University, MS 38677 USA
	Phone	662-915-5385
	Fax	662-915-7231
	Email	ahmed@olemiss.edu
	URL	http://www.ee.olemiss.edu/kishk/personal.html

Invited Talks (In Author's Name Order)

Technical Sessions
The technical sessions consist of keynote talks, invited papers and the peer-reviewed/accepted papers. A detailed Final Technical Program is available herein in the pdf format.