Professor Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport is the William and Bettye Nowlin Chair at The University of Texas at Austin and is an active teacher, researcher and entrepreneur. For his recent biography click here. For his research interests click here.
Rappaport is the founding director of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG), launched in 2002 when he was recruited to UT Austin, and is the faculty advisor for N5XU, the UT Amateur Radio Club.
To reach Prof. Rappaport, please contact his Administrative Associate, Janet Preuss, by phone at (512) 471-6530 or by email at Preuss.J.L@mail.utexas.edu.
During the Spring 2011 semester, Prof. Rappaport will teach EE 381K-11 (Wireless Communications), which will meet every Tuesday and Thursday, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, in ENS 127. Prof. Rappaport will hold EE 381K-11 class office hours in ENS 433 on Wednesdays, 3:00 - 5:00 PM, and Thursdays 10:30 - 11:30am, when he is in town. General office hours will be held weekly by appointment only; contact Preuss.J.L@mail.utexas.edu to schedule. Prof. Rappaport's research focuses on RF propagation and antennas, wireless communication system design, rural broadband wireless challenges and solutions, and millimeter wave (60 GHz) system-on-a-chip and antenna-on-a-chip. Prof. Rappaport teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in digital and wireless communications, signals, and systems.
Prentice Hall Book Series
Professor Ted Rappaport is in search of prospective authors for the Prentice Hall PTR "Communications Engineering and Emerging Technologies" book series. Click here for more information.
Current Research
Recent Research Results on 60 GHz Radio Wave Propagation in and around Buildings, On-Chip antennas in CMOS, RF Channel Sounding, and Network Management
Recent 60 GHz and Millimeter Wave Publications
J. Murdock, E. Ben-Dor, F. Gutierrez, Jr., T.S. Rappaport, "Challenges and Approaches to On-chip Millimeter Wave Antenna Measurements," to appear n the "2011 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)", Baltimore, MD, June 5-10. Full Citation
T.S. Rappaport, J.Murdock, F.Gutierrez, Jr., "State-of-the-art in 60 GHz Integrated Circuits and Systems for Wireless Communications," to appear in the "Proceedings of the IEEE" Full Citation
R. C. Daniels, J. N. Murdock, T. S. Rappaport, R. W. Heath, "60 GHz Wireless: Up Close and Personal," IEEE Microwave Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 7, December 2010, pp.44-50. view
F. Gutierrez, T. S. Rappaport, J. Murdock, "Millimeter-Wave CMOS Antennas and RFIC Parameter Extraction for Vehicular Applications," IEEE 72nd Vehicular Technology Conference Fall (VTC), Ottawa, Canada, Sept. 6-9, 2010, pp.1-6. view
F. Gutierrez, K. Parrish, T. S. Rappaport, “On-Chip Integrated Antenna Structures in CMOS for 60 GHz WPAN Systems,” Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Honolulu, HI, November 30-December 4, 2009. Full Citation
T. S. Rappaport, F. Gutierrez, T. Al-Attar, “Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Wireless RFIC and On-Chip Antenna Design: Tools and Layout Techniques,” Proceedings of IEEE First Workshop on Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Communications, in conjunction with IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Honolulu, HI, November 30-December 4, 2009. Full Citation
F. Gutierrez, K. Parrish, T. S. Rappaport, “On-Chip Integrated Antenna Structures in CMOS for 60 GHz WPAN Systems,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 27, Issue 8, October 2009, pp.1367-1378. Full Citation
J. K. Chen, G. de Veciana, T. S. Rappaport, “Site Specific Knowledge and Interference Measurement for Improving Frequency Allocations in Wireless Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 58, Issue 5, June 2009, pp. 2366-2377. Full Citation
L. Ragan, A. Hassibi, T. S. Rappaport, C. L. Christianson, “Novel On-Chip Antenna Structures and Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) Approaches for Millimeter Wave Devices,” IEEE 66th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC), Baltimore, MD, Oct. 1-3, 2007, pp. 2051-2055. Full Citation
C. H. Park, T. S. Rappaport, “Short-Range Wireless Communications for Next-Generation Networks: UWB, 60 GHz Millimeter Wave PAN, and Zigbee,” IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Vol. 14, Issue 4, August 2007, pp. 70-78. Full Citation
C. Na, J. K. Chen, T. S. Rappaport, “Measured Traffic Statistics and Throughput of IEEE 802.11b Public WLAN Hotspots with Three Different Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication, Vol. 5, No. 11, November 2006, pp. 3296-3305. Full Citation
H. Wang and T. S. Rappaport, “A Parametric Formulation of the UTD Diffraction Coefficient for Real-Time Propagation Prediction Modeling,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL), Vol. 4, August 2005, pp. 253-257. Full Citation
C. Na, J. K. Chen, T. S. Rappaport, “Hotspot Traffic Statistics and Throughput Models for Several Applications”, Proceedings of IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (Globecom) 2004, Dallas, TX, November 29-December 3, 2004, Vol. 5, pp. 3257-3263. Full Citation
C. R. Anderson and T. S. Rappaport, “In-Building Wideband Partition Loss Measurements at 2.5 and 60 GHz,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 3, No. 3, May 2004, pp. 922-928. Full Citation
C. R. Anderson, T. S. Rappaport, K. Bae, A. Verstak, N. Ramakrishnan, W. H. Tranter, C. A. Shaffer, L. T. Watson, “In-Building Wideband Multipath Characteristics at 2.5 & 60 GHz,” Proceedings of Fall 2002 Vehicular Technology Conference, Vancouver, Canada, September 24-29, 2002, pp.97-101. Full Citation
H. Xu, V. Kukshya, T. S. Rappaport, “Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of 60 GHz Indoor Channels,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Vol. 20, No. 3, April 2002, pp. 620-630. Full Citation
H. Xu, T. S. Rappaport, V. Kukshya, “Spatial and Temporal Characterization of 60 GHz Indoor Channels,” Fall 2000 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Boston, MA, September 25-28, 2000, pp. 620-630. Full Citation
H. Xu, R. J. Boyle, T. S. Rappaport, J. H. Schaffner, “Measurements and Models for 38 GHz Point-to-Multipoint Radiowave Propagation,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications: Wireless Communications Series, Vol. 18, No. 3, March 2000, pp. 310-321. Full Citation
60GHz RFIC Design Initiative:
- Topics include: Propagation, PHY, MAC, Systems and Standards
- Click here for a list of papers and discussions on 60GHz RFIC Design Initiative
On-Chip Antenna Research Initiative:
- Click here for our ideas for on-chip antennas and Frequency Selective Surfaces
ARL
- RFIC Research Project: "Massively Broadband Wireless Ad-Hoc Nodes"
Montage
- Joint Research with Virginia Tech on the Montage Project: "Montage: An Integrated End-to-End Design and Development Framework for Wireless Networks"
Topics of National Interest
Virginia's Broadband Roundtable for Rural Internet Access
- Virginia's Broadband Roundtable Findings
- Final Report: Commonwealth of Virginia's Broadband Roundtable
2006 NAE Offshoring of Engineering Conference
"Offshoring in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry"
- Dr. Rappaport's Presentation Slides
- Dr. Rappaport's Research Database
- Renewing U.S. Telecommunications Research - CSTB Publications
- Article in Business Week, "The Real Problem with Outsourcing" - November 7, 2006.
Professor Rappaport in the News
September 2011
UT ECE professor Ted Rappaport has been named the recipient of the 2011 IET Sir Monty Finniston Award for Achievement in Engineering and Technology. He will receive the award,which includes a medal, at a ceremony to be held in London on Nov. 9, 2011. View the announcement from the ECE Department and WNCG.
December 2010
IEEE 2010 Globecom Plenary Talk, December 8, 2010: "The Future of Wireless"
IEEE 2010 Globecom Technical and Business Forum, December 9, 2010: “Broadband Wireless PANs, 60 GHz and Beyond”
April 2010
Prof. Rappaport awarded the Joe J. King Professional Engineering Achievement Award in recognition of significant contributions in furthering the engineering profession. View the announcement from the ECE department and WNCG.
March 2010
Prof. Rappaport's research is highlighted by local news team: KSAT TV San Antonio Television News Showcases 60 GHz Research at WNCG.
December 2008
Prof. Rappaport awarded the IEEE Communications Society WTC Recognition Award, in recognition of outstanding achievements and contributions in the area of wireless communications systems and networks. View the announcement from the ECE department.
October 2008
Prof. Rappaport awarded the Austin Wireless Alliance Industry Leader award at the 2008 Texas Wireless Summit.
September 2008
Prof. Rappaport elected to serve on the IEEE Board of Governors for the Vehicular Technology Society for 2009-2011. View the announcements from the ECE department.
Prentice Hall Wireless Communications: Principles & Practice, 2nd Edition Website Available
The official website for the 2nd edition of Wireless Communications: Principles & Practice is available at http://authors.phptr.com/rappaport. The site includes helpful supplemental downloads for course instructors.
