Professor Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport is an active teacher, researcher and entrepreneur. For his recent biography click here.
To reach Professor Rappaport, please contact his administrative assistant, Cassandra Clarke, by phone at (512) 471-2600, or by email at cclarke@mail.utexas.edu.
During the 2008-2009 academic year, Professor Rappaport will be teaching ee360k (Digital and Analog Communications - a senior undergraduate class), which will meet every Tuesday and Thursday during the Fall 2008 semester, and ee381k-11 (Wireless Communications - a graduate class), which will meet every Tuesday and Thursday during the Spring 2009 semester. Prof. Rappaport will hold his popular weekly help sessions for the classes on Wednesday evenings, as well as general office hours on Wednesdays from 4 - 5 PM (by appointment only). For class office hours, please see the course syllabus. Rappaport's research will focus on RF propagation and antennas, wireless communication system design, rural broadband wireless challenges and solutions, as well as millimeter wave (60 GHz) system-on-a chip and antenna-on-a chip research with several students.
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
Recent 60 GHz and Millimeter Wave Publications
- 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.
- C. R. Anderson and T. S. Rappaport, “In-Building Wideband Multipath Measurements at 2.5 and 60 GHz,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, Vol. 3, No. 3, May 2004, pp. 922-928.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- F. Gutierrez, K. Parrish, T.S. Rappaport, “Novel Antenna Structures Fabricated in 0.18 µm CMOS Technology for 60 GHz WPAN Systems,” submitted to IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, November 2008.
- H. Xu, T. S. Rappaport, V. Kukshya, “Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of 60 GHz Indoor Channels,” Fall 2000 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Boston, MA, September 25 – 28, 2000, pp. 620-630.
- 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.
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
2006 NAE Offshoring of Engineering Conference
"Telecommunication R&D in the U.S.: A Chasm between U.S. Industry & U.S. Students"
- 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.
Virginia's Broadband Roundtable for Rural Internet Access
- Governor of Virgina Announces Broadband Roundtable
- Final Report: Commonwealth of Virginia's Broadband Roundtable
Professor Rappaport in the News
June 2007
Prof. Rappaport tapped to organize and assist Virginia in creation of panel of experts to create strategies and solutions for last-mile internet access for citizens in underserved areas. View the press release.
February 2007
UT Commercialization Policy improved to create Entrepreneurs: Austin-American Statesman article featuring Professor Rappaport and the new Commercialization Policy at UT
January 2004
The emergence of the wireless industry in Austin, TX
September 2002
Rappaport hired to create new wireless center at University of Texas: Austin-American Statesman article about Professor Rappaport's start with the University of Texas College of Engineering and founding of the Wireless Networking & Communications Group (WNCG).
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.
