Wireless Network and Communications Research Center

Further congratulations.

WiNCom would like to congratulate Ying Bing Yap on recieving her Master's Degree.

Posted by Roger 11/23/2010.

Congratulations.

WiNCom would like to congratulate Dr. John MacDonald on recieving his Doctorate and Kunal Rele on recieving his Master's Degree.

Posted by Dan 11/26/2008.

DySPAN Success.

DySPAN was a great success and fun time. Click here to view some pictures from the event.

Posted by Dan 10/29/2008.

WinCom announces new Industry Affiliates Program.

WinCom is pleased to announce the addition of the Industry Affiliates Program.

Posted by Dan 10/29/2008.

DySPAN is Coming

DySPAN is coming this October. Come check out our diplays.

Posted by Dan 9/26/2008.

WinCom Welcomes its Newest Addition

Dr. Kenneth Zdunek joins the WinCom team.

Ken Zdunek is the Director of the Industry Affiliates Program at IIT’s Wireless Network and Communications Research Center (WiNCom). He is a research faculty member in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at IIT, and has over 30 years of experience in mobile communications and networking technologies. Prior to joining IIT, he was Vice President of Networks Research at Motorola, directing activities worldwide in the areas of services convergence, IP mobility, network management, network security, DOCSIS, GPON, and software engineering efficiency.

While at Motorola, Ken was co-director of Motorola’s Center for Seamless Communications Research at Northwestern University. He was an author of Motorola’s iDENTM system deployed by Nextel, Inc., leading the group that created the iDENTM voice and IP data architecture, including the Layer 2 air interface, handover protocol, and mobile IPv4 packet data roaming approach. Also at Motorola, Ken developed technology essential to GSM roaming and GSM packet data, was the protocol architect of Motorola’s SmartNetTM public safety radio system, and contributed to the US Federal Government and UK trunking standards. He architected the FedEx KDT900 integrated voice-packet data terminal system, and directed the Spectrum Utilization and Public Safety Needs studies submitted to the FCC that contributed to the re-allocation of spectrum at 700 MHz for public safety.

Ken holds 17 U.S. patents, including four Motorola Business Patents of the Year, and has numerous publications and presentations. He is a member of the Internet Society (ISOC) and was the Motorola host coordinator for the 42nd and 69th IETF Conferences. Ken is on the advisory boards of the IIT Armour College of Engineering, and the Northwestern University Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. He is on the Board of Directors and the past-president of the Chicago Public Schools Student Science Fair, Inc. Ken received the BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Illinois, and a Senior Member of the IEEE.

Posted by Dan 9/11/2008.

IIT Mourns Professor LoCicero

Joseph LoCicero Memorial Service The Joseph LoCicero memorial service will be held in the E1 Auditorium next Friday, August 29, from 10:30 - 11:30 am. Friends and family including Mohammad Shahidehpour, Don Ucci, John Anderson, Sande and Jennifer LoCicero will speak at the service. A tree planting will immediately follow on the east side of Siegel Hall. Professor Joseph LoCicero of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department passed away unexpectedly on July 19. Professor LoCicero joined the IIT faculty as Assistant Professor in 1976 and has had a significant impact on the education of many graduates of Armour College of Engineering. He was an inspiring teacher, a productive researcher, and a wonderful colleague. We are deeply saddened by the loss of a dear friend and colleague. Our thoughts and prayers are with the LoCicero family. LoCicero was an accomplished researcher and inventor, holding 4 patents in the area of high definition TV, one patent in automatic speech recognition, and having authored over 75 technical articles. He was very active in the Communications Society (ComSoc) of the IEEE, and received the IEEE ComSoc McLellan Meritorious Service Award in 1993. Contact Amy Henson at henson@iit.edu with any questions about the service.

Posted by Dan 8/26/2008.

Loss of Professor LoCicero

We are saddened by the unexpected loss of our colleague and good friend Dr. Joseph Locicero.

Posted by Dan 7/21/2008.

Wireless devices turn up the chatter

Wincom was recently featured in an article in the Medill Reports. Click here to download a pdf version.

Posted by Eric 4/21/2008.

RFID: The State of Radio Frequency Identification (IEEE)

This useful IEEE-USA eBook may now be accessed from our Resources page.

Posted by Eric 8/31/2007.

Motorola Visit

Bruce Mueller of Motorola visited WiNCom on 7/16/07. For more information, visit to the events page.

Posted by Eric 7/23/2007.

NSF Wireless Networking Principle Investigators Meeting

Chicago, July 6th, 2007 – Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and the university's Wireless Network and Communications Research Center (WiNCom) will host the National Science Foundation's Wireless Network Principle Investigator (PI) meeting July 11 - 12. For more information, go to the Events page, or click here to link to the NSF at IIT website

Posted by Eric 7/09/2007.