Mobile, pervasive, and autonomous communication technologies (MPACT) Lab is located at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of North Carolina State University. As its name suggests, our lab conducts research in three broad areas of communication technologies.

Mobile: 4G LTE and 5G wireless networks, mmWave communications, wireless localization, interference/mobility management, propagation measurements/modeling, public safety communications.
Pervasive: Heterogeneous and small cell networks, network densification, Internet of things (IoT), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications, visible light communications, UWB/mmWave radars.
Autonomous: Cognitive radio, spectrum sharing, UAV autonomous deployment/navigation, occupancy monitoring, smart cities, cyber-physical systems.

We use fundamental tools from communication theory, detection and estimation, optimization, machine learning, and statistics in addressing research challenges in these three broad areas. We utilize software defined radios, UWB/mmWave/WiFi radios, and UAVs, to develop experimental and proof-of-concept platforms for our research.

News

NSF CAREER Award

Prof. Ismail Guvenc wins NSF CAREER award for the project Towards Broadband and UAV-Assisted Heterogeneous Networks for Public Safety Communications Project Abstract Public safety communication (PSC) can help save lives, property, and national infrastructure in case of incidents such as fires, terrorist attacks or natural disasters. Until recently, such communication has been mostly handled by wireless technologies […]

MPACT Group Lunch at Los Ranchos

MPACT group celebrated thesis defenses of Arvind Merwaday and Edwin George. The lunch gathering was at Los Ranchos Restaurant. It was a special day for MPACT group since Arvind is the first PhD graduate under Dr. Ismail Guvenc. Congratulations to Arvind and Edwin!

Streamloading: Low Cost High Quality Video Streaming

Prof. Shivendra Panwar from NYU Polytechnic, NY, presented a seminar at FIU on the topic “Streamloading: Low Cost High Quality Video Streaming,” on Friday, February 27, 2015. Download seminar presentation Abstract There are two ways users can legally consume media content: downloads and streaming. Downloads, since they confer some ownership rights, are priced much higher than streaming, […]

Towards 1 Gbps/UE in Cellular Systems: Understanding Ultra-Dense Small Cell Deployments

Dr. David Lopez-Perez from Bell Laboratories presented a seminar at FIU on the topic “Towards 1 Gbps/UE in Cellular Systems: Understanding Ultra-Dense Small Cell Deployments,” on Thursday, March 5, 2015. Download seminar presentation Abstract Today’s heterogeneous networks comprised of mostly macrocells and indoor small cells will not be able to meet the upcoming traffic demands. Indeed, […]

Senior Design Presentation – Fall 2014

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering held the senior design presentation on 5th December 2014. The Last Rodeo group mentored by the MAPCT Lab also presented and demonstrated their senior design project titled “Private GSM Network Copter”. Photos/videos...

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