Tech Spotlight: Physical Layer Signaling for Wireless Communications

A University of Colorado computer science research group led by Dirk Grunwald and Doug Sicker has developed a new wireless communications technology that reduces the signaling overhead involved in establishing connections within mobile device networks. The technology increases the number of devices that can use a tower, the amount of spectrum available for data transmission, and the inherent value of carriers' spectrum licenses.  Wireless carriers could deploy the standard on their networks in partnership with device makers like Apple and RIM, thereby increasing the value of their spectrum and the data capacity of their networks. This technology can also be applied in more localized wireless networks such as femtocell networks.

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