Adjunct Professor
of Electrical and Computer Engineering
and Advisor to CWINS

Areas of Research Interest

Wireless networking; cellular, PCS and mobile communications; wireless data communications; secure communications; error-control coding.

Background

· In February 1999, Dr. Levesque retired from GTE Laboratories, where he held the position of Senior Staff Scientist in the Network Infrastructure Laboratory. He has an independent consulting practice concentrating on digital communications technologies. He has also been serving as consultant and expert witness in patent litigation matters.

· In his 36-year career with the GTE Corporation, he led a variety of projects in advanced communications systems development, including both civilian and military systems. Much of his work over the past two decades has dealt with the design of systems for reliable digital communications over radio channels. Since 1988 he has worked primarily in the area of mobile and wireless communications networks. As part of this activity, he participated in the work of the TIA Subcommittee on Digital cellular Standards, where he worked on the development of TDMA-based digital cellular data services. He has also worked in the CDMA Development Group, participating in the development of the Asynchronous Data and Fax Specification. Prior to his retirement from GTE Laboratories, he was responsible for research and development activities in support of new commercial wireless services offered by GTE. He also led a research program encompassing work in Wireless ATM, Wireless Ad Hoc Networking, and Secure Mobile IP-based Networking. Dr. Levesque has served as an Adjunct Professor at Northeastern University and as a member of the ECE Department Advisory Board at WPI. He has also been a Lecturer in the MITRE Institute and a Lecturer on wireless communications for the National Technological University (a distance-learning network).

· In January 2010 he began serving as an Associate Investigator on a CWINS research program in Wireless Body Area Networking, sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

· Dr. Levesque is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a Fellow of the IEEE.

Professional Activities

Dr. Levesque has served as an IEEE Chapter Chairman, as a lecturer in IEEE Lecture Series, and as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications. He has also served as Session Organizer and Session Chairman for numerous IEEE conferences. In January 1996, he was elected Fellow of the IEEE for his contributions to error-control coding and to the design of strategic communications networks.. He is a frequent reviewer of papers for IEEE conferences and technical journals, and is also an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Wireless Information Networks.
Since 2007, he has been participating in an IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) initiative to develop the Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies (WCET) certification exam. IEEE ComSoc has designed the WCET certification program to address the worldwide wireless industry’s growing and ever-evolving need for qualified communication professionals who can demonstrate practical problem-solving skills in real-world situations. Information on WCET certification can be found at www.ieee-wcet.org .

Education

BSEE With High Distinction, WPI, 1959
MSEE, Yale University, 1960
PhDEE, Yale University, 1965
Graduate courses, Harvard (1960-61) and MIT (1961-62)

Publications and Patents

Dr. Levesque has authored or co-authored about 40 journal and conference papers on various topics in digital communications, including error-control coding, spread-spectrum, and wireless networks. He is co-author (with Arnold Michelson) of Error-Control Techniques for Digital Communication, published by Wiley in 1985, and co-author (with Prof. Kaveh Pahlavan) of Wireless Information Networks, published by Wiley in 1995, re-released as a Second Edition in September 2005. He is currently a contributing editor for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Telecommunications. He and Professor Pahlavan have also co-authored chapters in multi-author handbooks on wireless communications. Dr Levesque has also authored a chapter on General Packet Radio Service for Wiley’s Handbook of Computer Communications.
He holds two U. S. Patents, Nos. 6,601,209 and 6,738,360, relating to methods for reliable transmission of digital data over fading wireless channels.

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