Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
Dr. Allen H. Levesque, P. E.
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 cases.
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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
· 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. He also served on the Organizing Committee for the Third IEEE Workshop on Wireless LANS, September 27-28, 2001, co-sponsored by CWINS.
Education
- BSEE With High Distinction, WPI, 1959
- MSEE,
- PhDEE,
- 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 wirless 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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