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Leonard E. Miller

LMiller (at) nist.gov

301-975-8018
301-590-0932 (fax)

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EDUCATION
  • Ph. D., May 1973, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 
  • M. S. E. E., January 1966, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 
  • B. E. E., June 1964, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Analysis, computation, and simulation of reliability, survivability, and QoS measures for mobile networks 
  • Development of system engineering concepts and analyses for wireless systems 
  • Analysis of mobile radio propagation and signal processing techniques 
  • Ultrawideband (UWB) wireless systems 
  • Public safety applications of wireless technology 

PATENTS
  • L. E. Miller and J. S. Lee, "Method for calculating the PN generator mask to obtain a desired shift of the PN code," US Patent 6,556,555, 29 April 2003.
  • J. S. Lee and L. E. Miller, "Method for determining forward link channel powers for a CDMA cellular or PCS system," US Patent 6,377,555, 23 April 2002.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS   More

  • Guest editorial, special topic in IEEE Communications Magazine on Public Safety Communications, January 2006 (with Z. J. Haas).
  • "Autocorrelation functions for Hermite-polynomial ultra-wideband pulses," IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 39. No. 11, pp. 870-871 (29 May 2003).
  • "Why UWB? A Review of Ultrawideband Technology," WCTG report for DARPA, April 2003. PDF file.
  • "CDMA/IS95", chapter in Encyclopedia of Telecommunications, John G. Proakis, ed. New York: Wiley, December 2002 (with J. S. Lee).
  • "Distribution of Link Distances in a Mobile Network," Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, March-April, 2001.
  • CDMA Systems Engineering Handbook, Boston: Artech House, 1998 (1228 pp.) (with J. S. Lee). Translated into Chinese, 2/2001. Corrections (updated 11/4/04)
  • "Solutions for Minimum Required Forward Link Channel Powers in CDMA Cellular and PCS Systems," Journal of Communications and Networks, March 1999 (with J. S. Lee). PDF file.
  • "Frequency-Hopping Signal Detection Using Partial Band Coverage," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Apr. 1993 (with D. J. Torrieri and J. S. Lee).
  • "An Adaptive Algorithm for Computing Network S-T Reliability with Node Failures," Proc. MILCOM '93 (with L. Wong and J. S. Lee).
  • "Analytical Techniques for Assessing the Control Net Connectivity of Centralized Multihop Radio Systems," Proc. MILCOM '92 (with J. J. Kelleher).