November 5, 1998

KU SCIENTIST TO RECEIVE GRANT TO RESEARCH WIRELESS MODEMS

LAWRENCE -- Imagine a modem for your computer that didn't depend on a phone wire, a modem that could receive a signal in much the same way that your cellular phone does and give you high-speed Internet access.

It's just that kind of modem that the University of Kansas is trying to help Adaptive Broadband Ltd., based in Cambridge, England, to perfect.

Adaptive, a wholly owned subsidiary of California Microwave Inc., announced in late October that it had signed a research agreement with KU to do the work.

Joseph B. Evans, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, will be the principal investigator on the project.

Adaptive will provide Evans, who is affiliated with the Information and Telecommunication Technology Center, $150,000 over two years for his assistance.

"Most Internet access is wired, either with optical fiber or copper," Evans said. "This is a way for somebody to get on the Internet without a wire.

"Adaptive is designing the modem. We're helping them to perfect it and test it so that it meets the needs of telecommunication carriers."

Story by Roger Martin, Research and Public Service, (785) 864-7239

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