Faculty Profile
Bruce McNair
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Education
- BE (1971), Stevens Institute of Technology
- ME (1974), Stevens Institute of Technology
Research
- Wireless Networks and Systems
- System/Network Security
- Cryptography Signal Processing for Wireless Communications
- OFDM
- Hardware/Software Prototyping Platforms
- Software Defined Radio
- Real-time systems
- Embedded systems
- Broadband Power Line (BPL) Systems
Experience
- 1978 - 2002 AT&T Bell Labs/AT&T Labs Research
- 1994 - 2002 Wireless Systems Research
- 1987 - 1994 Security and Systems Reliability Architecture
- 1984 - 1987 Computer Systems Exploratory Development
- 1981 - 1984 Data Communications Exploratory Development
- 1978 - 1981 Data Networking Systems Engineering
- 1974 - 1978 US Army Communications R&D Command, Net Radio R&D
- 1973 ITT Defense Communications Division, Advanced Development
- 1971 - 1973 US Army Electronics Command, Tactical Communications and Computing Systems
Institutional Service
- Member of Stevens Patent Committee
- Member of Stevens Honor Board Advisory Council
Consulting Service
- 2002 - present, CTO Novidesic Communications, LLC
- Expert witness in patent litigation
- Technical consulting in wireless, security, geolocation, embedded systems, software
- Due diligence technical support
Honors & Awards
- NJ Inventors Hall of Fame - Inventor of the Year Award 2012
- Schaefer School of Engineering, Undergraduate Teaching Award, December 2006.
Professional Societies
- Senior Member, IEEE. Member of Communications, Signal Processing, and Education Societies
Patents & Inventions
- "Secure IP access protocol framework and supporting network architecture," US Patent #8,046,577, October 25, 2011.
- "Method for Estimating Time and Frequency Offset in an OFDM System," US Patent #7,990,839, August 2, 2011.
- "Simulcasting OFDM System having mobile station location identification," US Patent #7,962,162, June 14, 2011
- "RFID Devices for Verification of Correctness, Reliability, Functionality and Security," US Patent #7,712,674, May 11, 2010
- "Dynamic Channel Assignment," US Patent #7,457,259, November 25, 2008
- "RFIDs Embedded into Semiconductors," US Patent #7,348,887, March 25, 2008.
- "Method for Estimating Time and Frequency Offset in an OFDM System," US Patent #7,310,302, December 18, 2007.
- "Mobile Device Having Network Interface Selection," US Patent # 7,180,876, February 20, 2007.
- "Dynamic Channel Assignment," US Patent #6,954,465, October 11,2005.
- "Method for Estimating Time and Frequency Offset in an OFDM System," US Patent #6,891,792, May 10, 2005.
- "Security System Providing Lockout for Invalid Access Attempts," US Patent #5,559,505, September 24, 1996.
- "Telecommunications Fraud Detection Scheme," US Patent #5,504,810, April 2, 1996.
- "Authenticator Card and System," US Patent #5,450,491, September 12, 1995.
- "Secure Telecommunications," US Patent #5,392,357, February 21, 1995.
- "Data Message Storage and Pickup Service," US Patent #5,392,336, February 21, 1995.
- "System and Method for Granting Access to a Resource," US Patent #5,375,244, December 20, 1994.
- "Secure Teleconferencing," US Patent #5,353,351, October 4, 1994.
- "Method and Apparatus for Processor Based Encryption," US Patent #5,278,905, January 11, 1994.
- "Centralized Security Control System," US Patent # 5,276,444, January 4, 1994.
- "Technique for Voice Based Security System," US Patent #5,265,191, November 23, 1993.
- "Video Scrambling System", US Patent # 5,206,906, April 27, 1993.
- "Cryptographic Transmission System," US Patent #4,642,424, Febuary 10, 1987.
- "Processing of Encrypted Voice Signals," US Patent #4,608,455, August 26, 1986.
- "Control of Coefficient Drift for Fractionally Spaced Equalizers," US Patent #4,376,308, March 8, 1983.
Other patent applications are being processed and will be added when the US Patent and Trademark Office publicizes them.
Selected Publications
Conference Proceedings
- B.McNair, L.J.Cimini, N.Sollenberger. "Performance of an Experimental 384 kb/s 1900 MHz Radio Link In a Wide-Area, High-Mobility Environment", Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC00, Boston, MA, October 2000. IEEE.
- H.Zou, B.Daneshrad, B.McNair. "An Integrated OFDM Receiver for High-Speed Mobile Data Communications", Globecomm 2001, San Antonio, TX, October 2001. IEEE.
- L.J.Cimini, K.Leung, B.McNair, J.H.Winters. "Outdoor IEEE 802.11b Cellular Networks: MAC Protocol Design and Performance", ICC 2002, New York, NY, April 2002. IEEE.
- M.Clark, K.Leung, B.McNair, Z.Kostic. "Outdoor IEEE 802.11b Cellular Networks: Radio Link Performance", ICC 2002, New York, NY April 2002. IEEE.
- S.Patel, L.J. Cimini, B.McNair. "Comparison of Frequency Offset Estimation Techniques for Burst OFDM", IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Birmingham, AL, May 2002. IEEE.
Journals
- D.M.D'Angelo, J.E.Wilkes, B.McNair. "Security in Electronic Messaging Systems", AT&T Technical Journal, Vol. 73, No. 3, 1994, AT&T.
- K.Leung, M.V.Clark, B.McNair, Z.Kostic, L.J.Cimini, J.H.winters. "Outdoor IEEE 802.11 Cellular Networks: Radio and MAC Design and Their Performance", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 2673-2884, Sept. 2007, IEEE.
Courses
- EE 585 Physical Design of Wireless Systems
- CPE 691 Information Systems Security
- NIS 691 Information Systems Security
- EE 359 Electronic Circuits
- EE 423 Engineering Design VII
- EE 424 Engineering Design VIII
- CPE 423 Engineering Design VII
- CPE 424 Engineering Design VIII
- NIS 584 Wireless Systems Security
- EE 584 Wireless Systems Security
- E 232 Engineering Design IV
- BME 322 Engineering Design VI
- MT 585 Physical Design of Wireless Systems
- PEP 585 Physical Design of Wireless Systems
- CPE 450 Real-Time Embedded Systems
- TM 584 Wireless Systems Security
- CPE 810 Special Topics in Computer Engineering
- EE 810 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering
- CPE 517 Digital and Computer Systems Architecture
- EE 517 Digital and Computer Systems Architecture