Applied Communication Sciences

The efforts and insights of our researchers reach far beyond individual clients. They move our industry forward.

Our experts typically file for, and/or receive, more than 100 patents annually.  Each year, our researchers publish, submit or deliver hundreds of industry-leading books, papers and/or presentations.

Equally significant are the leadership roles and contributions we consistently provide to academic and government advisory boards, and virtually all of the industry's major standards bodies and professional societies. A sampling of those organizations and current or recent posts our experts have filled include:

Leadership on Professional Societies

• IEEE Communications Society - Past-president, Vice-president, Treasurer, Board member
• IEEE Laser & Electro-Optical Society (IEEE LEOS) - Annual meeting technical chair
• Optical Society of America (OSA) - Member of committees on transmission systems and integrated photonics research and applications

Leadership on Standards Bodies

• Allliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions - Board member, sub-team leader on IPTV interoperability and broadcast IPTV QoS metrics
• Optoelectronic Industry Development Association (OIDA) - Board member, Technical Advisory Board Chair, Executive Committee Member, Steering Committee Member, Board Treasurer
• Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) - Working Group Chair on Operations Administration, Maintenance, & Provisioning (OAM&P)
• NIST - Smart Grids & Security Standards member
• IEEE 802.21 - Chair, 802.21 Seamless Mobility
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - Member of working groups on IP MPLS VPN RFCs, HOKEY, PANA, MIPv6, and MIPSHOP protocol design; developer of method for EAP extension
• 3GPP2 - Chair, Priority Services

Plus, active involvement in 14 other industry groups, including: Small Cells Forum, IEEE Standards Association, ITU-T, TM Forum, WiMax Forum, 3GPP, Open Mobile Alliance, Utility Telecom Council, SAE Avions System Division, and European Telecommunications Standards Institute.