Anthony Acampora


Office: 4608 Engineering Building Unit 1

Mailing Address:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0407
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0407

Email: acampora@ece.ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-5438
Fax: (858) 534-1483

Ph.D. Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1973

Wireless and Lightware Communications
Prior to joining the faculty here in 1995, he spent seven years as Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of the Center for Telecommunications Research at Columbia University. Prior to that, he spent 20 years as a researcher and senior research manager at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He is Director of UC San Diego's Center for Wireless Communications.

Research Interests

Communication satellite systems, data networking, packet switching, broadband networks, Asynchronous Transfer Mode traffic management, and multihop lightwave networks.

Current Research

Broadband wireless access, cellular radio systems, and network management strategies.


Honors and Distinctions
  • Fellow,Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • Former member, IEEE Communications Society Board of Governors
  • Author of textbook, An Introduction to Broadband Networks

    Selected Publications

    A. S. Acampora, "Intelligent Optical Networks: Research, Education, and Industrial Programs at the Center for Telecommunications Research," Proc. IEEE, Vol. 81, No. 1, Jan. 1993.

    R. Gidron and A. S. Acampora, "A User Tunable Access Lightwave Network," IEEE J. Lightwave Tech., Vol. 11, No. 5/6, May/June 1993.

    A. S. Acampora, T. S. Chu, C. Dragone, and M. J. Gans, "A Metropolitan Area Radio System Using Scanning Pencil Beams," IEEE Trans. Communications, Vol. COM-39, No. 1, Jan. 1991.

    Last Updated: 5/2/97