Richard H. Frenkiel Director for Strategic Planning Contact Information: WINLAB/Rutgers University 73 Brett Road Piscataway, NJ  08854-8060 732-445-5699 732-445-3693 Fax frenkiel@winlab.rutgers.edu

Richard H. Frenkiel is a Visiting Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers, and Director for Strategic Planning at WINLAB. Before coming to Rutgers and WINLAB in 1994, he spent 30 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he made fundamental contributions to Cellular and Cordless Telephony. He was head of mobile systems engineering for AMPS, the first cellular system in the US, and served on the EIA committee which drafted the rules for nationwide cellular compatibility. As R&D Director for AT&T's cordless telephone business unit, he led the development of the 5000 series of cordless telephone, and was responsible for its initial manufacture. For his work in cellular and cordless telephony, he has received the National Medal of Technology, the Alexander Graham Bell Medal and the Industrial Research Institute Achievement Award. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of Bell Labs and the IEEE.

As Director for Strategic Planning, Dick works with sponsors and WINLAB faculty to identify promising areas for new research.  He is currently involved in research on INFOSTATIONS, an architecture in which isolated, short-range base stations are used to deliver very high bit-rates to low cost terminals.