George MacCartney

  • Wireless System Engineer, Apple

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George MacCartney
PhD in Electrical Engineering, 2018
Email
grm296 [at] nyu.edu
Website
http://gmacc.me/
Villanova University2011

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering

Villanova University2010

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

SiBeam

Wireless Intern

From: June 2015 to August 2015

Apple

RF Wireless Intern

From: June 2017 to September 2017

Journal Articles


  1. T. S. Rappaport, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., S. Sun, H. Yan, and S. Deng, “Small-scale, local area, and transitional millimeter wave propagation for 5G communications,” in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Dec. 2017. [Paper]
  2. T. S. Rappaport, Y. Xing, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., A. F. Molisch, E. Mellios, and J. Zhang, “Overview of millimeter wave communications for fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks (Invited Paper),” in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Dec. 2017. [Paper]
  3. G. R. MacCartney, Jr. and T. S. Rappaport, "Rural Macrocell Path Loss Models for Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications," in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 35, no. 7, pp. 1663-1677, July 2017. [Paper]
  4. G. R. MacCartney, Jr. and T. S. Rappaport, "A Flexible Millimeter-Wave Channel Sounder with Absolute Timing," in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 1402-1418, June 2017. [Paper]
  5. A. I. Sulyman, A. Alwarafy, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., T. S. Rappaport and A. Alsanie, "Directional Radio Propagation Path Loss Models for Millimeter-Wave Wireless Networks in the 28-, 60-, and 73-GHz Bands," in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 6939-6947, Oct. 2016. [Paper]
  6. G. R. MacCartney, Jr., T. S. Rappaport, S. Sun, and S. Deng, "Indoor office wideband millimeter-wave propagation measurements and channel models at 28 GHz and 73 GHz for ultra-dense 5G wireless networks (Invited Paper)," in IEEE Access, vol. 3, pp. 2388-2424, Dec. 2015. [Paper]
  7. G. R. MacCartney, Jr., T. S. Rappaport, M. K. Samimi, and S. Sun, "Millimeter-wave omnidirectional path loss data for small cell 5G channel modeling," in IEEE Access, vol. 3, pp. 1573-1580, Sept. 2015. [Paper]
  8. T. S. Rappaport, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., M. K. Samimi, and S. Sun, "Wideband millimeter-wave propagation measurements and channel models for future wireless communication system design (Invited)," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 63, no. 9, pp. 3029-3056, Sept. 2015. [Paper]
  9. M. K. Samimi, T. S. Rappaport, and G. R. MacCartney, Jr., "Probabilistic omnidirectional path loss models for millimeter-wave outdoor communications," in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 357-360, Aug. 2015. [Paper]
  10. A. I. Sulyman, A. T. Nassar, M. K. Samimi, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., T. S. Rappaport, and A. Alsanie, "Radio propagation path loss models for 5G cellular networks in the 28 GHz and 38 GHz millimeter-wave bands," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 78-86, Sept. 2014. [Paper] [Errata]
  11. S. Deng. C. J. Slezak, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., and T. S. Rappaport, "Small wavelengths - big potential: millimeter wave propagation measurements for 5G," in Microwave Journal, vol. 57, no. 11, pp. 4-12, Nov. 2014. [Paper]
  12. A. Ghosh, T. A. Thomas, M. C. Cudak, R. Ratasuk, P. Moorut, F. W. Vook, T. S. Rappaport, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., S. Sun, and S. Nie, "Millimeter-Wave Enhanced Local Area Systems: A High-Data-Rate Approach for Future Wireless Networks," in IEEE Journal on Selected Area in Communications, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 1152-1163, June 2014. [Paper]

Authored/Edited Books


  1. Aalto University, AT&T, BUPT, CMCC, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, KT Corporation, Nokia, NTT DOCOMO, New York University, Qualcomm, Samsung, University of Bristol, and University of Southern California, "5G channel model for bands up to 100 GHz," 2016, Oct. 21. [Online]. Available: http://www.5gworkshops.com/5GCM.html

Other Publications


  1. G. R. MacCartney, Jr., T. S. Rappaport, and Amitava Ghosh “Base Station Diversity Propagation Measurements at 73 GHz Millimeter-Wave for 5G Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) Analysis,” in 2017 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC Wkshps), Singapore, Dec. 2017, pp. 1-7. [Paper]
  2. G. R. MacCartney, Jr., T. S. Rappaport, and Sundeep Rangan “Rapid Fading Due to Human Blockage in Pedestrian Crowds at 5G Millimeter-Wave Frequencies,” 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Singapore, Dec. 2017. [Paper]
  3. G. R. MacCartney, Jr. and T. S. Rappaport, “A Flexible Wideband Millimeter-Wave Channel Sounder with Local Area and NLOS to LOS Transition Measurements,” 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, May 2017, pp. 1-7. [Paper] [Slides]
  4. G. R. MacCartney, Jr. and T. S. Rappaport, “Study on 3GPP Rural Macrocell Path Loss Models for Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications,” 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, May 2017, pp. 1-7. [Paper] [Slides]
  5. S. Sun, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., and T. S. Rappaport, “A Novel Millimeter-Wave Channel Simulator and Applications for 5G Wireless Communications,” 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, May 2017, pp. 1-7. [Paper] [Slides]
  6. S. Sun, H. Yan, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., and T. S. Rappaport, “Millimeter Wave Small-Scale Spatial Statistics in an Urban Microcell Scenario,” 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Paris, France, May 2017, pp. 1-7. [Paper] [Slides]
  7. Jacqueline Ryan, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., and T. S. Rappaport, “Indoor Office Wideband Penetration Loss Measurements at 73 GHz,” 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICCW), Paris, France, May 2017, pp. 1-6. [Paper] [Slides]
  8. S. Deng, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., and T. S. Rappaport, “Indoor and Outdoor 5G Diffraction Measurements and Models at 10, 20, and 26 GHz,” 2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Washington, D.C., USA, Dec. 2016, pp. 1-7. [Paper] [Slides]
  9. G. R. MacCartney, Jr., S. Sun, T. S. Rappaport, Y. Xing, H. Yan, J. Koka, R. Wang, and D. Yu, “Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications: New Results for Rural Connectivity,” All Things Cellular’16, in conjunction with ACM MobiCom, Oct. 7, 2016, pp. 31-36. [Paper] [Slides]
  10. G. R. MacCartney, Jr., S. Deng, S. Sun, and T. S. Rappaport, “Millimeter-Wave Human Blockage at 73 GHz with a Simple Double Knife-Edge Diffraction Model and Extension for Directional Antennas,” 2016 IEEE 84th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2016-Fall), Montreal, QC, Sept. 2016, pp. 1-6. [Paper] [Slides]
  11. K. Haneda, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., et al. “Indoor 5G 3GPP-like Channel Models for Office and Shopping Mall Environments,” 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICCW), Kuala Lumpur, May 2016, pp. 694-699. [Paper]
  12. G. R. MacCartney, Jr., S. Deng, and T. S. Rappaport, “Indoor Office Plan Environment and Layout-Based MmWave Path Loss Models for 28 GHz and 73 GHz,” 2016 IEEE 83rd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2016-Spring), Nanjing, May 2016, pp. 1-6. [Paper]
  13. K. Haneda, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., et al. “5G 3GPP-like Channel Models for Outdoor Urban Microcellular and Macrocellular Environments,” 2016 IEEE 83rd Vehicular Technology Conference Spring (VTC2016-Spring), Nanjing, May 2016, pp. 1-7. [Paper]
  14. M. K. Samimi, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., S. Sun, and T. S. Rappaport, “28 GHz Millimeter-Wave Ultrawideband Small-Scale Fading Models in Wireless Channels,” 2016 IEEE 83rd Vehicular Technology Conference Spring (VTC2016-Spring), Nanjing, May 2016, pp. 1-6. [Paper]
  15. S. Sun, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., and T. S. Rappaport, “Millimeter-Wave Distance-Dependent Large-Scale Propagation Measurements and Path Loss Models for Outdoor and Indoor 5G Systems,” 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Davos, Apr. 2016, pp. 1-5. [Paper]
  16. S. Sun, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., M. K. Samimi, and T. S. Rappaport, “Synthesizing Omnidirectional Antenna Patterns, Received Power and Path Loss from Directional Antennas for 5G Millimeter-Wave Communications,” 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), San Diego, CA, Dec. 2015, pp. 3948-3953. [Paper]
  17. G. R. MacCartney, Jr., T. S. Rappaport, and M. K. Samimi, “Exploiting directionality for millimeter-wave wireless system improvement,“2015 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), London, June 2015, pp. 2416-2422. [Paper]
  18. G. R. MacCartney, Jr., M. K. Samimi, and T. S. Rappaport, “Omnidirectional Path Loss Models in New York City at 28 GHz and 73 GHz,” 2014 IEEE 25th Annual International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Washington, D.C., Sept. 2014, pp. 227-231. [Paper]
  19. T. A. Thomas, H. C. Nguyen, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., and T. S. Rappaport, “3D mmWave channel model proposal,” 2014 IEEE 80th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2014-Fall), Vancouver, BC, Sept. 2014, pp. 1-6. [Paper]
  20. H. C. Nguyen, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., T. Thomas, T. S. Rappaport, B. Vejlgaard, and P. Mogensen, “Evaluation of empirical ray-tracing model for an urban outdoor scenario at 73 GHz e-band,” 2014 IEEE 80th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2014-Fall), Sept. 2014, pp. 1-6. [Paper]
  21. G. R. MacCartney, Jr. and T. S. Rappaport, “73 GHz millimeter wave propagation measurements for outdoor urban mobile and backhaul communications in New York City,” 2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Sydney, NSW, June 2014, pp. 4862-4867. [Paper]
  22. S. Nie, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., S. Sun, and T. S. Rappaport, “28 GHz and 73 GHz signal outage study for millimeter wave cellular and backhaul communications,” 2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Sydney, NSW, June 2014, pp. 4856-4861. [Paper]
  23. S. Sun, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., M. K. Samimi, S. Nie, and T. S. Rappaport, “Millimeter wave multi-beam antenna combining for 5G cellular link improvement in New York City,” 2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Sydney, NSW, June 2014, pp. 5468-5473. [Paper]
  24. G. R. MacCartney, Jr., J. Zhang, S. Nie, and T. S. Rappaport, “Path loss models for 5G millimeter wave propagation channels in urban microcells,” 2013 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Atlanta, GA, Dec. 2013, pp. 3948-3953. [Paper]
  25. S. Nie, G. R. MacCartney, Jr., S. Sun, and T. S. Rappaport, “72 GHz millimeter wave indoor measurements for wireless and backhaul communications,” 2013 IEEE 24th Annual International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), London, Sept. 2013, pp. 2429-2433. [Paper]

Research Interests


Millimeter-wave channel sounding development, propagation measurements, and channel modeling for 5G wireless communications. 


Affiliations


  • IEEE, Student Member
  • IEEE ComSoc, Student Member
  • Eta Kappa Nu - Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society
  • Tau Beta Pi - Engineering Honor Society

  • [2017] The Dante Youla Award for Graduate Research Excellence in ECE 2017
  • [2016] The Marconi Society - Paul Baran Young Scholar Award
  • [2016] Co-author and organizer of IEEE VTC2016-Spring Conference Best Paper
  • [2013-2016] GAANN Fellowship - NYU

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