Ultrabroadband Nanonetworking Laboratory

We build terahertz systems from materials to standards: hardware, channel, communications, networks, policy and standards.

The Ultrabroadband Nanonetworking Laboratory is part of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering and of the Institute for Intelligent Networked Systems (INSI) at Northeastern University.

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November 13, 2026 · Awards
ScholarGPS ranks Josep Jornet first worldwide in terahertz radiation over the prior five years, and fourth over his lifetime, as a Highly Ranked Scholar.
November 10, 2026 · Funding
Three of the 19 NSF VINES projects announced nationwide involve INSI researchers, including the lab's project on wireless AI factories.
November 2026 · Papers
Contribution to IEEE 802.15 Standing Committee on Terahertz Communications: “IEEE ComSoc Technical Working Group on Terahertz Communications: Overview and Proposed Coordination with SC THz”.
November 2026 · Papers
Contribution to IEEE 802.15 Standing Committee on Terahertz Communications: “IEEE Std 802.15.3-2023 for Space Links: Gap Analysis and Standardization Options”.
October 15, 2026 · Awards
Josep Jornet is in Stanford University's 2026 lists of the world's top 2% most-cited scientists, both career-long and for 2025, ranking 346th and 193rd among 228,312 researchers in Networking and Telecommunications.

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Selected publications

I. F. Akyildiz, C. Han, Z. Hu, S. Nie, and J. M. Jornet, “Terahertz band communication: An old problem revisited and research directions for the next decade”, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 70, no. 6, pp. 4250–4285, June 2022.
Best Survey Paper Award
doi:10.1109/tcomm.2022.3171800 arXiv
P. Sen^a, J. V. Siles, N. Thawdar, and J. M. Jornet, “Multi-kilometre and multi-gigabit-per-second sub-terahertz communications for backhaul applications”, Nature Electronics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 164–175, February 2023.
doi:10.1038/s41928-022-00897-6
I. V. A. K. Reddy^a, D. M. Bodet^a, A. Singh^a, V. Petrov^a, C. Liberale, and J. M. Jornet, “Ultrabroadband terahertz-band communications with self-healing Bessel beams”, Communications Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1, October 2023, Nature.
doi:10.1038/s44172-023-00118-8
A. Kludze, D. M. Bodet^a, J. M. Jornet, and Y. Ghasempour, “Distributed wavefront shaping in radiative near-field sub-terahertz wireless networks”, Nature Communications, vol. 17, April 2026.
doi:10.1038/s41467-026-71793-2
K. Skos, H. Elayan^a, S. Elmaadawy^a, P. Kulakowski, and J. M. Jornet, “Nano-Bio Systems for Intra-Body Sensing, Actuation, and Communication in the Terahertz Band and Beyond”, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 28, pp. 6354–6383, 2026.
doi:10.1109/comst.2026.3694302
M. Polese, X. Cantos-Roman^a, A. Singh^a, M. J. Marcus, T. J. Maccarone, T. Melodia, and J. M. Jornet, “Coexistence and Spectrum Sharing Above 100 GHz”, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 111, no. 8, pp. 928–954, August 2023.
doi:10.1109/jproc.2023.3286172 arXiv
A. Benincasa^a, S. Aliaga^a, A. Diez-Comas^a, and J. M. Jornet, “A Radio Payload for In-Space Sub-Terahertz Communications”, in Proc. of the Small Satellite Conference (SSC), August 2025.

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