Monday 26th September, 12.30 pm - 2 pm
Garden Court I, II

Future of Wireless Packet Data

Moderator

Dr Steven Gray

Director of IP and Standards, Mobility Group

Intel

The first phase of 3G deployment has occurred based primarily on circuit-switching and technologies developed during the 1990s.  As we look toward 2010, wireless standards are emerging optimized for packet-switching targeted for wide area coverage and assuming an all Internet Protocol (IP) backbone.  3GPP and 3GPP2 provides one standards track for achieving a system optimized for wireless packet data where the incumbent telecommunications industry has been the key driver with systems such as Super3G and NxEVDO. IEEE802 and WiMAX Forum provide the second standards track where the Information Technology (IT) industry has been the key driver.  The panel investigates the dynamics for business success in the future for these two tracks.  Is there a path for coexistence or will there be a clear winner and a clear loser? 

Dr. Steven Gray earned his B.S. with high honors (1985) and M.S. (1986) in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, and his Ph.D. (1995) in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University. In 1996, Dr. Gray joined Nokia Mobile Phones in San Diego, CA working on a team that produced Nokia’s first IS-95 CDMA handset. Dr. Gray joined Nokia Research Center in 1997 where he led Nokia’s system concept for 3G cdma2000 and formed a group focused on research and prototyping of broadband wireless systems. From 2001 until July 2003, Dr. Gray was Head of the Radio Communications Laboratory in Nokia Research. In September 2003, Dr. Gray was appointed Vice President and Head of Wireless Access Research in Nokia Research Center responsible for research in all air interfaces relevant to Nokia’s business. Dr. Gray is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and is a member of the honorary engineering societies Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi. He has published nine refereed journal papers, 13 conference papers and two book chapters. He holds nine US patents related to receiver design, standardization work for cdma2000 and wireless LAN.

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Panelists

Motorola - Miguel Pellon
Intel - Siavash Alamouti
Verizon – Kenneth Wells
Sprint Nextel – Ali Abassi
Bell Canada - Aladdin Saleh

The Battle and Integration of Broadband Wireless Systems

Moderator

Lawrence Harte

This panel investigates the dynamics for business and technology success in the future of wireless broadband systems. You will learn from this panel how different types of wireless systems such as Super3G, NxEVDO and WiMAX are evolving to offer ultra broadband packet data services and ways these systems can co-exist and work together. Questions and issues covered in this session include 4G requirements, ultra broadband wireless data, interference management, security and controlling the quality of service (QoS).

Panelists

Dr. William Lee - 4G Wireless Requirements
Dr. A. PaulRaj - Smart Antennas and Access Technologies
Dr. Ted Rappaport – TBD