RF Challenges for Multi-Standard Handsets

Date 08 November 2007

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Time

09:30 – Registration and refreshments
10:00 – Seminar opens
16:40 – Seminar ends

Location

Savoy Place, London, UK

About this event

We all know that the mobile handset is now much more than just a means for making a phone call and the range of multimedia applications is almost endless. Remote Bluetooth headset functionality, Mobile TV, near-field communication and Skype operation are merely a few of the areas in which non-cellular radios are rapidly being designed into the mobile handset.

The objectives of this event are to present a forum to discuss the challenges of integrating multiple cellular and non-cellular wireless standards in to a single handset. Delegates will learn new techniques and be updated on the latest research and development plans.

Topics will include

Interoperability between different cellular and non-cellular radio standards within one handset. Practical timing/synchronisation strategies for achieving WiFi, Bluetooth, DVB-H operation.
Methodologies for reducing interference between radios operating within very close proximity of each other in order to meet critical receiver sensitivity and noise requirements required as part of the respective standards.
Managing the size, cost and complexity challenges. Strategies for sharing front-end blocks such as antennae to reduce size. Design approaches for further integration and size reduction (especially for mobile TV antennae) such as switched or tune-able architectures.
A review of cellular and non-cellular radio standards currently being integrated into the handset and how this is likely to evolve over the next 5-10 years.
Looking to the future – 4G and beyond. The ability of software defined architectures to meet the challenge imposed by yet further radio integration and convergence of fixed and mobile requirements.

Who should attend?

This seminar will provide a vital source of information to RF cellular component vendors, researchers, academics and those with an interest in any of the topics covered.

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Cost

	Early Bird Rate For registration on or before 29 August 2007	Standard Rate For registration after 29 August 2007
Member	£225.00 (+ £63.39 VAT = £264.38)	£275.00 (+ £48.13 VAT = £323.13)
Non Member	£275.00 (+ £48.13 VAT = £323.13)	£325.00 (+ £63.56 VAT = £381.88)
Student* /Retired	£95.00 (+ £16.63 VAT = £111.63)	£95.00 (+ £16.63 VAT = £111.63)
Author	£225.00 (+ £39.38 VAT= £264.38)	£225.00 (+ £39.38 VAT= £264.38)

* Please note that all students must have their applications endorsed by their Professor or Head of Department

Programme

09:30	Registration and Refreshments
10:00	Welcome and Introduction Chris Clifton, Technology Officer, Sony Business Europe
10:10	Future Handsets – The Challenge of Terminals that Do Everything Dr Walter Tuttlebee, Chief Executive, Mobile VCE (Virtual Centre of Excellence in Mobile & Personal Communications Limited) Multi-mode, multi-standard, multi-service terminals – the way of the future ? Key challenges and demands that arise New approaches emerging from leading-edge research
10:40	Radio IC Developments Towards SDR Dr Ir Pieter W Hooijmans VP, Technology Competence Manager, Analogue/RF Corporate I&T-TCF NXP Semiconductors Multi-mode and re configurable radios is the straightforward path towards SDR Solving coexistence problems is the most challenging element of SDR The first steps towards SDR are now being implemented
11:10	Why Can't We Be Friends? - Making Transceivers Coexist Dean Armstrong, Software Engineer, CSR A review of problems encountered in systems with collocated transceivers. Discussion of common techniques used to address coexistence issues. Suggestion of areas with potential for future gain in coexistence performance.
11:40	Near Field Communication in the Real World: Moving to System-on-Chip (SoC) Integration within the Handset Ian Keen, Standards & Applications Manager, Innovision Research & Technology Plc Challenges of NFC handset mass volume adoption NFC SoC opportunities within the handset Design and implementation issues and the advantages of custom design
12.10	Lunch, Networking, Posters & Demonstrations
13:20	Radio and Antenna Integration in Mobile Phones Dr Devis Iellici, Principal Scientist, Antenova Ltd Handsets are getting smaller and smaller, while at the same time the antenna is being asked to cover more bands and to co-exist with other non-cellular radios and antennas - causing interoperability problems. Whilst these factors lead to an increase in the complexity of the antenna, commercial pressures require the antenna to be ever lower in cost and to occupy less volume in the handset. Larger scale integration of components is seen as the way forward to further cost reductions without sacrificing performance, and this paper will discuss the latest developments in integrating the RF with the antenna and their pros and cons.
13:50	Managing the Cost, Size and Complexity of RF Components in Multi-Standard Handsets David Srodzinski, CEO & Founder, Elonics Limited Multi-standard handsets market demand Challenges: cost, power, size and complexity Architectures and Flexible RF IC technology solutions
14:20	UHF UMTS - Handset Cost and Performance Considerations Geoff Varrall, Director, RTT Programmes Practical options for managing and minimizing interference between: UHF UMTS and UMTS900 UHF UMTS and DVB/DVB-H UHF UMTS and other users in the band
14:50	Refreshments
15:20	A Hardware Reconfigurable RFIC for Multi-Band, Multi-Standard Broadcast Standards Anthony Eaton, Director of Engineering, Mirics Semiconductor Inc. Key requirements summary for the various global MDTV and radio broadcast standards The challenges faced in designing and developing a low-cost, low-power multi-standard tuner A hardware-reconfigurable RFIC architecture, implementation outline and key performance summary
15:50	A Multi-mode Radio Front-end for Software Defined Radio Livia Ruiz, PhD Student, Institute of Microelectronic and Wireless Systems, NUIM Capabilities, requirements and specifications Software control Challenges and applications
16:20	Closing Comments Chris Clifton, Technology Officer, Sony Business Europe
16:40	Close