Hot Topics Forum: LTE vs WiMAX and Next Generation Internet

Date 27 September 2007

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Time

09:00 - Registration and refreshments
17:00 - Close

Location

Introduction

The IET Hot Topics Forum is organised by the Communications Technical and Professional Network, Europe’s largest comms engineering community with 24,000 members from 120 countries. The forum will consist of two sessions: LTE vs WiMAX and Next Generation Internet.

LTE vs WiMAX

Usage of Mobile Internet has reached the mainstream, and as service offerings increase users will demand ever greater bandwidth. WiMAX, originally a high bandwidth fixed wireless access technology, hit the headlines as a rival to 3G when its mobile variant, backed by Intel, was released as a standard. However, 3G is had its own high-bandwidth technology in Long Term Evolution (LTE). Are these complementary or competing technologies?

The event will explore the current state-of-the-art in both technologies and examine their predicted role in the future development of mobile networks. After listening to presentations from experts in the field, a debate will take place on competing technologies emerging in the marketplace and the challenge of choosing between LTE or WiMAX technologies.

Next Generation Internet

Over the past decade the internet has evolved from an academic network, to a global phenomenon driving commerce worldwide, but will it continue to scale? Every year predictions are made that the continued rise in users and bandwidth will result in catastrophic collapse.

So far this has not happened but cracks are beginning to show; in terms of security and availability. How will the internet cope when billions of wireless devices and appliances become connected? Will it be able to cope when users what to generate and distribute HD quality video?

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) recently launched a $367M project called ‘Global Environment for Network Investigators’ (GENI), to build the next generation internet. We are planning to have a presentation on this topic and discuss the need of the redesigning of the Internet, what are the requirements and the directions of this network, and look at how researchers in Europe will contribute.

Who should attend?

All those who are responsible for security issues in:

Communications and information systems areas
Government
Public safety

Heads of Divisions, Directors, Managers and Specialists responsible for:

Management functions
Corporate Strategy and Planning
Strategic Intelligence and Business Intelligence Operations, Technology and R&D
Information Risk / Information Management
Computer Security
Engineering / Product Development and Management
Network Analysis and Administration / Network Management and Planning

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Cost

	Early Bird Rate For registration on or before 24 August 2007	Standard Rate For registration after 24 August 2007	Group Rate Price per person for three or more bookings
Member	£245.00 (+ £42.88 VAT = £287.88)	£295.00 (+ £51.63 VAT = £346.63)	£236.00 (+ £41.30 VAT = £277.30)
Non Member	£295.00 (+ £51.63 VAT = £346.63)	£345.00 (+ £60.38 VAT = £405.38)	£276.00 (+ £48.30 VAT = £324.30)
Student* / Retired	£125.00 (+ £21.88 VAT = £146.88)	£125.00 (+ £21.88 VAT = £146.88)

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

Programme

09.00	Registration and refreshments
09.30	Opening Remarks from the Chairman Dr John Mitchell Senior Lecturer in Telecommunications, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, UK
	Session 1: LTE vs WiMAX Chair: Rob Westwick, A Consulting, UK
09.35	What is the Best Solution for Mobile Broadband? Can both LTE and WiMAX deliver the new demand for video in communications? The user device - open or proprietary? The back haul infra-structure requirements Stephen Lowe, Chairman, Broadband Wireless Association, UK
10.05	What Happens Next with Mobile WiMAX? What can first 16e mobile networks deliver when they go commercial in 2008? How can "super" 16e profiles extend mobile WiMAX capabilities? How 802.16m, WiMAX's "Long Term Evolution" will help to meet the requirements of IMT-Advanced. Paul Senior, Chief Technical Officer, Airspan Networks, WiMAX Forum Board Member, UK
10.35	Infrastructure Implementation Challenges for LTE and WiMAX Comparisons on basestation baseband processing requirements Practicalities of MIMO implementations Basestation deployment realities for high speed data services Dr Doug Pulley, Chief Technical Officer, PicoChip, UK
11.05	Refreshments
11.30	The Comparison of Technical Performance of LTE, HSPA and Mobile WiMAX Issues affecting spectral efficiency, coverage and capacity Impact on CAPEX / OPEX for different operator scenarios Services and core network aspects – needs vs. capabilities Dr Christian Krapichler, Head of Technology, Altran Technologies, UK & Ireland
12.00	Challenges and Trends in the Design of a New Air Interface for Next Generation Wireless Systems Enabling technologies Efficient resource management Interference management Dr Angeliki Alexiou, Technical Manager, Bell Labs, Wireless and Broadband Access Research, Alcatel-Lucent, UK
12.30	Panel Discussion: Which technology will best meet the challenges of future mobile networks? What devices will be made available and when? What applications will WiMAX and LTE enable? What will they be worth to the user? Spectrum deployment issues for WiMAX and LTE How to reduce costs for users and operators using WiMAX and LTE
13.00	Networking Lunch
	Session 2: Next Generation Internet Chair: Dr John Mitchell, Senior Lecturer in Telecommunications, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, UK
14.00	The Future of Applied Engineering Research Future Internet as a technical enabler of the society: operator’s views BT’s participation in the research of the future Internet and assistance with coordination of the research The latest update from the EIFFEL Initiative on the study of alternative architectures International coordination of the research Dirk Trossen, Chief Researcher, BT Group Chief Technology Office, UK
14.30	Web 2.0 for Business - What is it and where is it going? Applications and technologies associated with Web 2.0 and their potential impact on the society Most promising trends for continued evolution Business propositions arising from Web 2.0 companies such as Facebook, Google and NewsVine The latest thoughts on Internet transformation after Web 2.0 Rick Robinson, Web 2.0 Technologist, Emerging Technology Services, IT Architect, IBM, UK
15.00	Application Services Perspective and Drivers for the Next Generation Internet Graham Massey Chief Technology Officer, Accenture, UK & Ireland
15.30	Refreshments
16.00	Research Challenges for the Next Generation Internet Do we still need blue skies research on the Internet Architecture? What challenges should we be addressing, and how? The latest update on research programmes in the UK, Europe and the US Prof Ian Wakeman, University of Surrey, UK
16.30	Panel Discussion: How the Internet will develop in the future? The Internet must change revolutionary, but what changes are needed? What support for applied engineering research is available in the UK and internationally? Are there any radical explorative research initiatives that will push beyond the limits? How best to arrange co-ordinatation of the research internationally
17.00	Closing remarks and close of seminar

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Organiser

Sally Nastys
Technical & Professional Network Assistant Manager
The IET

Michael Faraday House
Six Hills Way
Stevenage
SG1 2AY
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1438 765644
Fax: +44 (0) 1438 767305
Email: snastys@theiet.org

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