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SDR in Mobile - Briefing Day - 17th November 2008
Registration & Refreshments
09:30
Conference Welcome & Speed Networking Session
10:00
- Sabah Hussain, Conference Researcher & Producer, Informa Telecoms & Media
Opening Remarks from Chairperson
10:10
- Manuel Uhm, Chair of Markets Committee, SDR Forum, USA
What is Software Defined Radio - The Ideal Concept
10:15
- Examining the concept of SDR and the real world limitations of the technology
- How can the concept of SDR be applied to the telecoms industry?
- Understanding the evolution from non-programmable to programmable chipsets
- Manuel Uhm, Chair of Markets Committee, SDR Forum, USA
SDR Systems
Enabling Mass Deployment of Data Centric Consumer Devices with SDR
10:45
- Comparing the standard consumer device solutions to one which is software defined
- How will SDR speed up mass deployment of data centric consumer devices?
- Is SDR a simpler may of supporting legacy networks when deploying LTE or WiMAX?
- Rick Clucas, CEO, Coresonic AB
Network Flexibility Presented by SDR - What Time to Market Advantage Does it Provide?
11:15
- Understanding the advantages for operators and vendors of having reconfigurable networks
- What is the re-configurability process?
- What parts of the network will SDR simplify?
- How can hardware investments be balanced with the software ones?
- John Edwards, Senior Field Applications Engineer, picoChip, UK
Morning Refreshments
11:55
Are Flexible SDR Basestations Truly Self Optimising?
12:30
- Quantifying the current cost for operators to continually optimise the RAN
- Examining how radios can sense their environment and autonomously change their behaviour to optimize user preferences or network efficiency
- Will SDR remove the need for drive testing?
- How will SDR basestations measure network performance?
- Dimitris Mavrakis, Principal Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media, UK
Networking Lunch
13:00
Economics of Reconfigurable Systems
14:15
- Quantifying the potential OPEX and CAPEX savings for basestations:
- power consumption, form factor, deployment costs, operation and maintenance costs
- What is the potential time to market advantage for NGMN’s provided by SDR?
- How reconfigurable are systems? Are there still hardware upgrades that will need to be made?
- Quantifying the OPEX savings with over the air remote programming
- Klaus Moessner, Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey
PANEL DISCUSSION: Is SDR the Way to Provide a Ubiquitous Wireless Service?
14:45
- Is there any need for SDR if networks are only built around one or two technologies that already have good coverage?
- How far does SDR go towards providing mobile broadband everywhere?
- Does SDR address the digital divide between urban and rural coverage?
- John Edwards, Senior Field Applications Engineer, picoChip, UK
- Klaus Moessner, Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey
- Rick Clucas, CEO, Coresonic AB
- Jan Westmeijer, VP Engineering, mimoOn, Germany
Applications of SDR
Mobile Devices and Software Over the Air
15:15
- Utilizing System on Chip (SoC) devices that incorporate programmable DSP cores to support the baseband signal/modem processing
- Examining multi-mode, multi-band, and multi-functional devices
- What additional features will the terminals have?
- Determining the vision of global roaming with SDR across all standards
- What challenges remain with roaming on different frequencies and countries
- Thierry Dubois, SDR Market Analyst, IMEC, Belgium
Will SDR Bring an End to Handsets Subsidies?
15:45
- Understanding how operators can remove the need for subsidies with software upgrades for terminals
- Quantifying how much software upgradeable handsets can save operators?
- How will the device manufacturers have to plan in advance for software upgradeable terminals?
- Who benefits most from SDR in terminals, the operators or the vendors?
Afternoon Refreshments
16:15
SDR Security
Mobile Flexible Networks: Breaking the Spectral Efficiency Barrier
16:45
- Understanding the concept of Mobile Flexible Networks
- What are the potential gains of Mobile Flexible Networks?
- What are the current research trends and potential innovations?
- Prof. Mérouane Debbah, Chair on Flexible Radio, Superlec, France
PANEL DISCUSSION: How much of an Investment is SDR for Operators?
17:15
- Quantifying the CAPEX for SDR
- Does the end result justify the cost if LTE and WiMAX will be for a small number of customers only?
- How much of a need is there for SDR in the telecoms industry?
- Merouane Debbah, Chair on Flexible Radio, Supelec, France
- Dimitris Mavrakis, Principal Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media, UK
End of Conference
17:45
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