Workshop Background:

This workshop follows as a direct result of the IWPC Workshop – MIMO Summit, November 2008, San Diego. We learned that the 3GPP Specification (Ref: 3GPP TS 36.213 V8.5.0 (2008-12), Page 19) refers to 7 different versions of MIMO which can be implemented in an LTE network.

 

From this, there are many questions which need to be addressed – such as – what are these 7 Versions of MIMO, what are the circumstances when they are to be used, how will this impact the network and how will this impact the handset?   AND - how will all of these 7 versions of MIMO be tested?
 

Workshop Goals:

This workshop is designed to bring the entire wireless supply chain together to identify the challenges and potential solutions which the industry needs to address to bring MIMO Handsets to the marketplace?

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

2:00 PM

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IWPC Handset Advisory Panel Meeting

This is your chance to directly influence IWPC Workshop and Working Group Plans for 2009 and beyond with IWPC Senior Staff.

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Refreshments will be served.

7:00 PM

Social and Networking

Reception & Registration

At Hotel

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

7:00 AM

Breakfast & Registration

8:00 AM

Opening Remarks

8:15 AM

Self Introductions

Each person will be asked to introduce him/herself and share how they can contribute to this process

8:50 AM

Keynote welcome REMARKS

Research In Motion

9:00 AM

Keynote presentation

Setting the Workshop Stage

MIMO Handsets - Design and Test Implementation Challenges

LTE MIMO Handset Design Challenges

Sr. Dir., Advanced Technology

Research In Motion

9:45 AM

Networking Break

10:25 AM

Carrier MIMO requirements

• What are the differences between the 7 Versions of MIMO?
  Reference:  3GPP TS 36.213 V8.5.0 (2008-12), Page 19

  • Single-antenna port; port 0

  • Transmit diversity

  • Open-loop spatial multiplexing

  • Closed-loop spatial multiplexing

  • Multi-user MIMO

  • Closed-loop Rank=1 precoding

  • Single-antenna port; port 5

• What are the expectations of a real-world MIMO implementation?

  • Data rate

  • Thruput

  • Capacity improvement

• What is the roadmap of which MIMO version(s) will be implemented?

• Which MIMO Version will provide the greatest capacity or throughput gain for the least investment?

• What is required by the carriers to perform a full acceptance test of a

  • MIMO Handset?

  • MIMO System?

MIMO Challenges and Impact on Orange/FT Deployment

Sr. Technical Expert

Orange/FT

MIMO Issues

Director of Wireless Access Evolution

Telus Mobility

The Impact of MIMO on Network Deployment Strategy

Network Strategy Architect

Bell Canada

12:25 PM

Networking Lunch

1:25 PM

interaction and requirements

between network equipment and handsets

• What are the conditions for choosing which of the 7 versions of MIMO to use at any given time?

  • Instantaneous channel conditions?

  • Data rate demand

  • Capacity demand

  • Handoff conditions

  • Other

• What is the roadmap for rolling out the choices of the 7 Versions of MIMO?

• What are the expectations from the handset to respond to the MIMO Version choice?

  • Open loop

  • Closed loop

• When there is a handoff from one base station to an other – is the MIMO Version changed, depending on conditions?

• What are the link budget differences, if any, between each of the 7 Versions of MIMO?

  • How does the impact the handset receiver sensitivity?

• Is the expectation that the handset is expected to process all 7 Versions of MIMO from the start – or is there a planned rollout over time of the more sophisticated Versions?

• What is required by the System OEMs to perform a full acceptance test of a

  • MIMO Handset?

  • MIMO System?

Considerations for LTE MIMO

Consulting Member of the Tech Staff

Alcatel-Lucent

MIMO Modes in LTE

Nortel Fellow,

Director Wireless Technology Lab

Nortel

2:45 PM

MIMO HandsetS & Data Cards

Rx only and Tx/Rx requirements

• What are the antenna requirements to support the 7 Versions of MIMO

• What are the RF to baseband requirements?

• What testing solutions are needed for development and production?

• What are the challenges for balancing the 2 antennas – for Rx only and for Tx/Rx in the future?

• How to manage the antenna imbalances?

  • Will this require more buffer memory?

  • What is the impact on the transceiver?

• Channel equalization in the UE

Title TBA

CTO

Sierra Wireless

3:15 PM

Networking Break

3:55 PM

Panel SessionS

Carriers, Network & handset/datacard OEMs

• What value, if any, do the Carriers see with implementing MIMO in their Networks?

  • higher data rates

  • increased capacity

• Is a MIMO network worth the cost, from end to end?

  • increased user ARPU for new services?

  • increased network operating costs?

  • impact on network reliability?

• Which version of MIMO will be used under which channel conditions and why?

  • how is this decision made?

  • under what conditions does this decision change?

• What impact will MIMO have on handsets?

  • data rates

  • size

  • cost

  • impact on battery life

  • when will we see both Rx AND Tx diversity?

• What is needed from the industry supply chain to implement MIMO?

  • in the network?

  • in the handset?

  • in the datacard?

Confirmed:

Panel 1 - Carriers

• Bell Canada

• MetroPCS

• Orange/FT

• Telus Mobility

• US Cellular

• Verizon Wireless

Panel 2 - Network and Handset and Datacard OEMs

• Alcatel-Lucent

• Nokia

• Nokia Siemens Networks

• Nortel

• Psion Teklogix

• Redline Communications

• Research In Motion

• Samsung

• Sierra Wireless

5:00 PM

Adjourn for Day

6:30 PM

gather in Hotel Lobby

Bus leaves for:

Dinner

Toronto Style

Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel.

Bus to depart from Hotel at 7:00 pm for dinner at the Old Barber House with a return back around 10:00 pm

Thursday, March 12, 2009

7:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 AM

Testing solutions

• Review of MIMO System, radiation and throughput standards activities

• MIMO channel emulator solutions

• MIMO radiation testing solutions

• Throughput testing solutions

End-to-End MIMO Testing: Representing Real-World Conditions in a Controlled Laboratory Environment

MTS, Product Development Engineer
and

Solutions Architect

Spirent Comm.

Industry Expectation vs Real Life Scenarios taking into account real propagation conditions and real antennas - end to end

Sr. Scientist

Agilent

Using Channel Emulation to Exercise 3GPP MIMO Transmission Modes

Chief Scientist, DSP Manager

Azimuth

9:30 AM

Networking Break

10:00 AM

Antenna technology options

• What is the impact on antenna design for the 7 different Versions of MIMO?

• Considerations for balanced Rx diversity

• Are there any special requirements from the RF chain to manage Rx diversity and future Rx/Tx diversity?

Comparing Handset Antenna Implementation Challenges between WiMAX and LTE

Chief Scientist

Skycross

Advanced Antenna Architectures at 700MHz and 2.6Ghz

VP, Advanced Technology

Ethertronics, Inc.

Evaluation of Multiple Antennas Integrated into Handsets and Datacards

Principal RF Engineer

Galtronics Ltd.

11:30 AM

RF-Front-End to Baseband enabling technologies for MIMO Handsets

• What are the considerations for the RF to Baseband chain for

  • Rx diversity MIMO?

  • Rx/Tx diversity MIMO in the future?

  • Requirements for the 7 different versions of MIMO

• For:

  • matching networks

  • power amplifiers

  • transceivers

  • baseband

  • memory

Tunability: The Key to Enabling Multi-Antenna Platforms

VP Marketing & Sales

wiSpry

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

RF-Front-End to Baseband enabling technologies for MIMO Handsets

(continued)

• What are the considerations for the RF to Baseband chain for

  • Rx diversity MIMO?

  • Rx/Tx diversity MIMO in the future?

  • Requirements for the 7 different versions of MIMO

• For:

  • matching networks

  • power amplifiers

  • transceivers

  • baseband

  • memory

Can One RFFE Support Seven Use Cases? - Programmable Transceivers Make it Possible

Founder/CMO

BitWave Semiconductor

DSP Architecture for LTE MIMO

CTO

Tensilica Inc.

RF Front Ends to Enable Rx and RX/Tx MIMO in Handsets

Sr Manager RF Systems

RFMD

Challenges to the RF Front-End in 4G Mobiles

R&D Engineer

Avago Technologies

3:00 PM

Networking Break

3:30 PM

enabling technologies

Materials, packaging and shielding

RF Front End Modules for WiMAX

Sr. Project Manager

TDK

Handset Package Miniaturization to Create Increased Volume for Antennas, Batteries and other MIMO Circuits

VP Corporate/Wireless Technology

AMKOR

4:30 PM

CLOSING PANEL

Panel session, OEMs and Operators

• The hosts will be asked to recap the extent to which the workshop has addressed their wish lists.

• What are the next steps to move MIMO forward?

  • in networks

  • in handsets

  • in datacards

Operators &
Network / Handset / Datacard OEMs

Confirmed:

• Alcatel-Lucent

• Bell Canada

• MetroPCS

• Nokia

• Nokia Siemens

• Nortel

• Orange/FT

• Psion Teklogix

• Redline Communications

• Research In Motion

• Samsung

• Sierra Wireless

• Telus Mobility

• US Cellular

• Verizon Wireless

5:30 PM

TakeAways & Closing Remarks

6:00 PM

Adjourn

7:00 PM

Dinner (Dutch*)

* = in this context, Dutch is a term which means that each person will be responsible for their own dinner costs.

For those who desire to join us, we get together to enjoy good friends, good food, good wine and [really] bad jokes

Friday, March 13, 2009

7:45 AM

gather in hotel lobby for bus

And Tour: 

University of Waterloo Research Labs

MIMO antenna lab and SDR lab

THz communications lab

RF MEMs lab

Solar Cells lab

Bus Transportation provided from and to hotel. 

Bus will leave hotel at 8:00 am and return back to the hotel around 12:30 pm

DEADLINE FOR HANDOUT MATERIALS:

Deadline for electronic version of handout materials: 

February 27, 2009

COSTS/REGISTRATION FEE:

ALL Hosts, Speakers, Panel Members and Attendees will be asked to cover out of pocket workshop costs such as conference room costs, food (Social Reception plus First Day breakfast/lunch/dinner plus Second Day breakfast/lunch plus 4 Breaks), booklet copying, audio/visual costs, etc.

We estimate that these costs will be $ 692.00 (USD) per person. (For IWPC Members, only.)

ALL Hosts, Speakers, Panel Members and Attendees will be asked to pay this fee in advance with either Visa, Mastercard, American Express, cash, personal check or business check.

Make checks payable to IWPC.

HOTEL:

Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Center
6750 Mississauga Road, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada  L5N 2L3

(West Toronto)
Tel: 905-821-1981 | Fax: 905-542-4036
Toll-Free: 1-800-422-8238

Please contact the hotel directly for reservations. Mention the IWPC room block rate of $149.00 Canadian for single occupancy.

Cut-off date for reservations is date, Thursday, February 26, 2009. After that date rooms cannot be guaranteed at the IWPC rate.

TRAVEL OPTIONS FROM AIRPORT TO HOTEL:  The hotel is only 15 miles from Lester B. Pearson International Airport.

AUDIO VISUAL:

A Computer Projector will be available for the speakers.

In addition, we audiotape all presentations and the interactive discussions. Post workshop, presentations are made available to IWPC Members on the IWPC WEB site, along with “movies” of all presentations and panel sessions.

BUSINESS CARDS:

Business cards will be collected at the door from all attendees. We will make copies of these cards, which will be available to all who provided a business card.

DRESS:

Business casual suggested. No ties, please !!

HANDOUT MATERIALS:

IWPC prepares a handout binder with ALL presentation materials delivered to the IWPC on or before the deadline.

For ALL IWPC members:

All IWPC members are invited to submit a maximum of 4 pages of materials to include in this handout binder. These pages should NOT BE SALES MATERIALS. Rather, we suggest it contain technical information about your technology as it relates to the workshop topics.

For all companies who will be making a presentation at the Workshop:

You are invited to submit an advance copy of your presentation, complete with graphics and illustrations.

These materials will be copied and handed out at the workshop and included in the IWPC Web site.

Please submit these materials either by email, as a Word for Windows file, Power Point files or PDF files.

Please send electronic materials (up to 5 MB) to:

[email protected]

or use one of these FREE FTP Sites for files greater than 5 MB

http://www.iwpc.org/cal/sitedrop.asp 

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