Workshop Background:

This workshop is a next step from the IWPC Workshop – MIMO Handsets, March 2009, Toronto, Canada. 

 

Handset and device performance are becoming increasingly complex as more bands and more modes are required. 

 

Can performance be sustained with additional MIMO requirements?

Workshop Goals:

This workshop is designed to bring the entire wireless supply chain together to address the performance challenges of handset and data devices.

 

The goals of this workshop are to:

• Understand impact of handset performance on new and legacy requirements

• Understand new and evolving performance specifications as compared to legacy standards (HSPA, EDGE CDMA, etc)

• Discuss the radio challenges of coexisting 3GPP modes with Bluetooth, GPS, WIFI, TV and FM

• Understand antenna roadmap requirements for uplink, downlink and diversity

• Testing and Verification of the performance specifications

• Understand MIMO OTA (Over The Air) performance requirements

• Identify ways to improve costs and manage the complexity

• Understand power management solutions

What is the MultiBand / MultiMode performance impact on the handset’s RF chain, baseband and power usage?

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

7:00 PM

Social and Networking
Reception & Registration

At Hotel

Wednesday, October 14, 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 presentation

Band & Mode Explosion - Impact on Handset Performance and Cost

Manager, Communications and Networking
CTO Office

Sony Ericsson

10:00 AM

Networking Break

10:40 AM

Carriers' view - handset performance requirements

Operator Challenges on Performance

• Expected Handset Performance gains for MIMO

• Expected Network Performance for MIMO

• What else is needed?

Views on Testing and Verification

• What are the Key Performance Requirements ?(TRP, TIF, etc)

• Additional figures of merit to verify functionality

Standardizing OTA

• What are the right performance specifications, (TRP, TIS, etc)

• How to measure Throughput? Use cases for radio requirements on the following:

  • WAN (2G, 3G, 4G, WiMAX)

  • LAN (WiFi various versions)

  • PAN (Bluetooth)

  • NFC (RFID, side loading)

  • GPS

  • FM

  • TV Rx

Multiband Terminals - What, Why and How?

Head of Technology Research Programme
Vodafone Group Research and Development

Multimode Wireless Devices Driving to the Digital Home

Sr. Staff Digital Home Device Evolution

and

Chairman FMCA

Telecom Italia

12:00 PM

Networking Lunch

Carriers' view - handset performance requirements

(continued)

Exploring Power Management for User Control

Head of Emerging Technologies

Orange

Verizon Wireless' Needs from the Ecosystem for this Emerging Technology

Director of Product Development Device Evolution

Verizon Wireless

2:20 PM

HANDSET AND DATA Device
RF performance requirements

How will the performance of handset and/or end device be impacted with MIMO?

• How will OTA and throughput specifications be met?

• What performance improvement can be gained from diversity receive antennas? What are the tradeoffs?

• What performance improvement can be gained from diversity transmit antennas? What are the tradeoffs?

• What is the leading driver that limits the performance designs of a handset or end device?

What must the component supply community do to develop fundamental technologies in support of multi-mode, multi-band handsets?

What's the long term vision for handling the huge growth in complexity?

How can the industry evolve to deal with multi-standard environments?

How can costs be improved and/or complexity simplified?

Signal Processing Techniques in Wireless Communications

Sr. Executive V.P.

LGE

MIMO Antenna Design for Small Handheld Devices

Senior Member/Technical Staff

Research In Motion

3:50 PM

Networking Break

4:20 PM

Panel Session

Host, OEMs & operators

Confirmed:

• LG

• Nokia

• Option

• RIM

• Sony Ericsson
   

• Danske Telecom, (ex,CEO)

• Orange

• Telecom Italia

• Telia Sonera AB

• Verizon Wireless

• Vodafone

5:20 PM

Adjourn for Day

7:00 PM

Bus leaves for:

Dinner -
 

Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

7:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 AM

TESTING AND VERIFICATIONS SOLUTIONS

Specifications for performance and functionality

• What are new specifications for testing MIMO? OTA?

• How is performance impacted for over the air testing?

• Testing and Verification of the performance specifications in following areas:

  • Emulation

  • Radiation

  • Throughput

• Identify ways to improve costs and simplify the complexity

• Can the RF chain be tested as a whole?

• How can adjacent and co-channel interference be tested across so many bands?

Cost Effective Test Methods for Multiband/Multimode Devices

Product Segment Manager
Spirent

Supporting Complex Device Acceptance

VP, Business Development

Metrico Wireless

Direct Test of Small MIMO Antennas

CEO

Bluetest

Integrated System Design Tool - Simulation & Measurement Environment for Multiband/Multimode Handsets

Director of Marketing Strategy, EMEA

Anritsu Corporation

10:00 AM

Networking Break

10:30 AM

MIMO ANTENNA TECHNOLOGIES

Implications on performance for MIMO and SISO

• What is the impact on antenna design for the MIMO handsets?

• How do the matching networks change from MIMO to SISO?

• Can MIMO antennas be adapted for SISO environment?

• Considerations for balanced Rx diversity

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

• Considerations for balanced Tx diversity? Is Tx diversity feasible?

• Are there special requirement for Uplink vs. Downlink?

• What are the new coupling issues?

Single Structure Antennas for MultiService Coexistence

Chief Scientist

Skycross
 

Challenges in Terminal MIMO Antenna Design for Performance in Real Channels

Research Engineer, Communications and Networking
CTO Office
Sony Ericsson

Integration of MIMO Antenna Solutions

Senior Manager Antenna Measurement & Design
LITEONMOBILE/Perlos

Active Antennas for Multiband, Multimode Applications

Director/Strategic Marketing

Ethertronics, Inc.

12:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM

FRONT END TO BASEBAND TECHNOLOGIES FOR MULTIBAND AND MULTIMODE HANDSET/DEVICES

What are the RF improvements for power amplifiers and transceivers?

• How flexible can the front end be across many bands?

  • Tuning Networks

  • Matching Networks

  • SAW filters

  • Duplexers

• How does power amplification impact legacy performance?

• What technologies to help with adjacent and co-channel interference?

• How can costs be improved and/or complexity be simplified

RF MEMS: Matching Opportunities

EVP

Cavendish Kinetics, Inc.
 

Multiband Multimode Handset Power Amplifier Considerations

Systems Principal Engineer

Skyworks

Impact of Terminal Antennas on MIMO Signal Processing and Performance

Senior Specialist - Multi-Antenna Terminals

Ericsson Research

Fact and Fiction in Multimode Programmable 4G Baseband PHY Design

CTO/Founder

Tensilica

3:30 PM

Networking Break

4:00 PM

HANDSET/DEVICE POWER MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE

• How can power management get more intelligent?

• How should power management be structured to dynamically scale for best efficiency at all times?

• How should power supplies be managed for processors, amplifiers, displays, and other major consumers of power?

• How does peak current stack up in a system, and how does that affect performance factors for semiconductors and power sources?

Handset Power Optimization

Product Marketing Manager

National Semiconductor

FDD vs TDD Comparison - Why TDD LTE Improves Battery Life & Lowers Costs

Director/Systems Architecture

VT Silicon, Inc.

High Accuracy Envelope Tracking for MultiMode Wide Band PAs

VP of Handset Products & Strategy

Nujira Ltd.

5:30 PM

TakeAways & Closing Remarks

6:15 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, October 16, 2009

9:00 AM

Tour:   

University of Lund
MIMO Antenna Testing Lab

Demonstration of propagation channels for multi-antenna handsets.

• How are the propagation channels affected by user interaction?

• What are the implications of using non-isotropic antenna arrays?

• What types of fading can be expected and do all channels experience fading of the same type?

For the demonstration we will use a wideband MIMO channel sounder that uses an OFDM like transmit signal to measure the complex channel transfer functions for the frequency range of interest.

Bus Transportation provided from and to hotel. 

DEADLINE FOR HANDOUT MATERIALS:

Deadline for electronic version of handout materials: 

Wednesday, September 30, 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 $ 998.00 (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:

Hilton Copenhagen Airport
Ellehammersvej 20
2770 Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel: +45-32-445-208
Reservations: [email protected]

You can also book your hotel room on-line at:

http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/CPHAPHI_GIWPA/index.jhtml

Please contact the hotel directly for reservations. Mention the IWPC room block rate of DKK 1145. single occupancy.

Cut-off date for reservations is Thursday, October 1st. After that date rooms cannot be guaranteed at the IWPC rate.

TRAVEL OPTIONS FROM AIRPORT TO HOTEL:  The hotel is directly connected to Terminal 3 by a covered walkway. 

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 this FREE FTP Site for files greater than 5 MB

http://www.iwpc.org/cal/sitedrop.asp 

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