Advanced Smartphone RF Front Ends
for Non-Contiguous Band Combinations
Hosted by:
Sony Mobile
Plus Tour: Sony Design Centre
When
June 17-19, 2013
Register
Limited to 100 seats
First Registered, First Served!
Attendance open to Portable & Mobile Thrust or Full IWPC Members
Confirmed Carriers
Confirmed Speakers and Panel Members
Workshop Goals
This workshop will bring together subject matter experts from throughout the mobile device ecosystem from Mobile Operators and Smartphone OEMs through Chipset, Antenna and RF Front End Technology innovators to Advanced Materials vendors. We will discuss and debate the evolution of mobile device radios to support future LTE applications and services.
Goals include:
- Identify reasonable RF requirements and performance trade offs
- Provide component solutions for extensive and flexible RF integration
- Improve digital control and algorithms of RF transceiver and components
- Harmonize cellular and Wi-Fi co-existence
Agenda
DAY 1 June 17 Monday 2:00 PM |
Tour Registration: Sony Design Centre
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Hotel |
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2:45 PM |
Tour: Sony Design Centre
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Transportation provided from/to hotel. |
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7:00 PM |
Social and Networking Reception and Registration
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Hotel |
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DAY 2 June 18 Tuesday 7:00 AM |
Networking Breakfast and Continued Registration |
Hotel
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8:00 AM |
Opening Remarks and Self-Introductions Each person will be asked to introduce him/herself and show how they can contribute to this process. |
IWPC
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9:00 AM |
Host Keynote Opening Remarks and Presentation
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Challenges and Future Directions of Advanced Smartphone RF Front Ends Head of Network Technology Lab
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10:00 AM |
Networking Break |
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10:40 AM |
Mobile Operator Perspectives
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Operator View on LTE Carrier Aggregation Senior R&D Expert Wireless
Band and Carrier Aggregation Demands Senior Radio Planning Engineer
What Next? New Mobile Bands in Europe Chief Engineer
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12:40 PM |
Networking Lunch |
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1:40 PM |
Platform/Transceiver Perspectives
Receiver
Transmitter
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RF Front End Challenges to Low Cost LTE-A-CA Systems Technical Director, RF & Analog Circuit Design
Low Cost LTE Architectures Systems Architect
Efficient Design of RF Transceivers for Multi-Band LTE Systems VP, Advanced Technology
450MHz and 3.5GHz Front Ends Director, System Engineering
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3:50 PM |
Networking Break |
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4:20 PM |
Mobile Operator Perspectives (Continued) |
Mobile Broadband Services & Mobile Device Evolutions Principal Member of Technical Staff AT&T Network Architecture, Radio Technology
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5:00 PM |
Panel Session: Operators/OEMs
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Mobile Operators and Device OEMs
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5:50 PM |
Adjourn for Day |
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6:45 PM |
Bus Leaves for Dinner - Flädie Mat & Vingård |
Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel. |
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DAY 3 June 19 Wednesday 7:00 AM |
Networking Breakfast |
Hotel
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8:00 AM |
Tunable Components & Architectures
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IWPC Tunable Components Working Group Overview IWPC Working Group Chair
Characterizing Tunable Solutions Product Marketing Manager
An Agile Front End for CA and Multimode Multiband Smartphones CTO & Co-Founder
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9:30 AM |
Tunable Architectures & Systems Round Table Discussion with Key Stakeholders |
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10:20 AM |
Networking Break |
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10:50 AM |
RF Front End Drivers
RF Module Evolution
Duplexers/Switches
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Recent Advances in RF Front-End for DL Carrier Aggregation Product Manager
Multiplexers for the Uninitiated Strategic Marketing Manager
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11:50 AM |
Networking Lunch |
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12:50 PM |
RF Front End Drivers (Continued)
Antennas
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Active Antennas Solutions Addressing Carrier Aggregation Challenges R&D Director
Architectural Configurations for Optimized Wi-Fi to LTE Isolations Chief Scientist
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1:50 PM |
Academic Research and Development
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OTA Testing - Performance Assurance for Future RF Front Ends Professor
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2:30 PM |
Networking Break |
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3:00 PM |
Panel Session: Addressing the Growing Complexity of Device Testing
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OTA Performance Measurements on Carrier Aggregation Devices
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4:10 PM |
Closing Panel Session: Next Steps
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Mobile Operators and Device OEMs
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5:00 PM |
Takeaways and Closing Remarks |
IWPC |
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6:00 PM |
Adjourn |
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7:15 PM |
Dinner (Dutch*) |
For those who desire to join us, we get together to enjoy good friends, good food, good wine, and (really) bad jokes. |
FAQs
- What is the deadline for presentation/handout materials?
- What can I do to prepare for speaking an at IWPC workshop?
- Who are the attendees?
- What are the costs/registrations fees?
- Hotel information?
- What are the travel options from the airport to the hotel?
- Are there any audiovisual requirements?
- Will business cards be collected?
- What is the dress code?
- How will handout materials be provided?
- What is the deadline for
presentation/handout materials?
Deadline for electronic version of presentation/handout materials: Wednesday, June 5th, 2013.
- What can I do to prepare for speaking an at IWPC workshop?
Click on the link below for a short video guide regarding preparing for and improving your IWPC presentation:
- Who are the attendees?
- We do not permit the Press.
- We do not permit Analysts.
- We do not permit Consultants.
- We do not permit 3rd party sales reps.
- We only permit "first hand knowledge experts" in business and technology issues, prepared to contribute to the discussion.
- What are the costs/registrations fees?
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), Presentation materials, audio/visual costs, etc.
These costs will be $948 (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 information?
Elite Hotel Ideon
Scheelevagen 27
SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden
Phone: +46-46-2871100
http://www.elite.se/eng/ideonPlease contact the hotel directly at +46-46-2871100, or by email at [email protected], for reservations. When making reservations, mention the IWPC room block rate of 1350 SEK and use booking code IWP170613.
Cut-off date for reservations is Monday, June 3rd. After that date rooms cannot be guaranteed at the IWPC rate. - What are the travel options from the airport to the hotel?
Travel options and information can be found at the bottom of this page.
- Are there any audiovisual requirements?
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.
- Will business cards be collected?
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.
- What is the dress code?
Business casual suggested. No ties, please !!
- How will handout materials be provided?
IWPC prepares a memory stick with ALL presentation materials delivered to the IWPC on or before the deadline.
For ALL IWPC members:
All IWPC members are invited to submit materials to include on this memory stick. 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 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 use this FREE FTP site to send electronic materials (any size file):