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Interactive Technical Workshop

 

Limited to 100 seats

 

Final Agenda

Equipment Challenges
for
Commercial SDR Basestations

Antennas, Transceivers, Power Amplifiers, Servers, Systems

 Hosted by: 

Software Radio Demonstration By:

Cambridge, MA     USA

May 16-19, 2005

 

Sheraton Commander Hotel

16 Garden Street

Cambridge, MA

Phone: 617-547-4800

Fax: 617-868-8322

http://www.sheratoncommander.com/

 

 

Organized by the International Wireless Packaging Consortium

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WORKSHOP BACKGROUND

There has been a great amount of interest in Software Defined Radio (SDR) for commercial applications. The US Government is spending up to $25 billion on the US Army JTRS program and the potential for commercial applications of this technology are enormous. 

The IWPC has had workshops in the past to discuss the application of SDR to cellular base stations. These discussions suggested SDR was not yet sufficiently advanced to satisfy desired requirements for OEMs and Carriers to justify the increased cost and network disruption.

Recent advances suggest that the technology has matured to a point where it may be worthwhile reconsidering its’ usage.

WORKSHOP GOAL

IWPC and its’ members will explore this technology and applications in real world networks, with input from all levels of the SDR Base Station supply chain.

The GOAL of this workshop is to:

Give insight and understanding or the role of SDR in modern network topologies and move the process forward.

TO ACHIEVE:

 Supply chain visibility to the needs of operators, OEMs and equipment providers

Reception, Monday May 16, 2005

7:00 PM

Registration, 
Social and Networking Reception

At Hotel

Tuesday May 17, 2005

7:00 AM

Breakfast & Registration

 

8:00 AM

Opening Remarks

IWPC Staff

8:15 AM

Introductions

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

Operators' Perspective of SDR

9:00 AM

HOST KEYNOTES 

 

  • Cellular infrastructure today and legacy hardware

  • Carrier’s perspective on total cost of ownership

  • Role of SDR in next generation base stations

  • High-level requirements for SDR base stations

  • SDR Processor vs. RF and the need for a standard interface

  • The Sprint/Nextel merger and the role for SDR technology

  • What will be the relative impacts of SDR and DAS on each other as they are considered for deployment?

 

Nextel’s Next Generation Wireless Vision

Barry West

EVP and Chief Technology Officer

Nextel Communications

 

Nextel’s Vision for SDR Base Station Technology

Bernard (Eddie) Edwards

VP Innovative Technology

Nextel Communications

 

Software Defined Radio: Powering the Evolution of DAS 

Sunil Prasad

Senior Director

RF Engineering/ Strategy

Nextel Communications

 

Applications and Solutions for Software Defined Radio
          Mike Murphy

Senior Manager

Nextel Communications

 

 

NETWORKING BREAK

 

11:00 AM

OTHER SERVICE PROVIDERS' VIEWS

  • Experience with an operational system

  • Cellular infrastructure today and legacy hardware

  • Carrier’s perspective on total cost of ownership

  • Role of SDR in next generation base stations

  • High-level requirements for SDR base stations

  • SDR Processor vrs RF and the need for a standard interface

  • The Sprint/Nextel merger and the role for SDR technology

  • What will be the relative impacts of SDR and DAS on each other as they are considered for deployment?

 

(2 Speakers)

SDR - Real World Experience

Toney Prather

President

Mid- Texas Cellular

 

Real World Applications of SDR Basestations

Scott Wierson

President

Capstone Systems

12:00 PM

 NETWORKING LUNCH

 

1:00 PM

PANEL

service providers and integrator's

Previous speakers and other Operators present will be given the opportunity to clarify their needs, requirements and views and will engage in a panel session where the audience is invited to ask questions and they will be given the opportunity to ask each other and the audience questions.

Speakers

Plus

Other Service Providers Present

THE EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS

1:45 PM

SDR System Providers 
and 
Network Integrators Session

  • What are the alternative SDR basestation architectures

    • Direct RF waveform synthesis

    • Direct IF waveform synthesis

    • Bits in/bits out signal processing followed by frequency up/downconversion

  • What will be impacted and how much will the network architecture be impacted?

  • What will the economics be from the perspectives of the OEMs?

  • How will the OEMs adopt the technology- from outside suppliers or only proprietary internal development?

  • What will be the impact or implication of the CPRI and OBSAI standards on the ability to adopt SDR solutions into basestations?

  • What, if anything will be required to change in the legacy or Greenfield IF/RF equipment?

  • What are the RF Equipment and Specifications Ramifications of SDR?

  • What will be the relative impacts of SDR and DAS on each other as they are considered for deployment?

  • Block diagram(s) discussion or What will the darn thing look like?

  • Are there standards for SDR with need to be accommodated and if so, what are they?

The Vanu View of Software Radio and Cellular Infrastructure

Dr. John Chapin
CTO
and
Dr. Vanu Bose
CEO and President

Vanu, Inc


SDR and Beyond

Andreas Pascht

Team leader, Radio Department

Alcatel SEL

 

 

2:45 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

 

3:15 PM

SDR System Providers 
and 
Network Integrators Session

(CONT'D)

 

CPRI Distributed Basestation with SDR

Ted Olawuyi

Wireless Business Unit, Manager

Huawei

 

Siemens' Views on SDR and Its Implications

Werner Korte

Vice-President

Mobile Networks

Siemens

4:15 PM

PANEL

SDR System Providers 
and 
Network Integrators Session

Speakers

Plus

Other OEM System Providers Present

5:00 PM

Adjourn

7:00 PM

Dinner

Boston Baked Beans?

Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel

Wednesday , May 18, 2005

7:00 AM

Breakfast

 

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY Supplier Session

8:00 AM

Enabling Technology Providers

 

Key enabling technologies

  • tuning elements and materials

  • switching elements and devices

  • packaging for lighter weight and lower cost

  • tunable filters

  • passive antenna structures 

  • semiconductors

    • AD/DA Converters

    • RF Chips

    • Power Devices

  • superconductors

  • materials

 

IWPC Members

 

GaN HFET - A Broadband RF Power Technology

Ric Borges

Director, RF Device Development

Nitronex

 

RF Front End Solutions for SDR Basestations

Damian McCann

Vice-President

Mimix Broadband/Celeritek

 

Current Basestation Filters - Optimum for SDR?

Dr. Bill Wilber

Manager, Filter R&D

Radio Frequency Systems

 

Antenna Technology for Multi-Band and Wideband Basestations

David McKay

Vice-President, Wireless

EMS Technologies, Inc.

 

9:45 AM  

NETWORKING BREAK

 

10:15 AM

Enabling Technology Providers

(CONT'D)

 

 

IWPC Members

 

Digital and Analog Integrated Technology for SDR Realization

David Runton

RF Systems Engineering Group Leader
Freescale

 

Questions from an Analog Chipset Supplier

Francesco Dantoni

RF System Manager

Texas Instruments

 

Challenging Data Converter Issues for SDR Applications

Brad Brannon

Systems Engineer

High-speed Converter Product Line

Analog Devices

 

40GHz processors for beam steering and joint detection algorithms & a 40 GSPS ADC

Chris Hole

Vice President

Business Development

Hypres

 

12:00 PM

 NETWORKING LUNCH

 

major SUBSYSTEM Supplier Sessions

1:00 PM

Power Amplifier, Transceiver and Antenna Subassembly Suppliers

  • Power amplifiers- switchable, tunable or broadband

  • Direct up/downconversion

  • Tunable  frequency converters or modems

  • Tunable filters/diplexers

  • Transceivers

  • Receivers

  • Transmitters

 

The Design of a Commercially Viable Wide-Band Digital Transceiver Subsystem for Cellular and PCS BaseStation Use

Larry Fischer

Director, Research and Systems Architecture

ADC

 

Capacity Re-allocation With SDR Based DAS

John Sabat

CTO

OpenCell

 

Digital Transmitters for SDR  Private Mobile Radio Basestations

Dr. Jean- Pierre Lanteri

Director Strategic R&D

M/A-COM

 

RF Head as an Enabler for SDR Based Basestation Network Architecture

John Opalski

CTO

Remec

 

 

2:45 PM

 NETWORKING BREAK

 

3:15 PM

Power Amplifier, Transceiver and Antenna Subassembly Suppliers
(Cont'd)


PAs for Multimode SDR Basestations

Tony DeMarco

Vice President, Business Development

PowerWave

 

The World's First all Digital Radio for Multi-GHz Frequencies

Chris Hole

Vice President

Business Development

Hypres

 

4:10 PM

Closing Panel

Host Panel session

The Service Provider's will be asked to recap the extent to which the workshop has addressed their wish lists.

  • Have we answered your questions? 

  • Do you now have better insight into the tradeoffs and values for the different options? 

  • What gaps do you see and what should be done to address these gaps? (Communications and Technology) 

  • What can the IWPC do to help move this process forward?

 

All Service Provider Participants 

4:45 PM

Take Aways & Closing Remarks

And

What Can the IWPC Do To Help the Industry Move Forward?

 

5:30 PM

Adjourn

6:30 PM

Demo of Vanu SDR System

With a Cocktail Reception and Hors D'Oeuvres and 

Legal Seafood chowder!

provided
Courtesy of Vanu, Inc.

 

Bus transportation provided to/from Hotel/Vanu Demonstration Site

Thursday , May 19, 2005

9:00 AM - 11:30 AM

2nd demonstration

Demo of Vanu SDR System

Individuals responsible for own transportation

 

DEADLINE FOR HANDOUT MATERIALS

Deadline for electronic version of handout materials: 

Friday, May 6, 2005

 

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 $698. (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

Sheraton Commander Hotel
16 Garden Street

Cambridge, MA

Phone: 617-547-4800

Fax: 617-868-8322

http://www.sheratoncommander.com/

Please contact the hotel directly for reservations.  Mention the IWPC room block rate of $215.  Cut-off date for reservations is April 25, 2005.  After that date rooms cannot be guaranteed at the IWPC rate.

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 (any size file) to:
[email protected]

or by snail mail to:
IWPC
610 Louis Drive, Suite 301

Warminster, PA  18974  USA

 

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