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Spectrum Plans & Issues

for the Wireless Industry

Delivering on the Mobile Wireless Broadband Promise

 

Keynote by:

 

Confirmed Speakers or Panel Members

Goals of Workshop

• Establish Relationships Between the FCC Technology Leadership & IWPC Members
• Share Spectrum Plans & Planning
• Exchange Knowledge of Filter Technology Evolution
• Assess the Impact of Emissions, Inter-Modulation
• Understand Automotive Radar Spectrum Requirements

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Agenda (Subject To Change)

DAY 1 June 7 Thursday 7:00 PM	Social and Networking Reception and Registration	Hotel
DAY 2 June 8 Friday 7:00 AM	Networking Breakfast and Continued Registration	Hotel
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
8:50 AM	Keynote Presentation and Q&A   Topics to be discussed: National Broadband Plan - Status Thoughts on 60-600 GHz Bands	Progress & Challenges in Identifying Spectrum for Wireless Broadband Chief of the FCC's Office of Engineering Technology (OET)
10:20 AM	Networking Break
10:50 AM	Feedback/Trends from the Wireless Industry Supply Chain   Filters Follow Up On Last Year's Briefing, Particularly with Respect to Trends in Filter Performance We know filters are getting better over time - Last year there was one pair of similar filters a decade apart. Can we have several more examples of filters then and now, as well as ranges of estimates of how well production filters will improve in the future? Can we agree on a target range?	RF Filter Review - Technology Trends From the Mobile Device Industry Supply Chain Fellow
11:40 AM	Networking Lunch
12:30 PM	Feedback/Trends from the Wireless Industry Supply Chain (Continued)   Inter-Modulation What are the trends in mobile handset inter-modulation susceptibility/3rd-IP? What are the factors that determine IM vulnerability in a handset? How have they been changing in recent years? What is the most cost-effective way to improve IM vulnerability and what range of improvement is practical in the next few years in handsets? What are the tradeoffs of inter-modulation vs. sensitivity in the filtering and receiver stages?	Presentation Title to be Confirmed Wireless Bus. Dev. Manager
1:20 PM	Feedback/Trends from the Wireless Industry Supply Chain (Continued)   Emissions What are the factors that determine out-of-band emissions from handsets such as filters and amplifier-linearity? How have these improved in the past decade? What performance level can be expected with today's technology and how might this be expected to improve with currently foreseeable technology? What changes, if any, are needed in the FCC Out-of-Band Emissions Standards? How do complex modulation waveforms impact emissions? What are the tradeoffs of tighter hardware specs vs. emissions for broadband?	Emissions Regulation in a Changing World Director, Spectrum Resources & Director, RF Product Engineering   & Strategic Marketing Manager
2:10 PM	Networking Break
2:40 PM	Feedback/Trends from the Wireless Industry Supply Chain (Continued)   Automotive Radar It is suspected that the FCC knows little about automotive radars because it just hasn't been a problem yet, however, the 70 GHz band is getting more interest - There is probably interest in a basic overview of the industry. What types of radars are sold today? In what volumes? What is their actual emission spectrum? Is sharing of the 76-77 GHz band with non-vehicular radars actually successful in Europe? Are any changes needed to US auto radar rules? Any ideas about improving sharing with radio-astronomy in the small number of radio telescopes that use this band, e.g. Kitt Peak AZ	Automotive Radar Industry Review   &
3:30 PM	Panel Session Review Outcomes and Findings from the Days Proceedings
4:00 PM	Takeaways and Closing Remarks	IWPC
4:45 PM	Adjourn
NOTE: Other IWPC Workshops are during the same week.	2.3 to 2.7 GHz RF Architectures for 4G Multi-Mode Multi-Band Global Roaming Devices Herndon, VA USA • June 4 - 6, 2012 Hosted by: Clearwire
	LTE Global Roaming Multiband Multimode Devices Herndon, VA USA • June 7, 2012 Hosted by NGMN

FAQs

1. What is the deadline for handout materials?
2. Who are the attendees?
3. What are the costs/registrations fees?
4. Hotel information?
5. What are the travel options from the airport to the hotel?
6. Are there any audiovisual requirements?
7. Will business cards be collected?
8. What is the dress code?
9. How will handout materials be provided?

1. What is the deadline for handout materials?

   Deadline for electronic version of handout materials: Wednesday, May 30^th, 2012.

2. 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.


3. 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 $498 (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.

4. Hotel information?

   Westin Washington Dulles Airport Hotel
   2520 Wasser Terrace
   Herndon, VA 20171
   +1 (703) 793-3366

   Please contact the hotel directly at +1 (866) 360-5697 for reservations. Mention the IWPC room block rate of $189 (USD single occupancy).

   Cut-off date for reservations is Friday, May 18^th, 2012. After that date rooms cannot be guaranteed at the IWPC rate.
   
   
5. What are the travel options from the airport to the hotel?

   Click below to find directions as well as available transportation options from the airport to the hotel:

   http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/area/directions.html?propertyID=3103

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. What is the dress code?

   Business casual suggested. No ties, please !!

9. 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):

   http://www.iwpc.org/FTP_Transfer.asp