WiMAX technology bridges the proven standards of the Internet used by the networking industry and the flexible, mobile aspects of the wireless communications industry. Key WiMAX building blocks – including OFDMA modulation, a flat IP standards architecture and MIMO antenna configurations – are expected to be essential components of fourth generation (4G) systems. The Technology of WiMAX conference track is designed to help technology executives and engineering managers understand the WiMAX standards, identify areas for design optimization and provide a technical roadmap for next-generation WiMAX protocols.
Dr. Mo Shakouri
VP Marketing and Chair, Marketing Working Group, WiMAX Forum; Corporate VP Strategy, Alvarion
Participants
Tim Caesar
Technical Director, AT4 Wireless Inc.
Ali Tabassi
VP Technology Development and Architecture, Sprint Nextel’s XOHM business unit
Alan Ewing
Co-Chairman, WiMAX Forum Certification Working Group & Senior Engineering Manager, Nokia Mobile Phones
Testing and certification is critical for WiMAX to achieve market scale and reliability. In this session we will investigate the underlying activities associated with testing and certification, and provide an update to the certification process.
4:00
CPE and Device Evolution
Dr. Marc Achhammer
Senior Vice President, Head of WiMAX, Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co. KG
The development of CPE and Device technology for WiMAX has accelerated over the last 24 months, with a increasing range of low cost devices becoming available in the marketplace. In this session we will investigate the underlying developments in device technology and market considerations for using these devices to offer commercial services.
5:00
Femtocells and Multi-hop Relays (802.16j)
Rupert Baines
VP Marketing, picoChip
It is critical for WiMAX to economically deliver broadband data services. To achieve this a variety of technologies and network backhaul architectures are being developed including femtocells, carrier grade Ethernet, IPMLPS and PBT, and multi-hop relay. This session will investigate these developments, identify the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches being proposed in the marketplace, and identify appropriate implementation strategies.
Leonid Burakovsky
Director Mobility and Convergence, Juniper Networks
Intelligent WiMAX network architectures are needed to enable efficient operations and deliver personal broadband services. In this session we will investigate the various approaches that are being used to facilitate this network intelligence.
3:00
Mobilizing Mobile TV Over WiMAX
Mark Kelley
CTO, NextWave Wireless
WiMAX is enabling mobile multimedia and TV, but faces conflicts between formats and alternative 3G and LTE solutions. This session will examine the real-world strengths and weaknesses of WiMAX mobile TV compared to other technologies and solutions, and how to build sustainable advertising-based models based on trial deployments.
Assessment of WiMAX solutions in the mobile TV market
Facts on the Formats: MXtv, TDtv, DVB-H, MediaFLO
Performance improvements over standard 802.16e MBS
Solutions for providing mobile TV on the WiMAX network
4:00
The WiMAX 4G Roadmap: WiMAX2 (802.16m)/ WiMagic
Bernard Aboussouan
VP Marketing and Business Development, Sequans
For WIMAX to gain a potential foothold as a 4G technology a migration path towards WiMAX2 (802.16m) has been established. It is anticipated that WIMAX2 will deliver significantly higher throughput capabilities and enable a broader range of radio spectrum combinations to be leveraged. This session will investigate the ongoing developments in WiMAX.
