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International Forum on 4th Generation

Mobile Communications 2007

 

Hosted by the Centre for Telecommunications Research,

King’s College London

 

Day 1: Thursday, 26 April 2007 (8:30 - 16:30)

8:30: Registration

9:00: European Viewpoint and Activities

Organizer and Chair: Dr. Fiona Williams, Ericsson, and Dr. Werner Mohr, Siemens

Presentation

Speaker

 

 

Framework programme 7

Dr. Peter Stuckmann, European Commission

The eMobility  technology platform

Dr. Fiona Williams, Ericsson (Germany)

WWI, a set of cooperating projects in framework program 6 of the EU on systems beyond 3G

Dr. Werner Mohr, Nokia Siemens (Germany)

Federated test-beds - building synergies for the future

Dr. Susanna Avéssta, Dimes Association (Finland)

Next generation mobile networks

Dr. Walter Grethe, T-Mobile (Germany)

12.00: Lunch

13.30: North American Viewpoint and Activities

Organizer and Chair: Dr. Babak Jafarian, Ortiva Wireless

Presentation

Speaker

 

 

From IEEE 802.16 to mobile WiMax, realizing 4G wireless broadband from standardization to certification

Dr. Paul Piggin, NextWave (USA)

Ad Hoc and mesh network technology – the next generation

Dr. Dipankar Raychaudhuri, Rutgers University (USA)

4G and multimedia services

Prof. Sujit Dey, Ortiva Wireless (USA)

Mobile WiMAX strategy and development

Dr. Alireza Afrashteh, Sprint Nextel (USA)

Indoor coverage for 4G networks

Dr. Peter Walther, LGC Wireless (USA)

16:30: End of day one

 

Day 2: Friday, 27 April 2007 (9:00 - 17:00)

9:00: Asia-Pacific Viewpoint and Activities

Organizer and Chair: Yasushi Yamao, University of Electro-Communications 

Presentation

Speaker

 

 

Standardization activities towards IMT-advanced

Dr. Hitoshi Yoshino, NTT DoCoMo (Japan)

Next generation mobile communication development in Korea

Dr. Kichul Han, ETRI (Korea)

T.B.A.

Dr. KiHo Kim, Samsung (Korea)

Challenges for future wireless systems with MIMO spatial scheduling

Dr. Yoshitaka Hara, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Japan)

Ad-hoc wireless networks and cognitive radio toward future wireless networks

Prof. Takeo Fujii and Dr. Yasushi Yamao, University of Electro-Communications (Japan)

12.30:  Lunch

14:00: Panel Discussion on Next Generation Internet

Organizer and Chair: Prof. Rahim Tafazolli, University of Surrey

Panellists

 

Henrik Abramowicz

Ericsson (Sweden)

Juha Saarnio                           

Nokia (Finland)

Dr. Hendrik Berndt                                 

DoCoMo Eurolab (Germany)

Prof. Jon Crowcroft                                   

Cambridge University (UK)

Prof. Guy Pujolle                                       

Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 (France)

Prof. Djamal Zeghlache 

Institut National des Télécommunications (France)

Dr. Peter Stuckmann                                       

European Commission

17:00: End of day two