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A good cellular network provides appropriate coverage, capacity and quality, and typically they are achieved in that order. The relentless March in microelectronics (guided by Moore’s Law) towards the fundamental communication speed limit (defined by Shannon) has enabled us to respond to this trio of challenges.
It has been noted for over a decade, that an increase in network capacity is achieved through reducing the cell size in the mobile system. This reduction in cell size typically comes at the cost of installing increasing amounts of expensive infrastructure.
In this presentation Dr. Jeffery Torrance shall take us through some of the specific opportunities offered by Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) in exploiting the broadband internet for reducing the cost of the infrastructure, and the challenges that face us in its deployment.
Jeff is Vice President of Fixed Mobile Convergence Solutions at CSR (UK) where he is responsible for the single chip WiFi product UniFi and the associated software that brings FMC capability to a cellular phone. Jeff joined CSR through their recent acquisition of UbiNetics. At UbiNetics he served as Senior Vice President and Business Unit Manager for the handset technology division. Jeff holds a PhD in Digital Modulation from the University of Southampton.
We are delighted to be joined by a distinguished speaker from LG Electronics, Dr Jinsung Choi who is the Senior VP and Head of the LG Electronics Mobile Communication Technology Research Lab. |
