Due to COVID-19, the Fall 2020 BWAC IAB Meeting was successfully held via Zoom, Nov 9-10, 2020.
Registration: Click here to register for the meeting.
A tentative agenda for the meeting can be found here.
Keynote: 5G-Era and Beyond: Small Cell Industry Perspective [slides]
Speaker: Dr. Prabhakar Chitrapu, Chair of Small Cell Forum
Abstract: The mobile ecosystem is evolving and changing in very significant and disruptive manners. This talk will provide a broad overview of these developments, highlighting the new players, new relationships, and the new technologies entering the ecosystem. The talk will start by looking at the general evolution of cellular radio technology generations from 2G to 5G, introducing the notion of cellular Generational‐Era's, which include basic technologies defined for each generation by standards organizations (such as 3GPP) as well as deployments and service offerings. It will then address various dimensions of each generational‐era, namely basic radio technologies, spectrum, radio network architecture, end‐to‐end network architecture, network implementation, and network deployers/operators. Next we will focus on the specifics of the 5G‐Era, covering 3GPP defined 5G technologies, followed by densification & small cell networks, shared spectrum solutions, edge computing, private cellular networks, neutral host solutions, and multi‐radio‐access‐technology solutions. The speaker will conclude the presentation by sharing personal views of the current status of the 5G‐Era and speculate on the potential makeup of 6G.
Biography: Dr. Prabhakar Chitrapu is currently the Chair of Small Cell Forum, where he leads a vibrant community of operators, OEMs, Component Vendors & Infrastructure Providers to drive the Small Cell industry ecosystem. Previously, he worked for AT&T for 7 years in the Converged Access & Device Technology organization as a Lead MTS. He has also taught graduate-level courses in Wireless Communications, Signal processing & Computer Networks as an Adjunct Professor at Villanova University, Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania. His work has greatly expanded the spectrum of work activity, member engagement & recruitment, cross-industry collaborations, and market traction. See more details here.