4G : Do we really need 1 Gbps ?

Organizers:

Chris Rudell, Intel
Yann Deval, IXL Lab
Stefan Heinen, RWTH Aachen University

Date:

Monday June 12, 2006
12:00 - 1:20pm

Panel Members & companies

Bernd Adler, Infineon
David Chen, Spreadtrum
Barry Davis, Intel
Steve Lloyd, Beceem
Bill McFarland, Atheros

Sponsor: MTT-23 RFIC

Abstract:

The RF community is currently running after high bite rates in wireless communications. Looking for hundreds of megabit per seconds large bandwidths are needed, while there is not that much available. Thus future applications are pushed towards higher frequencies. Specific modulation schemes are needed too which, in return, make the design of RF system more and more complex. But is the consumers' demand on high bite rate applications a reality? Is wireless communications at 1-gigabit-per-second a mass market requirement, or is there only a very few number of potential customers, making the efforts to develop such applications a bare waste of time - and money? Is there that much phone users looking for high-resolution TV programs on a tiny screen, or do they just want to talk in their handset? Are we making things harder just for the fun of it? To answer these questions and others, panellists from semiconductor, data links and cell phone companies will present their views and will debate with the attendees.