BWS 2016 - IEEE Workshop on In-Building Wireless Solutions

IEEE Workshop on In-Building Wireless Solutions, Rutgers University Inn and Conference Center, 178 Ryders Ln, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, November 14, 2016
http://ibwsworkshop.org/
Sponsor: IEEE Princeton/Central Jersey Section
REGISTRATION LINK: http://ibwsworkshop.org/
***CONFERENCE SCHEDULE***
Workshop Keynotes, Invited Talks and Panel: Monday, November 14, 2016
The focus of the workshop will be on In-Building Wireless Solutions. Mobile data traffic has seen exponential growth in-building environments based on vendor surveys and market analysts reports. This exploding traffic has not been adequately serviced at points of consumption. There is a huge market opportunit to address this underserved segment by enhancing in building coverage and capacity and leveraging this for new value added services.
This workshop will cover use cases for venues such as stadiums, malls, airports, subway tunnels, hospitals, hotels, enterprise to enhance user experience. The role of wireless technologies such 5G, LTE, WiFi, advanced DAS, small cells, indoor CPRI, Radio over Ethernet, and others to augment coverage and capacity will be addressed. The use of SDN/NFV for faster introduction of new services at lower deployment cost to enable delivery of value added services will also be considered.
This presents an emerging opportunity for operators to work with venue owners, leveraging IoT and an open collaborative environment for compelling ROI. This will workshop will also discuss various business models that are Carrier Driven, Venue Owner Driven, and Neutral Host Driven for creating smart service offerings that are venue specific.
The workshop will provide a forum to industry executives, academics, operators, venue owners, technology providers, vendors, system integrators, and end users to participate and be informed about the evolving landscape of in-building wireless solutions, technologies, deployment use cases and business models.
SPEAKERS:
* Paula L. Doublin, AT&T (Keynote)
* Chris Bastian, SCTE/ISBE
* Caroline Chan, Intel
* Edwin C Koehler, Avaya
* Nicholas Karter, Qualcomm
* Milind M. Buddhikot, Nokia Bell Labs, Wireless Research
* K. Raghunandan, New York City Transit
* Robert Ivanoff, New Jersey Wireless Association
* Michael Collado, Wireless 20/20
* Chong Zhou, ZTE USA
* Mustafa Arslan, NEC Labs
* Lijun Qian, Prarieview A&M University
* Tony Tam, Fujitsu Network Communication
* Narayan Menon, XCellAir
* Ken Sandfeld, SOLiD
* Xioafei Wang, InterDigital Communications
PANEL:
* In Building Wireless Solutions -- Opportunities and Challenges
REGISTRATION:
The regular fee schedule is $75 (IEEE members) / $100 (non-IEEE members).
Registration fee for student member is $50.
For registration information, please visit
http://ibwsworkshop.org/
SPONSOR:
* IEEE Princeton/Central Jersey Section
TECHNICAL CO-SPONSORS:
* IEEE Communications Society
* IEEE Photonics Society
* IEEE Computer Society
* IEEE PCJS AP/ED/MTT Joint Chapter
* IEEE North Jersey Section
* IEEE New Jersey Coast Section
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
Ashutosh Dutta, Ph.D.
Chair, IEEE Communication Society Chapter of PCJS
Industry Outreach Director (ComSoc)
IEEE 5G Initiative Co-lead