EVENT: 5th Work meeting (Members only)

imec, 14 september 2010

The Wireless Community members will organise their fifth work meeting on Tuesday September 14th, 13h30-19h at imec, Leuven, with a focus on EM radiation and on coexisting wireless networks.

Registration:

Confirm your attendance by e-mail to: registration@wireless-community.be

13:00	Registration
	Welcome/Coffee
13:30	Introduction Kris Hermus, Coordinator Wireless Community, imec
	Short overview of the status of our Community.
13:55	From low power to NO power wireless communication IC’s Wim Rens, AnSem
	The industry’s demand for low-cost, low-power wireless systems has grown over the years. Battery lifetimes need to be extended as much as possible. For some applications even battery-less IC’s are required. In this presentation AnSem will present IC design challenges & solutions in the field of low-power and zero-power wireless IC’s and how these radios fit in coexisting wireless networks.
14:35	How to reduce EM radiation - Impact on human health Guy Vandenbosch, Professor, K.U.Leuven-ESAT
	intensity of EM radiation for different wireless standards field measurements interference between wireless networks reducing EM radiation by beamforming, eco-antennas,... the impact of EM radiaton (from mobile phones) on human health
15:15	Break
	Coffee
15:50	How to deal with the wireless spectrum bottleneck through cognitive sensing? Ingrid Moerman, Professor, IBBT-UGent
	The explosive emergence of wireless technologies & standards results in an ever-growing number of wireless devices and networks coexisting in the same environment. We further witness an underutilization of licensed spectrum, while unlicensed spectrum is scarce. To deal with this spectrum bottleneck, novel communication paradigms supporting coexistence of heterogeneous wireless technologies are needed: (1) COGNITIVE RADIO enabling advanced spectrum sensing, flexible radio configuration and flexible spectrum access (2) COGNITIVE NETWORKING enabling cooperative sensing and collective decisions This presentation will present new paradigms and recent results to solve the coexistence problem in a wireless home/office scenario.
16:30	Interference management for mobile devices: technology and standardization trends Sofie Pollin, Senior Researcher, imec
	Anything, anywhere, anytime: the query is not new. Still, offering ubiquitous connectivity and seamless access to services is not yet a reality. While the use of wireless communication technology is increasing, the achieved performance is more and more limited because also interference is anywhere, anytime and anything. Interference management will hence become more and more important for next generations mobile devices. No single solution is expected to solve all coexistence problems and a combined approach will be required. Focus in this presentation will be on three promising techniques to avoid interference and hence improve coexistence: spectrum sensing and opportunistic spectrum use, small hybrid cells and distributed beamforming techniques. Technical building blocks will be presented, in line with next generation standards.
17:10	Discussion
	Time for a round-up. We identify common interests, which may lead to future (project) collaborations between the Community members .
17:35	Closing & networking
	Drinks and sandwiches
19:00	End of the work meeting

Date	Hour	Location	Street	City
14 september 2010	13h30-19h	imec	Kapeldreef 75	Leuven