Speaker:
Dr. Wen Tong
Nortel Fellow
Head of the Wireless Technology Labs at Nortel
Title:
Future Wireless Topics: 'Whitespace, Cognitive Radio and Green Radio'
Date:
Friday, March 13, 2009
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location:
DC 1302
This seminar is part of a series of invited talks
(
Nortel Networks
Distinguished Seminar Series) and is
co-sponsored by the
Nortel Networks Institute
for Advanced Information Technology at the University of Waterloo,
and
IEEE Information Theory
Society, Kitchener-Waterloo Chapter.
For further information, please
contact
Amir Khandani.
Abstract:
In this talk, the view and vision of the key drivers that will
significantly change the landscape of future wireless networks
is presented. The digital TV dividend whitespace and the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) ruling on the whitespace spectrum usage,
opens a new avenue for emerging cognitive radio. The technical challenges
for the cognitive wireless networks are discussed in detail. Another
powerful driving factor for the evolution of wireless networks is the
GREEN Telecom/IT initiative. It is envisioned that green radio will be
on the agenda of the wireless networks evolution. Several key areas
and enabling technologies that can drastically reduce network power
consumption and CO2 footprint will also be presented.
Biography:
Dr. Wen Tong is the Nortel Fellow and Head of the Network Technology
Labs at Nortel. He joined Bell Northern Research in 1995. Dr. Tong
has pioneered fundamental technologies in wireless and was awarded 70
U.S. patents having filed for more than 200. Dr. Tong has conducted
advanced research work spanning from 1G to 4G wireless at Nortel. From
1999 to 2006, he has been a driving force in developing foundational
technologies for all 4G wireless networks-OFDM-MIMO. In 2008,
Dr. Tong became the head of Nortel's Network Technology Labs, and is
responsible for the company's global strategic technology research and
development. Dr. Tong is Nortel's most prolific inventor and a member
of the Executive Edge team.
