"Wireless
Nirvana- Life in a Fully Connected World"
Presented by
Nambi Seshadri
VP and CTO Mobile and Wireless Group
Broadcom Corporation
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Abstract:
The growth of mobile devices, driven mainly by voice communications
and text messaging, has clearly been one of the major technological
success stories of the last decade. However newer forms of
services including web access, multi-media messaging and Video
is driving the push for higher data rates in Wide Area Networks
(WAN). Adoption of Personal Area Networking (PAN)-Bluetooth
Technology in these devices is also increasing due to lower
cost, longer battery life and smaller size of devices such
as headsets. The emergence of newer applications such as hands
free operation in cars, use of cell phones as wide area personal
gateways and need to print pictures from camera cellphones
are also drivers for Bluetooth adoption. In addition, deployment
of Wireless Local Area Networks (LAN) in homes, enterprises
and hot spots is creating new service opportunities for cellular,
wireline carriers and broadband ISPs. The result of all these
is a relentless need to integrate every form of wireless technology(PAN/LAN/WAN)
in mobile devices. Such integration, while challenging, is
possible due to advances in mixed-analog, digital and RF technologies.
Ultimately, these devices will allow users the freedom to
avail themselves of the best means of communication at all
times and anywhere.
Biography:
Nambi Seshadri is VP and CTO of the Mobile and Wireless Group
at Broadcom Corporation. He is responsible for many of the
wireless strategic initiatives at Broadcom Corporation including
entry of Broadcom into cellular. Prior to joining Broadcom
Corporation, he was with AT&T Labs and Bell Labs where
he and his colleagues made a number of pioneering contributions
to cellular including error control coding, link layer protocols,
and invention of space-time coding which is being rapidly
adopted in cellular and 802.11 as a means of providing increased
robustness and higher data throughput. He is a Fellow of the
IEEE and was a co-recipient of the 1999 Best Paper Award from
the IEEE Information Theory Society.
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