Mobile WiMAX Testing and Certification

Dr. Mo Shakouri VP Marketing and Chair, Marketing Working Group, WiMAX Forum; Corporate VP Strategy, Alvarion

Tim Caesar Technical Director, AT4 Wireless Inc.

Testing and certification is critical for WiMAX to achieve market scale and reliability. In this session we will investigate the underlying activities associated with testing and certification, and provide an update to the certification process.

CPE and Device Evolution

Dr. Marc Achhammer Senior Vice President, Head of WiMAX, Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices GmbH & Co. KG

The development of CPE and Device technology for WiMAX has accelerated over the last 24 months, with a increasing range of low cost devices becoming available in the marketplace. In this session we will investigate the underlying developments in device technology and market considerations for using these devices to offer commercial services.

Femtocells and Multi-hop Relays (802.16j)

Rupert Baines VP Marketing, picoChip

It is critical for WiMAX to economically deliver broadband data services. To achieve this a variety of technologies and network backhaul architectures are being developed including femtocells, carrier grade Ethernet, IPMLPS and PBT, and multi-hop relay. This session will investigate these developments, identify the strengths and weaknesses of the various approaches being proposed in the marketplace, and identify appropriate implementation strategies.

Enabling the WiMAX Intelligent Network

Leonid Burakovsky Director Mobility and Convergence, Juniper Networks

Intelligent WiMAX network architectures are needed to enable efficient operations and deliver personal broadband services. In this session we will investigate the various approaches that are being used to facilitate this network intelligence.

WiMAX Radio Optimization: Maximizing Link Budget, Addressing Power Management, and Optimizing Capacity

Moderator
	Phil Marshall Vice President Enabling Technologies, Yankee Group
Panelists
	Bruce Duysen SVP Business Development and Delivery, ArrayComm		Ed Redmond Executive Vice President, NextWave Mobile Products Division; General Manager, Semiconductor Business Unit, NextWave Wireless, Inc.

Radio optimization technologies such as MIMO, beamforming, beamsteering, and interference cancellation techniques are being used to deliver high performance WiMAX solutions. In this session we will investigate how service providers can leverage these various technologies to improve the overall performance of their WIMAX radio networks.

The WiMAX 4G Roadmap: WiMAX2 (802.16m)/ WiMagic

Bernard Aboussouan VP Marketing and Business Development, Sequans

For WIMAX to gain a potential foothold as a 4G technology a migration path towards WiMAX2 (802.16m) has been established. It is anticipated that WIMAX2 will deliver significantly higher throughput capabilities and enable a broader range of radio spectrum combinations to be leveraged. This session will investigate the ongoing developments in WiMAX.