IEEE Victoria University Student Branch andAP-S / MTT-S Joint Chapter Victoria

Technical Lecture

Millimeter-Waves for future wireless and mobile access.

Presenters: Dr. Shabbir Ahmed (EMC Technologies) and Prof. Mike Faulkner (Victoria University)

Time: 6.00pm – 7.00pm (5.30 pm refreshments) Wednesday 29 August 2018

Venue: FS 1105 (Lecture Theatre)Victoria University City CampusLevel 11, 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne

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Abstract:

With the deployment of fourth generation (4G) wireless equipment almost complete, the focus of the research community has switched to the fifth generation (5G), targeted for commercialization by 2019. Increased data rates, reduced latencies, renewed focus on the internet-of-things and the scarcity of spectrum will force operators into higher frequency bands despite deteriorating performance in terms of coverage. The new mm-wave bands under consideration offer both the opportunity for wider bandwidths and the challenge of providing the coverage. The presentation will briefly introduce 5G, and then discuss some issues that apply to mm-waves. The mm-wave measurement program currently underway at Victoria University will then be described. Results from these programs have been used by Telstra for submissions to the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) and the 3GPP (Third Generation Private Partnership).

Biography:

Professor Michael Faulkner received a Ph.D. (1993) from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. He is professor in Telecommunications at Victoria University, Australia. His interests encompass all physical layer aspects of wireless systems, with an emphasis on implementation. He has supervised projects in radio propagation measurements (wideband channel sounding, direction of arrival etc.), MIMO, transceiver algorithms, architectures and circuits, physical layer signal processing, and modulation. His current activities are focused on fifth generation wireless technologies.

Shabbir Ahmed received the Ph.D. degree from Victoria University, Melbourne in 2013. His Ph.D. research involved investigation of the major causes of interference that arise in co-locating base station transceivers. After his PhD, he continued as a Research Fellow for Wireless Systems in the College of Engineering and Science, Victoria University until 2017. His research focused on Software Radios, RF and Millimetre-wave Systems. Currently, he is working as a Senior EMC & RF Engineer at EMC Technologies, Melbourne.

For further information contact:

Saurav Dahal (saurav.dahal@ieee.org) IEEE Victoria University Student Branch or Les Davey (les.j.davey@gmail.com), IEEE AP-S / MTT-S Chapter, Victoria Section.