Talk Title: “Wireless Challenges: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly”

10:30-11:30 Sep 23, Friday, 2005

1-315, FIT Building, Tsinghua Campus

By Ben Manny

Director, Wireless Networking Lab, Corporate Technology Group (CTG)

Abstract:

The demand for wireless communications is being driven by the increasing value proposition of being connected any time at any place, with any device. This talk will highlight the wireless challenges to meet this demand as well as the problems that result from meeting this demand. One of the challenges to meet this demand, Universal Roaming, will be explored in more detail and will include some of the projects Intel is doing to meet this challenge. The goal of the talk is to present an industry view of the important wireless problems we are currently facing and expect to face as wireless devices proliferate.

Speaker Bio:

Ben Manny directs the Wireless Networking Lab for Intel Corporate Research and Development. This group is charted for research, develop and deliver Wireless Networking technology needed for universal voice, data, and video connectivity of Intel platforms and peripheral devices. Current research includes Mobile Broadband Wireless, High Speed WPAN, WiMAX/WiFi with UWB Coexistence, Digital Office Networking, High-Speed Fabric, etc.

Mr. Manny joined Intel in 1979 and has held management positions in software and system hardware product groups, was the program manager for the custom PC platform that introduced the first Pentium Processor, and was one of the original employees of Intel’s Architecture Lab, which evolved into the Corporate Technology Group.

He has represented Intel in various standards and industry organizations, including IrDA, HomeRF Working group (which he founded and chaired), and IEEE.

He holds a BS degree in Physics and a BA degree in Math from the University of Texas.

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