Category Archives: Systems

Avoiding the “Valley of Death” – and the obsession with coverage

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Jens Zander

Gerhard Fettweis gave an interesting talk at the Johannesberg Summit, where he argued that we should abandon the 20-100 GHz range and move into even higher spectrum, above 100 GHz. The reason is mainly cost, above 100 GHz radios and rather … Continue reading →

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What is the uptake of IoT services today?

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Jens Zander

Two years ago Mischa Dohler made the comment at the Johannesberg Summit 2013 that the uptake of IoT services is still slow and lot of “design” has still to be made to reach the 50 billion devices that possibly could … Continue reading →

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5G – “Mädchen für Alles?”

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Jens Zander

Listening to Sara Mazur (head of Ericsson Research) at last years Johannesberg Summit really puts the spotligth on the main dilemma in 5G: I should do this, and that, and also this etc, in an almost endless “wishlist”. Other constraints … Continue reading →

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The latest CISCO predictions for mobile traffic are here

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Jens Zander

The latest data in the Cisco’s Mobile Visual Networking Index are here. Of course most interesting for us at UWP are the figure for mobile data traffic volume growth for next 5 year period 2014-2019. The estimates are clearly down from the … Continue reading →

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Millimeter or Centimeter waves for 5G?

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Jens Zander

Attending the Globecom 2014 workshop on “Emerging Technologies for 5G” makes it clear to me that there are quite different views on where to go regarding spectrum. In particular this was evident from the concluding panel in the workshop. On … Continue reading →

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Challenges for smart energy grids – to combine ICT and energy systems and research

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Jan Markendahl

Smart energy networks and smart grids is often considered as a merge between ICT and energy networks or ICT supported energy networks. Research in the area is done both by information and communication people that start to look into energy … Continue reading →

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ITS 2014 in Brussels: Techno-economic analysis from different perspectives

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Jan Markendahl

The 25th European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunication Society (ITS2014) was held 23th and 25th June 2014 in Brussels, Belgium.  The event was hosted by iMinds (Vrije University of Brussels) and SMIT (Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication) and the local hosts … Continue reading →

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Broadband-Broadcast Convergence – to be or not to be?

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Lei Shi

Yesterday, I arrived at the Brussels Midi station in a rainy, grey morning—not a very inspiring start for the day to attend the 2nd workshop organized by European Commission on Broadcast-Broadband Convergence. In the 5-hour workshop, the consulting company Plum hired by … Continue reading →

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Fiber Access changes gears

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Jens Zander

You may not have noticed, but broadband internet access in Sweden has reached “critical mass”. At some point, during the last year or so, this feature in homes went from a luxury item for a selected few, to a sanitary … Continue reading →

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“Professional” WiFi on the move

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Jens Zander

Stephen Rayment, Head of Technology for Wi-Fi Products at Ericsson, (former CTO of Belair Networks) gave an interesting exposé at the Johannesberg Summit of what is going on in the “professional” (“carrier”) WiFi scene and what developments to expect. Have … Continue reading →

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