NextG Wireless R&D Challenges & Opportunities: The Remarkable Quest to Harness the EM Spectrum

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In this talk, I will present a high-level snapshot of current R&D challenges in the “wireless communications” landscape, informed by a recent NSF-NIST report (2023) on R&D gaps as well as recent and ongoing developments in the wireless ecosystem (industry, academia, national labs). The R&D snapshots reflect the challenges and opportunities in our continuing quest to harness the electromagnetic spectrum in space, time and frequency, including:
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High frequency operation and large bandwidths
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Massive MIMO arrays and multi-beamforming
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New time-frequency waveforms for high mobility
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Predictive and computationally tractable modeling of wireless propagation environments
These seemingly distinct R&D topics are connected through a unique personal perspective spanning mathematics, physics, information, computation and technology that I will share in this presentation with the hope of spurring further discussion and collaboration.
Speaker(s): Akbar Sayeed PhD
Agenda:
7:05pm – Introductions
7:15pm – Feature Presentation
8:15pm – Q&A with Akbar Sayeed
8:45pm – Meeting Adjourns
Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/420900