NSF workshop on Future Research Infrastructure for the Wireless Edge 2014

Where: Hyatt Regency Washington DC (400 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001), Phone: 202 737 1234

When: November 13-14, 2014 (starts at 8.30a)

Workshop report (PDF)

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Agenda

(Agenda in PDF version)

Nov 13, Day 1

- 7.30-8.30a: Breakfast
- 8:30-9a - Introductions
- 9-9.30a - Keynote, Preston Marshall (Google)
- 9.30-10 - Q&A and general discussions about what large-scale wireless infrastructure could look like
- 10-10.30a - Break
- 10:30-12noon: Breakout 1
- 12-1p: Lunch
- 1-2: Breakout 1 reports: Research | Applications | Partnerships
- 2-3.30p: Breakout 2
- 3.30-4p: Break
- 4-5p- Breakout 2 reports: Outreach and education | Operations | Policy
- 5-5.30p: Planning for Day 2

Nov 14, Day 2

- 7.30-8.30a: Breakfast
- 8.30-10a: Panel: Vanu Bose (Vanu, Inc.), Moderator
Joseph Soriaga (Qualcomm)
Michael Ha (FCC)
Nada Golmie (NIST)
Rangam Subramanian (NTIA)
- 10-10.30a: Break
- 10.30-12p: Breakout 3
- 12-1p: Lunch
- 1-2p: Breakout 3 reports: Open platforms
- 2-2.30p: Closing remarks
- 3-5p: Report writing activities

Breakout 1 Topics

  • What new research can be enabled (dream big)?
    - New network architectures? 5G?
    - Low latency applications?
    - Computation to the edge?
    - Mobile cloud and cloud RAN

  • What applications can such infrastructure enable
    (this is related the previous topic, but focusing more on the end result than the research itself)
    - Internet of things research (ubiquitous wireless, highly granular, realtime big data)
    - Cyber physical systems (ditto & low latency cloud), cloud based robotics
    - Potential for augmenting GPS positioning by local wireless precision time/location
    - Health applications
    - Network security (better or worse)?

  • Drivers for partnership between industry-academia for building city-scale infrastructure
    - Model city

    Breakout 2 Topics

  • New opportunities for outreach and education
    (Think of areas of national priorities)
    - Scientific domains
    - Public safety, FirstNet
    - Transportation

  • Operationalizing, sustenance, and evolution strategies of such infrastructure

  • Policy needs:
    - Spectrum
    - Security and privacy

    Breakout 3 Topics

  • Computing at the edge
    - Cloud RAN
    - Edge services

     

  • Applications (revisited)
    - IoT
    - Vehicular systems

     

  • Open Platforms
    - BTS
    - UE
    - Cloud
  • New opportunities for outreach and education

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