THE WIRELESS WORLD RESEARCH FORUM - GSC11_OPEN_25 THE WIRELESS WORLD RESEARCH FORUM - GLOBAL VISIONS OF A WIRELESS WORLD Mikko A. Uusitalo WWRF chair Mikko.a.uusitalo@nokia.com Andy Aftelak andrew.aftelak@motorola.com

Shaping the Global Wireless Future WWRF is a research forum for industry and academia to exchange and harmonise views for systems beyond 3G Develop common global vision for future wireless to drive research and standardisation Influencing decision makers’ views of the wireless world Enabling powerful R&D collaborations Advancing wireless frontiers to serve our customers GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

WWRF - Objectives and scope Major objectives develop a consistent vision of the future Wireless World generate, identify, and promote research and trends identify and assess the potential of new technologies and trends contribute to the definition of research programs ease future standardisation by harmonising and disseminating views Scope concentrate on the definition of research items open to all actors GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications WWRF membership More than 150 member organisations Member Domains manufacturers network operators regulators academic institutions research organizations Alcatel Broadcom Ericsson France Telecom Huawei Intel LGE Lucent WWRF Sponsor Members Motorola NEC Nokia Nortel Raytheon Samsung Siemens Vodafone GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

International relations Formal liaison agreements with UMTS Forum, signed on January 30, 2003 mITF, Japan, signed on May 30, 2003 IEEE ComSoc, signed October 29, 2003 SDR Forum, signed Dec 2004 NGMC Forum, signed May 18, 2005 eMobility, signed March 1, 2006 FuTURE FORUM, signed April 25, 2006 Cross-fora meetings (FF, mITF, NGMC, WWRF) Many informal relationships with other organisations at the overall and working group level GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

The WWRF Vision 7 trillion wireless devices serving 7 billion people by 2017 All people will be served with wireless devices Affordable to purchase and operate Calm computing: technology invisible to users Machine to machine communications Sensors and tags: e.g. in transport and weather systems, infrastructure, to provide ambient intelligence and context sensitivity All devices are part of the (mobile) internet GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications WWRF Strategy Maintain and improve status as the global leading platform for creating and disseminating visions for B3G Invite new valuable contributions from academia & ITC industry Get maximum appreciation and visibility for our deliverables Enhance communication inside and outside of WWRF Influence the creation and direction of research programs globally Connect relevant B3G organizations globally Facilitate consortium building Harmonize approach to B3G Concentrate on deliverables – and certify them in Vision Committee System concept with high-level architecture White papers WWRF briefings Evaluate user and service perspective and link it with technology Support convergence of digital industries GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications WWRF Deliverables Input: Contributions to meetings and working groups Output deliverables: White Papers and WWRF Briefings on different topics Book of Visions, most recent one ‘Technologies for the Wireless Future, Volume 2’ published Apr 2006 by Wiley, earlier ones in 2004 and 2001 Info to other bodies: ITU-R, 3GPP and 3GPP LTE work Other books and articles etc. GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications

GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications Conclusions on WWRF Global platform to initiate global cooperation towards future wireless world Vision from user perspective  requirements for the enabling technologies Unique way of active cooperation within and between industry and academia Reduce risk for investment in research Ease future standardisation by globally harmonising views Proven history of creating large scale research cooperation and facilitating funding Open to all actors www.wireless-world-research.org GSC: Standardization Advancing Global Communications