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New IEEE 5G Activities Designed to Help Connect Unconnected and Fuel Decades Long Innovation Wave
IEEE,
the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to
advancing technology for humanity, today announced that the IEEE
5G Initiative has established a number of activities intended to
help connect the unconnected and support accelerated realization of 5G
technologies and the corresponding wave of innovation. Information on
IEEE (News - Alert) 5G activities in the areas of education, a Technology Roadmap,
standardization, publications, and regional IEEE 5G Summits can be found
at the IEEE
5G web portal.
"The advancement of 5G technologies requires a great deal of
consideration relative to the development of 5G use cases and their
context for application throughout the real world," said Ashutosh Dutta,
co-chair of the IEEE 5G initiative and lead member of technical staff at
AT&T (News - Alert). "IEEE 5G is able to build upon IEEE work in several key emerging
technology initiatives such as IoT, Smart Cities, Smart Materials, and
Brain and Digital Senses. The initiative is also benefited by the global
resources of 17 IEEE Societies encompassing network and communications
layers, hardware, radio, signal processing, power and energy, and
applications. Accessing the technical breadth and depth of IEEE, we will
help unlock the potential of the broader 5G ecosystem."
IEEE 5G supports the advancement of next generation technologies,
concepts, and innovation. From technology road-mapping to "Frugal 5G",
ethics in artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles, to its
education and standardization efforts and events, the IEEE 5G Initiative
offers a number of efforts with which to engage. For example, because
many aspects of 5G are in developing and evolutionary stages, the IEEE
5G Summits around the world are grassroots events advancing 5G with
regional considerations in mind. The next IEEE 5G Summit is on 17 March
2017 in Kolkata, India.
"One of the most important aspects of progressing the 5G narrative is
that we are collectively thinking about the concept with a common global
understanding of what it is and what it is not," said Gerhard Fettweis,
co-chair of the IEEE 5G Initiative, senior research scientist at the
International Computer Science Institute, and Vodafone (News - Alert) chair professor
at TU Dresden. "4G, even though very successful, has still not brought
broadband Internet to nearly half the world population. This is why we
are taking the time to host 5G Summits around the world, educating,
understanding, and integrating this feedback into our collective
thinking so we may develop the appropriate contextual outputs."
"We see one of the most positive aspects of our work in enabling
connectedness," said Konstantinos Karachalios, managing director of the
IEEE Standards Association. "For example, the 'Frugal 5G' concept, with
its lower investment requirement, will be important to realizing
connectedness in many developing areas. For many regions of developing
countries, one could use and possibly further adapt specific aspects of
5G that fit their needs and can promote economic development without
necessarily implementing the full menu. This would contribute to the
idea of an inclusive 5G."
Those interested in advancing next generation technologies through their
contributions are invited to connect with the IEEE 5G Initiative. Learn
more at 5g.ieee.org,
or at IEEE
Booth 7L71 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, 27 February
- 2 March 2017, or connect via these social media channels:
· Twitter: @5GIEEE · LinkedIn (News - Alert): https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8560944 ·
Collabratec: https://ieee-collabratec.ieee.org/app/community/76/activities ·
Facebook (News - Alert): https://www.facebook.com/ieee5g/
About IEEE
IEEE is the world's largest technical professional organization
dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Through
its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and
professional and educational activities, IEEE is the trusted voice in a
wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers, and
telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power, and
consumer electronics. Learn more at http://www.ieee.org.
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