IEEE Technical Subcommittee on “Integrated Optical and Wireless Technologies for Broadband Access and Metro Networks” (TCFiWi) Meeting at Globecom 2006 San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2006

Agenda • Introduction to FiWi – Dr. Chunming Qiao, SUNY Buffalo, Chair of TCFiWi • Technical Presentation – Dr. Ting Wang, NEC Labs America, Vice-Chair, TCFiWi • Past Activities • Future Plans • Open Discussions

History/Status • FiWi was recently established as a new IEEE Technical Committee within IEEE ComSoc. • Per newly established ComSoc rules, any new TC will be incubated as a subcommittee within the TC on Emerging Technologies. • It will become a full-blown TC within two years. • Membership in TC is open to everyone. • http://www.comsoc.org/socstr/org/operation/com m/subemerging.html

Motivation for Integrating Optical and Wireless Technologies • With the plethora of new wireless access technologies being developed and deployed, including WiMAX, optical wireless (or free-space optics) , and Wi-Fi, wireless traffics has already contributed to an increasing amount of share of the total traffic carried by wireline networks. • At the same time, demands for higher bandwidth, longer reach and better interoperability are stronger than ever. • The convergence among various wireless technologies as well as wireline technologies is a key to satisfy such demands at a low CAPEX and OPEX.

Overview • Focus on the integration of fiber and wireless technologies in the access and metro networks to – deliver truly converged multimedia services irrespective of the users’ locations, terminal device capabilities and access media.

• Its cope is related to Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC), which is a topic of great interest and potential in the computer communications and telecommunications industry. – fixed networks have included both the copper and the fiber based systems, – in this TC, we will focus primarily on the fiber-based systems since in the future fiber will gradually replace copper, in both access and metro networks

Key Topical Areas in FiWi • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Integrated Optical/Wireless Transceivers Modulation and Coding (e.g., OCDMA and WCDMA) over Optical/Wireless Path Radio over Fiber and Wireless over Optical Optical LANs, GE-PON, G-PON, WDMPON Optic Wireless & RF technologies (Millimeter and UWB) in Broadband Access Wired/Wireless Mesh Network Design L1/L2/L3 Cross-layer Design Joint Resource Allocation Dynamic Load Balancing Portability and Mobility Support Seamless Handover Between Different Interfaces Multicasting and Broadcasting End-to-End QoS and Security

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Multi-homing and Fault-Tolerance Network Protection and Emergency/Disaster Recovery Converged Network Architecture, Control, Management, and Operations Converged network planning and deployment Cost Models and Comparisons Bundled Service Models (e.g., quadruple play and integrated services) Emerging Applications Techno-economic Analysis and Business Models

Missions • TCFiWi will organize, sponsor and promote – conferences, workshops, tutorials, publications, standardization activities and – various other forms of information exchange and advancement in the multi-disciplinary field

related to fixed and mobile convergence and in particular, integration of optics and wireless in the access and metro networks.

Current Officer (2006-2008) • Chair: Dr. Chunming Qiao, SUNY Buffalo (www.cse.buffalo.edu/~qiao) • Vice-Chair: Dr. Ting Wang, NEC Labs America, Princeton, NJ, USA • Vice-Chair: Prof. Houssein Mouftah, U. Ottawa, Ottawa, CANADA • Secretary: Dr. Sudhir Dixit (Nokia Fellow), Nokia, Finland and USA • Industrial and Standards Liaison: Steve Weinstein , Communication Theory & Technology Consulting, USA

Get Involved • Signup to become a member of the FiWi – Free, open to everyone

• Will be able to send and receive email announcements through a listserv • Volunteer as a representative of FiWi at various conferences/symposiums • Volunteer as an officer in the next election

Agenda • Introduction to FiWi – Dr. Chunming Qiao, SUNY Buffalo, Chair of TCFiWi • Technical Presentation – Dr. Ting Wang, NEC Labs America, Vice-Chair, TCFiWi • Past Activities • Future Plans • Open Discussions