Welcome to the Wireless World Research Forum
WWRF Workshop at IEEE MeditCom
7-10 September 2021 at Athens Greece
The workshop has the theme 'Revonfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: A Technology Enabler to catalyze 6G.
Extended Submission Deadline for sending in papers is the 21 May 2021!
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WWRF Workshop at IEEE MeditCom
07. Sep 2021 - 10. Sep 2021 , Athens, Greece
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24. Sep 2021 - 25. Sep 2021 , Thunder Bay, Canada
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28. September 2021 , Ottawa, Canada
Dr Veena Rawat will be the next WWRF Fellow
WWRF has great pleasure in appointing Dr Veena Rawat OC, as a Fellow of the Wireless World Research Forum, in recognition of her “contributions to telecommunications engineering and leadership in establishing the global regulatory framework for radio spectrum management”. She was conferred with the Order of Canada, the highest civilian award in Canada, in 2015. Between 2011 and 2014, Dr. Rawat was Vice President and Ambassador to ITU at BlackBerry, well known for introducing the first smartphones. Before that she was President of the Communications Research Centre, the only Canadian federal government research lab conducting R&D in wireless technologies.
Dr. Rawat has had many "firsts" in her career and is a trail blazer, starting in 1973 by being the first female PhD in Electrical Engineering from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, to being the first female (and first Canadian as well) in 2003, to chair the World Radiocommunication Conference of the International Telecommunications Union, the United Nations body responsible for ICT. She was later awarded the ITU’s Gold Medal by the Secretary General. Since then, she has received a number of other awards for her tireless work in promoting gender equality in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
The award ceremony will take place on 29th September 2021 at WWRF’s 8th Huddle at National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada. (Event Details at www.wwrfhuddle.com )
Who we are
The Wireless World Research Forum is the place where the global wireless research community meets to explore and develop the research challenges that confront us as we look beyond current 5G deployments.
On the newly launched WWRF website, you can find out more about our current, future and past activities. This includes important information on upcoming events and special workshops. The ongoing effort to roll out 5G technologies, and the ongoing debate on how to meet the requirements of the various vertical industries that will make use of 5G are also being studied, with WWRF members closely involved in all these discussions, and publications such as our Outlook series are a good guide to them. But the mission of WWRF is to look beyond current technology and businesses to identify the key research trends that will impact our world in the next 5-10 years.
With over 50 members from across 4 continents, WWRF brings together a wide range of industry and academic players, and has a particular focus on the contribution of newly emerging market sectors and developing regions.
As an example, the Vertical Industry Platform (VIP) programme of working groups focuses on vertical industry requirements, including business models, connected vehicles, ehealth, rail networks and the water industry, while new technical working groups have been set up to address key technology questions, such as the use of higher frequencies above 5GHz and the impact of AI technologies on communication networks. Lots of results and information from our most recent events are available, and, of course, the website also contains all the required information for prospective members, including application forms and details of membership fees and benefits.
VIP Connected Vehicles Working Group regularly participates in ITU-T CITS meetings.
Accordingly, an update on CV activites was provided to ITU-T CITS Meeting on 3/26/2021, held jointly with Future Networked Car Symposium. Read more on the working group page here
WWRF at ITU event "Digital Industries Africa"
WWRF is pleased to Annonce it has been invited by ITU to participate online event on "Digital industries in Africa" . WWRF will be represented by Dr. Fisseha Mekuria, Chief Research Scientist, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Networked Systems & Applications, Next Generation Enterprises & Institutions. CSIR is a member of WWRF. He will be talking about: "Enabling Affordable Digital Connectivity & Entrepreneurship for Digital Transformation in Africa". If you are interested in attending this event, please visit URL to find more details. The event will be held on June 2nd 2021.
WWRF Workshop THz Waves: Fast Lane Journey to 6G
Motivated by the potential of THz technologies to transform the future of ICT, this workshop aimed reveal and discuss the critical technology gaps as well as the appropriate enablers, in terms of baseband processing RF frontend, channel models and waveforms, signals and coding, beam-patterns and medium access control schemes. Most importantly, this workshop attempted to shed some light on the potential accelerators or showstoppers in the adoption of THz as a major 6G wireless technology.
More information and the presentation slides >>>
New working group on visions and technologies of 6G established
The 6G Vision and Technologies Group focuses on research that looks five to ten years ahead in order to meet the requirements of the networks in the year 2030 time-frame. The group looks into the gaps in 5G that would need to be filled, resulting into incremental changes to 5G, called B5G until such time that clear requirements of 6G have been determined and needed research areas identified. The group also aims to study the emerging new use cases that will require 6G, and the potentially novel business models to justify investments that will be needed.
45th WWRF meeting held online
On 18-21 January 2021, WWRF held its 45th meeting, with the theme ‘Hyperconnectivity: Beyond 5G Opportunities and Challenges’. This was the second time a WWRF has been held online; the meeting was originally scheduled to take place in Kuala Lumpur. Our hosts were Wirahswasta, who did a great job of keeping everything on time and in order. Over 260 participants registered and were able to take part in 15 sessions over the four days with 90 separate presentations of research challenges and results. The meeting was opened by WWRF Fellow Prof. Sureswaran Ramadass (MUST) and the opening keynote was given by the Chairman of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, Dr. Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek. Amongst the highlights were the award of Fellowships to Adrian Scrase of ETSI and Dr Chih-Lin I of China Mobile and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN). Other features were the launch of a new working group on cybersecurity, and the first meeting of the rail networks group with its new chair, Prof. Hyeonwoo Lee of Dankook University. Presentations and videos of talks at WWRF45 will be made available to members and meeting registrants.
We are very active!
We have our own publication programme of white papers (WWRF Outlook) and meeting proceedings (WWRF Library). In addition, we publish a series of books with Wiley, and the best papers from each meeting are the highlight of a special issue of IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine.
Future Networked Car
FNC 2020 panellists examined the latest advances in the areas of vehicle connectivity, cybersecurity, applications of artificial intelligence (AI), and the global regulatory framework that will support deployment of more highly automated mobility solutions. The Symposium explored the relationships between vehicle communications and automated driving by analysing the crucial role of the latest 5G connectivity technologies in delivering safer and more effective transport. Collaboration among the various standards bodies is essential to ensure a successful and speedy implementation, and this topic will be in focus during the panel discussions.
WWRF online seminars and virtual workshops
17th of November Seminar No 3
FRUGAL 5G – Bringing Broadband Faster to Rural Areas
Satya N. Gupta, Secretary General, ITU-APT Foundation of India
Tuesday, November 17 at 9:30 am (London) - 10:30 am (Zurich, Berlin) - 15 pm (IST India)
Workshop at IEEE ANTS 2020
The role of AI/Machine Learning in the Evolution of Connected Vehicles
December 16, 2020
Call for papers is open
October 21 - Joint Greenbizz/WWRF Workshop
Meeting Presentations here
