IST 2005 Photo Coverage
Dresden, Germany
June 20 - 22, 2005
We are seeing a significant change this year at this conference. OFDM is a major topic of conversation. In fact, it is seriously being considered by 3GPP in the standards efforts. The implications of this can be significant in that OFDM is the technology under WiMAX. Many US companies have much to gain if OFDM becomes the technology foundation for the next generation wireless standard in Europe, and by default the rest of the world.
The conference enrollment is up to 800. In spite of this being the premier event for the presentation of research funded by the EU under the IST program there are many participants from around the world. We note an especially strong presence from Asia but virtually nothing from the U.S.
We were frankly mystified that there was no U.S. presence. There was a special panel on 4G efforts in Asia and the pace there is even faster than in Europe. But it is like the U.S. does not exist. But contrary to last year WiMAX, that is, OFDM and MIMO, is being taken very seriously.
The IST event remains the best forum to understand what is happening in Europe in mobile communications.
Updated on 2/18/06
