Workshop on Small Cell and Spectrum Sharing Concepts in the 3.5 GHz (updated w/agenda)

Workshop on Small Cell and Spectrum Sharing Concepts in the 3.5 GHz

Federal Communications Commission
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
9:00AM
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0131/DA-1...
Second Public Notice: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0307/DA-1...

A workshop to further explore the concepts and proposals to make 100 MHz of spectrum available for shared small cell use in the 3550-3650 MHz band (3.5 GHz Band). The goal of the workshop is to bring together top innovators and thinkers in the small cell, database management, and spectrum sharing fields to discuss technological developments. The workshop will explore small technology in the context of the 3.5 GHz Band as well as database and dynamic spectrum sharing technologies that could be utilized to manage access to the Band.

Tentative Agenda

9:45am Opening Remarks
Julius Knapp, Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology

10:00am Panel #1: Small Cell Technology, Network Design, and the 3.5 GHz Band

• Leo Cloutier, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Brighthouse Networks
• Prakash Moorut, Senior Research Specialist, Nokia Siemens Networks
• Dr. Jeffrey Reed, Director, Wireless@VirginiaTech, Virginia Tech
• Dan Lubar, WhiteSpace Alliance
• David Gurney, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff, Motorola Solutions

Moderators: Paul Powell, Attorney Advisor, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Robert Pavlak, Senior Electronics Engineer, Office of Engineering and Technology

11:15pm Brief Remarks of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski

11:30pm Conversation: Addressing Spectrum Challenges through Spectrum Sharing and Small Cell Technology

• Tom Power, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Telecommunications, Office of Science and Technology, White House
• Mark Gorenberg, Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Member, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• Peter A. Tenhula, Senior Advisor, Department of Commerce, NTIA

Moderator: John Leibovitz, Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau

12:00pm Lunch Break

1:00pm Panel #2: The Spectrum Access System – Innovative Approaches to Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

• Vanu Bose, President and CEO, Vanu
• Durga Malladi, VP, Engineering, Qualcomm Research
• John P. Malyar, Chief Architect, iconectiv (formerly Telcordia Interconnection Solutions)
• Dr. Preston Marshall, Deputy Director, Information Sciences Institute, Computational Systems and Technology Research Professor, University of Southern California
• Peter Stanforth, CTO, Spectrum Bridge

Moderators: Mark Settle, Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Division, Office of Engineering and Technology and Robert Sole, Chief of the Spectrum Engineering Branch, NTIA Office of Spectrum Management

2:15pm Small Cell Technology Overview

• Milind Buddhikot, Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs

2:30pm Technology Exhibition

Featuring small cell and spectrum access technologies from iconectiv (formerly Telcordia Interconnection Solutions), Nokia Siemens Networks, Qualcomm, and Spectrum Bridge.

3:30pm Adjourn