ETSI

WALTER PROJECT WORKSHOP

 
 

The WALTER Case for UWB
6 - 7 October 2009

FP7 framework programmeCooperation Standardisation and EU FP R&D Project

The project WALTER (Wireless Alliances for Testing Experiment and Research) is a collaborative research project of FP7 (DG Infso). Started in 2008, for a period of 2 years, it includes 8 partners from Europe, Israel and China.

This project aims to develop the technology needed for measurement, calibration, and testing radio signals broadband (UltraWide Band - UWB). The purpose is to develop a pan-European broadband wireless testbed, covering the emerging needs of the research, the industry and the regulators. 

After having worked on the project for more than one year, The WALTER Project has decided to run this workshop to present its activities and results, with the following main objectives:

  • To provide an overview on the current regulatory, standardisation and research status of Ultra-WideBand technology; 
  • To present European research activities results on UWB, including the mitigation techniques of Detect And Avoid (DAA).  To describe the WALTER solutions for Testing and Measuring DAA.
  • To identify the main challenges in the UWB testing and measurements.
  • To describe how the WALTER project research activity could support the resolution of these challenges.

WORKSHOP FOCUS
The workshop focused on two major topics:

  1. Detect And Avoid (DAA) measuring issues and the solutions that WALTER offers
  2. Problem of measurement in noisy environment and the WALTER solution to this problem.

The event was attended by 50 participants.

All presentations can be downloaded from here. 

WORKSHOP AGENDA

Introduction
  • Welcome
    Philippe Cousin, Strategic Director WALTER project, ETSI Sales Director
  • On the importance of link between the research and the standardisation
    Yves Chauvel, ETSI

  • Contribution of future networks to standardisation: FP7 program
    George Dimitrakopoulos, University of Piraeus
  • Presentation of WALTER Project
    Franck Le Gall, INNO AG and WALTER Project coordinator
Important research topics

  • Resource Allocation for Cognitive Radio Networks with a Beamforming User Selection Strategy
    Aawatif Hayar, Eurecom

  • EUWB Research: cross layer Cognitive Radio Applications: UWB Location and Tracking With a View to MIMO Based Network Coding
    Peter Jung, EUWB Research

  • Chinese UWB Projects
    Dr. Huarui Yin

  • UWB signaling and channel modeling: Some open issues
    Aawatif Hayar, Eurecom
  • Research from EUWB project : IPoWB
    Alexander Weir, TES Electronic Solutions Ltd
Market needs
  • Study case of DAA in WiMedia domain. WiMedia Regulatory Overview
    Friedbert Berens, FB Consulting, TG31A-ETSI STF 350


  • Industry perspective
    Doron Shafrir, Director of sales, WISAIR 
    • Standardisation issues
    • DAA Technical Presentation 
      Friedbert Berens, FB Consulting, TG31A-ETSI STF 350
    WALTER support
    • Overview of the WALTER test beds, the services WALTER offers.
      Manuel García Fuertes (AT4 wireless, S.A.)


    • ETSI Test procedure for DAA/UWB devices
      Friedbert Berens, FB Consulting, TG31A-ETSI STF 350
      * Status and opened issues
      * Liaison with TG31 UWB

    • Test equipments and related issues
      Alan Dearlove, CTL and WALTER Technical Director

    • Response to the problem of measurement in noisy environment: the Low temperature measurement
      Alan Dearlove, CTL and WALTER Technical Director

    • Demo about radiated measurement in Low-temperature environment
      Detlef Führer, JRC

    • WALTER MAC Automation Tester demo
      Peter Liepa, CSR
    Conclusion 
    • Alan Dearlove, CTL and WALTER Technical Director