Broadband Wireless Communications Hawaii Center for Advanced Communications Anthony Kuh Chairman, Electrical Engineering  Background and Overview  Broadband Communications  Proposed Organization and Development

Mission Statement  Joint collaborative basic and applied research u Members of the Center u External researchers from industry and academia  Provide students with a rich and diversified education to prepare them for careers in the telecommunications industry and academia.  Encourage industrial interactions, promotion of entrepreneurial activities, and providing technical leadership and expertise to the University and State of Hawaii. The University of Hawaii Center for Advanced Communications is a multidisciplinary research center bringing together researchers from diverse areas to work together on advanced communication systems (wireless).

Background: Personnel  Telecommunications (established tradition) Networks (ALOHA: wireless packet radio networks) Communications and coding (Protocols for NASA and GSM wireless standard) Signal Processing  Solid State electronics and devices (outstanding young talent) Microwave/Millimeter-wave research lab (MMRL) Physical Electronics lab (PEL) Integrated Circuits and Design lab

Background: Activities  Federal Government (NSF, NASA, DOD) Seeking broad multidisciplinary initiatives that will have a profound effect on information technology. Encourage partnerships between academia, industry, and government.  HCAC Bring together telecommunications and solid state electronics and devices groups External collaboration and joint funding with other Universities and industry.

Center Overview Personnel Members: 11 faculty members Students: 40 graduate students (11 Ph.D. candidates), undergraduate students Activities Research Areas: Solid-state devices and circuits, telecommunications Funding: Group funding: NSF Wireless Information Technology and Networks (Millimeter-Wave Systems for Wireless Communications). Government: NSF, NASA, DARPA (15 funded grants, $4.7 million). Industry: Boeing, Hitachi, LSI Logic, Microsoft, TRW (11 funded grants, $570,000). Education : Multidisciplinary graduate education. Undergraduate education and research opportunities.

Broadband Communications  Cable: Consumer, coaxial cable to home.  Copper: Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), use existing phone network.  Fiber: Expensive to home, highest available bandwidth.  Satellites: Low earth orbit systems, satellite deployment costs high.  Wireless: Wide range of services ranging from Local Multi- point Distributed Systems (LMDS) to mobile broadband access. ``Within a decade, most people in developed countries will have access to Internet connections that are tens if not hundreds of times faster than the ones in common use today.’’ Scientific American, Oct. 99.

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Digital Divide (Two tiered economic society)  Silicon Valley (economic center of new information technology society) u Strong engineering programs at Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley. u State of California support in 50s and 60s.  Other communities around nation want to participate in new economy. Examples: Silicon Forest (Seattle), Silicon Hills (Austin), Route 128 (Boston). All have strong Universities nearby with excellent engineering programs.  With increase in computational power of computers there has been a shift to communications. 90s have seen development of many University wireless communications centers. Example UCSD Wireless Communication Center. u Brought in top researchers from academia and industry. u Developed partnerships with industry (examples: Qualcomm, Nokia)

Proposed Development and Organization  Infrastructure  Research  Education  Industry  Benefits to Hawaii

Infrastructure (Partnership)  Center Personnel u Director (need to hire leader in telecommunications with academic, industrial and administrative experience) u Members  Existing members (support and retention)  New members (augment expertise and bridge technologies)  UH Administration (positions, infrastructure, budget)  State Government (financial support)  Industrial Partners (annual fees) u Each partner to have members as focal contacts. u Joint work with focal contacts on research projects.  Federal Government (Joint collaborative research with members, other institutions, and industry)

Funding for Center (Partnership)  State Government u $5M funding over 5 years to startup Center.  1st year; $1M ($410K personnel, $300K startup, $90K retention, $200K equipment).  Industry u Unrestricted funds through partners program. u Restricted funds.  Federal Government u Center and group grants from NSF, DOD, NASA. u Individual grants.

 Millimeter-wave networks u Ideal for indoor wireless LANs, line of sight (LOS). u Shorter wavelengths imply smaller antenna and circuit dimensions. u Broadband applications (interactive multimedia).  Mobile Wireless Networks u Network control and management u Channel and source coding for wireless communications u Signal processing algorithms  Applications (broadband access everywhere): commercial and military Research Overview Major focus is on high-performance wireless networks. Transmission technology for networks are millimeter-wave frequencies ( GHz) which provides broadband rates up to 5 gigabits per second.

Education  Attract quality students and researchers (reverse brain drain).  Provide multidisciplinary education to prepare students for careers in telecommunications. Fundamental and cutting edge classes. Research instruction and experience.  Information Technology Alliance (Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Education)  Work to establish educational programs with industry (life-long learning). Coop programs (undergraduate and graduate students). Distance learning programs.

Industrial Relationships A key to Center development and growth is close working relationships with industry. (Industrial Partners)  Startup companies u Adtech started by UH EE Professors. u Verifone started by UH EE graduate. u EE Professors starting high tech companies.  Attracting companies to Hawaii (Uniden).  Relationships with local companies: Adtech, GTE Hawaiian Tel, Oceanic Cable, military.  Special relationships with TRW and Boeing.  Other industrial ties: AT&T, Fujitsu, Hewlett- Packard, Hughes, LSI Logic, Microsoft, Motorola, Sony, Sun Microsystems, Texas Instruments, Xilinx

Center Benefits to the State of Hawaii  a significant boost in federal and industry funding to the University of Hawaii.  a large increase in students who will be well prepared for careers in telecommunications.  technical knowledge to the State for development of a telecommunications industry.  an increase in skilled technical people and high technology industry that will come to Hawaii.  an increase in the number of high technology conferences and workshops held in Hawaii. A well funded Center with quality personnel will provide :

Why develop the Hawaii Center for Advanced Communications?  Personnel: diversified members with expertise in a broad range of communications technology.  Existing backbone infrastructure: Optical fiber backbone in place can work well with local wireless system for broadband access for consumers and business.  Geographic location: Pacific Rim location can bring wireless technologies from Asia (Japan) and North America (USA) together.  State and industry interest: Diversification of Hawaiian economy.  Timing: Industry time-scale is short (need to act now).