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RTiS 2001 Topic 5

Communication: keeping in touch in real time!

Ulf Olsson (ERA)
One of the major changes to the way we conduct our lives - both personal and professional - has been the availability of voice communication anytime, anywhere. We are currently on the threshold of changing another fundamental aspect of modern life: not only voice, but information, as well as images (still and moving, streaming and conversational) will be equally accessible. At the same time, fixed-access bandwidth available to the general public is increasing at a tremendous rate. All this has been the subject of much futuristic optimism and, yes, hype in the previous few years. But behind and beyond that, there is a sound base of technical possibilities that we are just beginning to explore: multi-access, ad-hoc networking, quality-of-service mechanisms, the security aspects of being always connected, etcetera.

This topic is organised as follows:

Whither wireless?

Ulf Olsson, Ericsson Radio Systems AB
This talk will focus on the opportunities and the threats of merging fixed and wireless, voice/video and data all onto an IP framework, including the consequences of machine-to-machine communication becoming a major contributor to wireless usage.

What's new on the research front?

Magnus Jonsson, HH
Here, a brief walkthrough will be given outlining the major current research areas pertaining to communications technology, in particular regarding what is being done in Sweden

Mini-tutorial: Bluetooth

Per-Arne Wiberg; HH
In this setion, a tutorial on Bluetooth will explore the possibilities of using short-range ad-hoc networking to cover the first meter. In particular, it can be noted that Bluetooth has the potential of radically redefining the fixed vs wireless landscape.

Panel: Embedded systems on the Internet: challenges and opportunities

Finally, a panel session will be devoted to the subject of attaching embedded systems to the Internet: what are the problems and possibilities of using general-purpose IP infrastructure for automation purposes? And will the benefits outweigh the risks?