Type of Activity: Technical
Description:
IEEE COMSOC Lahore Chapter in collaboration with Sultan Qaboos IT (SQIT) Chair, organized a one-day “5G and IoT Summit on Future Trends 2018” on 23 February 2018. The event was hosted by Al-Khawarizmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS), a research center at University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore, Pakistan.In context of recent ongoing research on 5G and its deployment in IoT based scenarios, this summit was organized to fill in the scientific-awareness gap in the Pakistani academia and industry, especially among MS and PhD students.
Mr. Muhammad Aatique (Radio Network Architect) from Telenor Pakistan talked on “Industry Challenges for 5G” covered a wide range of topics, 5G new radio and RAN architecture, and government policies. Dr. Ijaz Haider Naqvi (Associate Professor) and Dr. Momin Uppal (Associate Professor) from LUMS delivered their talks on “Automatic Network Management and Network Health Estimation of Mobile Cellular Networks” and “NOMA for 5G Networks”, respectively. Dr. Ijaz talked about RF optimization of mobile networks where network health is monitored by making use of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) collected through crowed sourcing. Dr. Momin covered NOMA strategies in both LTE-Advanced and 5G. Dr. Omer Waqar (from UET Lahore) presented his talk on “Information Theoretic Framework for Relay Networks with Wireless Power Transfer (WPT)” and discussed microwave energy harvested relay network. Dr. Ubaid Ullah Fayyaz (from UET Lahore) proceeded with his talk on “Channel Codes for 5G”. Dr. Ghalib A. Shah from UET Lahore spoke about “IoT Communication Challenges and its Support in 5G”.
In the last session, a panel discussion was also held and discussed how to promote research in Pakistan.
Impact of Event on Community
Both the students and faculty from different parts of country participated in this event, notably UET Lahore, Institute of Space Technology Islamabad, and Bahria University Lahore. There was also a very healthy participation by industry as well, most notable National Engineering Services Pakistan (pvt.) Limited (NESPAK). Published in IEEE Communication Magazine.
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