Date:         Wed. Nov 11th, 2009 6:00 - 8:00PM
Location:     National Semiconductor, Building E, Conference Room, 2900 Semiconductor Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95051
Title:         Mobile Broadband driven by Convergence of IP and LTE technologies 
Speaker:    Arpit Joshipura and Ali Khayrallah, Ericsson Silicon Valley 
RSVP:        comsocscv@gmail.com

Programs:      
6:00 - 6:30pm:        Networking, Pizzaz and Drinks
6:30 - 6:40pm:        Introduction
6:40 - 7:40pm:        Presentation
6:40 - 8:00pm:        Q&A

 
Abstract:
We will look into some technology area like HSPA/LTE/EPC in an All-IP 2 node flat architecture, and focus on technical aspects of Mobile Broadband including OFDM, Mobility, Voice, Signaling, bandwidth, speeds, latency, chip set technology. The presentations will also look into the network simplification as well as applications/devices enabled by IP and LTE.

Biography:
Arpit Joshipura is the Vice-President, Strategy & Market Development, at Ericsson Silicon Valley. Arpit is Ericsson’s driver of Convergence Vision and Transformation Strategy to Operators and outbound audience worldwide including Silicon Valley Ecosystem partners. Focus areas include All-IP End to End Convergence across Fixed and Mobile architectures (eg 4G/SAE/EPC, IPTV, Backhaul, Edge, Metro, Applications). Arpit moved to Ericsson from Redback where he was the VP of Product Management, Marketing, Standards and Solutions (CTO/CMO Role), responsible for the strategic success of Redback ’s flagship SmartEdge router family and its acquisition through Ericsson. Prior to Redback , Mr. Joshipura was the Vice President of Portfolio Management CIENA/ONI focusing on Metro Ethernet and Optical Architectures. He has also held senior leadership positions in Engineering at Caspian Networks and Nortel Networks.

Ali Khayrallah is Director of Research at Ericsson in North America. His group works on projects in current and future cellular systems. He has been with Ericsson since 1995, in various research positions. Previously, he was Assistant Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Delaware. His interests are in research and technology for wireless communications. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a B.Eng. from the American University of Beirut. He holds more than 50 US patents and has published more than 50 technical papers, and received the Ericsson Inventor of the Year award