3G Handset Software

HANDSET SOFTWARE

For engineering and marketing teams with an interest in handset software design and development policy.

The programme is the second day of a 4 day series of programmes covering handset software, handset hardware, network hardware and network software.

Day 2 Objective

* To review present and future voice, imaging, video, audio, text and data capabilities in cellular handsets and related handset software design implications.
* To study the impact of cellular radio layer and MAC layer developments on handset software design.
* To analyse how WiFi software will evolve and the implications for cellular handset software.
* To assess present and possible future Bluetooth and UWB software functionality and related cellular handset software integration issues.
* To review DAB/DMB/DVB and DVB-H functionality and the impact on cellular handset software design.
* To review GPS and related positioning technologies and the impact on cellular handset software design.

Day 2 Scope

Day 2 is directly relevant to design engineers, product managers and technology and market research team leaders working on present and future handset software development projects. The programme draws on over 20 years of research and active involvement in handset software design and will be of direct interest to engineers and product and market managers with responsibility for defining wide area, local area and personal area user device software design policy. Typical delegate organisations include component vendors, handset manufacturers, third party OEM and ODM software development houses and test equipment vendors with an interest in future cellular handset software performance trends and related user expectations. The programme is of parallel interest to network engineers wishing to qualify the impact of handset software on network software and hardware design and network operator product and market managers wanting to qualify new (handset software based) revenue and margin opportunities.

Timed Agenda

09.00 - 10.30
Voice, imaging, video, audio, text and data handset software
A review of the software components that determine uplink bandwidth - the role of application software and the GUI (graphical user interface) in building uplink session value, session duration/session persistency as key objectives, session quality and session consistency metrics, differentiating declarative devices, declarative content and declarative applications, related issues of device discovery and (uplink)application transparency, how user expectations are changing and likely future uplink capabilities, impact of See What I See (SWIS) and Hear What I Hear (HWIH) POC(Press To Talk) applications on handset software. A review of the software components that determine downlink bandwidth - voice, image, video, audio, text and data management bandwidth, future device capabilities. A review of the software components that determine/constrain uplink/downlink bandwidth - memory, DSP, microcontroller and bus architectures, address and protocol overheads, battery bandwidth, typical platform power requirements of present and future cellular handsets, how platform power determines uplink and downlink offered traffic and uplink and downlink revenue and margin expectations, related role of software in power policy management, handset software KPI's (Key Performance Indices), the role of KPI's in handset software product differentiation, how handset software KPI's relate to network hardware and software KPI's, the impact of delay and delay variability on application value, multimedia handset and multi service network compatibility issues.

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee

11.00 - 12.30
Radio Bearers, MAC functionality and software design
How EDGE dual transfer mode changes future handset software, Class 4, Class 6, Class 10, Class 12 handset capabilities, how HSUDPA/EUDCH changes handset uplink functionality, longer term impact of 5 code, 10 code and 15 code handsets, , downlink capabilities, the uplink/downlink balance and related implications for handset software, the traffic balance (conversational, streamed, interactive, best effort) and related implications for handset software, impact of PHY and MAC functionality on handset software form factor, 40 Series, 60 Series , 80 Series and 90 Series comparisons, how Release 5 /Release 6 and Release 7 will change handset software functionality, MPEG4, MPEG7, MPEG21, MeXe QOS and 3G MAC layer evolution, MIDP device profiles and class mark resource descriptors, J2 ME, Microsoft (Windows Media) and Symbian case study examples of software added value.

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 15.00
WiFi/Cellular Software Integration
Practical issues of WiFi software integration with existing cellular phones, device and user authentication , WPA and 802.11 AES security, impact of security procedures on access delay, processor overhead and transmission and storage bandwidth, UMA work on roaming/handover between cellular and WiFi public and private networks, QOS and SLA transparency issues, role of the SIM/USIM in access control and QOS provisioning, future WiFi PHY and MAC developments and their impact on software functionality, the WiFi PAN proposition and WAN/LAN/PAN software integration, US vendor positioning on future standards and related handset software implications, practical software issues of WiFi based IP voice and video and IPQOS provisioning, TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) versus AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) security options, WiFi/cellular consumer product software profiles, professional product software profiles, specialist product software profiles.

Bluetooth/UWB Software Integration

How Bluetooth 1.2 EDR (enhanced data rate) and 2.0 (PHY flexibility) changes existing handset software, overlaps with 802.15 high rate PAN proposals, VoWLAN overlap with Bluetooth voice profiles, WiFi HiFi and the Bluetooth audio profiles, UWB product and standards review, the UWB PAN proposition, data rates and PHY/MAC functionality, longer term impact of UWB on cellular handset software.

15.00 - 15.30 Tea

15.30 - 17.00
DAB/DMB/DVB/DVB-H and GPS Integration

The DAB/DMB multiplex, audio, image and data downloading capabilities, present software form factors and user functionality, the DVB/DVB-H multiplex, audio, video and data downloading capabilities, trigger effects and related response management implications.

GPS and related Positioning Platforms (Cell ID,TDOA, TDOA/AOA, E-OTD, Glonass, Galileo, A-GPS), software integration and performance issues, potential integration with DMB/DVB datacasting, UWB and possible future PAN positioning functionality, related implications for handset software functionality.

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