Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E. Program Director

1
The Future of Wireless Communications

• Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E.Program Director
• Information Engineering and Management

November 20, 2009
2

• What really changes?
• How does it impacted society?

3
(No Transcript)
4
TelecomDistance
5
Telecom Advantages

• Electronic Age Leap
• Better quality
• Easier and faster
• Rotary to Touch Tone

6
(No Transcript)
7
Telecom Advantages

• Internet Age Leap
• Person to person communication changed
• Business changed

8
Human to Human CommunicationPerson to Person
9
Human to Human CommunicationPerson to Voice
10
Human to Human CommunicationPerson to Machine
11
Human to Machine Interface Changes
12
(No Transcript)
13
(No Transcript)
14
(No Transcript)
15
(No Transcript)
16
(No Transcript)
17
Telecom Changes We Like
18
(No Transcript)
19
(No Transcript)
20
Trends

• 50 of kids 12-13 have cell phones
• 29 of all downloaded mobile games were
  downloaded by adults 25-34
• 51 of mobile users interested in mobile TV
• 25 of young Americans do not have a landline
• Mobile marketing and ads to reach 3 bln in 2007
• North America reached 93.2 wireless penetration
  in 2006

21
Technology Recent History

• Transistor
• IC
• Internet
• Otherwise lots of gimmicks and gadgets but few
  fundamental changes

22
The Future Promises Big Leaps

• Software defined radio
• Everything a device
• NanoTech

23
Software Defined Radio
24
Software Defined Engine
25
Internet Devices
26
Internet Devices
27
NanoTech - Programmable matter

• Programmable matter based on artificial atoms
  seeks to design materials whose properties can be
  easily and reversibly externally controlled.
• Japan!

28
Combined Impact

• SW defined Internet devices Nanotechs
• Paint to TV?
• Are we a device?
• Do we ever need to interact with others?

29
Evolved Human Face
30
Technology

• Mostly gadgets
• Only a few things make a big impact
• What is the impact of technology on human
  interaction?

31
Telecommunications Tomorrow A New Culture

• Dale Callahan, Ph.D., P.E.Program Director
• Information Engineering and Management

November 20, 2009