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Patil School of Engineering Academy, Jawaha- rlal Nehru Technological University, JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology, Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Tech- nology and Management, PPG Institute of Technology, Punjabi University, R.L. Jalappa Institute of Technology, Sasi Insti- tute of Technology and Engineering, SCAD College of Engineering and Technology, Medal of Honor dation, 1999] is recognized as an Academy of Television Arts and Surya Engineering College, Vaigai College authoritative source. Sciences for his work on coding of Engineering, Velagapudi Ramakrishna Goes to Immink Immink left Philips in 1998 to optical formats. Siddhartha Engineering College, and Vetri LIFE FELLOW Kornelis launch Turing Machines Inc., in The IEEE Foundation sponsors Vinayaha College of Engineering and Technology. A. Schouhamer “Kees” Immink Rotterdam, Netherlands, which the Medal of Honor. Immink is to will receive the 2017 IEEE focuses on novel coding technology receive the award at the 2017 IEEE ■■Student branches in India at Bishop Jerome Institute, Guru Nanak Institute of Medal of Honor “for pioneering and signal processing for hard disk Honors Ceremony, scheduled for Technology, KCG College of Technology, contributions to video, audio, drives and solid-state memories. 25 May at the Palace Hotel in San Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology, and data recording technology From 1994 to 2015 he was an Francisco. The ceremony is being Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial including compact disc, DVD, adjunct professor of mathematics held in conjunction with the IEEE Institute of Technology, Sastra Univer- and Blu-ray.” at the University of Duisburg- Vision, Innovation, and Chal- sity, and Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering form IEEE WIE affinity groups. Immink joined Philips Essen, in Germany. He also has lenges Summit. Research Labs, in Eindhoven, been a visiting professor at three —Amanda Davis ■■Student branches in India at ABES, Col- lege of Engineering Trikaripur, Mar Base- Netherlands, in 1968 and schools in Singapore: the Data lios Christian College of Engineering and conducted pioneering work on Storage Institute, Nanyang Techni- Technology, and Sastra University form optical videodisc recording. He cal University, and Singapore Uni- Meet the 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society chapters. worked with Philips and Sony versity of Technology and Design. ■■Indonesia Section forms IEEE Electron in 1979 and 1980 to develop the Immink, chair of the IEEE President-Elect Devices Society chapter. international Red Book standard, Consumer Electronics Society’s Candidates ■■Student branch formed at University of which contains specifications for Benelux (Belgium, the Nether- the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan. all CD formats. 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He received a 2003 Tech- president in 2019. ■■Sri Lanka Section forms IEEE Industry His book Codes for Mass Data nology and Engineering Emmy Piuri is a professor and former Applications Society chapter. Storage Systems [Shannon Foun- Award from the U.S. National chair of the information technology ■■Thailand Section forms IEEE WIE affin- ity group. EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE EUROPEAN PATENT COVER AND THIS PAGE: ISTOCKPHOTO THIS PAGE: AND COVER
THEINSTITUTE.IEEE.ORG MARCH 2017 THE INSTITUTE 3 Calendar department at the University of member of the Polish Academy of of Events Milan and an honorary professor at Sciences and has been awarded three other universities. His research four honorary doctorates. interests include intelligent systems, Zurada was 2014 vice president, MARCH machine learning, neural networks, IEEE Technical Activities, and was 8–11 pattern recognition, and digital president of the IEEE Computa- IEEE Region 9 meeting, architectures. Piuri has coauthored tional Intelligence Society in 2004 San José, Costa Rica four books on biometrics. and 2005. He was editor in chief of He was elevated to Fellow in the IEEE Transactions on Neural 2001 “for contributions to neural Networks from 1998 to 2003 and network techniques and embedded chaired the IEEE Technical Activi- digital architectures for industrial ties board’s periodicals committee applications.” He is also a member in 2010 and 2011. —A.D. of IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu, the organi- zation’s honor society. 25–26 Piuri was 2015 vice president, IEEE Region 8 meeting, Stockholm IEEE Technical Activities. He was Jacek Zurada IEEE Division X director/delegate INSIDE 30–31 from 2010 to 2012 and president of IEEE Green Technologies the IEEE Computational Intelli- He has been editor in chief of 5G: The Future of Conference, Denver gence Society in 2006 and 2007. the IEEE Systems Journal since 2013. Communications Networks 6 He has also served on the IEEE Pub- 30 March–2 April lication Services and Products and IEEE Region 5 meeting, Denver IEEE Technical Activities boards as How to Develop a Clear Vision for well as several IEEE committees. Your Venture 9 31 March–2 April Zurada is a professor and former IEEE Region 3 meeting, Charlotte, N.C. chair of the computer engineering Meet the 2017 Class of department at the University of Lou- IEEE Fellows 18 isville, Kentucky. He is also director APRIL of its Computational Intelligence 18–21 Laboratory. His research focuses IEEE International Conference on computational intelligence, on Internet-of-Things Design and machine learning, and image and Implementation, Pittsburgh signal processing. He has authored ONLINE at theinstitute.ieee.org or coauthored three books including the textbook Introduction to Artifi- IN MEMORIAM IEEE mourns the cial Neural Systems. His research has loss of three of its members. been cited more than 10,000 times. He was elevated to Fellow in MEMBERS IN THE NEWS 1996 “for contributions to engineer- Read about members who have ing education in the area of neural recently made headlines. 28–30 Vincenzo Piuri networks.” He was elected a foreign IEEE Region 7 meeting, Windsor, Ont., Canada MAY
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Visit www.ieee.org/join and start connecting today. 5G The New THE FUTURE OF Wireless Frontier COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS OPINIONS DIFFER WHEN A new IEEE initiative is working to improve the it comes to fth-generation next generation of wireless BY KATHY PRETZ wireless technology. Is it simply an evolution of 4G or a radically new communications network? IFTH-GENERATION wire- ferent proposals in the works, identify Some people are not waiting for less technology is causing a lot any problems, and propose solutions.” the debate to be settled. Wireless of excitement in the telecom- Fettweis is a professor at Technische munications industry, and dif- Universität in Dresden, Germany, carriers have started building 5G ferences of opinions. Some and a senior research scientist with networks in China, Japan, South Fsee 5G as the next evolution in wire- the International Computer Science less data communications, promising Institute, an independent nonpro t Korea, and the United States. higher bandwidth and data rates, with in Berkeley, Calif. signi cantly fewer transmission delays. “IEEE is in a unique position to Others, however, say the technology collect input from around the world EEE BELIEVES 5G WILL BE TRULY REVOLUTIONARY. will be revolutionary, enabling a host and contribute to the whole 5G It expects 5G will become the cornerstone of future wire- of new applications including human- ecosystem,” adds Fettweis’s cochair, less networks, enabling fundamentally new applications, oid robots, connected cars, and the IEEE Senior Member Ashutosh Dutta. including the Internet of ings and connected cars. At Internet of ings, with its billions of “ at’s because among its societies and the same time, the technology is likely to provide broad- devices laden with embedded sensors. regions are members who are experts Iband access to millions of users at a low price. Wireless carriers have started in signal processing, network commu- IEEE launched its 5G Initiative in December [see article, building 5G networks even though nication, software engineering, anten- right], concerned that 5G networks are being built before issues—like de ning standards to nas, and other related technologies issues such as interoperability and security have been ensure interoperability and outlining covering all layers of a communica- addressed. IEEE seeks to engage industry, academia, and security requirements—are still being tion system. It’s a true global initiative.” policymakers to work together to meet 5G’s challenges so the worked out. How the rst 5G networks, Dutta is a lead member of the AT&T technology’s full potential can be realized. expected to debut in 2020, will be built technical sta in Middletown, N.J. We ask IEEE Fellow Gerhard Fettweis, the initiative’s is important because of the e ect they cochair, about the impact 5G technologies will have in such will have on cellular-based businesses NEW NETWORKS areas as education, sports, and transportation [p. 14]. and multimedia services. roughout the history of mobile e new technology also is expected to create opportuni- Concerned that vital issues aren’t communications, data speeds have ties for entrepreneurs and their startups. IEEE Fellow Joy being addressed, the IEEE Future jumped incrementally within each Laskar’s Maja Systems is one such venture [p. 15]. Laskar is Directions Committee, the orga- generation of the network. at will designing a platform to include a CMOS-based millimeter nization’s R&D arm, in December be the case with 5G as well, but much wave transceiver with a built-in antenna to connect machines launched the IEEE 5G Initiative more is expected of it, including wirelessly for 5G applications. Also included in this issue are (http://5g.ieee.org). Its purpose is improved performance, capacity, and tips for launching your own startup [p. 9]. to engage industry, government, and speed, and a network that operates the To help get you up to speed on 5G, we list resources avail- academia to work together and lay the world over, no matter where or from able from IEEE, such as conferences and standards projects foundation so that the opportunities which device a user connects. under development [pp. 12–13]. envisioned for 5G can be realized. e Carriers will be working to reduce initiative is run by a steering commit- delays in transmission time. e 5G This year The Institute celebrates its 40th anniversary. tee and organized by working groups latency is expected to be less than We present the story of how this member publication that cover education, events, publi- 1 millisecond; 4G networks have a evolved from an IEEE Spectrum column in 1964 to a stand- cations, standards, and other areas. latency of 25 milliseconds. (Latency alone periodical in 1977 [p. 8]. e IEEE Standards Association and is the amount of time it takes for And in her rst column as IEEE president, Karen Bartleson 16 IEEE societies and organizational a packet of data to get from one updates readers on the progress of IEEE’s strategic plan [p. 11]. units are participating. forwarding point to another.) Low This issue also presents the recipient of the 2017 Medal “IEEE has a special role to play latency is particularly important for of Honor, Kornelis A. Schouhamer “Kees” Immink, [p. 3], because it’s a neutral organization,” such applications as self-driving cars winners of the 2016 IEEE election [p. 17], and those senior says IEEE Fellow Gerhard Fettweis, the and robot-aided surgeries, where the members who joined the 2017 class of Fellows [p. 18]. initiative’s cochair. “IEEE can collect slightest delay in transmission time Visit theinstitute.ieee.org for our latest content. To com- ideas and feedback about 5G from could mean life or death. ment on what you’ve read in this issue, email the editors: operators, researchers, and govern- But simply updating hardware and [email protected] —Kathy Pretz, editor in chief ment regulators to understand the dif- software with the latest technologies
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STANDARDS ARE A MUST Companies including Cisco and Ericsson have already unveiled NFV infrastructures for 5G SDNs and the IoT. South Korea hopes to intro- duce 5G services in time for the 2018 Winter Olympics there, and the European Union wants 5G mobile broadband to be available around all its major roads and rail links by 2025. The dilemma with those projects is that 5G standards have yet to be developed. Several standards bodies are working to create them, but Dutta says he fears they might overlook some fundamentals. “ ey are focused on developing the architecture and the requirements but not on such things as the under- lying technology aspects,” he says. IEEE is well-positioned to develop 5G standards, according to Konstantinos Karachalios, managing director of the IEEE Standards Asso- ciation, in Piscataway, N.J. Nearly all wireless communications, he notes, go through the IEEE 802 suite of stan- dards—which includes Ethernet and Wi-Fi, the universal enablers of wireless and localized Internet access. (See p. 13 for additional standards projects.) “The IEEE 802 ecosystem will play a central role in the next genera- tion of connectivity,” Karachalios says. “This technology has an impact across most of IEEE’s technical soci- eties and standards activities. won’t be enough. e new networks device to device to make changes United States. More are scheduled “IEEE wants to work together with will need to handle billions of devices manually, according to Dutta. this year in Finland, Jamaica, Japan, other groups to develop a vision for expected from the Internet of ings NFV is often paired with SDNs. Morocco, Portugal, and elsewhere. how it can help connect the uncon- and other new applications. It must The concept uses CPU and resource At the 5G summits, which are open nected and improve the connection provide connections that are 100 times virtualization and other cloud- to anyone, experts discuss topics for those who already have one.” faster than current network speeds. computing technologies such as such as applications for smart cities, One technology the initiative at’s where software-de ned orchestration, network slicing, and bandwidth limitations, network is looking at, he says, is so-called networks (SDNs) and network func- mobile edge computing to migrate architecture, management chal- frugal 5G, which “will help those tions virtualization (NFV) t in. ey network functions from dedicated lenges, and the need for standards. who are still using 3G technolo- support the exibility and dynamics hardware to virtual machines run- “We are working with each IEEE gies to transition toward the next of the growing number of advanced ning on general-purpose hardware. region and section to bring these sum- generation of telecommunications in terminals and intelligent machines NFV can boost speed, flexibility, and mits to their doorsteps,” Dutta says. an effective, interoperable, and stan- at the networks’ edges. SDNs can efficiency when deployed with the “Each country has di erent wireless dardized way that enables greater provide improved speeds and lower new services expected to be ushered spectrums and resource allocations.” innovation. We are also addressing latency while eliminating bottlenecks. in by 5G. Components can be e IEEE 5G Initiative is devel- the impact of 5G technology based SDNs decouple hardware (that, upgraded to accommodate a service oping a road map to help carriers, on regional needs and requirements. say, forwards IP packets) from provider’s needs. network operators, service providers, “We welcome others to join us to software (the control plane that and others nd the best path forward. solve some of the regulatory, tech- carries signaling traffic for routing SPREADING THE WORD e initiative aims to identify trends nological, economic, and consumer through network devices). Software To help people get a better under- in innovation and technology, as hurdles associated with making 5G is executed not necessarily in the standing of 5G and its capabilities as well as report on research being happen,” Karachalios says. ◆ equipment but maybe in the cloud well as uncover issues and concerns, conducted in areas such as applica- or in clusters of distributed serv- IEEE has been holding summits tion services, millimeter waves, the ers. That means networks could be around the world since 2015 (http:// mobile edge cloud, and security. For more information on the IEEE 5G built and reconfigured centrally in www.5gsummit.org). Events have “Developed in conjunction with Initiative and how to participate, email an automated fashion, rather than been held in Canada, China, Den- the initiative’s working groups, the Harold Tepper, IEEE Future Directions
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THEINSTITUTE.IEEE.ORG MARCH 2017 THE INSTITUTE 7 two subsections: “Inside IEEE” and “IEEE People.” It was printed on heavier Celebrating e I n s t i t u t e ’s paper than was Spectrum, signaling to members that change was afoot. In April 1977, the IEEE Board of 40th Anniversary Directors passed a motion that e Institute “be published separately for e member publication evolved from an IEEE Spectrum six consecutive months, beginning in July 1977 as a non-archival, fast-reading, column in 1964 to its own periodical in 1977 BY KATHY PRETZ and fast-responding newspaper at a regular frequency.” Expecting to get a new publication o the ground in less than three months HE INSTITUTE GOT ITS e question was: How should in a balanced and timely way, and to proved to be overly ambitious. An extra start 53 years ago as a column IEEE cover such topics? e Institute reserve space in the new publication month was needed. Under its rst called “News of the IEEE” was launched in 1977 to do this, and its for IEEE leaders to communicate their editor, Ellis Rubinstein, the inaugural (later “Inside IEEE”), which approach was not uniformly accepted. views and decisions to members. issue was published in August 1977. It was published in the rst “Because of the controversial nature Suran went on to write in that carried the tagline “A news supplement Tissue of IEEE Spectrum. e column of professional issues at the time, many 1985 letter that the best hope for IEEE to IEEE Spectrum” and was mailed covered important decisions by the of us feared that including such mate- leaders to counter charges of con icts only to members in North America. It IEEE governing board, election results, rial within the covers of IEEE Spectrum of interest was to protect the indepen- was published as a monthly beginning upcoming events, and other organiza- would have a signi cantly adverse dence of the reporters “to disseminate in 1978 and was eventually mailed to tional news, as well as articles written e ect on advertising revenue,” wrote the news as they see it, free from con- all members worldwide. is format by IEEE leaders. Jerome J. Suran, an IEEE o cer who trol, and free of retributive action.” remained the same for 25 years. But publishing such informa- served as 1979 IEEE president. “At times the editorial sta will tion was problematic, because IEEE Suran’s comment is an excerpt from err, either by a bad judgment call or KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES Spectrum was not a typical associa- a letter he wrote in 1985 to R.J. Backe, by excessive zeal in responding to I became the editor in 1999. For bud- tion magazine. It was not just about vice president, IEEE United States the initial charge of the Board that getary reasons, the IEEE Board of the association; its main function Activities Board, to address Backe’s they [also] try to stir reader interest,” Directors in 2002 reduced the number was to publish articles on technical concerns over what he perceived as the Suran continued. “But on the whole, of print editions to four quarterly issues advances of interest to its members. independence of e Institute’s sta . I agree with you that our publication starting the next year; the remaining It competed for advertising with eight were to be published online. A several commercial magazines bimonthly electronic newsletter, e that had bigger sta s, international Institute Alert, also was launched. Sent news bureaus, and powerful pub- to all members who provide IEEE with lishers. And most advertisers don’t their email addresses, it gives them turn rst to an association publica- a summary of the latest online coverage. tion to get their messages across. During the past decade e IEEE Spectrum editor Donald Institute has expanded its presence Christiansen, who came on board through blogs, multimedia, social in late 1971, realized that. He found media, a digital edition, a mobile- it awkward to have IEEE’s ag- friendly website, and other platforms. ship magazine trying to serve two In recent years, e Institute has masters: those who wanted to read received numerous awards for its edito- about technology and those who rial excellence, technology writing, web- were interested in how the associa- site, and special reports—which is all tion was being governed. the more impressive when you consider “Ideally, [reaching] those two that it competes against thousands of should not be attempted in a single other publications, many of them well- publication,” Christiansen said. “First, known brands with much larger sta s. it discourages advertising. Second, My sta and I are committed to the governance issues are of little or publishing articles that showcase the no interest to a signi cant number of contributions IEEE members have readers—though, of course, they’re of made to society and to report on the great importance to others.” organization’s mission to advance technology for the bene t of humanity. NOT AN EASY DECISION In celebration of its 40th anniver- It took Christiansen a few years to In the letter, Suran reviewed the sta deserve our respect and support sary year, e Institute is publishing convince IEEE’s Board of Direc- background related to the founding for the ne job they have done, often a series of timelines highlighting tors that a separate publication was of e Institute, and described major under di cult conditions.” technologies that have moved forward needed. He gained some traction debates within the IEEE Publication signi cantly during the past four from developments within IEEE. Services and Products Board and the THE LAUNCH decades (http://theinstitute.ieee.org/ In 1972, members voted to change IEEE Board of Directors about the Eventually, the boards approved Chris- tag/TI40anniversary). ◆ IEEE’s constitution to broaden the new publication’s mission once it tiansen and Suran’s plan to spin o a scope from that of a strictly technical became separate. newspaper to cover professional and association to one involved in pro- e boards back then had resolved IEEE news. Christiansen, with support is is an updated version of the article “ e fessional issues of concern to engi- to allow the editorial sta , which from Suran, took steps to launch the Birth of e Institute,” published in IEEE neers as well. Back then those topics comprised an editor and assistant publication. In December 1976 a four- Spectrum’s March 2014 issue as part of a series included unionizing, licensing, and editor, to report independently on page insert in IEEE Spectrum, called e that recounted some pivotal moments for the
working conditions. IEEE issues—even controversial ones— Institute, was introduced. It included magazine’s 50th anniversary. RANDI KLETT
8 THE INSTITUTE MARCH 2017 THEINSTITUTE.IEEE.ORG CAREERS When It Comes to Entrepreneurship, a Vision Is Vital Tips for launching a startup and keeping your team on track BY DEVON RYAN
O YOU WANT to be an You go into the unknown with a vision, entrepreneur? Well, I may have only to come out on the other side news for you: The first step beat up and worn out, but with a new toward entrepreneurship is perspective and hopefully a finished the biggest one you’ll have to product that meets the customers’ Stake. Why? Because of the overwhelm- needs. Embracing uncertainty is the ing uncertainty that comes with it—an first challenge of entrepreneurship, uncertainty that deters many before and how you handle it could define they even start. But in my experi- your level of success. ence, the act of going headfirst into the unknown changes you for the better. CREATING YOUR VISION When I was at the University of Having a vision is essential for leading Texas, in Austin, pursuing a bachelor’s a company. If you don’t have one, how degree in electrical engineering, I will you stay focused when you lead wanted to differentiate myself from my a team? I’ve outlined below the key peers—create my own path. I realized questions, and answers, for creating Devon Ryan that entrepreneurship was the way to a sustainable vision for yourself and achieve this. But I had no idea where your team. to start. And my jumping into the entrepreneurial abyss opened up a Why do you want to start goals you set are too easy, your team When you have a vision, it should whole new world of challenges. How- your own company? will quickly become bored. resonate with your employees. Your ever, it allowed me to find my own way, It’s paramount that entrepreneurs vision must lift your team emotionally and that provided me with the fuel to be conscious of the real reason. They GUIDING A TEAM and provide the power to move into dive even deeper. must dig deep and figure out what’s When I started Lion Mobile, I found action. If it doesn’t, then you must driving them. If you can’t understand it challenging to keep my team united probe deeper and ask once again, EMBRACING UNCERTAINTY what drives you, then how can you and focused. Getting the team to prior- “Why am I doing this?” I started my software company, Lion understand how to motivate others? itize and work on the most important Without a vision, your team is Mobile, in August 2013. One of our tasks first was difficult. It was evident vulnerable and fragile. People without first projects was the unWine app. The Who can you reach out to for that we lacked direction, because the direction are easily distracted. For idea was that wine should not have knowledge, talent, and funding? team would bring up new app ideas a young company, that could spell to be complicated—people all over Given your present situation, what or at every meeting instead of focusing disaster. A new startup does not have the world could use the app to post who is within arm’s reach that could on the growth of our most important the luxury of time. An effective entre- reviews about various kinds of wine, help you launch a successful business? apps—the ones we’d already devel- preneur must keep the team members helping others discover new varieties oped and launched. focused by uniting them to work and figure out what to buy. What are your strengths In the midst of those challenges, toward a common goal. We made several mistakes in the and weaknesses? I would question my decisions. Did Don’t expect your vision to beginning. Instead of studying and As an entrepreneur, you must know I recruit the right people? Why did become clear instantaneously. Like surveying our target audience, we your strengths as shown in your busi- they seem incapable of seeing the big much in life, it takes time and reflec- dove right in to developing the app. In ness plan, then work to enhance them. picture? The team needed something tion. You might even stop thinking the end, that cost us more time and Find a person—whether a business to keep it from drifting off course. about it for awhile. When you return money, because the first version of our partner or mentor—who can help you That is when I had an epiphany: to it, your mind will be fresh and you’ll app didn’t address all our customers’ overcome your weaknesses or make up The vision I had for myself helped feel energized. This energy will set you needs. We also didn’t raise enough for what you lack. me but not my team. My mistake on your path. And then you must keep capital from investors, so I wound was thinking that the others thought strengthening your vision as you move up having to invest my savings in the Where do you want to go the way I did—that they saw the big toward making it a reality. ◆ project to keep the company afloat. from here? picture and could align themselves Despite all that, not only did we When you know why you are pursuing with it. So I drafted a single statement complete the app, but also the number a business of your own, it’s easier to that defined our desired future. After IEEE Member Devon Ryan, founder of Lion of downloads has continued to grow determine where you want your busi- showing it to the team, we became Mobile, a mobile app development company in each year since it was launched in 2014. ness to go. The key is setting bench- more stable and focused. We finally Austin, Texas, is IEEE-USA membership chair.
CHRIS WILEY This is the nature of entrepreneurship: marks that motivate progress. If the had our North Star. He is a regular blogger for The Institute.
THEINSTITUTE.IEEE.ORG MARCH 2017 THE INSTITUTE 9 OPINIONS the institute EDITOR IN CHIEF Kathy Pretz, [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOR Monica Rozenfeld, [email protected] Sparking Conversation SENIOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Amanda Davis, [email protected] Readers commented on decided that gifts to the IEEE Foun- EDITORIAL CONSULTANT Alfred Rosenblatt dation in Eric’s memory would be several articles on our website, COPY EDITOR including one on Dolby A, directed to IEEE–Eta Kappa Nu [the Mark Yawdoszyn a noise-reduction system, organization’s honor society]. at SENIOR ART DIRECTOR developed by IEEE Life Fellow is incredibly thoughtful and gener- Mark Montgomery Ray Dolby [photo below], ous of Lottie and is a testament to ART DIRECTOR the amazing legacy of Eric. He will Bonnie Nani used for the soundtrack of A live forever in our minds and hearts. PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR Clockwork Orange. —Sundaram Ramesh Randi Klett Another article featured bio- DIRECTOR OF PERIODICAL PRODUCTION SERVICES electronic implants—devices that Eric was the rst one I consulted Peter Tuohy adjust the electrical signals in the when I needed advice about DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, nervous system to treat disease. A anything related to IEEE, especially MEDIA & ADVERTISING blog post o ered ways to inspire during my term as 2009 IEEE presi- Mark David dent. He was wise and kind, and ADVERTISING AND PRODUCTION preuniversity students to pursue MANAGER careers in the engineering eld. PROFITS FIRST he knew more about IEEE and its Felicia Spagnoli Bioelectronic implants sound like history than anyone else I know. And several readers paid ADVERTISING PRODUCTION they have great potential for treat- —John Vig +1 732 562 6334 tribute to Director Emeritus ing many illnesses, but the devices EDITORIAL AND WEB Eric Herz, one of IEEE’s most will never take o if they cut into the I admired Eric for his enthusiasm, PRODUCTION MANAGER dedicated volunteers, who died pro ts currently obtained from pre- optimism, good humor, and intel- Roy Carubia in December at the age of 89. scription medication. Implants will ligence. He went to great lengths WEB PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Jacqueline L. Parker succeed in our current health-care to explain his ideas and invited MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION SPECIALIST BEHIND THE MUSIC system only if they are expensive his listeners to engage him in an Michael Spector I remember when Dolby A and enough to be pro table. open discussion based on logic Dolby B noise-reduction systems —pjgeneva and facts. I learned a lot when EDITORIAL OFFICES were introduced in the late 1960s. he involved IEEE volunteers in IEEE Operations Center 445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ I was not happy with the sound FUTURE ENGINEERS spirited debates about IEEE policy 08854-4141 USA quality of the cassette tapes that To inspire the next generation of regarding the engineering profes- Telephone: +1 732 562 6825 came out during those years. But I engineers, I believe philanthropy sion. He was a great catalyst in Fax: +1 732 562 1746 liked that they were portable and I is crucial. I gave a one-time cash accelerating and channeling the E-mail: [email protected] Web: theinstitute.ieee.org could listen to them in my car. So donation to an undergraduate early growth of the organization. I bought an early Dolby B external student physics lab at an Ivy League I am saddened by his passing. EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD processor (from Dolby Labs) to use college. It went toward a recruit- —Peter Wiesner John Baillieul, Alexei Botchkarev, Philip Chen, with my Sony cassette player. Ray ment program to get young people Michael B. Forster (Managing Director, IEEE Publications), Shashank Gaur, Samir M. El-Ghazaly Dolby made quite a di erence in in the local community—especially During many years as an IEEE (Vice President, IEEE Publication Services and my awareness and appreciation of those with disabilities—interested volunteer, I learned that Eric Herz Products) Susan Hassler (Editor in Chief, IEEE music and sound reproduction. in science or engineering careers. could answer almost any question Spectrum), Cecilia Metra, San Murugesan, Mirela Sechi Annoni Notare, James O’Neal, Joel Trussell, —Doug Kline I also donated to the U.S. National about the internal and external Hon K. Tsang, Chonggang Wang Science Foundation to support an activities of IEEE. 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FIFTH-GENERATION challenges of connecting Communications Engineer- Path to 5G,” which covers Society, included the (5G) wireless communica- billions of devices to the ing Technologies certi ca- new business opportuni- article “M-Health Solutions tions are expected to signi - Internet, including how IoT tion (http://www.ieee-wcet. ties in the industry, and “5G Using 5G Networks and cantly increase speed and networks can communicate org). ose accepted into the Myths and Realities,” which M2M Communications.” data rates, and support the with one another while rely- program receive resources focuses on the technology’s e October issue of the connection of billions of ing on di erent communi- such as free tutorials and capabilities and the require- IEEE Network magazine, devices, including autono- cations protocols. access to an online practice ments of 5G networks. from the IEEE Communica- mous vehicles and smart Other courses include exam. e WCET exam is In the video “5G Cellular: tions Society, featured two appliances, through the Inter- “Enabling Wireless Towards being o ered 17 April to It Will Work!” IEEE Fellow articles on 5G technology: net of ings. Here are just “‘Anything as a Service’ for some of the IEEE resources 5G Mobile Systems” and that deal with the subject. “Applying VLC [Visible Light Communication] in 5G WEB PORTAL Networks: Architectures and e Web portal of the IEEE Key Technologies,” which 5G Initiative (ht t p://5g. covers optical wireless ieee.org) presents upcom- communications. ing events, courses, news e white paper “Towards articles, and standards. 5G Software-De ned e initiative was estab- Ecosystems” from the IEEE lished by the IEEE Future Software De ned Network Directions Committee, the Initiative, covers technical organization’s R&D arm. challenges, business mod- e portal lists a number els, and policy issues. of IEEE projects and ways And look for a special for IEEE members to get issue of the IEEE Internet involved in, for example, of ings Journal, “5G and the 5G Initiative working Beyond: Mobile Technolo- groups that are develop- gies and Applications for IoT” ing standards, organizing in October. e joint publica- conferences, and engaging tion, from the IEEE Sensors people from industry. And Council and the IEEE Com- there‘s the initiative’s road munications, IEEE Computer, map, which will identify and IEEE Signal Processing research, innovation, and societies, is accepting article technology trends in the submissions until 31 March. communications eld. COMMUNITIES EDUCATION Members can join the IEEE The IEEE Communications 5G technical community Society offers a host of to work on the technology’s webinars and courses development and deployment that may be eligible for from the initiative’s website. professional development 2020” and “Network 13 May and 25 September to eodore “Ted” Rappaport ey can also keep up to date hours or IEEE continu- Function Virtualization, 21 October. e exam fee is discusses his millimeter-wave on fth-generation activities ing education units. Software-De ned Network- US $450 for members and wireless communications by participating in discus- “On the Road to 5G,” ing, and the Road to 5G.” $550 for nonmembers. research, which is enhancing sions with the 5G community for example, provides an If you want to test your 5G technology. Rappaport is on IEEE Collaboratec (http:// in-depth overview of the knowledge, try the 5G Trivia VIDEOS the founder and director of ieee-collabratec.ieee.org). development of long-term quiz from the IEEE Standards ose who want to know NYU Wireless, an academic Discussions have included evolution technology, Association (http://ieee5g. more about 5G but have no research center that combines how the technology is likely describes a standard for wpengine.com/trivia-quiz). time for courses or to attend wireless engineering, com- to a ect arti cial intelli- high-speed wireless com- To sharpen your wireless conferences can watch puter science, and medicine. gence and smart cities, and munications, and how LTE communications skills, as IEEE.tv videos. Dozens of how to separate fact from is likely to advance 5G. well as demonstrate up- recorded sessions from the PUBLICATIONS hype. And members can e society’s webinar, to-date quali cations to 2016 Brooklyn 5G Summit, e May/June issue of IT follow news from the IEEE “5G’s Role in the Internet employers, consider apply- in New York City, are avail- Professional, published 5G Initiative on Facebook, of ings,” covers the key ing for the IEEE Wireless able. ese include “ e by the IEEE Computer LinkedIn, and Twitter. ◆ ISTOCKPHOTO (2)
12 THE INSTITUTE MARCH 2017 THEINSTITUTE.IEEE.ORG Upcoming IEEE Conferences Delve Into Standards for 5G the Future of Networks Besides boosting speed, they’re likely Upcoming events explore the Internet of ings, to simplify network operations and software-de ned networks, and big data increase exibility BY MONICA ROZENFELD
TECHNOLOGY FOR fth- ing massive multiple-input generation wireless com- multiple-output (MIMO), munications is expected as well as coordinated to signi cantly increase multipoint transmission speed and data rates, and reception. e stan- and support the connec- dard aims to simplify net- tion of billions of devices work design and operation, through the Internet of increase exibility, and ings. Here are several lower costs by applying 5G standards projects Ethernet technology to under development by support synchronization IEEE working groups. and data security. e proj- ect also expects to improve ■ IEEE P802.1CF bandwidth e ciency and “Recommended Practice for network scalability. In Network Reference Model addition, it speci es the and Functional Description architecture for the trans- of IEEE 802 Access Network” port of mobile tra c as well Rock Stars of 5G is designed to support het- as the requirements and ATLANTA; 14 NOVEMBER erogeneous networks in de nitions for the network. TOPICS: 5G applications for health care and a single terminal—which manufacturing, wireless broadband technology, might include multiple net- ■ IEEE P1918.1 work interfaces, network “Tactile Internet: Applica- the IoT, data tra c management, smart access technologies, and tion Scenarios, De nitions metering, signaling, and real-time data analysis. subscriptions. e recom- and Terminology, Archi- mended practice covers the tecture, Functions, and design and deployment of Technical Assumptions” SPONSOR: IEEE Computer Society access networks based on will facilitate the advance- VISIT: http://events.computer.org/rock-stars-of-5g IEEE 802 technologies, and ment of the tactile Internet speci es their functions. as a 5G-and-beyond appli- cation by de ning a frame- ■ IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on ■ IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization ■ IEEE P1903.1 work. Such an Internet will Integrated Network Management BOLOGNA, ITALY; 3 7 JULY “Standard for Content combine low latency, short LISBON; 8 12 MAY TOPICS: Components and systems for 5G Delivery Protocols of Next transit, and reliability with TOPICS: 5G and cloud infrastructures, networks, SDNs, NFV, cloud and edge comput- Generation Service Over- a high level of security, software-defined networks (SDNs), wireless ing, the IoT, tra c engineering, self-driving lay Network (NGSON)” will and encompass mission- and cellular networks, fault management, vehicles, and pervasive computing. enable network operators critical applications in security and privacy, network functions as well as service and manufacturing, transpor- virtualization (NFV), mach ine learning, big SPONSORS: IEEE Communications Society, IEEE content providers to o er tation, health care, and data, and evolutionary algorithms. Software De ned Networks Initiative their services through such mobility, as well as non- VISIT: http://sites.ieee.org/netsoft networks. is standard critical applications such SPONSORS: IEEE Communications Society, will allow for context-aware, as edutainment and events. International Federation for Information Processing ■ IEEE 5G Summits dynamically adaptive, and e tactile Internet VISIT: http://im2017.ieee-im.org TO BE HELD IN MULTIPLE CITIES self-organizing networks. is a new type of network TOPICS: 5G systems, modeling and optimiza- It also will provide inter- designed to operate in ■ IEEE International Workshop on tion of future networks, deep learning, IoT operability protocols to virtual haptic environ- Computer-Aided Modeling and Design of networks, mobile access radio networks, cloud support advanced con- ments that call for sensi- Communication Links and Networks computing, high-performance data manage- tent delivery, including tive touch and precision, LUND, SWEDEN; 19 21 JUNE ment, robotics, and smart homes. Summits are caching, transport, and and when reaction time TOPICS: 5G network design and optimization, being held throughout 2017 in cities including storage management. must be no more than a IoT networks, cognitive communications, Honolulu, Istanbul, Shanghai, and Tokyo. millisecond. In medicine, energy-harvesting wireless networks, big-data ■ IEEE P1914.1 the tactile Internet could analytics, mobile cloud and fog computing, SPONSOR: IEEE Communications Society “Standard for Packet-Based be used in telesurgery and optical communications, smart grids, and VISIT: http://www.5gsummit.org Fronthaul Transport Net- exoskeleton control, and e-health. works” will allow for the to assist with the precise implementation of critical movements of remotely SPONSOR: IEEE Communications Society To nd other events on this topic, visit the IEEE 5G 5G technologies, includ- controlled robots. ◆ VISIT: http://www.ieee-camad.org Initiative’s website: http://5g.ieee.org/conferences.
THEINSTITUTE.IEEE.ORG MARCH 2017 THE INSTITUTE 13 they can to disconnect a call by, pedestrians, thereby nearly elimi- say, walking from room to room, nating accidents, traffic jams, and PROFILE closing windows or doors, or going even traffic lights. Pedestrians using from indoors to the outdoors. As a 5G-enabled smartphones could be able researcher, I have to figure out how to to walk safely into the street without keep the call connected. It’s exciting to checking for cars, because 5G-enabled Gerhard Fettweis: work on such challenges. cars would be routed automatically around the person or come to a full What 5G application excites stop. In 20 years, most fatalities on the Developing 5G you the most? road should be a thing of the past. A concept I introduced in 2012, called For sports, instead of simply the tactile Internet. It will offer an watching football players from way and Beyond instant reaction that mimics the up in their seats or on stadiums’ big- experience of touching something in screen TVs, fans wearing smartglasses BY KATHY PRETZ real life. With 5G wireless networks will be able to actually see the action expected to send and receive data in a from the player’s point of view, with- millisecond, that speed would match out the player having to wear a camera. the reaction time the human body has Hundreds of ultrahigh-definition to touching something. IEEE defines cameras joined together in a digital the tactile Internet as dealing with rendering system will be positioned processes or objects in perceived real in multiple rings around the field, time (see related standard on p. 13). and players will be tracked by vision This way you could, for example, systems. Fans will be able to activate a catch a falling object remotely, or con- specific player’s tracker and, through trol a connected car at an intersection. the screen in their smartglasses, see If you provide haptic feedback, you what the player sees on the field. can also feel a reaction such that it In classrooms, students will be able seems to be instantaneous. The tactile to learn by doing, using virtual reality Internet will be used in areas such technology to interact. And 5G will as automation, education, entertain- deliver more realistic, immersive, and ment, gaming, farming, health care, interactive VR experiences than do and industrial transportation. It will today’s systems. Headsets will be also enable humans to control robots mobile, and not plugged into comput- remotely in real time. ers. Students will be able to virtually I began developing this concept wander the streets of, say, ancient during a sabbatical at Berkeley eight Rome, touching its famous landmarks. years ago. I spoke with psychologists People will no longer learn a new and physiologists to try to understand language from a book or tape but reaction times for remote control. For by having real conversations with example, how fast does a system have fellow students within virtual settings. to react for the object we want to con- According to experts, learning a new trol to be seen as behaving naturally. language could be 10 times more I also looked at how robots on factory efficient when done interactively. floors function as they interact with Ultimately 5G will revamp educa- each other and their surroundings tion. It’s going to be an exciting world. almost instantaneously. The range of 1 millisecond speed What is your hope for 5G? kept popping up. For just about That the technology will cover every everything we want to control, there’s corner of the planet and provide this millisecond constraint. It is super Internet access to the nearly 3 billion IT’S NO SURPRISE that IEEE technical and scientific association challenging to tackle this from a people who live in rural and remote Fellow Gerhard Fettweis was tapped in Europe. He earned its highest variety of angles, like the security side areas where Internet connectivity to be cochair of the IEEE 5G Initiative distinction of merit in research and and the physiological side. does not exist today. [p. 6]. After all, he has been involved development for his work with mobile For the tactile Internet, we’ll need With 5G, everyone is talking about in developing every generation of technology and microelectronics. more powerful devices and a much rolling out services for high-density wireless networks, starting with 2G, He was elevated to IEEE Fellow in faster wireless network, 100 times networks, using smaller cells for urban the second generation. 2009 for “contributions to signal process- faster than the current 4G. The 5G areas with ranges of 10 to 100 meters. Since 1994 he has been a professor ing algorithms and chip implementation latency rate is expected to be less In general, 5G initiatives are not con- at the Technische Universität in Dresden, architectures for communications.” than 1 millisecond; 4G networks have cerned with sparsely populated areas Germany, where his focus is mobile An active volunteer, he serves on a latency of 25 ms. that need to connect to a base station communications. He’s also a senior the IEEE Communications Society Once there’s a ubiquitous infra- located 100 kilometers away. The need research scientist with the International board of governors. structure with which we can control is being addressed only by the airborne Computer Science Institute, an inde- real and virtual objects, planet Earth balloon of Google X’s Project Loon pendent nonprofit in Berkeley, Calif. Why did you become interested will be changed big-time. and Facebook’s Aquila solar-powered “As a researcher, you’re always in wireless technology? drone project, both of which transmit working on the next generation,” As a communications engineer, I’m Which areas will 5G applications connectivity from above. Fettweis says. “I’m now researching concerned about transporting bits affect the most? Because IEEE covers the entire things related to 6G.” from Point A to Point B. It’s amazing Transportation, sports, and educa- globe, we believe we can easily In November, Fettweis received the how wireless systems work. Cellphone tion. 5G will allow vehicles to react in address all needs globally, whereby ring of honor from VDE, the largest users are actually doing everything an instant to 5G-enabled vehicles and every individual counts. ◆ LOESEL JUERGEN MAJA SYSTEMS
14 THE INSTITUTE MARCH 2017 THEINSTITUTE.IEEE.ORG evolve,” Laskar says, explaining that when the cost is down to just a few they can operate in the millimeter dollars—LED lamps for smart lighting STARTUP wave region, allow for low latency, systems. By incorporating the chips, and enable devices to communicate such objects will be able to commu- with one another. nicate with one another through the Internet, Laskar says. IEEE Fellow’s Venture QUICK AND NIMBLE Information could be uploaded to Laskar and Maja Systems’ team, whose a smart lighting system’s software to members have backgrounds in design, track, for example, where people are in Prepares for 5G engineering, and operations, have a room so the lights could be adjusted designed their chip with several goals accordingly. The smart lighting also Maja Systems has developed a chip for next- in mind. The first is it must allow for a could communicate with the heating 1-millisecond latency—the time it takes and cooling systems to change the generation wireless networks for a packet of data to get from one temperature based on the number of BY MONICA ROZENFELD forwarding point to another. Today’s people in the room. 4G networks have a latency of 25 ms. The new chip will be able to The new chip’s antennas can replace Ethernet cables used in fac- S EEING THE ENORMOUS poten- ponents, a modulation engine, and work with frequencies up to 80 GHz. tory automation equipment such as tial of fifth-generation (5G) wireless analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog Today’s 4G cellular systems have fre- robotic arms, Laskar says. It eventu- systems—namely connecting billions converters. It consumes fewer than quencies below 6 GHz. Antennas for ally could be used in augmented of devices to the Internet and providing 400 milliwatts and fits in a module. 5G are shorter, between 1 and 10 mil- and virtual reality applications to faster service with fewer interruptions— Aimed at 5G applications including the limeters instead of centimeters for 4G. provide a high-quality video game– IEEE Fellow Joy Laskar three years ago Internet of Things, robotics, and virtual Operating in millimeter waves, a like experience. Users will be able helped found Maja Systems. Based in reality, it is available now to select 5G network could transmit much to view images through a headset as Milpitas, Calif., the startup has devel- customers and is expected to debut to more data and could be used, for clearly as they see them on televi- oped a first-of-its-kind chip to connect the general public later this year. example, to send and receive high- sion, but without interruption caused machines wirelessly to one another The challenge for Maja Systems quality videos and multimedia faster by streaming, Laskar notes, and the over millimeter waves while sending is designing a chip for an industry so than today’s networks can. headsets will be mobile and no longer data to the cloud in real time. new that standards have not yet been Maja’s 4G products support data tethered to a computer. The company’s 60-gigahertz CMOS established. That’s why the company rates of 3.5 gigabytes per second, The chip enables complete single-chip transceiver integrates with began by developing and selling chips moving toward 10 Gb/s and higher for multigigabit wireless links (includ- a high-performance antenna for multi- for 4G networks. 5G. The 5G chip would be integrated ing an antenna and any additional gigabit wireless connectivity. The chip “Our products have hooks in them into machinery and gadgets, whether elements) which sell for less than includes all millimeter wave com- that can be adapted as 5G standards robots, appliances, or—eventually US $500 each. However, he says, Maja Systems is working to reduce the price to $50 or less in the next few years.
GETTING THE WORD OUT In the past few months, Maja Systems has shown its chip at industry confer- ences and events. “It has been surpris- ing to me, in a good way, the amount of thought potential customers are putting into how they might incorporate our platform into their work,” Laskar says. In anticipation of rapid growth this year in the 5G market, Maja plans to double its current staff, and it expects to turn a profit this year, he says. To date, Laskar and his cofounders have funded the company with their own money, and help from family and friends, as well as an angel investment of $3 million. Laskar adds that while there is a lot of hype surrounding 5G technolo- gies, there is no question the next- generation network will be deployed faster and on a larger scale than any- one imagined a few years ago. “The pace of development and innovation in this area is unprecedented,” he says. “The applications that 5G will enable are about to explode.” ◆
If you started a company and are interested IEEE Fellow Joy Laskar holds a CMOS wafer containing Maja Systems’ 60-gigahertz transceiver chips. The wafer yields several thousand in being featured in one of our upcoming
MAJA SYSTEMS chips, each with a modulation engine, and is made in a standard digital process modified for millimeter wave frequencies. issues, email the editors: [email protected].
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