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—Ajit Singh Senior VP and Head, Communications & Devices BU,

Leveraging 5G For Better Handset Solutions

In an exclusive interaction with Dataquest, Ajit Singh, Senior VP and Head, Communications & Devices BU, Sasken Technologies, talks about how the connected devices function today, how 5G network technology encourages the proliferation of smart devices in the near future, etc. Excerpts:

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We are already seeing increased traction with many of our customers in these areas, especially in the Automotive and Industrial segments

ow is IoT and Data analytics changing the The new version of Android goes one stage further way connected devices function today? from Android Oreo which tapped into machine learning Connected devices are becoming smarter and to make proactive decisions. Android P can now use Hmore self-aware as technology advancements machine learning to suggest apps to you based on your are being made in IoT and Data analytics. Although this habits. It can also automatically anticipate your next ac- is happening across different market segments and tion based on the current action and show you a shortcut applications, the early adopters and beneficiaries are to complete it. For instance, if you book a cab to go to emerging in the Industrial segment and not necessar- work via Uber at a particular time every day, Android P ily in the consumer segment. The IoT adoption in the will start suggesting that action at that time. If you con- consumer space is happening largely in areas which are nect your earphones to your phone, it might suggest that ultimately driven by the respective industrial players. you resume listening to the last song that you were play- For example, there is an increased adoption of smart ing. Action will show up throughout the OS as Launcher, energy meter and IoT-enabled home devices, but they Smart Text Selection, Play, Google Search app are largely promoted through incentive schemes spon- and the Google Assistant. sored by the power companies. They value the data A couple of other features are App Slices and Smart generated by these devices and are working on internal Reply. The former brings a part of the app UI right into the efficiencies and consumer billing schemes to monetize Google search results, allowing you to perform tasks without the same eventually. opening the apps. The latter brings AI-powered response suggestion that suggests smart responses for messages, Where do you think the industry is headed in the area allowing you to attach photos and stickers as well as type of Android Oreo, AI and Machine Learning? your own replies directly from the notification area. Google continues to bring advancements to the market Sasken runs competency centres in these areas of ML through its innovative products. Android Oreo enables and AI and has been working on different critical aspects higher performance and speed complemented with - to commercialize these solutions. We are already seeing ligence to the edge devices. These are critical to enable increased traction with many of our customers in these complex AI and ML-based decision making. But I would areas, especially in the Automotive and Industrial Manu- like to talk about Android P which will have several new facturing segments. features that will make devices smarter. The latest version of Android will have superior pow- How does Sasken see the industry headed in terms of er-management features such as app standby buckets, strengthening the overall 5G Vision? And, how do you background restrictions, battery saver improvements, think the 5G network technology will encourage the and Doze mode (when the device is idle for a period of proliferation of smart devices in the near future? time, it enters Doze mode, which affects all apps). An- The market survey shows that possibly 29 billion devices droid P will also provide a smarter display with Adaptive are going to be connected by 2021. Every connected Brightness where you don’t have to manually adjust your device would become mobile and send/receive a lot of screen brightness; Android P will do it for you. data. In future, these devices are going to address the

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We also have successfully developed augmented reality and computer vision solutions for industrials and automotive segments. Sasken has also been making significant progress in cognitive machine learning framework integration and development of reference Solution for Voice-Enabled Security Commands, Voice Recognition, and Natural Language Processing

AR, VR, autonomous driving, multi-person video calling, port Mode selection based on channel characteristics. wireless cloud-based office, etc. which will need a latency We are working on both within the device and the net- of less than 10 milliseconds and data rate up to a few work components that it interoperates with and even on GBPS from the current 100MBPS. While there is a lot of the applications that leverage these resources to bring a data that need not travel out from the edge and can be comprehensive solution to the ultimate user (industry or handled and leveraged within the device itself, there is consumer). Sasken in-depth expertise of working with still a huge amount of data that is and would continue customers in different industry segments (consumer de- to scale and travel on the networks. Imagine when more vices, network equipment, automotive, industrials, and and more physical things get connected to the IP world, telecom) ensures that the solutions we create for our cus- there will be Data Tsunamis that haven’t been managed tomers are best-in-class and easily monetized. earlier. Applications would fail if the network is not able to provide high speed with reliability and necessary quality Can you tell us about Sasken’s upcoming plans for of service. We would soon need speed and stability that the communication & devices segment, in terms of LAN offers on WAN or even more. 5G is going to trans- leveraging upcoming technologies? form and bring to reality many ideas that were just not Sasken continues to invest heavily in technologies that possible earlier. would shape the future. From ADSL to 5G, Sasken has Sasken has been a trusted consultant to its key cus- been making significant contributions in the communica- tomers in this space. We are helping our customers in en- tion space. We are building solutions and investing heav- suring that their next generation communication products ily in 5G technologies that will enable use cases such as are aligned and ahead of their respective competitors. V2X connectivity, digitizing factory floor, and automated Sasken is working with one of the leading 5G technology driving possible. chipset vendors to come up with better handset solutions Sasken has worked for nearly two decades in the Satel- equipped with this latest technology. lite industry and is, currently, leveraging the 3GPP knowl- edge and experience by adapting it for the Satellite sector. What is Sasken doing in the areas of cognition, de- We have designed, developed, and delivered many satel- vices, and strengthening the 5G Vision at the Network lite handheld devices to our customers. We also have suc- Edge? cessfully developed augmented reality and computer vision Sasken has adopted a holistic approach to the above. solutions for industrials and automotive segments. Sasken Around two years ago, Sasken started developing Mas- has also been making significant progress in cognitive ma- sive MIMO concept by developing link layer simula- chine learning framework integration and development of tion and beamforming technologies. As part of Massive reference Solution for Voice-Enabled Security Commands, MIMO, we have developed the complete Adaptive Trans- Voice Recognition, and Natural Language Processing.

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