HOW WIRELESS TOOK ME OUT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INTO THE REAL WORLD
Name:
HOW WIRELESS TOOK ME OUT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND INTO THE REAL WORLD
Date:
March 30, 2017
Time:
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CDT
Event Description:
More, different, and better code. When Anton Kapela was working at various network, security, and firewall companies as an undergraduate, that was his mantra. Unfortunate obstacles like unreliable networks, wireless or otherwise, were mere externalities that our clever code would deal with. He thought he was good at catching all the exceptions: after all, UNIX and C rockstars. At some point, that attitude changed. It became increasingly clear that outages and failures were simply part of the larger Inter-networking world, especially in the context of the externalities he so emphatically wanted to ignore. That motivated Anton to start asking fundamental questions about the nature of communications systems, especially popular ones like wireless and mobility networks. Fast-forward 20 years, and here he is -- still working on improving fundamental aspects of wireless systems.
If you're interested in applying your skills to an ever-growing, valuable business sector, this is the presentation for you. Especially when contrasted by a backdrop of many protracted or stalled "fiber to the X" projects in the US. Since not every engineer gets to work with wireless systems every day, Anton will cover some wireless data network history, along with a few general topics in wireless data systems. Then he'll move on to describe the extra "stuff" you might encounter in designing and running a truly mobile network, weaving in personal experiences he's had in operating 5NINES' 4G network in the Madison, Wisconsin market. Finally, He'll present some of the latest cutting-edge wireless research that the UW WiNGS lab has been conducting with 5NINES, paying special attention to how we use a single 4G WiMAX & LTE network to co-operate a functional mobility network that supports experimental work alongside normal Internet access users
If you're interested in applying your skills to an ever-growing, valuable business sector, this is the presentation for you. Especially when contrasted by a backdrop of many protracted or stalled "fiber to the X" projects in the US. Since not every engineer gets to work with wireless systems every day, Anton will cover some wireless data network history, along with a few general topics in wireless data systems. Then he'll move on to describe the extra "stuff" you might encounter in designing and running a truly mobile network, weaving in personal experiences he's had in operating 5NINES' 4G network in the Madison, Wisconsin market. Finally, He'll present some of the latest cutting-edge wireless research that the UW WiNGS lab has been conducting with 5NINES, paying special attention to how we use a single 4G WiMAX & LTE network to co-operate a functional mobility network that supports experimental work alongside normal Internet access users
