JULY 11, 2002, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, hosted by Cisco

During the 2nd quarter TC meeting, lead by John Waclawsky, MWIF's new TC Chair, the committee examined current activities and reduced tasks into smaller, reasonable tasks. Discussion centered on our existing working groups and the forming or re-opening of others.

• New working group: Proof of Concept, chaired by Biplab Pramanik, Telcordia and Vice-chaired by Wen-Pai Lui, Cisco.
• The Architecture Working Group (WG2) and the Applications WG (WG9) have split once more, and will begin using their old email lists.
• Several new working group chairs and vice-chairs were appointed.
  

Demonstration of the MWIF Network Reference Architecture at Next TC Meeting
The MWIF Board of Directors has approved an offer by Telcordia/Toshiba to present a demonstration of the MWIF Network Reference Architecture at the next MWIF TC meeting, September 17 - 19, 2002. In light of this, Telcordia has volunteered to host the next MWIF TC Meeting in Morristown, NJ (details forthcoming).

We Need Your Participation
We encourage all members to participate in these working groups. Contact the working group chair directly for more information. If you would like to participate in the email discussion, please send a request to the MWIF coordinator, Mike Parket at .

          Click here for the specific working group tasks and contact information.

          Download the meeting minutes for additional specifics. (for members only)

During the last quarter, the MDE committee has been focusing its efforts on supporting and promoting the work of the technical working groups.

IP-Based Core Network Demonstration
The MDE has been working with the Technical Committee to help organize the Telcordia/Toshiba network demonstration taking place in September at the Technical Committee meeting in Morristown, New Jersey.

MWIF members and key members of the press are invited to see a live demonstration of an all IP-based mobile Internet core network courtesy of Telcordia and Toshiba, with assistance from MWIF's proof of concept working group, WG10. The demonstration will take place at the Itsumo Lab at Telcordia's headquarters in New Jersey on September 17, 2002, at 10 am.

Presentations will be given to explain and highlight the benefits of an open, Internet-style infrastructure. Participants will be able to visit various stations within the lab to better understand the individual components of the infrastructure.

For more information, or, if you are not a Technical Committee member but would like to attend the demonstration, contact Bridgette Brigham at .

White Paper
MWIF is in the final stages of the Business Value White Paper, an engaging white paper that informs mobile wireless industry stakeholders how an open, Internet-style Mobile Wireless Infrastructure achieves the revenue promise of mobile data services. Look for the white paper next quarter.

MWIF Booth at CTIA
Visit the MWIF booth at the upcoming CTIA Wireless show in Las Vegas this October.

The next MDE meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 9th, 2002.

OpenRAN: A NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR MOBILE WIRELESS INTERNET RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS

A new radio access network architecture, OpenRAN, is based on a distributed processing model with a routed IP network as the underlying transport fabric. Developed by the MWIF IP in the RAN Working Group, the OpenRAN architecture reduces cost and increases reliability. OpenRAN is an architecture that can serve as the next-generation cellular radio access network.

© 2002 IEEE. Reprinted, with permission, from IEEE Communications Magazine, May 2002.

          Click here for a PDF version of the OpenRAN: A New Architecture For
          Mobile Wireless Internet Radio Access Networks.

THE CONFLICT SHAPING THE MOBILE INTERNET

Two of the most dominant communications technologies of the last century are set for collision. Mobile telephony and the Internet have swept the world, yet their fundamental differences in philosophy and business models could lead to a fascinating head-on battle as each moves in the other's space in order to deliver a truly mobile Internet.

         Click here for a PDF version of The Conflict Shaping The Mobile Internet.

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