BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20200910T172818Z UID:B2E1C95A-60F8-467A-9E09-B3DD19CC5305 DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20200709T120000 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20200709T130000 DESCRIPTION:The IEEE Toronto\, Montreal and Ottawa ComSoc Chapters are thri lled to host a technical talk:\n\n"Integrated Access and Backhaul for 5G a nd Beyond"\n\nby: Dr. Behrooz Makki\, Senior researcher\, Ericsson Researc h\, Gothenburg\, Sweden\n\nDate/Time: Thursday July 9th\, 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST.\n\nZoom Details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86867115436\n\nTalk Abstra ct:\n\nThe number of devices requesting for wireless communications is gro wing exponentially. Network densification via the deployment of many base stations (BSs) of different types is one of the mechanisms that can be emp loyed to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth/capacity in wire less networks. However\, deploying fiber to the small cells may be expensi ve and impractical when the number of small cells increases. For this reas on\, as well as because of the traffic jams and infrastructure displacemen ts caused by fiber optic installation\, millimeter wave (mmw)-based wirele ss backhaul is currently considered as an alternative\, providing (almost) the same rate as fiber optic with significantly less price and no digging . With this background\, integrated access and backhaul (IAB) networks\, w here the operator can utilize part of the radio resources for wireless bac khauling\, has recently received considerable attention. The purpose of IA B is to replace existing backhaul systems with flexible wireless backhaul using the existing 3GPP bands providing not only backhaul but also existin g cellular services in the same node. This creates more flexibility and re duces the implementation cost. For 5G NR\, IAB is currently considered as a work item in 3GPP\, and it is known as one of the main novelties of 5G. In this talk\, we review the main backhauling techniques\, and present the main motivations/standardization agreements on IAB. Moreover\, We present comparisons between the IAB networks and the cases where all or part of t he small access points are fiber-connected. Finally\, we study the robustn ess of IAB networks to environmental effects and verify the effect of the blockage\, the tree foliage\, the rain as well as the antenna height/gain on the coverage rate of IAB setups\, as the key differences between the fi ber-connected and IAB networks. As we show\, IAB is an attractive setup en abling 5G and beyond.\n\nShort Biography:\n\nBehrooz Makki received his Ph D degree in Communication Engineering from Chalmers University of Technolo gy\, Gothenburg\, Sweden. In 2013-2017\, he was a Postdoc researcher at Ch almers University. Currently\, he works as a senior researcher in Ericsson Research\, Gothenburg\, Sweden.\n\nBehrooz is the recipient of the VR Res earch Link grant\, Sweden\, 2014\, the Ericsson’s Research grant\, Swede n\, 2013\, 2014 and 2015\, the ICT SEED grant\, Sweden\, 2017\, as well as the Wallenbergs research grant\, Sweden\, 2018. He is a Senior Member of IEEE since Aug. 2019. Also\, Behrooz is the recipient of the IEEE best rev iewer award\, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications\, 2018. Current ly\, he works as an Editor in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters\, IEEE Communications Letters\, the journal of Communications and Information Net works as well as the associate editor of Frontiers in Communications and N etworks. He was a member of European Commission projects ``mm-Wave based M obile Radio Access Network for 5G Integrated Communications'' and ``ARTIST 4G'' as well as various national and international research collaborations . His current research interests include integrated access and backhaul\, hybrid automatic repeat request\, Green communications\, millimeter wave c ommunications\, and backhauling. He has co-authored 57 journal papers\, 45 conference papers and 40 patent applications.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Behrooz Makki\, \n\nZoom Details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86867115436\, Toronto \, Ontario\, Canada LOCATION:Zoom Details: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86867115436\, Toronto\, O ntario\, Canada ORGANIZER:Toronto_Chapter@comsoc.org SEQUENCE:6 SUMMARY:TORONTO COMSOC SUMMER TALKS: Integrated Access and Backhaul for 5G and Beyond URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/233754 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The IEEE Toronto\, Montreal and Ottawa Com Soc Chapters are thrilled to host a technical talk:</p>\n<p><span style="f ont-size: 14pt\;"><strong>"Integrated Access and Backhaul for 5G and Beyon d"</strong></span></p>\n<p><strong>by: Dr. Behrooz Makki\,&nbsp\;Senior re searcher\, Ericsson Research\, Gothenburg\, Sweden</strong></p>\n<p><stron g>Date/Time:</strong> Thursday July 9th\, 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST.&nbsp\;</p>\ n<p><span style="color: #800000\;"><strong>Zoom Details: https://us02web.z oom.us/j/86867115436</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\ ;"><strong>Talk Abstract:</strong></span></p>\n<p>The number of devices re questing for wireless communications is growing exponentially. Network den sification via the deployment of many base stations (BSs) of different typ es is one of the mechanisms that can be employed to satisfy the ever-incre asing demand for bandwidth/capacity in wireless networks. However\, deploy ing fiber to the small cells may be expensive and impractical when the num ber of small cells increases. For this reason\, as well as because of the traffic jams and infrastructure displacements caused by fiber optic instal lation\, millimeter wave (mmw)-based wireless backhaul is currently consid ered as an alternative\, providing (almost) the same rate as fiber optic w ith significantly less price and no digging. With this background\, integr ated access and backhaul (IAB) networks\, where the operator can utilize p art of the radio resources for wireless backhauling\, has recently receive d considerable attention. The purpose of IAB is to replace existing backha ul systems with flexible wireless backhaul using the existing 3GPP bands p roviding not only backhaul but also existing cellular services in the same node. This creates more flexibility and reduces the implementation cost. For 5G NR\, IAB is currently considered as a work item in 3GPP\, and it is known as one of the main novelties of 5G. In this talk\, we review the ma in backhauling techniques\, and present the main motivations/standardizati on agreements on IAB. Moreover\, We present comparisons between the IAB ne tworks and the cases where all or part of the small access points are fibe r-connected. Finally\, we study the robustness of IAB networks to environm ental effects and verify the effect of the blockage\, the tree foliage\, t he rain as well as the antenna height/gain on the coverage rate of IAB set ups\, as the key differences between the fiber-connected and IAB networks. As we show\, IAB is an attractive setup enabling 5G and beyond.</p>\n<p>& nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><strong>Short Biography:</s trong></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Behrooz Makki received his PhD degre e in Communication Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology\, Go thenburg\, Sweden. In 2013-2017\, he was a Postdoc researcher at Chalmers University. Currently\, he works as a senior researcher in Ericsson Resear ch\, Gothenburg\, Sweden.</p>\n<p>Behrooz is the recipient of the VR Resea rch Link grant\, Sweden\, 2014\, the Ericsson&rsquo\;s Research grant\, Sw eden\, 2013\, 2014 and 2015\, the ICT SEED grant\, Sweden\, 2017\, as well as the Wallenbergs research grant\, Sweden\, 2018. He is a Senior Member of IEEE since Aug. 2019. Also\, Behrooz is the recipient of the IEEE best reviewer award\, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications\, 2018. Curr ently\, he works as an Editor in IEEE Wireless Communications Letters\, IE EE Communications Letters\, the journal of Communications and Information Networks as well as the associate editor of Frontiers in Communications an d Networks. He was a member of European Commission projects ``mm-Wave base d Mobile Radio Access Network for 5G Integrated Communications'' and ``ART IST4G'' as well as various national and international research collaborati ons. His current research interests include integrated access and backhaul \, hybrid automatic repeat request\, Green communications\, millimeter wav e communications\, and backhauling. He has co-authored 57 journal papers\, 45 conference papers and 40 patent applications.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR