Baw Chng

The “cell phone” has long been the world’s most popular type of telecommunications device. Initially commercialized in the 1980s, cellular communications technologies have iterated through many “generations,” from analog to digital, from voice-centric to data-centric, from “circuit” to “packet,” from “phone” to “smartphone.” Now in its fifth generation, “5G,” cellular technologies have come a long way in terms of speed, latency, mobility, availability, reliability, security, and overall sophistication, as well as increasing adoption and reliance by consumers, enterprises, and institutions alike.

This presentation will briefly overview the evolution of cellular technologies from inception to 5G, survey the drivers that are likely to influence the continued development of cellular communications for 5G, 6G, and beyond, and touch on various ideas and technologies that may be introduced into future generations of cellular communications and related standards in response to these drivers.

Time permitting, this presentation may also venture into one or two special topics: “Licensed and Unlicensed Coexistence,” and/or “Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AIML)” as it applies to cellular 5G, 6G, and beyond.

Biography:

Baw Chng (IEEE Senior Member) is the President of BAWMAN LLC with a consulting practice in the networking and telecommunications field. Mr. Chng has over two decades of industry experience and primarily consults for telecommunications and Internet service providers, their strategic technology providers, industry trade groups, Standards organizations, investors, and the legal community. Mr. Chng has been awarded multiple patents spanning the areas of network architecture, mobile networking, wireless communications, authentication and access control, network fault management, and related user experience designs. Mr. Chng has published in various peer-reviewed avenues and co-chairs the Future Networks Technical Community’s Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (AIML) Working Group. Mr. Chng provides strategic and business consulting, technology consulting, Standards consulting & representation, patent & intellectual property consulting, and expert witness services in matters concerning computer networking and wireless communications.