Dr. Bibhu Mohanty of Qualcomm, San Diego

The emerging new applications such as pervasive AI and immersive XR demand adequate network support to deliver optimal user experience. We will present how 6G is being designed to meet this objective through various innovations across all the layers of the network.

Biography:

Dr. Bibhu Mohanty, VP of Engineering at the Wireless Research Division of Qualcomm, is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur ECE Department where he got his B.Tech (Hons) degree. Subsequently, he obtained a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Since then, he has been at the Wireless Research Division of Qualcomm in San Diego, California. He first worked on the design of 2G and 3G wireless system architecture, protocols, and algorithms that contributed to the worldwide mobile revolution. Then he worked on the system design of wireless data networks that was a key element of the Internet revolution. He also led the Wi-Fi research at Qualcomm to deliver Wi-Fi 6 and 7 standards as well as technologies such as Easy Mesh (Home Wi-Fi) and VR/AR over Wi-Fi. Currently his research interests lie in the area of distributed computing, particularly multi-device Edge AI.  He holds more than 80 US Granted Patents and several publications in the above areas.