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03 Sep 2013

Cambridge Wireless needs you as expansion continues with the proposal of new SIGs

Following the announcement of the new Wireless Heritage SIG in August’s newsletter, we have received an influx of suggestions for the initiation of yet more new SIGs. This has resulted in the proposal to launch three Special Interest Groups: Space & Satellite, Big Data, Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) and White Space.

We at Cambridge Wireless are extremely excited at the prospect of expanding our portfolio of SIGs, but need you to make this a reality. If you are interested in being activity involved in the materialisation of any of the proposed SIGs and would like to attend an exploratory meeting (date to be decided), please contact Laura at [email protected]

Space & Satellite

The space industry contributes over £9 billion to the UK economy every year and much of the UK’s space expertise is in the area of satellite technology and applications, which depend completely on the radio spectrum and wireless technologies. It has been suggested to the Cambridge Wireless Board that – given the importance of this sector to the UK economy – there may be merit in the establishment of a “Space and Satellite Technologies and Applications SIG” under the Cambridge Wireless banner which could perhaps aim to bring together industry, government and academic players in the space and satellite sectors, in order to provide a focal point within Cambridge Wireless for sharing knowledge,  promoting members’ capabilities and exploring business and collaboration opportunities.

Big Data SIG
We see that there are three stages of Big Data: collecting data, gaining historical insight on what happened, and predicting what will happen in the future. It is the third stage that this SIG will pay particular interest to. Suggested topics for discussion are:

1. Predictive analytics in fields such as Customer Engagement (one for the operators!), Mobile Advertising, HR and Recruitment, Fraud Prevention and Customer Churn
2. Working with Unstructured data and how to do this
3. Machine learning

Big Data SIG proposes to focus on the key issues surrounding big data, and the case studies which show how people have used it.

Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) SIG

Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) are related approaches to the application of ‘Cloud’ datacentre computing techniques for the way networks are designed and operated. They have great potential for reducing opex and capex costs across the network, as well as making it much easier to deploy new functions and services. Eventually they will almost certainly lead to profound changes in the structure of the networking industry itself.

The SIG is proposed for people whose primary interest is in almost any area of network technology but share an interest in how SDN and NFV could impact their work.

White Space SIG

TV whitespace and spectrum sharing is the most significant change to communications regulation in recent years. It comes at a time when the industry faces a spectrum crunch and the Internet of Things is demanding new long-range wireless connectivity. The Whitespaces and Spectrum Sharing SIG explores the practicalities of this new technology and the wider opportunities that spectrum sharing offers to the industry.

This SIG is for those interested in TV Whitespaces for the Internet of Things (IoT) and rural broadband. It will also be applicable to spectrum policy managers and organisations wanting to maximise their investment in spectrum.

We at Cambridge Wireless are extremely excited at the prospect of expanding our portfolio of SIGs, but need you to make this a reality. If you are interested in being activity involved in the materialisation of any of the proposed SIGs and would like to attend an exploratory meeting (date to be decided), please contact Laura at [email protected]

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