September 30, 2022 • Open Forum
The emphasis on the “digital transformation” in media, enterprise, and government might suggest that everything is moving to digital. The simplicity of Boolean algebra: It’s a One or it’s a zero, or it’s broken” and the advancement of micro-electronics in digital computation allows us to do things we never could have done with analog designs. But despite this innovation, the world is still analog and the necessity of such considerations drives a requirement for innovation across many disciplines. These challenges exist throughout the technology world and are manifest in a pervasive way in mobile wireless communications. The 6th generation of wireless will have unprecedented computing technology applied to every-day societal use, but it all must operate in an analog world. This talk will cover the evolution of wireless and how the addition of digital capability drives not only new performance, but also new challenges that cross every discipline in the electrical and computer engineering space and in many other disciplines as well.
About the Speaker
Roger Nichols is an acknowledged subject matter expert in mobile wireless communications design and measurement technologies. He has 37 years of engineering and management experience at Hewlett-Packard, Agilent, and Keysight Technologies spanning roles in R&D, marketing, and manufacturing. He has managed projects, programs, and departments beginning with analog cellular radio evolving to 6G and on every standard in between. He directed Keysight’s 5G program starting in 2014 and has been directing Keysight’s 6G program since its inception in 2019. He is a member of the FCC Technical Advisory Council and is also the strategic director of Keysight’s work in wireless standards.
Roger holds a BSEE from the University of Colorado, Boulder.