Seminar: 5G Trends and Challenges

The seminar will be given by Lorenzo Casaccia, Senior Director Technical Standards, Qualcomm, as part of the course "Trends in Communications."

  • Date: 28 October 2016 from 14:00 to 17:00

  • Event location: Room 5.7, School of Engineering and Architecture, viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna

Lorenzo Casaccia

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About the speaker

Lorenzo has been at the forefront of wireless technology and innovation for 15 years. He joined Qualcomm in 2000 and has been with the company since then, covering a variety of roles related to wireless communication. He currently leads a team of engineers across three continents driving Qualcomm’s activities in 3GPP, the standards body designing technologies for 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G. He is based in Rome, and travels frequently to California, where he has lived for a number of years. Lorenzo holds university degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Turin Polytechnic, in Telecommunication from the Eurecom Institute, France, and in Philosophy from the Rome University. He is the author or co-author of over 40 approved patents.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/casaccia

 

Abstract

The seminar will discuss about the latest evolution in cellular technologies from LTE to 5G, from broadband to vertical markets.