I2R Clinches Best Contributing Organisation Award in China’s WPAN Standards Development
Singapore, Singapore, March 28, 2008 --(PR.com)-- A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) has been awarded the “Best Contributing Organisation Award” by the Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) Working Group of China’s National Information Technology Standardisation (NITS) Technical Committee for significant contribution in two areas to China’s WPAN standards in 2007.
I2R is the first research institute outside of China to evaluate and verify the China-owned PHY (PHYsical layer) solution proposed for China low-rate WPAN standard. The results were also presented at the IEEE 802.15.4c standards meeting for `Alternate PHY for China WPAN’.
I2R also contributed the key technical proposals and valuable evaluation data to the High-Rate UWB (UltraWideBand) China WPAN Standard, which uses WiMedia high rate UWB Standard as baseline.
Professor Lye Kin Mun, Deputy Executive Director (Research) said, “I2R is proud to receive this award as it demonstrates our key capabilities in improving technology standards through quality R&D. It is yet another significant achievement in knowledge creation that has won international recognition.”
China’s consumer market has the potential to account for a significant share of growth for the world’s leading consumer oriented companies in the coming years. I2R’s involvement in China’s WPAN standards development may help local companies incorporate these standards into products to give them a head start in developing products for the China market.
The prudent evaluation of the team has led to the potential acceptance of dual mode (China-owned PHY solution and existing IEEE PHY solution) in both China low-rate WPAN National Standard and IEEE 802.15.4c Standard.
A WPAN is a personal network for interconnecting devices such as personal computers (PCs), personal digital assistants (PDAs), cell phones, wireless tags and consumer electronics wirelessly. The main goals of a WPAN are ease of installation, reliable data transfer, short-range (within 20 meters) operation, extremely low cost and a reasonable battery life, while maintaining a simple and flexible protocol.
PHY (pronounced as "fye") is a common abbreviation for the physical layer (which is the lowest of seven layers) of the Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model (OSI Model). The OSI Model is a layered, abstract description for communications and computer network protocol design.
The research team specifically proposed an improved multiple access scheme to High-Rate UWB (UltraWideBand) China WPAN Standard. The proposed scheme can enhance network throughput by as much as three times with only a slight increase in hardware complexity. This makes for higher efficiency in wireless networks while minimizing capital investment.
The research team members include Dr. Francois Chin, Peng Xiaoming, Kwok Yuen Sam and Dr. Ananth Subramanian. The award was presented in December 2007.
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Background
About Institute for Infocomm Research
The Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R - pronounced as i-squared-r) is a member of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) family. Established in 2002, our mission is to be the globally preferred source of innovations in `Interactive Secured Information, Content and Services Anytime Anywhere’ through research by passionate people dedicated to Singapore’s economic success.
I²R performs R&D in information, communications and media (ICM) technologies to develop holistic solutions across the ICM value chain. Our research capabilities are in information technology and science, wireless and optical communications, and interactive digital media. We seek to be the infocomm and media value creator that keeps Singapore ahead. Website: www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg
About China National Information Technology Standardisation Technical Committee (NITS)
China National Information Technology Standardization (NITS) Technical Committee, which is led by National Standardization Administration Committee and Ministry of Information Industry of the People’s Republic of China, is responsible for the national standardization in information technology and ISO/IEC JTC1 related areas.
China NITS deals with information technology standardization for Chinese IT industries, e.g. China WAPI Wi-Fi Security Standard. The major responsibilities are creating regulations, designing and developing the systems and tools for information collection, representation, processing, security, transmission, exchange, management, organizing, storage and indexing.
China NITS was founded in 1983. Currently, it consists of over 24 sub-committees and special interest working groups and the largest national standardization committee. Website: www.nits.gov.cn
For media enquiries, please contact:
Mr Andrew Yap
Acting Manager, Corporate Communications
Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)
DID: (65) 6874 8003 Fax: (65) 6775 9923
Email: jtyap@i2r.a-star.edu.sg
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I2R is the first research institute outside of China to evaluate and verify the China-owned PHY (PHYsical layer) solution proposed for China low-rate WPAN standard. The results were also presented at the IEEE 802.15.4c standards meeting for `Alternate PHY for China WPAN’.
I2R also contributed the key technical proposals and valuable evaluation data to the High-Rate UWB (UltraWideBand) China WPAN Standard, which uses WiMedia high rate UWB Standard as baseline.
Professor Lye Kin Mun, Deputy Executive Director (Research) said, “I2R is proud to receive this award as it demonstrates our key capabilities in improving technology standards through quality R&D. It is yet another significant achievement in knowledge creation that has won international recognition.”
China’s consumer market has the potential to account for a significant share of growth for the world’s leading consumer oriented companies in the coming years. I2R’s involvement in China’s WPAN standards development may help local companies incorporate these standards into products to give them a head start in developing products for the China market.
The prudent evaluation of the team has led to the potential acceptance of dual mode (China-owned PHY solution and existing IEEE PHY solution) in both China low-rate WPAN National Standard and IEEE 802.15.4c Standard.
A WPAN is a personal network for interconnecting devices such as personal computers (PCs), personal digital assistants (PDAs), cell phones, wireless tags and consumer electronics wirelessly. The main goals of a WPAN are ease of installation, reliable data transfer, short-range (within 20 meters) operation, extremely low cost and a reasonable battery life, while maintaining a simple and flexible protocol.
PHY (pronounced as "fye") is a common abbreviation for the physical layer (which is the lowest of seven layers) of the Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model (OSI Model). The OSI Model is a layered, abstract description for communications and computer network protocol design.
The research team specifically proposed an improved multiple access scheme to High-Rate UWB (UltraWideBand) China WPAN Standard. The proposed scheme can enhance network throughput by as much as three times with only a slight increase in hardware complexity. This makes for higher efficiency in wireless networks while minimizing capital investment.
The research team members include Dr. Francois Chin, Peng Xiaoming, Kwok Yuen Sam and Dr. Ananth Subramanian. The award was presented in December 2007.
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Background
About Institute for Infocomm Research
The Institute for Infocomm Research (I²R - pronounced as i-squared-r) is a member of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) family. Established in 2002, our mission is to be the globally preferred source of innovations in `Interactive Secured Information, Content and Services Anytime Anywhere’ through research by passionate people dedicated to Singapore’s economic success.
I²R performs R&D in information, communications and media (ICM) technologies to develop holistic solutions across the ICM value chain. Our research capabilities are in information technology and science, wireless and optical communications, and interactive digital media. We seek to be the infocomm and media value creator that keeps Singapore ahead. Website: www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg
About China National Information Technology Standardisation Technical Committee (NITS)
China National Information Technology Standardization (NITS) Technical Committee, which is led by National Standardization Administration Committee and Ministry of Information Industry of the People’s Republic of China, is responsible for the national standardization in information technology and ISO/IEC JTC1 related areas.
China NITS deals with information technology standardization for Chinese IT industries, e.g. China WAPI Wi-Fi Security Standard. The major responsibilities are creating regulations, designing and developing the systems and tools for information collection, representation, processing, security, transmission, exchange, management, organizing, storage and indexing.
China NITS was founded in 1983. Currently, it consists of over 24 sub-committees and special interest working groups and the largest national standardization committee. Website: www.nits.gov.cn
For media enquiries, please contact:
Mr Andrew Yap
Acting Manager, Corporate Communications
Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)
DID: (65) 6874 8003 Fax: (65) 6775 9923
Email: jtyap@i2r.a-star.edu.sg
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+6568748003
www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg
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www.i2r.a-star.edu.sg
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