Timeline develops working roadmap for wireless world
The Wireless Strategic Initiative (WSI) undertook to assess the conceptual work of future wireless systems and to chart a roadmap of their development. Both socio-economic and technological "landmarks" were assessed in order to identify tendencies that would develop within a certain degree of probability. In order to do so, world leaders in industry along with the WSI constructed a think-tank to develop visionary concepts for a plausible wireless world in the future. The think-tank constituted the initial stage of the WSI project and concluded with the development of possible scenarios for the potential future of a wireless world. More importantly, the WSI also developed valuable input material for the analysis of technological requirements that any future communication system as well as various system options would follow. While the importance of the roadmap was to project the reference model on a coherent timeline, the overall priority involved the technological aspects of current technologies evolving into new-generation systems. These range from future user interfaces, mobility and application execution platforms to broader and better use of radio spectrums and network technology supporting connectivity while guaranteeing quality service. Once identified, these would require the development of new hardware and software and new system design approaches. Finally, the WSI also identified non-technical areas that would require specific focus and addressing. Most important are the concepts and requirements of protecting international intellectual property rights, including the transfer of these IP rights into the digital domain.
