SenzaFili

Senza Fili Sparring Partners

Technology EN ↓ 104 episodes

Opinionated conversations in telecoms with Monica Paolini, Senza Fili, and her guests. Networks should be open, and so should our discussions on them

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Getting RIS off the ground with AI and ML. With Melike Erol-Kantarci at the University of Ottawa 27.10.2023 1:01:26

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) open the way to one of the most fascinating technological advances: passive transmission. RIS turns reflection from a source of interference to an entirely new way to transmit the wireless signal that is well suited to the dense, high-traffic, high-obstruction areas where the need for capacity is the highest and connectivity often disappointing. In this S...

What’s the best way to share the 6 GHz spectrum? With Pasquale Cataldi 29.09.2023 1:01:30

The 6GHz band has become prime estate: a large amount of spectrum that can be safely shared with incumbents and used for indoor connectivity and densification in high-traffic areas. Understandably, everybody wants to use it and protect their access to it: mobile operators, other service providers, enterprises, public entities, and everybody in their homes. Who should have access to it? How should...

Open RAN: The path to 6G. With Ravi Sinha, O-RAN ALLIANCE 22.09.2023 1:03:17

We are still in the 5G and 5G Advanced phase, but it is good to take a peek at where 6G may take us in the evolution towards an open RAN – and possibly beyond what we now call Open RAN. In this Sparring Partner, I talked with Ravi Sinha at O-RAN ALLIANCE about multiple RAN evolution paths from 5G/5G-A to 6G that will open the RAN beyond the fronthaul interface. Sign up for the mailing list at ht...

Is Wi-Fi more energy efficient than 5G? With Claus Hetting at Wi-Fi NOW 02.09.2023 1:01:10

We had many Sparring Partners on energy efficiency in wireless, but none was on Wi-Fi. This is a glaring omission since Wi-Fi accounts for the majority of wireless traffic – in most countries, it hovers at around 80% of wireless traffic. Yet, there is much less data (and debate) on Wi-Fi energy efficiency than on 5G or LTE – and there are reasons for this. Claus Hetting at Wi-Fi NOW helped us fill...