Apa Lee (A2)
MediaTek
Technical Manager
Technical Manager, from Wireless Communication System and Partnership Radio System Design Div. Apa Lee joined MediaTek in 2008 as a system, started as development engineer for radio system verification. Since 2014 she is working as technical manager for modem and radio system technology planning, 3GPP standardization and strategic partnership engagement.

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5G Technical Requirement Overview and Challenges on UE design
While the industry gearing up to deliver the 5G new product, it can be discovered the technical requirements varies come from individual background, and leads to different challenges be realized on UE design. This speech is to brief on 5G market status, the trend of spectrum availability & usage, and the impact to UE design challenges.

Dr. Benoit Derat (A3 Part1)
Rohde and Schwarz
Director OTA and antenna test solutions
Dr. Benoît Derat started his career at SAGEM Mobiles as an antenna design and electromagnetics research engineer. Gaining expertise in antenna measurements and simulations during this period, Benoît Derat became active in the field of exposure measurements for mobile phones. In 2009, he founded the company ART-Fi which created the first vector-array SAR measurement system and initiated the IEC 62209-3 standard development. Dr. Derat operated as the CEO and President of ART-Fi until 2017, before joining Rohde & Schwarz at the Munich headquarters. He is now leading the R&D on antenna testing for R&S, as Director for OTA and antenna test solutions. Dr. Derat is the author of more than 70 scientific conference and journal papers, as well as an inventor on multiple patents relating to antenna and electromagnetic field measurements.

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NF/FF OTA testing theory
The wireless industry is in a learning phase for space and cost-effective 5G NR OTA production lines. Part 1 will provide theoretical information about NF (near field) and FF (far field) test approaches. Part 2 will compare requirements for different mmW DUT’s (devices under test) and propose a scalable production test concept.

Henry Gropp (A3 Part2)
Rohde and Schwarz
Senior Product Manager for Radio Communication Testers
Henry Gropp started his career at R&S sales organization as account manager. He gained a lot of experience as product manager for radio comnication testers and was responsible for platform aspects of R&S CMW500 series testers. Now hmue is leading the conceptual discussion of mmW test solutions for 5G NR mobile production lines.

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5G NR mmW production testing concepts
The wireless industry is in a learning phase for space and cost-effective 5G NR OTA production lines. Part 1 will provide theoretical information about NF (near field) and FF (far field) test approaches. Part 2 will compare requirements for different mmW DUT’s (devices under test) and propose a scalable production test concept.

Joerg Koepp (A4)
Rohde and Schwarz
Market Segment Manager IoT
Joerg Koepp is market segment manager for the IoT market at Rohde & Schwarz. In this role he is promoting R&S’s test & measurement solutions for the Internet of Things market and served as technology and market experts for this market. Joerg has broad experience in the communication market, and is well known for his seminars and presentations on the Internet of Things topic. Prior to joining Rohde & Schwarz, Joerg was working as system architect, project leader, and director system engineering and technology manager at Siemens and Nokia Siemens Networks.

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LTE-M/NB-IoT on the road to 5G mMTC and how 11ax will fit in
Let’s do a deep dive into IoT. NB-IoT and LTE-M becoming more and more relevant in the industry. First rollouts were finalized and the next technology is already knocking on the door. In this presentation we will explorer the actual status of NB-IoT and LTE-M as well as the future of both in 5G NR networks. Moreover we will have a look on applications requiring 5G URLLC technologies and try to envision what impact Wi-Fi especially WiFi 802.11ax could have on the IoT market.

Victor Kwan (A5)
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)
Senior Manager
Dr. Victor Kwan is the Senior Manager (Wireless Systems) at the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI). He has over 13 years of experience in wireless systems development including 4G and 5G wireless systems architecture design, physical layer algorithm design and development. He is now working as the program manager for ASTRI 5G base stations development project. Victor received his Ph.D. and B.Eng. degrees in Electronics Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technologies.

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ASTRI 5G R&D
Along with the official release of the 5G standards, networks infrastructure vendors are now actively developing new 5G base station solutions to realize different new 5G use cases. The C-RAN architecture is an attractive architecture for them because this could be implemented by fully programable processors and configurable hardware platforms. The centralized baseband processing with distributed radio units also simplifies the deployment and reducing long terms operating costs for the network operators. In this presentation, we will present ASTRI’s 5G C-RAN base-station architecture that could apply to the 5G use cases of enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), massive machine type communications (mMTC) and ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC). We will cover the designs on the RF front-end for the sub-6GHz and mmWave frequency band operations, the 5G NR baseband pool reference design and the 5G base-station protocol stack design. Finally, we will also share some test performance results of our reference design verified with the 3rd party test and measurement equipment.

洪宏偉
財團法人電子檢驗中心
課長
現職財團法人台灣電子檢驗中心課長；專長：PCB測試及分析、電子連接器驗證測試、環境可靠度耐候及機械性測試、無鉛產品及零組件檢測分析、車用電子產品測試。

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高速數位訊號PCB量測技術
Delta-L為PCB板上高速數位訊號的測試方式，也是評估PCB板廠製程與材料的重要測試，透過高速網路分析儀器量測PCB上內層或是表層上的損耗以及阻抗結果，以驗證不同板材(Low-loss, Mid-loss, Ultra-low Loss)上的特性是否穩定。而當30G以上高速PCB來臨，面對愈高的頻率點在量測使用治具上可能所產生的不穩定結果，如何透過技術上來克服，以符合驗證需求。

Scott Yeh (B3)
MEDIATEK
Senior Dept. Manager
Scott Yeh received a Ph.D. degree in 2003 from Department of Electronics Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. From 2003 to 2008, he served as an antenna specialist at Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan, and was responsible for novel antenna technology development and as a manager of microwave component department. He joined Sunplus from 2008 to 2011, where he focused his research on mobile phone antenna design. From 2011, he joined Mediatek to be in charge of novel mobile antenna development and wireless performance validation, and is a senior manager of antenna department. He holds over 40 patents and has more than 50 published papers. He was a recipient of ITRI Best Patent Award 2006, ITRI Invention Award 2007, Ministry of Economic Affairs Innovation Technology Award 2005, and Ministry of Economic Affairs Technical Achievement Award 2007.

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Transmit Antenna Swapping Technology
In the recent years, the mobile phone with metal ring or back cover becomes the main trend of phone ID (industrial design), and the antenna is integrated into the metal ring or back cover. Although the kind of phone has nice appearance, the communication quality degrades largely when user’s hand touches the metal part where the antenna is integrated. To solve the problem, the transmit antenna swapping technology is developed. Basically, this kind of technology changes operation antenna from the original one, whose performance becomes worse due to hand touch, to another one, which has better performance than original one with hand touch, and maintains the communication signal quality. In this talk, the speaker would like to discuss the operation methodology, challenge of antenna design and system design, and also show some test results to prove the technology is workable for modern mobile phone.

陳飛宇 (B4)
Rohde & Schwarz
應用工程部經理
陳飛宇先生曾就職於德國移動電信公司，專責無線通訊網路設計及優化；於2001年加入Rohde & Schwarz德國總部，而後加入台灣羅德史瓦茲 ( Rohde & Schwarz )團隊；先後任職量測儀表系統部區域經理、商務發展區域經理；對於無線電應用系統有廣泛涉足，涵蓋移動通訊，雷達，導航，天線，廣播電視等領域；對於各種射頻器件及設備的相關應用測試有深入了解，尤其在電磁兼容測試方面。累積計 20餘年於無線電領域的工作資歷，積聚並兼備了設計研發、市場推廣、方案解決、項目投標等多方位的豐富的專業經驗。

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Challenges of efficiency enhancement in RF system design

Dr. Benoit Derat (B5+C5)
Rohde and Schwarz
Director OTA and antenna test solutions
Dr. Benoît Derat started his career at SAGEM Mobiles as an antenna design and electromagnetics research engineer. Gaining expertise in antenna measurements and simulations during this period, Benoît Derat became active in the field of exposure measurements for mobile phones. In 2009, he founded the company ART-Fi which created the first vector-array SAR measurement system and initiated the IEC 62209-3 standard development. Dr. Derat operated as the CEO and President of ART-Fi until 2017, before joining Rohde & Schwarz at the Munich headquarters. He is now leading the R&D on antenna testing for R&S, as Director for OTA and antenna test solutions. Dr. Derat is the author of more than 70 scientific conference and journal papers, as well as an inventor on multiple patents relating to antenna and electromagnetic field measurements.

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OTA challenges in a connected world - Innovative solutions for 5G and automotive applications
Antennas and radio transceivers are everywhere. With the latest developments in the 5G wireless and automotive markets, full system testing is necessary which requires over-the-air performance measurements. From cellular technologies in the 600 to 6000 MHz range, to 5G NR and radar technologies operating in the millimeter-wave region, many of the important T&M industry challenges are today tied to OTA techniques able to provide fast, accurate, space and cost-effective approaches. This presentation aims at presenting these challenges as well as the most promising solutions to meet requirements in areas as diverse as full-vehicle OTA characterization, automotive radar performance evaluation or 5G mobile and base station devices R&D, conformance / compliance and production testing.

Andreas Reil (C2)
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
Product Manager Microwave Imaging
Andreas Reil is a product manager for microwave imaging solutions at Rohde & Schwarz in Munich. His focus is on automotive applications of state-of-the-art mmW technology. He actively supports the market introduction of the new R&S®QAR automotive radome scanner and all related products. Prior to his time as a product manager, he has been working for the market segment automotive with responsibilities for the R&S automotive radar portfolio. He holds a master degree from the technical university of Munich with a focus on RF and communication engineering.

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Radar Integration Testing
It is already a huge technical challenge to design a radar that works well in the 77GHz mmW domain. Since more and more companies have been mastering that challenge, spectrum becomes crowded. Therefore, interference and integration issues become more and more important.The presentation focuses on the challenges coming with radar integration behind design radomes and bumpers, as well as all testing the immunity to interference. Current developments in the ETSI regulation and treshholds for integration are shared and a world-wide overview is given.

Sam Chew (C3)
Rohde & Schwarz Asia Pte Ltd
Senior Manager / Systems
Mr Sam Chew has more than 20 years of experience in Systems Business specializing in the field of EMC and RF test and measurement. He actively supports the design and execution of several Autonomous Vehicle (AV) EMC projects involving various functions such as car radar, C-V2V, EMC-eCALL automation, car audio performance evaluation, essential AV functionality and performance testing. He was also granted a patent for RF field sensor mast design in year 2012.

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Automotive mmWave radar test methods and regulations
Introduction of the technical characteristics, applications and safety aspects of automotive mmWave radar systems. General test requirements for the radar system include antenna array tests, radome tests, transmitter tests and receiver tests. There is comprehensive coverage for these test requirements from numerous test standards published, especially in Europe and China. Further introduction of ETSI EN standards and China GB/T 《汽车用毫米波雷达》 (mmWave for Automotive use) and the respective requirements for car radar characteristics (radio frequency performance, antenna performance, system specifications), functional specifications, whole vehicle adaptability, radar electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), reliability and durability. Lastly, introduction of R&S test solution TA-CR100 with detailed explanation of system design as well as future upgrade considerations.

Edward Chang (C4)
Rohde & Schwarz Taiwan
Sales account manager
張海秀先生於2016年加入台灣羅德史瓦茲 ( Rohde & Schwarz Taiwan)，現職為示波器事業部－專案經理，專職數位示波器市場開發；在加入台灣羅德史瓦茲前，曾擔任相關量測儀器公司業務經理一職，在示波器量測領域的經驗已超過 15年以上，熟悉電力電子、消費電子的各項測試測量技術，具有豐富的電子測量儀器經驗。

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Automotive Ethernet leads Autonomous Driving into Reality
自駕車在全球掀起一股熱潮，此概念雖在數十年前就已萌芽，但一直要到最近20年間，車用技術才逐漸進步到足以支援相關應用，車對車(V2V)、車對網(V2I)無線通訊協定的演進，終讓自駕車邁向可行之路，隨著車載系統及感測器對資料傳輸需求不斷暴增，新一代高速、可靠且穩健的有線骨幹網路，將是接下來自駕車技術發展的重點課題之一。 車載聯網系統複雜度大增，已帶動低成本、高傳輸速率和高頻寬網路解決方案需求持續湧現。對車廠而言，現有的汽車通訊技術如媒體導向系統傳輸(MOST)和低電壓差動訊號傳輸(LVDS)，皆缺乏可擴展性且頻寬不足，因而無法滿足新興車載服務和應用的開發需求。相較於傳統車用通訊技術，車用乙太網路(Automotive Ethernt)則是一個符合成本效益並極具擴展性的方案，不僅能支援多個系統和設備，提供高資料傳輸速率，且每個埠都擁有自己專屬的頻寬，因而成為汽車聯網技術中的明日之星。