Japanese
Commission C Report (July - October, 2002)
November 1, 2002 M.
Akaike
[1]
Maastricht General Assembly Report
Commission
C had 6 C sessions, 11 joint sessions, and one tutorial session, totaling 18
sessions. The main themes of the sessions are:
(1)
Software radio systems,
(2)
Antenna array and signal processing,
(3)
MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) systems,
(4)
Broadband wireless technology,
(5)
Mobile radio and propagation.
The
number of the joint sessions is increasing and the themes are expanding,
reflecting the recent trend of communications and electronics
technology.
Commission
C had three business meetings during the General Assembly period, where the
themes dealt with the future Commission C and Terms of Reference were discussed,
and the next vice-chair was elected. The main conclusions we had
are:
(1)
Somewhat expended region of the themes of Commission C was
recognized.
(2)
The new Terms of Reference should be "Radio Communication Systems and Signal
Processing" instead of the former "Signals and Systems."
(3)
The next vice-chair is Dr. A. F. Molisch (Austria).
The
2004 International Symposium on Signals, Systems, and Electronics (2004 ISSSE)
will be held in Linz (Austria) in the summer of 2004, now being prepared. The
symposium chair will be Prof. R. Weigel (Germany).
During
the General Assembly, "Review of Radio Science" has been published. This
publication describes an important achievement in the field of Commission C
during the last three years and is the results of invaluable devotion of all
authors. The chapter of Commission C consists of three themes as
follows:
(i)
"Blind Estimation and Detection in Wireless
Communications"
by
Visa
Koivunen
(Signal
Processing Laboratory,
Helsinki
University of Technology
P.O.
Box 3000
FIN-02015
Hut, Finland),
Juha
Laurila
(Nokia
Research Center
Ruoholahti,
B3, Itamerenkatu 11-13
P.O.Box
407
FIN-00045
NOKIA GROUP),
and
Ernst Bonek
(Chairman,
URSI Commission C
Institut
fuer Nachrichtentechnik
und
Hochfrequenztechnik
Technische
Universitaet Wien
Gusshausstrasse
25/389
A-1040
Wien, Austria)
(ii) "3G Evolution and Future Generation
Air Interface in Mobile Communications,"
by Erik Dahlman
(Ericsson
Research
Torshamnsgatan
23, Kista
SE-164
80 STOCKHOLM, Sweden)
and Mamoru
Sawahashi
(Wireless
Laboratories
NTT DoCoMo
Inc.
3-5 Hikari-no-oka,
Yokosuka-shi,
Kanagawa-ken, 239-8536
Japan)
(iii) "Cryptography and Computer Security"
by Atsuko Miyaji
(Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
School of Information Science,
1-1, Asahidai, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan),
Wu
Wen
(ActivCard
Inc
6623 Dumbarton
Circle
Fremont, CA 94555,
USA)
and Seiichiro Hangai
(Tokyo University of Science
Department of Electrical Engineering,
1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan)