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Telecom Research Panel: Is there any value of doing telecom research in Pakistan? May 2, 2008 Nazar Zaidi RMI Corporation, USA. Why it may not make sense. Not much left in this area Why re-invent the wheel? Too many players already working in this field Lot of catching up to do.
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Telecom Research Panel:Is there any value of doing telecom research in Pakistan?May 2, 2008Nazar ZaidiRMI Corporation, USA
Why it may not make sense • Not much left in this area • Why re-invent the wheel? • Too many players already working in this field • Lot of catching up to do INCC - May 2, 2008
Service Delivery Networks WIRED Traffic Management Application Awareness “Bit Shuffling” “Information Shuffling” Deep Packet Inspection Security WIRELESS • Change is the only constant • New services and requirements continue to evolve INCC - May 2, 2008
Network Processors – Continued Innovation XLR/XLSProcessor + Accelerators General Purpose Processors NPUs Programmability IXP4xx IXPx28xx Control Plane Processors Custom IP FPGAs ASICs The company and product names shown above may be trademarks or servicemarks of their respective owners. Throughput INCC - May 2, 2008
Reasons to Pursue • New Issues/challenges will always exist • Helps comprehensive understanding of the field • Technologies • Challenges/Problems • Solutions • Unique nature of Telecom challenges for Pakistan • Infrastructure • Resources • Foster creativity for solution development • Research discipline carried over to other areas • Highly trained workforce is very desirable • Train problem solvers INCC - May 2, 2008
Reinventing the wheel can be good!!! INCC - May 2, 2008