The 3G workshop is one of the serial TD technology and standard evolution seminars. It was held in the afternoon of Oct. 19th as one part of the Future Mobile Communications Conference held in Shanghai. As the co-organizer of this workshop, TD-SCDMA Forum invited experts from its member organizations to attend this workshop, included Mr. Lin Hui, Director of Institute of Telecommunications Standards Research of CATR, MII, Dr. Wang Yingmin, Deputy General Manager of Datang Mobile’s System and Standard Department and Mr. Jarbot from TD Tech. They introduced the progress and prospects of TDD technology evolution and exchanged their viewpoints with other attendees.

Firstly, Dr. Jing Wang, Secretary General of the TD-SCDMA Forum introduced to the attendees background information about the Forum and activities hosted by the Forum recently, such as the serial TD technology and standard evolution seminars, meeting for VIPs of the member organization, TD-SCDMA technology training, etc. As a communication platform of the Chinese government, international telecommunications standard organizations, TD R&D enterprises, research institutions, and investment organizations, TD-SCDMA played an important role in the TD-SCDMA popularization, industrialization and internationalization. In addition, Dr. Wang extended his willingness to create more opportunities for the forum members to communicate and better promote the TDD technology evolution.

Mr. Lin Hui from the Telecommunications Standard Research Institute said, China has long been engaged in the standardization of TD-SCDMA evolution and relevant TD-SCDMA HSDPA and MC TD-SCDMA technology specification will soon be formulated by CCSA. TD-SCDMA will evolve to 3GPP R4, HSDPA, HSUPA, MC TD-SCDMA and OFDM TDD. The TD system capability in 1.6M will be enhanced; currently the HSDPA sample equipments are ready for demo. The next step objective is to improve the data rate. OFDM based technologies are good solution for broadband communication. However, relative smooth and stable evolution is critical to guarantee coexistence of TD-SCDMA and other technologies.

Dr. Wang Yingmin from Datang Mobile introduced the TD-SCDMA technology and standard evolution as well as the research status of LTE TDD. Datang will do LTE R&D on the basis of their previous research. Backward compatibility should be taken into consideration. In addition, this technology should be made to support cellular systems and hot spot systems. Datang has already submitted two proposals to 3GPP. One is about multiple carrier TD-SCDMA. This technology can be used for smooth evolution and has better compatibility. The other one is about LTE TDD OFDM. This is a brand new technology aiming at long-term TDD evolution. In addition, Datang’s research scope also cover various enhancement technologies like HSUPA, enhanced joint detection technology, multiple carrier based on LCR, multiple antenna and MBMS etc. At last, he addressed that TDD technology is more flexible in spectrum allocation, it flexibly support asymmetric services and the TDD technology will surely play an important role in the future.

Mr. Jarbot from TD Tech introduced that TD Tech has already submitted many proposals regarding TDD LCR standards to 3GPP and CCSA. Telecom operators expect to have a cost effective network and this network can be available with MIMO, smart antenna, joint detection and uplink synchronization technologies, etc. TDD technology will allow dynamic channel allocation and the frequency utilization rate is much higher than other technologies. So, if we consider from a long-term point of view, TDD has its differentiating features. He believed that TD-SCDMA would coexist with other technologies like FDD, etc.

The 3G Workshop is an important part of the Future Mobile Telecommunications Conference. MOCCA-WWI project symposium was also held successfully. The theme of the two-day Summit was “Future Mobile Communications Technology”. Attendees of the Summit included government officials in relevant future mobile communications departments from China, Japan, South Korea and the Europe Union, key technical personnel from Beyond 3G mobile communications programs, leaders form relevant international standardization organizations and technology forums as well as experts from famous European and Asian mobile communications operators, telecom manufacturers, universities and research institutes. Keynote speeches, presentations, group discussions were provided to study and research the prospects and strategy of future mobile communications development. Mr. Feng Jichun, Director General of the Department of High and New Technology and Industrialization of Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Mr. Wen Ku, Director General of Science and Technology Department of Ministry of Information Industry (MII), Mr. Xie Feibo, Deputy Director of the National Radio Administration Bureau and Mr. Li Yiping, Director of the Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipality as well as high-level officials from the European Union, Korea and Japan attended this Summit and delivered important speeches. In their speeches they expressed their dedication to support the Future B3G mobile communications technology and enhance the communication and cooperation between China and other countries in this field.

Just one day before this Summit (Oct. 17), FuTURE Mobile Communications Forum was set up in Shanghai. 26 cofounders of the Forum in include 9 multinational corporations, Siemens, Nokia, Philips, Shanghai Bell Alcatel, Motorola, Samsung, France Telecom and NTT DOCOMO. Four main telecom operators in China as well as famous telecom enterprises like Huawei, ZTE, Datang and universities and research institutions in China.

The forum will be a professional, open and public platform for international communication and cooperation. The Forum, will act as a think-tank helping to guide Chinese development and adoption of beyond-3G technologies. The Forum aims to facilitate the synchronized development and adoption of Beyond 3G technologies in China and other countries and the establishment of this forum also marks the Chinese government’s dedication in developing future mobile communication technologies.