”Peace Engineering in the 21 st Century: A New Curriculum” Alex Lightman Chief Technology Officer Fortune Nest Corporation ISTEC General Assembly Porto.

”Peace Engineering in the 21st Century: A New Curriculum”

Alex Lightman

Chief Technology OfficerFortune Nest Corporation

ISTEC General AssemblyPorto Alegre, Brazil

19 May 2011

The Greatest Engineering Challenge

Doctors use a four step process. Observation. Diagnosis. Prognosis. Prescription.

We can use a similar process for innovation:Observation. Challenge. Forecast. Idea/Innovation.

Observation: Humans spend about $US 2 trillion on the global military-industrial complex.

In the 21st century we are likely to see a number of peaks: peak population, peak oil, peak natural gas, peak uranium, peak carbon.

Challenge: Come up with a problem or challenge that is so awesome and compelling that it gets people, companies, and governments to be eager to join forces to meet and overcome the challenge.

Forecast: Without this, the rich countries will go bankrupt, reducing the chance for big developing countries to achieve their full potential.

Fortune Nest

At Fortune Nest Corporation (FNC), we believe in the power of science, technology and innovation. Such powers will create New Economies that will transform societies by empowering them to gain full benefits of participation in the civilization of the 21st century.

The Big Idea: Peace EngineeringPeace EngineeringFinancial EngineeringSocial EngineeringCultural EngineeringInfrastructure EngineeringFuture Engineering

Peace Engineering:

The creation, integration, and replication of civilization scale modular functions that will cause the redeployment of capital, technology, information, and expertise away from applications that are limited to war and security, and towards dual-use and civilian applications.

Defining, designing, developing, deploying, and debugging new and novel applications of science, technology, organization, and narrative to engage groups into ever greater challenges that will require ever greater cooperation to rise to successful resolution of the challenge.

The Big Idea: Civilization Innovation

Gandi: “Consider the poorest person you know, and ask whether your next action will make any difference to that person.”

My big question: What’s the single greatest way to improve the world?

My big answer no. 1:Connect all seven billion people with wireless broadband Internet and let anyone buy, sell, borrow, loan, swap, learn, teach, talk with anyone anywhere, anytime.

My big answer no. 2:Improve wireless broadband Internet so that the marginal cost falls toward zero, and the poor get the whole Internet almost for free.

Deconstructing/Reverse Engineering to achieve the objectives: Accelerate the deployment of 4G wireless broadband by defining it.

Base it on an all-IP, end-to-end architecture (IPv6), that allows use of new and novel spectrum, air interfaces, and more.

The Big Idea: 4G as Peace Engineering

Why 4G? Because 4G is a global challenge. The entire world can participate in the creation of new and novel 4G infrastructure, and is the opposite of spending money to

What next?I came up with 20 technologies necessary to make 4G wireless broadband a reality. The one that did not look as though it would happen in time was IPv6. This was the “limiting factor”, so I focused in IPv6 for five years.

What else?Wrote the first book on 4G, Brave New Unwired World: The Digital Big and the Infinite Internet (John Wiley, 2002); organized 4G and IPv6 conferences and days 15 times, in US, EU, Asia;

What results?Received The Economist “Readers Award”: 4G as “innovation most likely to radically impact entire world” 2011 to 2020; 4G is first G to be in both unlicensed band as well as licensed band. Billions in funding for 4G.

What lessons?ISTEC should support the creation of Peace Engineering curriculum, based on the creation, integration and replication of challenges that will lead directly to universal wireless broadband as the first of 100 new infrastructures that will be affordable and available to all humanity.

"Wireless Communications in the 21st Century: The next generation wireless infrastructure

required to achieve Peace Engineering”

Kamil Agi, Ph.D.President-CEO

K&A Wireless, LLC

ISTEC General AssemblyPorto Alegre, Brazil

19 May 2011

AK& W I R E L E S S, L L C

K&A - Current Enabling Technologies

• Wireless– Analog video transmission systems for first responders (market

leader)– MY-View short range (<3 ft) (patent pending)– EYE-View hybrid wireless/IP video transmission systems

• Collaborative decision making, force multiplier, exchange of information

• Image Processing– CLIR-View patented suite of algorithms that includes NUC, electronic

image stabilization, tracking and resolution enhancement capability• Cost effective, wireless, shutter-less, stabilized, high resolution thermal

imagers

• IP-based video and distribution solutions• CAP-View personal DVR system, PPL-View video-based security

systems

K&A - Key Focus Areas

Rapid infrastructure deployment- Portable IP-based infrastructure solutions

Compression/recognition algorithm- Video, video, video

Wireless technologies (multi-user/multi-access)- Cognitive radio schemes

Current Infrastructure

Devices

Companies

Industry

Trends

Vodafone is a Global Company

* Terry Kramer – Presentation at Haas School of Business, Nov 2010

A Changing Industry

NetworkNetwork

DevicesDevices

ServicesServicesFirst SMS

sent

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2G GSM

19911991

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First ‘flip

phone’

Pre-paid SIM cards launched

19961996

19971997

First tri-band

handsets

20032003

First 3G phones

20052005

Enhanced 3G

3G

20012001

19991999

Mobile Web trials begin

20082008

Apple App store

20092009

Ultra-Low Cost Handsets

1990Voice 2010

Data

20072007

20092009

4G Trials

20022002 20092009

First GSM

phones

19921992

First smart phone with

camera

20022002 2008200820072007 20102010

20102010

Device

Bifurcation

SmartphoneProliferation

20102010

19841984

First cellular phones

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1G

* Terry Kramer – Presentation at Haas School of Business, Nov 2010

Emerging Market Trends

Public PolicyChanging Customer Behaviors

• Fundamental change to information access and commerce

• Drive for access anytime/anywhere

• Impact of social media

• 85% of population increase by 2025

• 1 in 3 <18 years old in India• 95% penetration rates by 2013• 64% of 4B+ mobile subscribers

• Non-traditional competition (e.g. Apple, Google)

• Growing fixed/mobile convergence

Internet

Competition• Customer conservatism• Individuality• Control & Security• Emergence of “Digital

Natives” (6-19 year olds)

• Data privacy• Net neutrality• Spectrum awards

What’s happening in the world

Telecom Industry

* Terry Kramer – Presentation at Haas School of Business, Nov 2010

Defining Peace Engineering

Defining, designing, developing, deploying, and debugging new and novel applications of science, technology, organization, and narrative to engage groups into ever greater challenges that will require ever greater cooperation to rise to successful resolution of the challenge.

Peace Engineering Concept

GIVE A PERSON ACCESS TO ENOUGH INFORMATION TO

KEEP HIM FOCUSED

Peace Engineering NeedsInstant access to information (i.e. Internet)

High bandwidth (>20mbps) 4GIPv6

Ubiquitous coverage

Ubiquitous availability of service (including BoP efforts)

Peace Engineering Issues Current telecom infrastructure (3G vs. 4G)–

insufficient

Current bandwidths – marginal (at best)

Current technology (CDMA, HSDPA, UMTS, etc.) - ???

WHAT DO WE NEED?NEW INFRASTRUCTURE, NEW BUSINESS

MODEL, NEW TECHNOLOGY

Next Generation Wireless

KEY FACTORS TO SUCCESS

Policy Capability

Investment

Policy – OSTP*

…In 2011, the President (Obama) announced the National Wireless Initiative, noting that "we can't expect tomorrow's economy to take root using yesterday's infrastructure…”

*Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

In the United States and beyond…Policy

2010 - President Obama initiates “wireless innovation”

Capability2011 NSF gets commissioned to carry out the

initiative – EARS ProgramInvestment

Budget approved for $14M for EARSBudget approved for $3B over 5 year for Wireless

InnovationWorking with Fortune Nest Corporation*

Focus on Middle EastFocus on China

*http://www.fortunenest.com/

NSF EARS Program

A component of the initiative is the Wireless Innovation Fund, which will be used in part to support basic research that helps pave the way for new technologies. EARS and the research that it supports embody this facet of the President's initiative...

What is EARS?ENHANCED ACCESS TO RADIO SPECTRUMTwo parts to the investment

Basic Research (University, R&D centers, Companies)Multi-disciplinaryR&D (more “R”) and Science

CommercializationSmall Business Technology Transfer (STTR) University/Industry collaboration Industry leads to commercialize basic researchTo transition to Small Business Innovative Research

(SBIR) program

Dr. Andrew Clegg, EARS Program Director, telephone: (703)292-4892, email: [email protected]

Proposed Topics for EARSSecurity of wireless systemsReconfigurable wireless platforms, including

cognitive radio, software-defined radio, adaptive antennas

Spectral efficiency (“instantaneous” such as mitigation of unwanted emissions, interference cancellation, filter technology), “system-wide,” such as dynamic spectrum access.

Special-purpose wireless systems, such as medical devices, environmental surveillance, remote sensing, passive systems

Legacy: Backwards and forwards interoperabilityWireless system tests, measurements, and

validationEconomic models for spectrum resource sharing

Next StepsReplicate model in emerging markets

Emerging markets now have the opportunity to leapfrog technology – become a leader

Human capital exchange is the ISTEC modelWork on carving up the problem, build

clusters of expertiseCollaboration

Must be established through policy, capability and investment

THIS IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM!

Summary/Questions/OpinionsWhat do we need?

New wireless infrastructure, business models, technology needed to support Peace Engineering initiative and curriculum – the solution is not in one place

How do we get it?Shift in existing communication infrastructure will

require investment and partnerships on a global scale – this is not easy to do, manage, or even execute – need talent

What are the challenges – harmonization?Imagine no roaming, instant access, coverage

everywhereStandard vs. open sourcePaid service vs. free service

Contact InformationKamil Agi, PhD

2617 Juan Tabo Blvd NE

Albuquerque, NM 87112

Toll Free: 888.536.5207 x 705

Phone: 505.338.2380 x 705

Fax: 505.338.2382

[email protected]

www.ka-wireless.com