Outline of Keynote talk at the ISART (rave reviews given ) -- full PPT available on request

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

6thANNUAL
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED RADIO TECHNOLOGIES

2 - 4 March 2004

325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305 USA

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Tuesday, March 2, 2004

9:00 Welcome, 
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/ntiageneral/bios/mdgbio_10162003.htm>Michael 
D. Gallagher, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information and Acting NTIA Administrator
9:15 Keynote Address, <http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~farber/>David Farber, 
Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy, 
<http://www.cs.cmu.edu/>Carnegie Mellon University, 
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/01/biztech/articles/03farb.html>Former 
FCC Chief of Technology

Outline of talk


What are the FCC policy  issues of the future and how will that impact the 
data world:




–    Spectrum , spectrum, spectrum




•   UWB, SDR and open range


•   Interference?




–    Competition  -- or the lack thereof




•   Increasing consolidation




–    The internet – what to do or not do










We Are at the Beginning of a Great Change – yet again




•     The next 10 years will be as wild as the last 25


•     Technology will change dramatically




–    Moores law -- The power of a computer will double every 18 months. 
(maybe 12 months now)




The Real Next Generation -- Photonic Networks







•       Implications




–     Protocols IP?


–     Processor architecture


–     Software systems




•       Will it be a fully distributed system -- back to the past




NLR Footprint Topology


National Light Rail







•      Dark Fiber National footprint


•      Serves very high-end Experimental and Research Applications


•      4- 10.0 GB Wavelengths initially (4 - 40 Gigs planned)


•      Partnership







Firehoses feeding a garden hose




•      100s of megabits to the home and in the home




–     XDSL,


–     Cable,


–     Fiber


–     Wireless




•      How to get there


•      A challenge to the establishment -- the carriers


•      Economics?


•      So what do I need it for?




What are the techno-policy issues in spectrum?




•     How long can we exist in the chaos and limits of current spectrum  use




–    Is spectrum unlimited?


–    Commons vs property rights vs current state




•    Sue them or regulate them?




•     Different ways of networking – Mesh




–    Security etc




Security and Availability Will Be the Drivers




•     The current internet is vulnerable


•     Points of potential vulnerability




–    Service protocols


–    Commercial arrangements


–    Old software


–    Hard to design security in after the fact




Liberty vs Security




•     Location technology


•     Identification technology


•     Let me listen – I promise I will not wrongly use it


•     Can I have security and still liberty?




Digital Rights Management DRM




•     Lots of “we hate it”


•     Lots of ban it


•     What is it?


•     Why might we actually learn to love it




Privacy Rights Management




•     The global data about me


•     Who will look at it?


•     Who will use it for what


•     Accountability







My favorite quotes




•     They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty or safety – Ben Franklin 1784


•     The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it  -- John 
Gilmore 

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