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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Service Delivery Networks
WIRED
“Bit Shuffling”
“Information Shuffling”
WIRELESS
• Change is the only constant
• New services and requirements continue to evolve
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Network Processors – Continued Innovation
+ Accelerators
General Purpose
Processors
RMI
Programmability
XLR/XLS
Processor
NPUs
IXP4xx
IXPx28xx
Control Plane
Processors
FPGAs
Custom IP
ASICs
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Throughput
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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
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Reinventing the wheel can be good!!!
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