Abstract
Wi-Fi is reaching new levels of convergence, fulfilling promises made in early 2000. The functionality imagined as the inevitable byproduct of an Internet-connected world has, over the last four or five years, begun with Wi-Fi being integrated into consumer devices based on cutting-edge communications semiconductors. As consumers begin to connect these devices, they are finding that Wi-Fi can connect the digital home. Although, the Wi-Fi world today mainly consists of computing devices and new portable consumer electronics, but these two world’s are not connected—cell phones cannot leverage broadband and there’s no real-time support for media on existing connections. However, the world is changing with 802.11n— PC, cell phone and consumer electronic domains are beginning to connect, and television and mobile services are extending into the home, and new business and usage models have emerged in the market. As a world leader in Wi-Fi, Broadcom will explain what’s next in Wi-Fi and 802.11n in the largest market, Asia-Pacific, making the vision of Wi-Fi connected world a reality.

Speaker Biography
Rahul Patel is a Senior Director for Broadcom's Wireless Connectivity Group. His responsibilities include managing the product roadmap, applications engineering and marketing strategy to expand Broadcom's Wi-Fi leadership in the consumer and enterprise markets. Mr. Patel has served in a variety of product management and marketing positions at Broadcom. Prior to his current role, Mr. Patel managed Broadcom's portfolio of secured switch processors. He has also held various technical, marketing and engineering positions at Hi-Fn, Samsung and SMOS Systems.

Mr. Patel holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India, a Masters in Computer Science from Arizona State University, and an MBA from Santa Clara University. <Back>