Dave Wisely

Biography

Dave Wisely has worked for BT for 15 years in the fields of networks and mobility research. He pioneered optical wireless links in the early 1990s constructing a 4km, 1500nm system using optical amplifiers.

Dave has worked in the field of mobility for the past eight years, looking firstly at wireless ATM and HIPERLAN type 1 systems and, more latterly, into the combination of cellular mobile and WLAN systems.

Dave was one of the pioneers of an all-IP solution for future developments of 3G. and currently heads up BT's UMTS and 4G research unit. Dave also acted as technical manger for the influential EU IST BRAIN/MIND EU IST project (www.ist-brian.org). He has contributed over 50 papers to journals and conferences and has published a book entitled "IP for 3G".

Dave leads the Fixed-Mobile Convergence research theme.