IWPC Workshop - Backhaul Transport Access Options for Supporting LTE & WiMAX

NEW – International Wireless Industry Consortium
Interactive Technical Workshop

Workshop Background: As wireless mobile carriers are offering new user friendly data devices, more attractive data rate plans to customers and are planning to install newer higher data rate, higher capacity networks, the costs and technology challenges of backhauling this data back to the central office is looming large. There are many factors which play into the choices and decisions the carriers must make - not the least of which is legacy equipment interoperability, reliability, quality of service, the move to IP Networks, and many more factors.
Workshop Goals: The Goals of this workshop are to better understand the needs of the wireless mobile carriers with different legacies, in different geographical regions. And examine at a wide variety of solutions, such as in-house built solutions from the base station to the remote network controller (end-to-end), the role of managed or leased services including satellite services, the latest microwave and millimeter wave radio solutions and enabling technologies to meet the needs of the industry. We hope to arrive at some clarity on end-to-end solution options at the lowest overall cost.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM	IWPC Advisory Panel Meeting This is your chance to directly influence IWPC Workshop and Working Group Plans for 2009 with IWPC Senior Staff. Click HERE to reserve your seat.	At Hotel Tiziano Boardroom
7:00 PM	Social and Networking Reception & Registration	At Hotel
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
7:00 AM	Breakfast & Registration
8:00 AM	Opening Remarks
8:20 AM	Self Introductions	Each person will be asked to introduce him/herself and share how they can contribute to this process
9:00 AM	HOST Keynote REMARKS	Vodafone Head/Access Team - Global
9:10 AM	Keynote presentation VodaFone	VF Transmission Future Challenges Head/Access Team-Global Vodafone
10:00 AM	Networking Break
10:30 AM	Backhaul Transport Access Architecture Options for LTE & WiMAX *Mobile Operators will be asked to provide their main transport requirements when they will introduce LTE & WIMAX.* Urban, Sub-Urban, Rural Options and their capacity requirements How is the state of 4G standardization impacting 4G deployment desires/plans? Where and when will LTE (and WiMAX) be deployed – field trials, early commercial deployments, mainstream deployment. Impact on transport of Flat architecture (Xn interface between LTE Node B) Transport options for a Mobile Operator in terms of solutions, technologies and architecture (opportunities and limitation in network applicability) Mw (ptp, ptm) Fiber Managed Services (as evolution of Leased Lines) Shared option Architecture Options and Tradeoffs to be considered: Spoke/Hub Mesh Ring Point-to-Multi-Point Other What is the impact of Femto-Cells to the Backhaul solution? (Increase or decrease backhaul capacity requirements	LTE - Advanced Network Backhaul Requirements Vodafone Chair Technical University of Dresden Mobile Broadband: Backhaul and Distributed Systems Technical Engineer Telecom Italia
11:50 AM	Networking Lunch
12:50 PM	Backhaul Transport Access Architecture Options for LTE & WiMAX *Mobile Operators will be asked to provide their main transport requirements when they will introduce LTE & WIMAX.* *(Continued)* Urban, Sub-Urban, Rural Options and their capacity requirements How is the state of 4G standardization impacting 4G deployment desires/plans? Where and when will LTE (and WiMAX) be deployed – field trials, early commercial deployments, mainstream deployment. Impact on transport of Flat architecture (Xn interface between LTE Node B) Transport options for a Mobile Operator in terms of solutions, technologies and architecture (opportunities and limitation in network applicability) Mw (ptp, ptm) Fiber Managed Services (as evolution of Leased Lines) Shared option Architecture Options and Tradeoffs to be considered: Spoke/Hub Mesh Ring Point-to-Multi-Point Other What is the impact of Femto-Cells to the Backhaul solution? (Increase or decrease backhaul capacity requirements	Bouygues Telecom Mobile Backhaul Requirements for LTE Head of Transport Systems Bouygues Telecom An Evaluation of Future Mobile Networks Backhaul Options Telenor
2:10 PM	Leasing (Managed Services) and Shared Options *How are "Fixed Operators" preparing to support WIMAX/LTE with Managed Services as an evolution of Leased Lines?* How Fixed Operator are preparing for offering Mobile Operator suitable managed services for LTE/WIMAX Possible Managed Services? And their technical description? How are they provided and what they provide? Supporting technologies for providing Managed Services? Ethernet over fiber, xDSL technologies, ..... Managed Service requirements / Service Level Agreements – what is available? Peak data rates Average data rates Quality of Service Security issues Sync issues throughout the entire network Interface issues of Managed Service to Service Provider Networks: between BTS and Service Provider Network between Service Provider Network and RNC Service penetration – actual and expectation (urban, suburban, rural ….)	The Evolution of Backhaul in an LTE and WiMAX Environment Pre-Sales Director MLL Telecom Expanding the reach of fiber backhaul using high capacity licensed 28-30 GHz microwave radios Director, Engineering & Technology Nextlink
3:10 PM	Networking Break
3:40 PM	Leasing (Managed Services) and Shared Options *How are "Fixed Operators" preparing to support WIMAX/LTE with Managed Services as an evolution of Leased Lines?* How Fixed Operator are preparing for offering Mobile Operator suitable managed services for LTE/WIMAX Possible Managed Services? And their technical description? How are they provided and what they provide? Supporting technologies for providing Managed Services? Ethernet over fiber, xDSL technologies, ..... Managed Service requirements / Service Level Agreements – what is available? Peak data rates Average data rates Quality of Service Security issues Sync issues throughout the entire network Interface issues of Managed Service to Service Provider Networks: between BTS and Service Provider Network between Service Provider Network and RNC Service penetration – actual and expectation (urban, suburban, rural ….)	Solution Optimization - Partners, Backhaul & Shared Services Head of Sales & Team Director BT Satellite Backhaul Services for LTE & WiMAX Sr. Manager, Solutions Engineering SES
4:40 PM	Panel Session Carriers & Managed Services	Confirmed: Bouygues Telecom BT Indus Towers India (Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea) Leap Wireless MLL Telecom Nextlink SES Telenor TeliaSonera AB Telecom Italia University of Dresden, Vodafone Chair Vodafone
5:40 PM	Adjourn for Day
6:45 PM gather in hotel lobby bus to depart hotel at 7 PM sharp	Bus leaves for: Dinner - Milan Style	Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
7:00 AM	Breakfast
8:00 AM	Backhaul radio options for micro/mmwave wave TDM/Ethernet Vendor are asked to explain the power of their technologies TDM to Ethernet migration Packet vs Hybrid solutions (pro and cons) Capacity Sync solutions Adaptive modulation solutions Including 70-80 GHz options (Results from trials; functionalities, commercial availability, application scenarios,…) Lower frequency bands with NLOS propagation? (possible opportunities for RAN backhauling?)	Network Systems Suppliers Backhaul Radio Options for Micro/mmwave Wave TDM/Ethernet CTO/META Alcatel-Lucent Microwave Packet Transport Head of Microwave System Product Management Nokia Siemens Networks Mobile Backhaul Evolution toward LTE Ericsson Title TBA Portfolio Mgr. & Business Development NEC Backhaul Considerations for WiMAX & LTE Director, Product Management Broadband Access Solutions Motorola
10:30 AM	Networking Break
11:00 AM	Backhaul radio options for micro/mmwave wave TDM/Ethernet *(continued)*	Microwave Radio Suppliers TDM to Ethernet Migration Towards LTE Over a Microwave Transport Solutions Marketing Manager Ceragon Wireless Ethernet Backhaul Network Architecture Solution which can be equally applied to either WiMax or LTE CTO VP-Engineering & Co-founder Dragon Wave High Data Rate, Low Cost Ethernet Backhaul for Pico/Micro Cells VP, Marketing & Business Dev. Redline Communications
12:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Backhaul radio options for micro/mmwave wave TDM/Ethernet *(continued)*	Millimeterwave Radio Suppliers Minimizing Backhaul TCO Using 80 GHz Links VP Infrastructure Solutions Bridgewave The Benefits of Advanced Networking Capabilities while Reducing the Backhaul Cost Burden for the 3G/LTE Deployment Using mmWave Technology CTO Siklu Communications
2:30 PM	Enabling Technologies IP Traffic Management Network Planning Tools Chip Set solutions for microwave and mmwave radios Materials and packaging for high frequency radios	End to End Traffic Classification to Determine Bursty vs Streaming Traffic per User for Intelligent Network Management President and CEO Velocent Designing Your Backhaul Network With Future Proof Microwave Planning Software Sr. Product Engineer Comsearch
3:30 PM	Networking Break
4:00 PM	Enabling Technologies *(continued)*	PTFE Composites - Designed for Excellence in High Frequency/High Speed Applications Technical Sales Manager Taconic Point-to-Point Transceiver and MMIC Chipsets for 4G Backhaul Networks VP, Marketing & Bus. Development Endwave
5:00 PM	CLOSING PANEL Panel session, OEMs and Operators Industry leaders will be asked to recap the extent to which the workshop has addressed their wish lists.	Host, Operators and Managed Service Providers Confirmed: Bouygues Telecom BT Indus Towers India (Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea) Leap Wireless MLL Telecom Nextlink SES Telenor TeliaSonera AB Telecom Italia University of Dresden, Vodafone Chair Vodafone
5:45 PM	TakeAways & Closing Remarks
6:15 PM	Adjourn
7:30 PM	*Dinner (Dutch)** * = in this context, Dutch is a term which means that each person will be responsible for their own dinner costs.	For those who desire to join us, we get together to enjoy good friends, good food, good wine and [really] bad jokes
Friday, January 30, 2009
7:45 AM gather in hotel lobby 8:00 AM Bus to depart - sharp	Tour: Jabil Circuit - Wireless Technology Assembly Factory Note: Restrictions may apply. Tour attendance subject to approval. *Contact IWPC for Details.*	Bus Transportation provided from and to hotel.