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NEW    –    International Wireless Packaging Consortium
Interactive Technical Workshop

 

Limited to 100 seats
First Registered, First Served

 

 

 


 

Basestation Coverage Enhancement Equipment

Low Cost, Easily Implemented Solutions

Repeaters, In-building Coverage Extenders,
Smart Antennas, Software Defined Radios, Superconductor Subsystems

&
Tour of
Sprint PCS Network Operations Center 

 

Hosted by:  Sprint PCS  

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

March 4-7, 2003  

 

Doubletree Hotel
Overland Park at Corporate Woods
10100 College Blvd.
Overland Park, KS  66210
Phone: 913-451-6100

Fax: 913-451-3873

 

 

 

Organized by the International Wireless Packaging Consortium

 

Click HERE to Register for Workshop

 

Moderated by
Don Brown, Director, IWPC
and
Rene Douville, Technical Director, IWPC

 

Tuesday, March 4

7:00 PM

Social and Networking 

Reception & Registration

 

Wednesday, March 5

7:00 AM

Breakfast & Registration

 

8:00 AM

Opening Remarks

 

8:15 AM  

Introductions

Each person will be asked to introduce him/herself and share how they can contribute to this process

9:00 AM

Keynote Presentation and Other Service Providers

 

·        Challenges and opportunities for equipment suppliers and their supply chains

·        Broad Industry Issues and Business and Market Perspectives 

·        What features and capabilities would service operators like to see?

  • Smart Antennas

  • Software Defined Radio

  • Repeaters and In-building Extenders

  • Mini/Micro/Pico Stations

 

·        What are the main parameters considered when assessing equipment options for Cellular Infrastructure?

·        What are the considerations in balancing use of Cellular/ Micro/Mini/Pico Stations and Repeaters?

·        How will the needs of 3G affect these options?

·        How do operators see this technology interacting with WLAN buildout?

·        What is the impact on the backhaul requirements?

·        What are the features of handsets that significantly affect the basestations?

 

Neutral Hosts and Tower Site Managers

·        What are the roles of Neutral Hosts?

·        What are their equipment needs?

·        How can they reduce the operating costs of Licensed Spectrum Holders and improve coverage and capacity?

·        Is tower sharing practical or realistic?

 

 

Title TBD

Tom Crook

Director, Wireless Technology Development

and

Mark Yarkosky

Air Interface Manager,
New Technologies Development

Sprint PCS

 

A Neutral Host's View of Coverage Enhancement

Ted Abrams
VP Technology
Spectrasite Communications

 

 

Other Licensed Spectrum Holders AND TOWER OPERATORS Confirmed Attending

  • Bell Mobility

  • Nextel

  • Telus Mobility

  • Crown Castle

 

 

 

10:00 AM

BREAK  

 

10:30 AM

Panel and Open Interactive Discussions

Additional Licensed Spectrum Service Providers, Neutral Hosts and Tower Operators will be given the opportunity to clarify their needs, requirements and views and will engage in a panel session where the audience is invited to ask questions and they will be given the opportunity to ask each other and the audience questions.

 

Sprint, Additional LICENSED SPECTRUM Service Providers,

  • Sprint 

  • Bell Mobility

  • Nextel

  • Telus Mobility

 

Neutral Hosts and Tower Site Managers 

  • Crown Castle

  • Spectrasite

 

11:30 AM

 NETWORKING LUNCH

 

12:30 PM

 

Basestation, Repeater and In-Building Equipment Makers

 

·        The focus will be to simplify and drive solutions that:

  • can be implemented quickly 

  • that do not impact the cell site significantly

  • are cost effective and easy to implement

 

Systems to be Addressed

  • Basestation Architectures

  • Mini/Micro/Pico stations 

  • Repeaters and coverage extenders

  • Indoor coverage extension

 

 

Capacity and Coverage Enhancement Techniques and considerations for 2G and 3G BTS Operators 

Matt Conrod 

Product Line Manager
CDMA Base Station Solutions

Nortel Networks

 

Ericsson In-Building Solutions

Tony Sandberg
Ericsson

 

CDMA Zone Enhancers 

Ralph Olds
President
Digital Communications, Inc.

 

Subscriber-Centric Coverage Solutions

Mike Roper
Vice President, Product Development

SpotWave Wireless

 

Title TBD 

Jeff Vann 

Product Line Manager
EMS Wireless

 

Other OEMs Registered

  • Lucent

  • Motorola

  • Alcatel

 

2:00 PM

Panel And Open Interactive Discussions

The Basestation, Repeater and In-Building Equipment Makers will engage in a panel session where they will be given the opportunity to clarify their needs, requirements and views.  The audience is invited to ask questions and they will be given the panelists will have the opportunity to ask each other and the audience questions.

 

Speakers from Base Station and Repeater Equipment Makers

3:00 PM  

NETWORKING BREAK

 

3:30 PM

Major Subsystem Equipment Makers

 

Major Subsystems to be Addressed

  • Smart antennas

  • Pattern control for enhanced coverage

  • Tower mounted electronics

  • Superconductor solutions

  • Software Defined Radio

  • Handset performance features which have strong impact on systems

  • Improvements in High power systems

 

Easily Integrated Smart Antenna Systems 

Jerry Kirshman 

Manager, System Sales
L-3 Communications Narda

 

Protected Sensitivity using Superconductor
Solutions in Wireless Networks 

Mike Eddy 

Vice President, Marketing
Superconductor Technologies Inc

 

Growth of Software Defined Radios in the Base Station 

Francois Luneau 

Director of Projects
Radical Horizon

 

Designing, Enhancing, Optimizing and Predicting Performance of Advanced Wireless Networks

Dr. Leonhard Korowajczuk

CTO

CelPlan

 

4:45 PM

Open Interactive Discussions

ALL PARTICIPANTS

5:30 PM

Adjourn  

 

6:30 PM

 

Dinner and Entertainment

Kansas City Style  

 

 

Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel

 

Thursday, March 6

 

7:00 AM

Breakfast

 

 

 

8:00 AM

Enabling Technology Providers

 

 

Advances In Electronics Design and Packaging For Coverage Enhancement and Repeater Applications

  • Basestation and Repeater Antennas

  • Receiver/Transmitter Modules

  • Software Defined Radio ICs and Modules

  • Superconducting Technologies

  • Power amplifier devices

  • Linearization techniques and electronics

  • Switching and tuning elements

  • High Speed A/D technology

  • Environmental management

  • New RF materials

  • EMI/EMC Techniques

  • Testing and assembly issues

  • Cables and connectors 

   

 

Digital-RF for Wireless Systems 

Jack Rosa 

President & CEO
Hypres

 

A Novel Approach to RF/Microwave Antenna Materials 

Chet Guiles
Director, New Business Dev
elopment

Materials for Electronics

Arlon 

 

Lightning Protection, PIM, and Other FUD-An Overview

Art Peltier

VP Engineering

PolyPhaser Corp

 

BaseStation Performance and Reliability Issues - Thermal, Electromagnetic, and Electrical

John Mosko

Wireless Segment Leader

W.L. Gore & Associates

 

Designing EMI Shielding for Basestation Environmental Needs

Arki Pawlowych
Product Development Engineer

Laird Technologies

 

Cables and Connectivity- Installability, Reliability, Service Life and the Lowest Lifecycle Cost

Kerry Downer

Director of Marketing

Commscope

 

 

 

10:00 AM   

BREAK

 

 

 

10:15 AM

Enabling Technology Providers
(Cont'd)
 

 

The Impact of Higher Power Handset PAs on System Performance

Dr. Jean-Pierre Lanteri
Director, Technology

M/A-COM, Tyco 

 

Enabling IC Technology for Software Defined Radios

Scott Behrhorst
Director of Marketing 
Wireless Infrastructure

Analog Devices 

 

Next Generation Basestation Architectures and Components

Greg Baker

Vice President, Engineering/Marketing

Sirenza Microdevices

 

Applications of CMOS Technology For Basestation Integration And Cost
Reduction

David G. Wick
Marketing And Sales Manager

Standard Products

Honeywell Solid State Electronics 

 

Picking Perfect Power Packaging: Harder Than It Sounds

John Roman

CTO

RJR Polymers Inc.

 

 

 

12:00 PM

 LUNCH

 

 

 

12:30 PM

Set Up Break Out Sessions Working Groups

 

Questions to be answered:

 

1.  What are the gaps in:

Technology ?

Communication ?

 

2.  What is needed from the supply chain to address these gaps ?

 

3.  What can IWPC do to assist ?

The group will interactively discuss and identify opportunities for future fruitful development.

 

We will break into small working groups and allow members to interact with like and no-so-like minded professionals.

 

The goal of this process is to clarify the needs and identify new opportunities for development.

 

Each working group will identify a leader and at the end, the leader will make a short presentation on the findings and conclusions of their group. 

 

 

1:00 PM 

Breakout Sessions

 

 

 

4:00 PM 

Breakout Session Reports

Each Working Group Leader will make a 10 minute presentation to summarize the Wish List Items and Conclusions of his/her working group. 

 

Group will come together and have an interactive discussion to exchange and challenge ideas presented by working group leaders.

 

This process dramatically expands the thinking of the attendees.

 

 

5:00 PM

Take Aways & Closing Remarks

 

 

 

5:30 PM  

Adjourn  

 

 

 

 

 Dinner (Dutch) 

 

  For those who desire to join us, we get together to enjoy good friends, good food, good wine and [really] bad jokes

 

 

Friday, March 7

 

 

9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon

Tour of Sprint PCS Network Operations Center 

 

Bus Transportation provided from and to hotel

 

                 

 

 

ATTENDANCE

IWPC Interactive Technical Workshops, available to IWPC members only (2 persons per IWPC Member Company), unlike traditional conferences and workshops, are highly interactive and are attended by senior technology and business leaders who make a commitment to cooperate to forward advanced packaging technology.

 

DEADLINE FOR HANDOUT MATERIALS

Deadline for electronic version of handout materials:  February 25, 2003.

 

COSTS

ALL attendees AND pre-approved guests will be asked to cover out of pocket workshop costs such as food, entertainment, booklet copying, audio/visual costs, etc. 
We estimate that these costs will be approximately $395. (US) per person.
(final cost to be determined as we get closer to the actual workshop date)

 

Attendees AND pre-approved guests will be asked to pay this fee in advance with either Visa, Mastercard, American Express, cash, personal check or business check.

 

Make checks payable to IWPC.

 

HOTEL

We have blocked 25 rooms at the 

 

Doubletree Hotel
Overland Park at Corporate Woods
10100 College Blvd.
Overland Park, KS  66210
Phone: 913-451-6100

Fax: 913-451-3873

 

  at a Conference Room Rate of $89. single/double occupancy.

 

Please call the hotel before February 18, 2003  to make your reservations at this rate.  

 

After February 18, 2003 the hotel will release the un-reserved rooms and you may be charged full hotel rates.

 

AUDIO VISUAL

All projector formats will be available for the speakers.  

·         Computer projector  

·         Overhead projector  

In addition, we plan to audiotape all presentations and the interactive discussions. This tape will be transcribed and made available to all IWPC members.

 

BUSINESS CARDS

Business cards will be collected at the door from all attendees. We will make copies of these cards, which will be available to all who provided a business card.

 

DRESS

Business casual suggested.    No ties, please !!

 

HANDOUT MATERIALS

 

It is our intention to prepare a handout booklet. We propose its contents be as follows:

For ALL IWPC members:  

 

All IWPC members are invited to submit a maximum of 4 pages of materials to include in this handout booklet. These pages should NOT BE SALES MATERIALS. Rather, we suggest it contain technical information about your technology as it relates to the workshop topics.

For all companies who will be making a presentation at the Workshop:  

 

You are invited to submit an advance copy of your presentation, complete with graphics and illustrations.

This booklet will be copied and handed out at the workshop and included in the IWPC Web site.  

Please submit these materials either by email, as a Word for Windows file or Power Point files.  

Please send materials to:

[email protected]
or

[email protected]

 

or by snail mail to:

IWPC

610 Louis Drive, Suite 301

Warminster, PA  18974      USA

If your file is larger than 3 MB, please use  
http://www.zixit.com

 

Call or email Don Brown for instructions on how to use
zixit.com

 

 

Click HERE to Register for Workshop