Workshop Background

A key cost element for Cellular Service providers in that of maintenance and OPEX.  

As new technologies emerge for repair, maintenance or updating, they often are incompatible with existing and established implementations or require significant and costly rework or renegotiation of agreements with site management companies. Service providers must look to ensure maximum reuse of existing facilities.

A major component of OPEX is that of energy costs.  Equipment improvements which offer improved efficiency while minimizing disruption in existing facilities are desired. Possible areas to be examined which offer potential for this include power amplifiers, tower mounted electronics, lower cost backhaul and techniques for reducing the wind, weight and real estate demands on towers and cell sites. 

If your business is anywhere in the supply chain for future infrastructure equipment, you MUST actively participate in this unique IWPC Interactive Technical Workshop.

Workshop Goal

The GOAL of this workshop, the seventh in a series, is to bring together senior leaders from THE ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN to facilitate and stimulate breakthrough thinking on emerging technologies and manufacturing methods which, when coupled with market needs and timings, and key system cost drivers, can substantially drive down the cost of the RF hardware and operating expenses associated with base stations. 

In short, the goal of this workshop is to create an open, interactive environment, where the entire supply chain can communicate, network, share technology requirements and capabilities, and achieve mutually desired goals.

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

7:00 PM

Social and Networking 

Reception & Registration

Hilton Watford

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

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

REQUIREMENTS AND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS OFFERED

Keynote service provider view

OVERVIEW

	Overview of Cellular Networks and Components
	Economics- CAPEX vs OPEX
	Overview of OPEX Contributors Energy costs Site fees and key factors Backhaul options and fees Repair and Maintenance
	What would a few degree raise in operating temperature of the equipment mean to energy consumption and maintenance costs?
	What do equipment suppliers have to understand when presenting new technological solutions for basestations?
	Perceptions of new technologies and their implications Tower Top Electronics SDR Reconfigurable Radios and Smart Antennas Broadband Service Delivery
	What are the service providers views of the OBSAI and CPRI initiatives?
	Update on 2, 2.5, 3G Plans and Issues
	Current status of networks and plans for 3G rollout, interoperability, and forward interworking with WLAN systems

The Importance of and Opportunities for High OPEX Reduction

Phil Cornforth

Head of RAN Platform Design

Radio Systems

T-Mobile

Other service provider views

PA’s for 3G Basestations

Tony Conlan

UTRAN Vendor Manager

O2

How Do We Make Money on a $5 ARPU Customer and How Do We Get There?

Hans Haugli

CEO

Telenor R&D

 

Other Operators Present

Vodafone

10:20 AM

BREAK  

PANEL

KEYNOTE AND USER COMMUNITY

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.

SYSTEM OEM SUPPLIER OPTIONS for OPEX REDUCTION

CPRI-Based Economics of Tower Top Electronics

Werner Korte

Senior Vice President, UMTS Line of Business

Siemens Mobile Networks

Dual Approach to OPEX Savings

Christian Hedelin

Director Technical Sales Support

Ericsson

Present

	Huawei
	Motorola

Nokia

12:00 PM

 NETWORKING LUNCH

MAJOR SUBSYSTEM SUPPLIER OPTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES

What equipment do OEMs and/or subsystem suppliers recommend for updating existing systems and networks to reduce OPEX. Power Amplifier techniques for improving efficiency or increasing linearity of existing basestation amplifiers Antenna Systems for lowering wind loading, weight and tower real estate Tower Top Electronics which reduce power consumption while not compromising real estate and maintenance costs Backhaul System/Service options and tradeoffs for reduced OPEX.

	What are the implications for operating expenses? Field operations Installation Maintenance Repair Servicing Energy Consumption
	What are the CAPEX implications?
	What are the objectives and the status of the OBSAI and CPRI?
	What is the status of Tower Mounting of  Electronics and can they be used to reduce CAPEX and OPEX on existing systems?  If not, why not?
	What are some techniques for extending/enhancing coverage?
	Will the principals apply to Picocell, Microcell and Repeater Terminals?
	What are the implications for integrating 802.16/802.20 services?
	What are the implications of systems for remote location of RF towers (Hotelling)?

Opportunities for OPEX Reduction in the Radio Access Network: Meeting the Challenge

Danny Arison

Vice President, Strategic Marketing

Powerwave

CAPEX vs Efficiency: The Search for the 'Sweet Spot' 

Peter Kenington

Director Advanced Technology

Andrew Corporation

The Potential for Reducing Operational Expenditure in UMTS Network Through the Use of Remote Radio Heads 

Simon Mellor

VP EMEA Sales and Marketing

Remec

PANEL OF MAJOR EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS

• System OEMs

• Power Amplifiers

• Tower Top Electronics

Speakers from previous session 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.

BREAK

basestation Site SUPPLIERS' VIEWS and backhaul Supply options for opex reduction

	What are the site suppliers views and recommendations for updating existing systems and networks to reduce OPEX.
	What are the implications for operating expenses? Field operations Installation Maintenance Repair Servicing Energy Consumption/Costs
	What are the CAPEX implications?
	Backhaul Options and Tradeoffs for low OPEX.
	What are the objectives and the status of the OBSAI and CPRI for site operators and Basestation hoteliers?
	What is the status of Tower Mounting of  Electronics and can they be used to reduce CAPEX and OPEX on existing systems?  If not, why not?
	What are the implications of systems for remote location of RF towers (Hotelling)?

Taking the Backache out of Backhaul

Martin Rolls

Head of Mobility Messaging

BT Wholesale

Access and Core Point To Point Terrestrial Radio for the Provision of Backhaul in the UK

Paul Woolridge

Team Leader/Access Tech.

BT Wholesale

OPEX and "Cost of Ownership"--Reducing Features in Microwave Backhaul Networks

Christophe Decaen

Business Development Manager

Harris Corp.

Minimizing Network Costs Through Strategic Collocation

Ted Abrams

VP/Technology

Spectrasite

4:45 PM

PANEL or OPEN DISCUSSION 

basestation Site SUPPLIERS' and backhaul Suppliers VIEWS 

Speakers from previous session 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.

5:30 PM

Adjourn  

7:00 PM

Dinner 

London Style  

Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel

Thursday, September 23 , 2004

7:00 AM

Breakfast  

ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES

Antennas and Antenna Subsystems Suppliers

Antenna suppliers will address ways to help:

	Reduce the amount of tower real estate required
	Reduce the wind loading
	Reduce the weight loading on the tower
	Maximize/improve coverage Tilting Steering Pattern shaping Antenna sharing

Contribution of Advanced Antenna Systems to OPEX Reduction:  Principles and Applications

Patrick Nobileau

VP Base Station Antennas

Radio Frequency Systems France

Antennas For More Efficient Usage of Tower Real Estate

Norbert Ephan

Senior Project Manager

Electrical Development GE

Kathrein Werke KG

Enabling Technologies

	Thermal Mounting Techniques
	Cabling and connectors
	Semiconductor Device technologies
	Cabinet assembly and temperature control
	Packaging technologies
	Environmental and lightning protection
	Material options
	Testing and diagnostics
	Shielding
	Design Tools
	Others

Survival and Service of Distributed Tower Top Electronics

Art Peltier

VP Engineering

PolyPhaser Corporation

Silicon LDMOS RF Power Devices and Packages for Wireless Infrastructure

Dr. Peter Gammel
CTO

RF Power Products
Agere Systems

Application of High Voltage HBT Technology to Improve Base Station Efficiency

Mike Sanna

Vice President, Business Development

TriQuint

10:00 AM  

NETWORKING BREAK

10:20 AM

Enabling Technologies

(Cont'd)

Use of BeO in High Powered

Applications

Lee Vandermark
Sales & Marketing Manager

Brush Ceramic Products

Cooling The System: How Can We Move that Heat?

Alfred Gahse
Product Manager

WL Gore

Adaptive Digital Predistortion and Hybrid Transceiver Design and Test for 3G Radios

         Tim Masson

Wireless Application Engineer

Agilent

A Look at Life Cycle Cost: Transmission Line Impact on Network Design, Installation, Operating Expenses and Long Term Reliability

Alan Walp

Vice President Wireless

Commscope

 LUNCH

1:00 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.