WORKSHOP BACKGROUND

Broadband services are rapidly being deployed worldwide with some countries such as South Korea already reporting as much as 73% adoption. Others such as the US and Canada have already reached the 20-30% penetration level.

Delivery of such services by Ku and Ka-Band Satellite VSATs (Very Small Aperture Terminals) is an attractive option particularly where the deployment of terrestrial systems is not already widespread or fully implemented. However, for VSATs to offer an attractive and competitive option, the total cost of ownership—CAPEX and OPEX—must be minimized.

There appears to be an increasing readiness to move towards standards based solutions, and the most notable, DVB-RCS, DOCSIS and IPoS systems are being deployed.

The challenge is for there to be industry agreement on the tradeoffs between standards, performance, total cost of ownership and markets.

This workshop is designed to bring the whole supply chain together to address these tradeoffs and attempt to identify a meaningful path forward.

WORKSHOP GOAL

IWPC, its members and hosts will explore the technology and applications for broadband satellite systems, equipment and services.

The GOAL of this workshop is to:

Give insight and understanding of broadband service delivery by VSAT 

and 

To explore options for reducing the cost and increasing the competitiveness of such terminals and services. 

and

To explore the relative roles of the various players in the VSAT Supply chain.

Reception, Tuesday, June 21 2005

7:00 PM

Registration, 
Social and Networking Reception

At Hotel

Wednesday June 22, 2005

7:30 AM

Breakfast & Registration

8:30 AM

Opening Remarks

IWPC Staff

8:45 AM

Introductions

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

Operators' Perspectives

9:30 AM

HOST KEYNOTES 

• Carrier’s perspective on total cost of ownership

• Target Markets and Applications

• Usage scenarios

• System overview

• System trade-offs

• Expected performance and cost targets for terminals

• Standards Issues and regulatory aspects

• Comparison to and commonalities with other broadband satellite systems

The Market of Broadband- Worldwide Scenario for Broadband Services

Mauro Di Crescenzo

Senior Marketing Manager

Telespazio

Title TBD (Market perspectives) 

Robert Feierbach

Executive Director

SkyLogic

10:30 AM

NETWORKING BREAK

HOST KEYNOTES 

Cont'd

Evolutionary Guidelines for the Design of Satellite Terminals in Ku/Ka-Band:

Expressing the Satellite Service Operator Viewpoint

Dr. Giuliano Marcelli

Program Manager

Multimedia & Networks

Telespazio

Technical Overview and VSAT Requirements

Elisabeth Weller

Network Mission Coordinator

Eutelsat

12:00 AM

OTHER VIEWS

• Experience with the Ka-Band Italsat system

• Perspectives of Service Retailers and Distributors

Title TBD (Italsat Experience and Recommendations)

Presenter TBD

Italian Space Agency

Other Satellite Carriers Present

• Telesat

12:30 PM

 NETWORKING LUNCH

2:00 PM

PANEL

KEYNOTE, service providers and SPACE AGENCIES

Previous speakers and other Operators present 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.

Speakers

Plus

Other Service Providers Present

EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS

MAJOR SUBSYSTEM PROVIDERS

Key subsystems

• Power amplifiers

• Low noise receivers/downconverters

• MODEMs

• Antenna subassemblies/phase arrays

ODU/Antenna

John Cole (TBC)
Director Product Line
Andrew Corp.
 

High Integration Drives VSAT Terminal Cost Down

Dan Ammar

Vice President Engineering and CTO

Xytrans

4:00 PM

NETWORKING BREAK

4:30 PM

MAJOR SUBSYSTEM PROVIDERS

(CONT'D)

Wes Littlefield

VP, Satcom Development

Hypres

5:15 PM

Adjourn

7:30 PM

Dinner

Roman Feast

Compliments of Eutelsat

Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel compliments of Eutelsat

Thursday, June 23, 2005

7:30 AM

BREAKFAST

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY Supplier Session

8:30 AM

VSAT OEM VIEWS

• What will the economics be from the perspectives of the OEMs?

• How will the OEMs adopt the technology- from outside suppliers or only proprietary internal development?

• What are the critical design aspects of the Indoor and Outdoor units?

• What would terminal OEMs like to see the satellite operators do that would allow cost reduction?

• How do the terminal manufacturers design to minimize installation and maintenance costs?

• What do the OEMs see as possible tradeoffs between service provider OPEX reduction versus CAPEX investment?

• What components or technologies do the OEMs see as critical to cost reduction?

• How can satcom terminals profit by other technologies?

• What are the options, consequences and implications of Fixed vs.  Transportable vs. Mobile solutions?

• What criteria do VSAT OEMs use to specify system performance?

• What are the views of VSAT OEMs towards the various standards and frequency regulations and their impacts on terminals design?

Some VSAT terminal parameters/issues to be covered:

• Life Cycle costs

• Maintenance Issues

• Performance and Coverage Requirements

• Growth Potential

• Conversion Issues

• Installation Constraints- Is self installation a viable alternative?

• Power Requirements

• Conversion Options

• Testing and Conformance

The New Generation of Broadband Satellite Terminals: Key Factors That Might Unlock the Mass Market

Maurizio Caruso

Director of Marketing and Business Development,

Hughes Network Systems Europe

Emerging Ku and Ka Band VSAT Technologies for Low-Cost User Terminals

Guillermo Bosch

Regional Manager - Western Europe

Viasat

Key Factors for Satellite Broadband Success

Jacques Decroix

Broadband Product Manager

System & Network Division

Alcatel Space

Creating Cost Effective Ku/Ka Band Network Solutions

Paul Richardson

Operations Director

Spacebridge Division 

Advantech

10:30 AM  

NETWORKING BREAK

PANEL

VSAT OEMs

Previous speakers and other terminal suppliers present 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.

Previous VSAT Speakers

Noon

 NETWORKING LUNCH

Enabling Technology Providers

Key enabling technologies

• Switching elements and devices

• MMIC devices and millimeterwave suppliers

  • Tradeoffs of GaAs Integration vs packaging Integration?

  • Availability of high power and low noise chips

• Substrates and integrated packaging

• Tuning elements and adjustment Techniques

• Passive reflector/feed advances

• Shielding and EMI Control

• Environmental and Hermeticity

• Assembly and Test Methods

• Power conditioning, efficiency and distribution

• Thermal management

• Filters and muxes 

• Interconnects and Cabling

Miniaturized Ku/Ka-Band SSPAs VSAT Applications

Mario Tamburello

Sophia Wireless, Compelet

Cost-Effective High Power Amplifier Solutions for Ku- & Ka-band VSAT - a GaAs MMIC Manufacturer's Viewpoint 

Markus Behet

Marketing Manager

GaAS Products, Wireless Projects

TriQuint Semiconductor GmbH

Surface Mount Packaged MMIC: An Approach to Lowering the Cost

Pierre Quentin
Product Marketing Manager
United Monolithic Semiconductors
 

Innovative Low-Cost Millimeterwave Circuit and Packaging Technologies

Steve Layton

VP of Sales

Endwave

Electrically Conductive Adhesives for a Reliable and Cost Effective Assembly of High Frequency Modules

Jochen Schuermans

Market Manager,

Emerson&Cuming

3:45 PM

 NETWORKING BREAK

CLOSING PANEL

Host Panel session

The hosts will be asked to recap the extent to which the workshop has addressed their wish lists.

• Have we answered your questions? 

• Do you now have better insight into the tradeoffs and values for the different options? 

• What gaps do you see and what should be done to address these gaps? (Communications and Technology) 

• What can the IWPC do to help move this process forward?

Hosts 

4:45 PM

Member Take Aways & Closing Remarks

And

What Can the IWPC Do To Help the Industry Move Forward?

5:30 PM

Adjourn

7:00 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, June 24, 2005

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Tour 
Telespazio Fucino Satellite Terminal Facility

DEADLINE FOR HANDOUT MATERIALS

Deadline for electronic version of handout materials: 

Friday, June 10, 2005

COSTS/REGISTRATION FEE

ALL Hosts, Speakers, Panel Members and Attendees will be asked to cover out of pocket workshop costs such as conference room costs, food (Social Reception plus First Day breakfast/lunch/dinner plus Second Day breakfast/lunch plus 4 Breaks), booklet copying, audio/visual costs, etc.

We estimate that these costs will be $895. (USD) per person. (For IWPC Members, only.)

ALL Hosts, Speakers, Panel Members and Attendees 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

Hotel Villa Pamphili

Via Della Nocetta 105

Rome, Italy  00164

Phone: +39-06-6602

Fax: +39-06-66157747

Email:  congressi@hotelvillapamphili.com

Please contact the hotel directly for reservations.  Mention the IWPC room block rate of 

Single room               Euro 148,00

Double room              Euro  175,00

Cut-off date for reservations is June 10, 2005.  After that date rooms cannot be guaranteed at the IWPC rate.

AUDIO VISUAL

A Computer Projector will be available for the speakers.  

 In addition, we audiotape all presentations and the interactive discussions.  Post workshop, presentations are made available to IWPC Members on the IWPC WEB site, along with “movies” of all presentations and panel sessions.

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

IWPC prepares a handout binder with ALL presentation materials delivered to the IWPC on or before the deadline.

For ALL IWPC members:

All IWPC members are invited to submit a maximum of 4 pages of materials to include in this handout binder. 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.

These materials 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, Power Point files or PDF files.

Please send electronic materials (any size file) to:
manager@iwpc.net

or by snail mail to:
IWPC
610 Louis Drive, Suite 301
Warminster, PA  18974  USA

 

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