Workshop Background:

Next generation wireless Basestation equipment will provide dramatic reduction both CAPEX and OPEX for network Operators while increasing data rates to support broadband services demanded by subscribers. This working group, created in December 2008 in response to Carrier request, was established overcome one of the major inhibitors preventing the deployment of this next generation equipment: concerns about reliability.

 

Workshop Goals:

The IWPC Tower Top Electronics Reliability Working Group (TTER) brings together wireless industry experts to create a reference guide including:

• An objective, commercial, reliability test protocol; specifically designed for “electronics up the mast.”
   

• A common, relevant library of prediction tools that correlate to industry experienced failure rates.
   

• A process for collection and sharing of industry data to help “raise the bar” on the reliability of Tower Top Electronics experienced by network operators.
   

• AND – move the IWPC’s Tower Top Electronics Reliability (TTER) Working Group activities forward.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

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, October 29, 2010

7:00 AM

Breakfast

8:00 AM

to

Noon

IWPC Tower Top Electronics Reliability

Working Group MEETING

• How do we close the loop? What are the next steps?

• Feedback from the supply chain

• How do we socialize the documents to drive acceptance?

• Looking at whole site as system and reliability as a whole, can we create any tools for OEMs or other companies to provide this reliability?

Agenda

• Introduction of Working Group
   

• Review of Current Documents/Processes

  • Test Methods for Reliability

  • Reliability Prediction

  • Data Collection and Explanation
     

• Discussion: Possible other Areas of Focus

  • Installation Best Practices

  • Moving to Fiber-Lessons Learned from FTTH, etc.?
     

• Task Force Break-out Groups

  • Test Methods for Reliability

  • Reliability Prediction

  • Data Collection

  • Installation Best Practices

  • Other Groups to be announced
     

• Break-Out Reports
   

• Next Steps for TTER Working Group

1:00 PM

Tour of

US Cellular Network Operations Center (NOC) and Datacenter
 

Note:  Restrictions may apply--
tour attendance subject to US Cellular's approval

Bus Transportation provided from and to hotel. 

Bus to depart from the hotel at 1:00 pm and return back to the hotel approximately 3:30 pm

COSTS/REGISTRATION FEE:

There is NO cost to anyone to Register for this Working Group Session IF they have registered for one or both of the workshops:

Implementing Highly Efficient, Highly Linear, Broadband (>100 MHz)
Power Amplifier Device & Sub-System Technologies

 

and/or

 

Improving Tower Top Electronics Reliability

 

Please notify the IWPC Office if you wish to participate, by clicking HERE.

HOTEL:

Westin Chicago Northwest
400 Park Boulevard
Itasca, IL  60143
1-630-773-4000
1-888-627-8510

Please contact the hotel directly for reservations. Mention the IWPC room block rate of $125.00 single occupancy.

You can also make your hotel reservations on-line at:

http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/IWPC

Cut-off date for reservations is Friday, October 8, 2010.   After that date rooms cannot be guaranteed at the IWPC rate.

The Westin Chicago Northwest is located just 12 miles from O'Hare International Airport.

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 !!

Click HERE to Register