IWPC Workshop - In Building Networks, April 2011

Workshop Background: Wireless in-building coverage poses a constant challenge for cellular carriers. Considering the high percentage of initiated connections made from within the home, office and other indoor venues and with demand for mobile broadband increasing, the issue of reliable in-building service becomes even more crucial. Building on the highly successful MIMO Distributed Antenna Systems – DAS, Remote Radios and Repeaters event hosted by Verizon Wireless, this highly interactive workshop will consider the complete range of technology and architectural solutions and promises to be the event not to miss for in-building professionals across the Radio Access ecosystem. Incorporating a broad spectrum of technology and service viewpoints, IWPC’s In-Building Networks workshop will look beyond the hype around any one technology and explore the real issues driving development and deployment of in-building solutions for wireless voice and broadband services.
Workshop Goals: The comprehensive, 2 day workshop will provide first hand insight and real experience from leading carriers, equipment vendors and technology innovators, enabling participants to develop deep understanding, new relationships and expert knowledge. Lively debate and open discussion is encouraged to flush out the real facts. Members will hear and discuss the strategies leading carriers are employing as they set out and implement their in-building deployment strategies for: Femtocells, Microcells and Picocells Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) Remote Radios and Repeaters WiFi Backhaul Our aim is to share experience gained from first movers who have implemented specific technologies and architectures and understand challenges that need to be overcome. You will be able to discuss and debate architectural choices, deployment considerations and technology milestones with key decision makers, analysts and innovators

Monday, April 4, 2011
1:00 pm	TOUR Registration	At Hotel
1:45 pm Bus departs return to hotel around 4:00 PM	Tour AT&T In-Building Network Installation at Austin Convention Center Subject to AT&T Approval Some restrictions may apply	Bus transportation provided to/from Hotel
7:00 PM	Social and Networking Reception & Registration	At Hotel - Lady Bird Lake Room
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
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 What are the challenges, requirements and issues for the industry? Understanding how the user performance demands and technical requirements for mobile broadband will impact in-building solutions. Identifying the key challenges of integrating in-building solutions into the legacy macro network Highlighting fundamental requirements and constraints in deploying cost-effective in-building services: Interference Management Cellular / WiFi Solutions Backhaul and RAN planning Traffic offload Exploring macro and small cell architectures and deployment strategies, highlighting key interference concerns Installation economics Network management	In-Building Networks Executive Director, Radio Technology AT&T Wireless
9:30 AM	Carrier Requirements & Case Studies Carrier Requirements & Case Studies Determining in-building alternatives to meet coverage and capacity demands Assessing the choices available to carriers and the advantages and shortcomings of specific in-building strategies and technologies: Microcells, Picocells, Femtocells Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) Remote Radios and Repeaters WiFi Offload	In-Building Wireless Carrier Requirements and Case Studies Mgr., DAS Business Development AT&T
10:10 AM	Networking Break
10:50 AM	Carrier Requirements & Case Studies (Continued)	In-Building Networks MTS-RF Maint. & Eng. Verizon Wireless WiFi Solutions and Requirements Ass't VP, IT AT&T
12:10 PM	Networking Lunch
1:10 PM	Building Owners Session Vertical Markets In Building Wireless for Healthcare - how to create a medical grade wireless utility	The Medical Grade Wireless Utility Senior Vice President West Wireless Health Institute
1:50 PM	OEM Solutions Femtocells, Microcells and Picocells, Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), Remote Radios, Repeaters and WiFi Exploring optimized indoor repeater systems in order to maximize in-building penetration and prevent increased interference Assessing advances in DAS for indoor mobile broadband services – considering, business case, CAPEX and OPEX – comparing costs and technical efficiencies. Reviewing design processes and parameters – fiber, active, passive and hybrid systems. Determining which system should be used and why? Are emerging enterprise Femtocell solutions a game changer – Assessing technology maturity and fitness for purpose, compared to existing and future in-building technology alternatives Working Towards Complimentary and Cost Effective Macro and Small Cell Network Solutions Cooperative Techniques – SON, Interference Cancellation, Coordination – networks to compliment with each other Assessing the impact of 4G (LTE) on in-building coverage and performance – Will new network architectures enable carriers to deliver mobile broadband Determining how the growth of mobile applications and services are likely to impact indoor coverage and capacity needs Exploring alternatives for boosting in-building coverage and capacity to manage the Mobile Broadband data tsunami Examining evolving business cases and link budgets for new technical approaches. understanding what impact LTE will have on future network development Evolving business models, radio system design requirements and use cases (volume, power, swap- or upgrade-ability, overlap with or replacement of DAS?)	Working Towards Complimentary and Cost Effective In-Building Network Solutions CTO Wireless Products ZTE Corp Handling the In-Building Capacity Crunch Director Broadband Access Systems Motorola Enterprise Owned Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) Director Business Development CommScope
3:20 PM	Networking Break
4:00 PM	OEM Solutions Femtocells, Microcells and Picocells, Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), Remote Radios, Repeaters and WiFi (Continued)	An Emerging LightRadio™ Platform for In-Building Networking Senior Network Architect, Wireless CTO Office Alcatel-Lucent Small Cells - Extending Mobile Broadband Senior Director, Wireless Marketing and Product Management Huawei Evolution of Wireless Networks for a Networked Society Consultant, Mobile Broadband Practice Ericsson
5:30 PM	Panel - Operators How can carriers future proof current in-building deployments Exploring current trends and how the evolution towards 4G is likely to impact indoor coverage and capacity requirements	Confirmed: AT&T Wireless Bell Mobility Boingo Cellular South Clearwire Cricket Telus US Cellular Verizon Wireless
6:10 PM	Adjourn for Day
7:15 PM	Bus leaves for: Dinner, Austin TX Style	Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
7:00 AM	Breakfast
8:00 AM	Tackling the Traffic Offload Challenge WiFi Network integration (WiFi Offloading) - How can carriers leverage current Wi-Fi solutions to help address the exponential traffic-growth problem? What is possible with today's 3G core infrastructure and smartphone operating systems to support the required seamless subscriber experience and clean integration into an operator's back-end systems? How are early-adopter operators leveraging these capabilities today? Can current carrier Wi-Fi deployments in dense urban environments (indoor and outdoor) help pave the way for small-cell LTE deployments, by helping carriers win mounting assets land grab in urban areas and larger indoor venues? With 'adaptive radios', promising to automatically detect the best connection according to user criteria, such as cost or speed, how can carriers deliver a truly heterogeneous service, allowing available broadband connections (3G, Wi-Fi, fixed) to be prioritized and users to hand-off automatically between them. Exploring the Hotspot 2.0 initiative – How do we ensure effective implementation: Handoff. What do chipset, smartphone/tablet vendors, and Wi-Fi infrastructure players need to do to solve the WiFi handoff challenge? Policy Implementation - Assessing technical direction and choices Initial functional requirements Implementation - device v network-centric implementation, and standalone gateways v. extension of existing core infrastructure?	WiFi and Cellular Integration - Industry Trends in Practice VP Engineering Ruckus Wireless One Persons Perspective on "Traffic Offload" CTO Edgewater Networks Data Offload to WiFi - Delivering a Seamless Experience for Users VP, Product Marketing Americas Aptilo Networks
9:30 AM	Network Planning and performance Measurements Assessing 3G and LTE parameters Indoor vs Outdoor planning Planning Tools and Approaches How are people approaching planning indoor systems? Managing cooperative techniques – SON, Interference Cancellation, Coordination – networks to compliment with each other	How to Structure the In-Building Wave President & CEO iBwave LTE Signal Assessments - Outdoor vs Indoor - How to Ensure Best In-Building Performance Technology Manager, North America Rohde & Schwarz
10:30 AM	Networking Break
11:00 AM	Innovative and Disruptive Antenna Solutions Innovative and Disruptive Antenna Solutions Can innovative antenna design help solve the in-building challenge - examining advanced radio antenna techniques? How does RAN proliferation (HSPA, LTE, WiFi) and multi-antenna technologies influence in-building DAS design? MIMO versus SISO tradeoffs for various indoor venues (residential, campus, sports arenas, enterprise and retail) Interior vs External antennas with proper beam forming/adaptive techniques – traffic management Hot zones Inside systems	MIMO Indoor Antenna Systems - A Case Study in Design and Deployment Sr. Manager, RF Engineering, American Tower and Principal RF Engineer, Galtronics Recent Simulations Results on LTE-MIMO Member of Technical Staff Radio Frequency Systems Case Study: Trump Tower, Willis Tower VP and CTO ExteNet Systems
12:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Backhaul Assessing benefits, challenges and trade-offs related to specific technologies - (fiber, wireline, wireless, street level, macro, point-2-point, point-2-multipoint) What are the specific challenges for in-building deployments? How can the industry support your system development needs?	Improving In-Building Coverage with Small Cell Sites & NLOS Backhaul Wireless CTO Taqua LLC
2:00 PM	Major Subsystems, Enabling Technologies & Installation Discovery and Hand-In techniques for Femtocell support - delivering a seamless and consistent user experience. Assessing neutral-host/DAS strategies - adding new services and minimizing disruption Converged In-Building Services Installation Challenges and Solutions Frequency agnostic solutions	Femtocell Discovery and Hand-in Support for 3G Femtocells Staff Engineer Qualcomm Delivering Converged Services in Buildings CEO and President ZinWave
3:00 PM	Networking Break
3:30 PM	Major Subsystems, Enabling Technologies & Installation (continued)	Overcoming Common Pitfalls of Neutral Host DAS Networks Dir., DAS Solutions WesTower Unique Approach for Selecting the Best 3G/4G IBS Solutions from Global Learning's President Intelibs
4:30 PM	CLOSING PANEL Panel session, OEMs and Operators Has this workshop met your expectations? If Yes, how, if No, what is needed to be addressed? Next Steps?	Host, OEMs and Operators AT&T Wireless Bell Mobility Boingo Cellular South Clearwire Cricket Telus US Cellular Verizon Wireless Alcatel-Lucent CommScope Ericsson Huawei Motorola Tyco ZTE
5:20 PM	TakeAways & Closing Remarks
6:15 PM	Adjourn
7:15 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
	Thursday, April 7, 2011
	Tower Top Electronics Working Group Meeting http://www.iwpc.org/Workshop_Folders/11_04b_TTER_WG/11_04_TTER_WG_MEETING.htm Test Methods for Reliability Reliability Prediction Data Collection and Explanation Installation Best Practices Lightning Disturbance Assessment Austin, Texas USA Requires separate registration Click HERE to Register