Next Generation Wireless Infrastructure Reliability
for Macro & Small Cells

Tour: Registration

Tour: DAS Installation at the GA Aquarium

• Head-End Electronics

• Antenna Installations

First come, first served.  Limit: 25 persons.

Social and Networking

Reception and Registration

Opening Remarks and Self-Introductions

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

Host Keynote Opening Remarks and Presentation

Networking Break

Panel Session - Mobile Operator Perspectives

Tower Top Electronics Reliability Working Group Findings - Introduction

• Introduce IWPC's Tower Top Electronics Working Group

  • Past, Present Future Activities

Lunch

Test Methodology Committee

• Define Tower Top Operating Environment

• Recommend Reliability Test Criteria

• Define Reliability Demonstration Testing Methods

Reliability Prediction Committee

• Review and Recommend Reliability Prediction Methods

• Provide Understanding of Model Assumptions and Other Inputs

• Provide Guidelines on Interpreting and Comparing Predicted Failure Rates, Service Availability and Other Results

Installation Best Practices Committee

• Review "Best Practices" Document

  • Goal: Improve the Quality and Reliability of Cellular Base Station Installations

  • Communicate These Best Practices to Installers

Networking Break

Lightning Disturbance Assessment Committee

• Establish a List of Applicable Specifications

• Define a Tower Configuration to Use as a Test Platform and Perform Actual Testing to Determine Performance and Applicability of Protection Measures

• Recommend Best Practices to Control Lightning Strikes

Adjourn for Day

Bus Leaves for Dinner

Networking Breakfast

Mitigating PIM (Factory, Installation, Maintenance) Committee

• From the Transistor to the Antenna:

  • The Management and Control of All Stages of the Test, Discovery, Certification and Maintenance Process as it Relates to the Control of PIM

  • High Power and Low Power PIM Testing

  • RF and Optical PIM

Active Antennas and Remote Radio Heads:

Test, Turn-up, Preventative Maintenance and Alarms Committee

• Review Best Practices in the Areas of Test, Turn-up, Preventative/Remote Maintenance, Installation and Telemetry/Alarming of Active Antennas and Remote Radio Heads, such as:

  • Impact on All Various Tower Installation Issues

  • Installation Best Practices of Active Antennas

  • General Practices for Remote Maintenance & Health of System

  • Optimizing Antenna Array to Meet Specific Network Traffic Requirements

• Making Sure that Active Antennas can be Properly Monitored and Managed at the NOC (to Generate Informational and Alarm Reports)

Networking Break

Cables and Connectorization: Design Criteria and Best Practices Committee

• Review Design Criteria & Best Practices to Interface Cables (RF, Optical, Power) & Connectivity to Outdoor Equipment

SON for Tower Top Electronics

• Review the Ability to Self-Provision into the Network, ie: Neighbor List, Power Levels, Antenna Tilt Based on Real Time Traffic, Date & Time of Day

Lunch

Call for Small Cell Working Group

• A proposal to bring the industry together to address the end to end installation and reliability issues for Small Cells

Closing Discussion

• Review Outcomes and Findings from the Days Proceedings

• Create plans for next Tower Top Electronics Reliability Working Group Committees

Takeaways and Closing Remarks

Adjourn

Social and Networking

Reception and Registration