When

September 12-14, 2016

Where

DoubleTree by Hilton

One Bigelow Square
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
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Register

Limited to 100 seats

First Registered, First Served!

Attendance open All IWPC Members


Introduction

How can neutral hosts help drive small cell and DAS deployment in support of network densification? Will smart city initiatives help to reduce site acquisition and zoning challenges? Considering new architectures and innovation in wireless fronthaul and backhaul, unlicensed technologies and virtualization on the road to 5G.

Workshop Goals

  • Identify and address key challenges to densify networks in line with increased data demand
  • Explore new business models and smart city initiatives to drive small cell deployment
  • Understand the impact of new heterogeneous network architectures, including LAA, MulteFire, Mobile Edge Computing, etc.
  • Assess DAS and small cell evolution towards CRAN and 5G

Agenda

DAY 1

September 12

Monday

 

Tour: Registration

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Hotel

 

 

PM

2:30 pm - Tour Registration

3:00 pm - Bus to leave hotel

3:30 - 5:00 - Crown Castle Small Cell tour on Mount Washington

5:00 - 6:30 - Reception at the Grandview Saloon overlooking the city

6:30 - Bus to return to hotel

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Bus transportation provided from/back to hotel.

Tour is limited to 30 persons, first come, first serve.

DAY 2

September 13

Tuesday

7:30 AM

 

Networking Breakfast and Continued Registration

Hotel

8:30 AM

Opening Remarks and Self-Introductions

 

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

9:00 AM

Host Keynote

  • Exploring new business models to support increased capacity demands
  • Densifying Wireless Networks
  • When should a carrier choose to deploy Small Cell, DAS and Unlicensed technologies
  • Considering CRAN and new network architectures
  • Leveraging Fiber Deployments
  • Neutral Host vision
  • Defining small cells
  • Fast Tracking site acquisition and deployment
  • Enterprise and multi-operator small cells
  • Omni versus directional antenna scenarios
  • Concealment trends and initiatives

Small Cell Deployments: Challenges and Solutions

 

Director, Product Management & Development

 

 

 

10:00 AM

Networking Break

 

10:40 AM

Carrier Perspectives

  • Deployment Trends
  • Outdoor drivers, challenges and trade-offs

  •  Exploring new band combinations

  • What role will unlicensed technologies play?
    • WiFi, LAA, LTE-U, MulteFire
  • 3.5GHz status and opportunities?
  • mmWave for 5G?

Outdoor Small Cells Leveraging Licensed and Unlicensed Bands

 

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

 

11:20 AM

 

Technology Enablers

  • Overcoming challenges from municipalities to drive mass deployment of small cells
  • Enabling multi-band, multi-vendor environments
  • Selecting DAS, CRAN Small Cells and unlicensed systems – When, where and why?
  • Exploring 3.5GHz opportunities and other potential bands for network overlays
  • Leveraging Unlicensed Technologies - Multi-Fire

3.5 GHz CBRS Band Coverage and Use Cases

 

Staff Engineer

 

Qualcomm

 

12:00 Noon

Networking Lunch

 

1:00 PM

 

Neutral Host Perspectives

  • Designing and integrating in a mixed macro/small cell/WiFi world
  • The expected impact of unlicensed spectrum and LTE/WiFi convergence
  • How the industry can prepare the municipalities better for small cells (deployment case study)
  • Site acquisition – Real world experience
  • Availability of power and backhaul
  • Initiatives to enable volume growth
  • Easing the regulatory and installation processes

Preparing the industry and the municipalities for HetNets and Densification

 

VP/Network Design

 

1:40 PM

Vendor Perspectives

  • Initiatives to drive volume deployment

  • Indoor and outdoor considerations

  • Exploring unobtrusive small cell systems to ease regulatory approval

  • Form factor choices – Stealth approaches including custom radomes, street lights signage, etc.

  • Integrating small cells with bus shelters, road signs and other street furniture

  • New spectrum and Unlicensed trends

  • Virtualization impact on Small Cells

  • Can Centralized baseband approaches for small cells mitigate handover and dropped call challenges

  • Future-proofing deployments towards 5G

An Outdoor Densification Strategy

 

Solutions Manager

 

 

 

Leveraging Multi-Connectivity through Carrier Wi-Fi Opportunities

 

Director and Domain Leader

 

Nokia

 

 

 

3:00 PM

Networking Break

 

3:40 PM

 

Vendor Perspectives (continued)

  • LAA and LTE-U implementation

  • How will MulteFire end-to-end Architectures be deployed?

  • Small cells deployment and E911

  • Managing large scale channel management

  • How can remote management and more self-organizing network features reduce OPEX costs?

  • What is the future for small cells
    • Indoor and outdoor
  • Exploiting Unlicensed bands to maximum effect
  • Architectures for 5G small cells

Real-world Deployments

 

Senior Product Manager

 

 

 

4:20 PM

 

A route to 5G and Mobile Edge Computing

  • Architectures for 5G small cells and DAS
  • Mobile Edge Computing

MEC and the Network of 2020 – what does smart network edge mean to operators and enterprises

 

Dir., Wireless Access/Strategy/Technology

 

5:00 PM

 

Mobile Operator Panel – Supporting Network Densification

  • Deployment Trends
  • Zoning challenges and initiatives to speed deployment
  • Impact of Smart City Initiatives
  • Stealth Initiatives and success stories
  • Indoor and outdoor – drivers, challenges and trade-offs
  • Scenarios for deployment – multi-band, multi-vendor
  • DAS, CRAN, Small Cells and unlicensed Systems
    • When, where and why?
  • Exploring new band combinations
  • What role will unlicensed technologies play?
    • WiFi, LAA, LTE-U, MulteFire
  • 3.5GHz status and opportunities?
  • mmWave for 5G?

Panelists include:

 

 

Director, Corporate

 

 

Senior Technology Development Strategist

 

 

Deputy Director

 

 

Director, RF Technology Strategy

 

 

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff

 

 
5:50 PM Adjourn for Day  

6:30 PM

 

Networking Dinner at Grand Concourse -
Hosted by Crown Castle

 Bus transportation provided to and from hotel.

DAY 3

September 14

Wednesday

7:00 AM

 Networking Breakfast

 

Hotel

8:00 AM

 Keynote Presentation

 

Effectiveness of down tilt in real world small cell environments

 

Dir. National Engineering

 

8:40 AM

 

Vendor Perspectives (continued)

  • Small Cell Backhaul - real world results
  • Fronthaul and Backhaul evolution
  • Innovation to support network densification

Small Cell Deployment Antenna Considerations

 

VP, Network Engineering

 

Commscope

 

 

Next-Gen Wireless Backhaul Architectures for Outdoor Small Cell

 

VP, Product Management

 
10:00 AM Networking Break  

10:40 AM

 

Vendor Perspectives (continued)

  • How will CRAN impact future HetNet deployment scenarios?
  • Virtual RAN considerations for HetNets - Impact on DAS and Small Cells?
  • Can plug-and-play reduce the costs for drive or walk tests and optimization of sites?
  • Exploiting LTE-A

Can You Deploy a DAS Today Which Will Evolve to CRAN & 5G Tomorrow?

 

VP Commercial Technology

 

 

 

Small Cell Installation Challenges

 

Business Unit Manager

 

 

12:00

 

Networking Lunch

1:00 PM

 

Vendor Perspectives (continued)

 Effective and Safe Small Cell Coverage and Capacity using Kathrein Street Connect in Europe and North America

 

Sales Engineering Manager

 

1:40 PM

 

Technology Enablers

  • Overcoming challenges from municipalities to drive mass deployment of small cells
  • Enabling multi-band, multi-vendor environments
  • Selecting DAS, CRAN Small Cells and unlicensed systems – When, where and why?
  • Exploring 3.5GHz opportunities and other potential bands for network overlays

Bringing New Levels of System Performance and Future Proofing DAS

 

Regional Sales Manager

 

 

 

 

Overcoming the “not in my back yard” Challenge

 

RF Engineer

 

 
3:00 PM Networking Break  

3:30 PM

 

Technology Enablers, Interoperability, Management and Validation

  • Managing macro, small cell, DAS and unlicensed network elements
  • Easing Deployment and commissioning

  •  Advances in Wireless Front all and backhaul

  • New spectrum and Unlicensed trends
  • Virtualization impact on Small Cells
  • Defining Site Operating Environment
  • Recommending Reliability Test Criteria
  • Define Reliability Demonstration Testing Methods
  • RF architecture of system on chip small cell
  • RF conformance testing and traditional solutions
  • Testing method improvement proposal
  • RF challenge with WiFi/Small Cell co-existance and test solution

Meeting Next Generation Small Cell architectures RF Requirements

 

Director, Tech Mktng & Bus Dev

 

 

 

Optimized deployment, verification and maintenance of modern fiber to the Antenna Cell-sites

 

 

 

 

Complexity, Cost and Reliability: Meeting the Design & Test Challenges for Small Cells

 

Market Segment Manager

 

5:00 PM

 

Closing Discussion

  • Review of key points

Host, invited carriers/vendors

5:30 PM

 

Takeaways and Closing Remarks

6:00 PM Adjourn for Day  
7:00 PM

Social and Networking

Reception and Registration

 

Event/Workshop 2 - Tower/Rooftop Electronics Reliability an Support

Separate registration required.

Hotel

FAQs

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  3. Who are the attendees?
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  5. Hotel information?
  6. What are the travel options from the airport to the hotel?
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  8. Will business cards be collected?
  9. What is the dress code?
  10. How will handout materials be provided?
  1. What is the deadline for presentation/handout materials?

    Deadline for electronic version of presentation/handout materials: Thursday, September 1st.

  2. What can I do to prepare for speaking an at IWPC workshop?

    Click on the link below for a short video guide regarding preparing for and improving your IWPC presentation:

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  3. Who are the attendees?
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    • We only permit "first hand knowledge experts" in business and technology issues, prepared to contribute to the discussion.
  4. What are the costs/registrations fees?

    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 Breaks), audio/visual costs, etc.

    These costs will be $845.00 (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.

  5. Hotel information?

    DoubleTree by Hilton
    One Bigelow Square
    Pittsburgh, PA 15219
    Phone: +1-412-281-5800


  6. What are the travel options from the airport to the hotel?

    Directions and transportation options will be posted as soon as possible.

  7. Are there any audiovisual requirements?

    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 “recordings” of all presentations and panel sessions.

  8. Will business cards be collected?

    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.

  9. What is the dress code?

    Business casual suggested. No ties, please!

  10. How will handout materials be provided?

    For ALL IWPC members:

    All IWPC members are invited to submit materials to be included in the online workshop folder in the IWPC Research Library. This 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 included on the IWPC website Research Library.

    Please submit these materials either by email, as a Word for Windows file, Power Point files or PDF files.

    SUBMISSION OF PRESENTATION:

    • Go to www.iwpc.org
    • Click on IWPC Activities Tab
    • Under Workshops: Radio Access Networks Active Antenna Evolution
    • Click on Submit Presentation Proposal. Complete the form and attach your presentation.
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    AS BACKUP, PLEASE BRING AN ELECTRONIC COPY USB STICK WITH YOU!