11.20 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
11.25 OPERATOR KEYNOTE Optimising the access and backhaul infrastructure to support the deployment and growth of wireless broadband HSPA/HSPA+
- Highlighting areas of stress on the transmission infrastructure from the deployment of wireless broadband
- Considering the different architecture and technology options for addressing traffic capacity and quality issues
- Taking into account short term savings and the requirements for longer term network evolution to LTE
- Implementing solutions - sharing insights into the challenges faced and the methods used to overcome them
Roberto Micali, Optical Network & Planning, Telecom Italia
11.55 STRATEGY SPOTLIGHT Evolving microwave transport platforms to support the bandwidth demanded by broadband wireless 3G/HSPA/LTE
- Highlighting the bandwidth challenge for microwave transmission links
- Examining requirements for IP microwave
- Identifying new architectures and technologies that offer upgrade opportunities for the existing microwave infrastructure
- Comparing methods of trading off link availability for increased capacity
- Examining Millimetric microwave systems and identifying where and how the technology could deliver benefits
- Considering the opportunities for systems operating in unlicensed and lightly licensed spectrum
- Examining the evolution of IP/Ethernet in microwave systems and highlighting how spectrum efficiency can be maximised
Slot 1 – Gianluca Sanita, Senior Marketing Manager, European Optical Marketing, Huawei Technologies
Slot 2 – Allan Oakman, Business Development Manager, Arqiva
Slot 3 – Franck Chevalier, Lead Consultant, Analysys Mason
13.10 LUNCH TECHNOLOGY TABLES
You will have an opportunity to sit on a lunch table with a group of experts in one of the following technology areas and discuss developments over lunch
- IP/WDM architectures and applications
- OTN and GMPLS
- Packet Optical Transport options P-OTN
- Supporting Ethernet services / Optical
- LTE reference architecture
- Next Generation Microwave
- 40G/100G evolution options
- Wholesale Ethernet transport services
14.20 STRATEGY SPOTLIGHT Planning the evolution to LTE
- Introducing the latest LTE reference architecture for mobile backhaul
- Explaining in detail the recommended transport layer architecture – how will LTE impact both transport and optical layers?
- How are the first mover operators preparing their transport and optical layers for LTE launch?
- Taking LTE evolution into account when making investment decisions to cost-optimise today’s transport infrastructure
- What is legacy and where should the line be drawn between replacement and support for TDM in the new packet world?
Slot 1 – Arnaud Cauvin, Mobile Backhauling Architecture Project Manager, France Telecom Orange Group
Slot 2 - Analyst View
Slot 3 - Industry View
15.45 Afternoon Tea
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