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Design & Development Forum
Vijay K. Varma and Dr. Gregory P. Pollini, Telcordia Technologies Title: Trends and Drivers for 4G Speaker: Rebecca Watson, Program Manager, Communications Infrastructure and Convergence, Stratecast (a Division of Frost & Sullivan) Abstract: 'Trends and Drivers for 4G Infrastructure' focuses on the benefits, trends and drivers of 4G technologies from an applications and services perspective. The presentation will include insight into how 4G technologies will potentially change service providers' business models, lifestyles of its users, and applications, content, and devices. Title: Mobile Broadband - The Evolution to LTE and Beyond Speaker: Dr. Asok Chatterjee, Vice President, Strategy and Market Development, Ericsson, USA Title: Accelerating the NGMN Ecosystem by a Reference Platform for Prototyping: The FOKUS OpenEPC Speaker: Prof. Thomas Magedanz, Technical University of Berlin Abstract: The transition towards Next Generation Networks in the fixed telecommunications world has taken years, as not only all-IP principles had been introduced on the transport layer, but also the control and signaling platform has been changed completely. Today the concept of Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) is gaining momentum and related 3GPP Evolved Packet System (EPS) specifications are forming the technological foundation for realization. Similar to the early days of NGN and IMS, the NGMN and EPC also deserve a deeper analysis and practical experimentations to maximize the commercial exploitation of their technological capabilities. For this purpose the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS has developed in cooperation with the Technische Universitaet Berlin the OpenEPC platform toolkit, which enables the industry, namely network operators, equipment manufacturers, and service providers, as well as the academia to investigate the technical potentialities of this key enabling technology for NGMN implementation. This talk will motivate the key role of the EPC for seamless NGMN service provision and explain its major architecture and capabilities. We will provide an overview of the major OpenEPC components and capabilities and illustrate some usage scenarios for industrial and academic research and development activities, strongly convinced, that the Open EPC will accelerate the commercial deployment of NGMN infrastructures around the globe in analogy to the Open IMS core within the NGN world. Title: The Network of the Future Speaker: Dr. Parviz Yegani, Director and Head of Architecture and Technology Standards, Juniper Networks, USA Abstract: The foundation of "The network of the Future" is centered around building a truly scalable, optimized and intelligent packet-switched infrastructure that can accommodate not only the wireline broadband services but also the emerging wireless IP applications requiring equivalent capacity, latency and packet loss performance. This includes both session-based (i.e., IMS) and web-based services. One of the fundamental challenges that the mobile industry is facing today is declining ARPU (average revenue per user). To cope with this problem, "The network of the future" should incorporate cost-effective strategies by either adding new services (i.e., enhanced user experiences for which subscribers are willing to pay), or reducing operating expenses (OPEX). Ideally, pursuing both of these avenues at the same time will produce maximal benefit, in terms of reducing cost/bit, improving value/bit and value/customer. The vision behind "The network of the future" is to address these 3 demands of mobile/converged carrier networks today and the evolution toward a fully-optimized network in the future. This talk elaborates on network evolution strategy to ensure a robust and reliable service delivery paradigm for both IMS- and web-based services. This includes: (a) Technology roadmap from 2G/3G to long-term evolution (LTE/EPC), (b) Migration toward the All-IP target architecture for "The Network of the Future", (c) Service enabling strategies (IMS, Femto, UMA), and (d) Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) strategies. Title: eHRPD - Use of a Common Core and a Stepping Stone to LTE Speaker: Dr. Mike Dolan, Alcatel-Lucent Abstract: CDMA operators who have deployed HRPD (EV-DO) need a way to take advantage of advances in IP packet core networks, as well as a way to migrate smoothly to LTE, should their plans include LTE. The 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC) provides a unified approach to IP core networks, as well as the ability to attach to multiple access networks. Attaching HRPD to EPC allows CDMA operators the benefits of EPC, as well as that smooth migration path. Evolved HRPD (eHRPD) provides that attachment. Title: Advanced RAN Techniques for Improved Spectral Efficiency in LTE and LTE-Advanced Speaker: Dr. Sampath Rangarajan, Department Head, NEC Labs America, USA Title: Panel Chair: Prof. Thomas Magedanz, Technical University of Berlin Registration Fee: |
