Agenda Day 1
TUESDAY 18TH MAY 2010
- 08:15
Registration & Coffee
- 08:50
- Sabah Hussain, Senior Conference Researcher, Informa Telecoms & Media, UK
Conference Welcome & Speed Networking Session
- 08:55
- Thomas Wehmeier,Principle Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media, UK
Chairman’s Opening Remarks
- 09:00
- Tommy Ljunggren, SVP and Head of System Development at Mobility Services, TeliaSonera, Sweden
TeliaSonera Opening Keynote
- 09:20
- Malcolm Lorang, CTO and Founder, MetroPCS, USA
- MetroPCS is a tier two operator in the USA that caused a lot of excitement in the industry when they announced that they would be deploying LTE. Working with Ericsson, MetroPCS will be looking to launch the network in 2010 and have already confirmed that Samsung will provide thier first LTE device!
Can LTE Provide Low Cost Data to the Mass Market?
- 09:40
- Senior Executive, Telenor/Tele2, Sweden
- Launching the world's first LTE-900 network, the world's first GSM/LTE shared network and a very early LTE 2600 network
- Enabling mobile internet connectivity for 99% of the Swedish population
- Offering customers mobile services for high speed data communication and voice
- Examining the cost savings that the partnership is expected to being to both operators
Rolling Out LTE Through the Net4Mobility Joint Venture in Sweden
- 10:00
- Seizo Onoe, SVP & Managing Director, R&D Strategy Department, NTT DoCoMo, Japan
- Launching NTT DoCoMo data services through data cards and dongles
- Examining the 8 band power amplifier for mobile devices
- What is the future of current 2G and 3G networks?
- Further evolution to 4G/LTE Advanced
Launching LTE and Generating Revenues Through Data Only Services
- 10:20
- Tim Watkins,, Vice President West EU Region, Huawei
LTE Commercial Readiness Across Different Spectrum Bandss
- 10:40
- Tommy Ljunggren, SVP and Head of System Development at Mobility Services, TeliaSonera, Sweden
- Ben Parker, Director of Wireless Transport Group, Verizon Wireless, USA
- Seizo Onoe,, SVP & Managing Director, R&D Strategy Department, NTT DoCoMo, Japan
- Malcolm Lorang, CTO and Founder, MetroPCS, USA
- Delegates have the opportunity to ask operators from the highest level questions about how they see the future of mobile broadband and the opportunities with LTE to generate new revenue streams and business models. Email your questions in advance to sabah.hussain@informa.com or ask on the day!
Keynote CxO Panel
- 11:10
Morning Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
- A
LTE Field Experience & Deployment Models
- 12:10
- Martin Ljungberg, Member of the IOT Activity Group, LSTI, Sweden
- Evaluating results from current trials taking place world wide
- Understanding the true performance that LTE can deliver, what can the end user expect?
- Results from TD-LTE testing and comparing it with FDD results
- What still needs to be done for the LSTI to fulfil its commitment?
LSTI IOT Field Testing: Examining the Progress of Industry Wide Trials
- 12:30
- Remi Thomas, Director of the NGMN Project,France Telecom, France
- Undertaking a trial compliant with LSTI specifications
- Linking 14 radio sites to an external network
- Testing radio, service performance and user experience in different circumstances
- Measuring latency as well as MIMO and cell edge performance
France Telecom’s LTE Trial and Results
- 12:50
- Results from using 14 LTE basestations which are integrated into the existing mobile infrastructure
- Realizing seamless end-to-end mobile broadband connectivity with LTE
Launching LTE Pre-Commerical LTE Trials in Italy
Sandro Dionisi, Head of TILab, Telecom Italia,Italy- 13:10
Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
- 14:25
- Overview of the O2 UK LTE trial
- Examining key findings and results – What was the performance of LTE in a loaded network?
- End user experience of LTE
- Trials with indoor LTE solutions and SON
- How the LTE trial has helped to develop O2 UK’s position on 4G
Results From Telefonica O2 UK’s LTE Trial
Robert Joyce, Head of Radio Evolution, Telefonica O2, UK- 14:45
- Assessing the readiness of LTE through all of the operator LTE field trials
- Specific lessons learned from these trials
- Achieving complete geographical coverage for LTE
- Challenges with ensuring E2E user experience in the LTE network
Assessing the End-to-End Readiness of Commercial LTE Networks
Lars Bondelind, Vice President Wireless Marketing, Huawei, China- 15:10
- Martin Ljungberg, Member of the IOT Activity Group, LSTI Sweden
- Robert Joyce, Head of Radio Evolution, O2, UK
- Dionisi, Head of TILab, Telecom Italia, Italy
- Tim Summers, Manager Networking Processor Division, Freescale, UK
- Dr Shahram G Niri, Director of Global LTE/SAE Strategy & Solution, NEC Europe
- Milestones that have already been achieved with LTE field testing
- Lessons learned from current field trials
- Looking at the complete E2E picture for LTE
PANEL DISCUSSION: Assessing the Endto-End Readiness of LTE
- 15:30
- Dr Hamid Falaki, Senior Product Manager,LSTI Global LTE/SAE, NEC Europe
- Analysis methodology for cell performance and typical user data rate evaluation
- Performance evaluation and tradeoffs, HSPA vs LTE
- Small vs large, high vs low frequency LTE cell performance
- Conclusions and potential deployment scenarios
A Simulation Study to Examine Various Deployment Scenarios for LTE
- 15:50
- Suhan Choi, Senior Engineer, Telecommunication Systems Division, Samsung Electronics, Korea
- MIMO – what is it? How does it work? What conditions are required?
- Manufacturer dreams and what is needed to make them come true
- Planning implications when you can’t simulate the channel
- Some examples of where and how it works and where the technology is going
What does MIMO Really Deliver? Separating the Marketing Hype from Real-World Performance
- 16:10
Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
- 16:50
- Konstantinos Chalkiotis, Principal Engineer, RAN Integration, Cosmote, Greece
- Overview of what is achievable with MSR and SDR technology
- How can the network be optimised by deploying MSR/SDR?
- Live trial results and conclusions from Costmote’s MSR/SDR trail
Effectively Utilising a Single RAN MSR/SDR Radio Network
- 17:10
- Vincent Lemoine, Technical Director, Bouygues Telecom, France
- Other than CSL, Cosmote has been an operator leading the way with trialing multi standard radio (MSR) or SDR as it is also known, making practical many processes that were once only theoretically possible.
- Bouygues Telecom’s motivation for LTE
- The French Telco frequency landscape
- The difficult choice of the best frequency band
- Technical, regulatory and industry challenges of LTE 1800
- LTE integration in an operator network
- Bouygues Telecom’s expectations for LTE
Boosting the Capacity of a Network with LTE 1800
- 17:30
End of Track A & LTE Awards Evening
- B
Spectrum & Regulation
- 12:10
- Roberto Ercole, Director of Spectrum & Regulation, GSMA, UK
- Assessing the fragmentation, how many flavours of LTE will there be?
- The effect on global roaming between 3G and LTE as well as roaming between different LTE networks
- How fragmentation in the industry impacts choice and the performance of terminals
- Ensuring harmonisation between FDD and TDD
Addressing the Frequency Fragmentation in the Industry
- 12:30
- Simon Edkins, Spectrum Policy & Economic Analysis, France Telecom, UK
- Unprecedented growth in the demand for mobile data services?
- A finite supply of spectrum suitable for mobile?
- The promise of LTE in a capacity constrained future?
Making Ends Meet: LTE in a World of Spectrum Scarcity and Insatiable Demand
- 12:50
- David Aitken, Head of Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, CSL, Hong Kong
- Re-farming opportunities in both the 900 and 1800MHz bands in Europe and beyond
- Challenges with spectrum re-farming for LTE
- Availability of equipment for 900 and 1800MHz, is it a priority for the vendors?
LTE Opportunities in Existing Bands Such as 900 and 1800MHz as an Alternative to 2.6MHz Spectrum
- 13:10
Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
- 14:25
- Vincent Muniere, Director Radio Access, SFR, France
- Access to network by other operators and regional roaming
- What are the potential coverage obligations that regulators could impose upon operators
- Impact of right to use the LTE network by other operators
- Examining the universal coverage consultation by the EU
Achieving Universal Coverage with LTE – Should this be a Regulatory Requirement?
- 14:45
- Arne Schaelicke, Marketing Manager - LTE, Nokia Siemens Networks, Germany
- Why is there a lack of centre of gravity around a certain spectrum band for LTE?
- Is 2.6GHz the only realistic option for operators in Europe at the moment?
- Will 2.6GHz spectrum be used for coverage in urban areas only?
- What will be the impact of equipment that is being developed for the 800MHz band?
LTE in the 2.6GHz Band – Will This be the Most Harmonised Band for LTE?
- 15:05
- J.S Deepak, Joint Secretary Ministry of Communication & IT, India
- Overview of the market in India and the growth in mobile subscriptions
- What are the particular challenges that India faces in terms of network costs and revenue generation?
- Can LTE be affordable for India in the short to mid term
- Perceived advantages of WiMAX for the Indian market?
Challenges for Regulators in India With Making New Technologies Affordable to Mass Market
- 15:25
- Daniel S. Hamadeh, Senior Expert - Spectrum Management, TRA, Lebanon
- Requirements coming from the operator community for R10
- Is bandwidth aggregation the only way to achieve larger channels for LTE in lower spectrum bands?
- Moving forward with long term licensing while achieving international harmonization of the band and a FDD/TDD arrangement
- Channel planning and packaging
- Technology and service neutrality vs. defining a universal service obligation for broadband
Flexible Spectrum Usage and Higher Channel Bandwidths, What is Possible for Operators Realistically?
- 15:45
- Abhaya Sumanasena, Technical Policy Manager, Ofcom, UK
- Expectation of new technologies such as LTE in terms of cost and capacity
- Bridging the digital divide with new technologies such as LTE
- Is the auctioning of spectrum holding up LTE?
- What opportunities exist for LTE with 2G spectrum liberalisation?
- Will larger channels be available for operators in order to maximise the benefits of LTE?
Giving Rapid Access to New Technologies Such as LTE,What are the Challenges for Regulators?
- 16:05
Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
- 16:50
- Karim Antonio Lesina, Executive Director, EMEA Government Affairs, AT&T
- Roberto Ercole, Director of Spectrum & Regulation, AT&T
- Abhaya Sumanasena, Technical Policy Manager, Ofcom, UK
- Simon Edkins, Spectrum Policy & Economic Analysis, France Telecom, UK
- How can the fund be put to best use to serve rural America?
- Is there a place for funding LTE deployments in rural areas?
- How can the benefits of a stimulus package be measured?
- Comparing the stimulus package approach to other approaches around Europe
- The role of EU legislation and the impact on new technologies such as LTE
- How much bandwidth do we need?
PANEL DISCUSSION: Examining the Broadband Stimulus Package, Is Government Intervention a Must to Ensure that no one is Underserved?
- 17:30
End of Track B & LTE Awards Evening
- C
Voice Over LTE, Device Availability & IPR
- 12:10
- Dan Warren, Director of Technology, GSMA, UK
- Roaming implications if there are lots of different voice over LTE solutions
- Comparing the different options: OneVoice, VoLGA, CSFB
- What is the impact of having different operators deploying different voice solutions for LTE on the industry?
Working with Various Solutions for Voice and SMS Over LTE
- 12:30
- Eric Ericsson, Head of Telephony Evolution, Ericsson AB
- How to deliver interoperable IP Telephony services on LTE that really works on all networks and between all devices; are backwards compatible with legacy telephony services and can simply and flexibly evolve to meet future communications needs
Delivering a Global IP Telephony Service for LTE
- 12:50
- Valerie Layan, VP Wireless Solutions & MArketing EMEA, Alcatel-Lucent
- Examining the solutions proposed for delivering voice services
- Can the industry afford to go down different paths to deliver voice
- Examining One Voice as a voice solution
Competing with Enriched Voice Services in LTE
- 13:10
Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
- 14:25
- Colin Hamling, Chairman, GCF, Head of Devices and SIMs, Telefonica O2, UK
- Certification; providing assurance of device conformance and interoperability
- Overview of the Global Certification Forum
- GCF Certification for LTE; objectives, conformance tests, prioritisation, validation
- Meeting the needs of US, Japanese and European markets, what spectrum bands are being prioritised for FDD and TDD?
- Field Trials and status update
Delivering a “Test Once, Use Anywhere” Certification Scheme for LTE Devices
- 14:45
- Renaud Di Francesco, General Manager, Europe Technology Standards Office Sony, UK
- Assessing the concerns of TV and silicon tuner manufacturers on the risk of TV interference from LTE in the Digital Dividend band
- The use scenario in the home: users watching TV, using Smartphones and other LTE devices (PC, game stations, etc…)
- Effect of Femtocells in the home
- Importance of coexistence between LTE transmitters and DVB-C (CATV) and DVB-T (free to air) receivers
- Potential of LTE, broadcast services and the possibilities with combining the two
Ensuring Device Success for LTE in the Digital Home
- 15:05
- Sami Jokinen, Senior Technology Marketing Manager - LTE Nokia Devices, Finland
- The future direction of cellular technologies?
- Is HSPA competing with LTE?
- What is the impact of LTE impact on the consumer devices?
Broadband Wireless Access With LTE
- 15:25
- Manish Singh, VP Product Line Management, Continuous Computing, USA
- Supporting early development of nontraditional products for use on LTE networks
- Building a broad ecosystem of devices in parallel with LTE deployment what should the role of the operator be?
- Removing business and technical barriers and defining new models to accelerate mass adoption of new services and devices
Delivering Innovative New Wireless Products and Services – Open or Managed Platform for LTE Enabled Devices?
- 15:45
- Vieri Vanghi, Senior Director, Technical Marketing, Qualcomm
- Which technology combinations should the first multi mode devices be able to support?
- Ensuring 2x2 MIMO capability in the first multi mode devices
- Dual mode FDD-TDD devices, is a single chipset possible?
- Targeting regionally focused devices only, what level of roaming support is recommended?
- Achieving a global roaming device, what steps are needed to make this possible?
- Challenges with developing economies of scale
- Silicon solutions for multi standard basestations
Reducing the Cost and Complexity for Multi Mode Terminals
- 16:05
Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
- 16:50
- Mats Nordén, Head of LTE Platforms, ST-Ericsson, Sweden
- ST-Ericsson is a world leader in developing and delivering a complete portfolio of innovative mobile platforms and cutting-edge wireless emiconductor solutions across the broad spectrum of mobile technologies. The company is a leading supplier to the top handset manufacturers and ST-Ericsson’s products and technologies enable more than half of all phones in use today…
Bringing LTE to the Mainstream
- 17:10
- Giustino de Sanctis, Executive Director, Managing Director, Sisvel Germany
- LTE complex scenario - How many patents and who owns them?
- Setting the appropriate LTE Royalty Rate
- Customized solution for a successful LTE patent pool
- Comparing the stimulus package approach to other approaches around Europe
Key Elements for a Successful LTE Patent Pool
- 17:30
- Moderator: Thomas Graf, Partner,Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Belgium
- Sabina Brufani, Heaf of Business Development, Sisvel, Italy
- Keith Mallinson, Founder, WiseHarbor, UK
- Mike Hartogs, Senior Vice President, Division Counsel, Qualcomm Incorporated, USA
- Koen Wuyts, Chief Intellectual Property Officer, KPN, Netherlands
PANEL DISCUSSION: Avoiding Royalty Stacking for LTE – Legal and Commercial Constraints on IPR
- 17:50
End of Track C & LTE Awards Evening
- NGCN Summit
- 12:10
- Denis Gros-Jean, Head of Mobile Packet Switched Systems, France Telecom, France
- What is the EPC? What are the benefits to operators?
- Improving network performance by the separation of control and data planes
- Flattened IP architecture and reducing the hierarchy between mobile data elements
The Evolved Packet Core – A New Internet Model For The Telecoms World?
- 12:30
- Tim Hubbard, Head of Wholesale Data Solutions, BT, UK
- Simplifying interoperability,management and offering the user transparency and convenience
- Seamless connectivity across wireline and wireless access boundaries
- The importance of user convenience and ubiquitous availability of any service
- Lowering the OPEX and cost per bit by transitioning to a pure PS network
The Importance of Having a New Core Network to Build a Sustainable Business Model in the 4G Era
- 12:50
- Balazs Bertenyi, Chairman of 3GPP SA2 – Architecture, 3GPP
- Overview of the standardisation work on SAE
- Examining the role of SAE and IMS in providing data services as well as voice and real-time multimedia services with IMS
- How is the EPC different to current core networks?
- QoS performance targets for the EPC
Examining the Standards and Developments in SAE
- 13:10
Networking Lunch & Exhibition Visit
- 14:25
- Dana Gauthier, Member of Steering Group, LSTI,
- Overview of who the LSTI is and the trial work that is taking place across the industry by various partners
- What trials have been conducted on SAE performance?
- Roadmap for future testing on SAE and the EPC
An Update from LTE/SAE Trial Initiative
- 14:45
- Would you like to speak on this topic? Please email Sabah.Hussain@Informa.com
- Examining the X2 interface allowing local turnaround
- Providing the user with end-to-end QoS and mobility, what is the role of the core network?
- Providing superior end-to-end QoS management and KPI observability in order to deliver new media-rich, low-latency and real-time services
- Does local turnaround take away traffic control from the operator?
Implementing Local Turnaround to Manage Traffic in the Network More Effectively
- 15:05
- Jun Dong Lee, Manager, Strategy & Planning Office, KT Corporation, Korea
- To what extent will concentration of data traffic follow voice traffic patterns?
- Allocating network resources based on subscriber, application, or business policies
- Prioritising traffic for tiered services and initiate QoS upgrades or downgrades
- Challenges of managing QoS in the last mile
The Need for an Intelligent Traffic Management Solution in Order to Provide a Consistent QoS
- 15:25
- Jun Dong Lee, Manager, Strategy & Planning Office,KT Corporation, Korea
- Dana Gauthier, Member of Steering Group, LSTI,
- Balazs Bertenyi, Chairman of 3GPP SA2 – Architecture 3GPP,
- Examining the end to end ability to set up QoS and charge accordingly
- Should an upper limit be placed on QoS?
- Is deep packet inspection and other advanced packet processing required at the beginning of a deployment to ensure QoS?
Panel Discussion: Managing and Enabling Differentiation of Real Time, Non-Real Time Services and Mission Critical Traffic and Services
- 15:45
- Mike Morash, Director, Product Line Management, Bridgewater Systems, USA
- How big a change is PCRF from previous mobile systems, where service control was realized primarily through UE authentication by the network?
- Examining how PCRF dynamically controls and manages all data sessions and provides appropriate interfaces towards charging and billing systems
- Utilising PCRF to enable new functionality to deliver unrivalled network intelligence
- Measuring the value of enforcing policy decisions at the most efficient part of the network
Providing Policy Control and a Reduction in OPEX and CAPEX for the Operator Via the PCRF Approach
- 16:05
Afternoon Refreshments & Exhibition Visit
- 16:50
- Roberto Minerva, Manager - Focal Point Long Term Research, Telecom Italia, Italy
- The need to prepare in advance a broad ecosystem of actors and services/functions
- Making SAE and LTE an opportunity at the service level
Network Paradoxes and the Impact on the Deployment of SAE
- 17:10
- Roberto Minerva, Manager - Focal Point Long Term Research, Telecom Italia, Italy
- Mike Morash, Director, Product Line Management, Bridgewater Systems, USA
- Tim Hubbard, Head of Wholesale Data Solutions, BT, UK
- Examining flat rate and charging based on QoS models that are required to be supported in SAE
- How important is charging for QoS going to be as a business model, will customers be willing to pay for a better quality service?
- What role will IMS play in charging when it is rolled out?
Panel Discussion: Implementing Different Charging Mechanisms in the Core
- 17:30
- Robert Bienias, Senior Telecommunication Security Specialist, Polkomtel, Poland
- Information authenticity between the mobile terminal and the network
- Examining the levels of user privacy: communication confidentiality, location privacy and identity protection
- How does the SAE -based system hide the identity of the users, protect the content, origin, destination and location from unauthorized third parties?
- Delivering network and basestation security, how can operators best secure the network?
- Advantages and disadvantages of encrypted content in the network
- Comparison between authentication methods used in current mobile networks and SAE
SAE Advanced Security Mechanisms to Protect Against Threats and Attacks, Including Those Present on the Internet
- 17:50
