Pre-Conference Afternoon Workshop D – Monday  17th May 2010

Where and How to Leverage DPI in LTE Networks
Led by Continuous Computing

Workshop Overview:

With  mobile broadband traffic doubling every 9 months it is now clear that Long Term  Evolution (LTE) alone will be insufficient to meet bandwidth demand. Due to spectrum limits, operators cannot simply throw more capacity at the problem. To  aggravate the situation, the economics of the mobile broadband business model  itself are now in question. Due to flat-rate data plans, wireless usage is  increasing significantly faster than revenues, leaving carriers struggling to  balance profitability with the required level of network investment.

In light of these challenges, operators are turning to traffic management based on  Deep Packet Inspection (DPI). Whereas today all traffic is essentially treated equally, DPI allows operators to vastly improve subscribers’ experience by  intelligently shaping and offloading traffic to ensure those services which  require higher Quality of Service (QoS) – such as voice and streaming media – are given priority. DPI also allows wireless operators to protect networks from  being flooded by the growing amounts of viruses and spam.

This  workshop will:

• Explain  how the growth of mobile broadband has lead to a decoupling of traffic and  revenues as well as a capacity crisis
• Provide  insight into how DPI can help remedy the capacity crisis facing operators  through traffic shaping and offloading
• Assess  various strategies for deploying DPI in the LTE network
• Describe  how DPI can transform the LTE business model through tiered services

Who  Will Benefit From Taking Part?
Operators/service providers, infrastructure manufacturers, C-Level executives, VPs, Directors, sales managers, marketing, product management and engineers,  analysts/consultants and press

Agenda:

13:30 Registration

Where & How to Leverage DPI in LTE Networks

• Why Is DPI Essential for LTE?
• Traffic Shaping & Network Offload Strategies
• Security & Filtering Strategies
• Service Differentiation & New Revenue Creation

DPI Deployment Best Practices

• How Mobile Network DPI Differs from Fixed Line DPI
• Poisonous Cocktail: Mixing Shaping with Offloading
• Maximizing DPI Throughput & Performance
• Edge vs. Core Deployment Pro’s & Con’s

17:00 End of Workshop
Who should attend?

• Operators / ervice Providers
• Infrastructure Manufacturers
• C-Level Attendees
• VPs / Directors / Managers in Sales, Marketing, Product Management & Engineering
• Analysts / Consultants / Press