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Conference Day One
Tuesday 9th March 2010
| 08:30 |
Registration and welcome coffee |
| 09:00 |
Opening remarks from the Chair and Business card exchange
Matt Walker, Principal Analyst, Ovum
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Meeting the challenges of backhaul in today’s data hungry mobile market
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| 09:10 |
Keynote Address
Investment protection - future proofing the mobile backhaul network
- Examining how data volumes will increase with the increase in traffic such as UGC, Video, Music and VoIP and the implications for backhaul
- Laying the foundation for future evolution by deploying converged services backhaul infrastructure to meet customer expectations of new multimedia services
- Optimising the timing of the investment in backhaul capacity to coincide with new service roll outs
- Solutions for reducing the cost-per-bit of backhaul data transfer
Matt Walker, Principal Analyst, Ovum |
| 09:40 |
Keynote Operator Address
Deployment of next generation packet networking in the UK - a BT case study
- What is BT actually doing at the network architecture/infrastructure level to support and enable the deployment of 3G and 4G technology and services?
- How is this enabling fixed/mobile convergence?
- Examining current LTE trials and the subsequent change in network architecture required as a result of LTE
- Exploring cost benefits for mobile operators in the UK from next generation packet networking
Tim Hubbard, Head of 21CN Technology and Platform Introduction, BT (UK)
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| 10:10 |
Technology Keynote
Demystifying Backhaul Requirements
- Overview of the current mobile backhaul situation in Asia
- Identify backhaul requirements as specified by standards bodies
- Examine real requirements of current and future backhaul based on usage patterns
- Evolution to FMC backhaul
- Building an ideal operator's framework for 3G/4G networks
Michael Macdonald, CTO, HUAWEI ASIA PACIFIC REGION
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| 10:45 |
Morning tea
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| 11:15 |
Keynote Operator Address
Building a Converged Backhaul Network to efficiently plan LTE deployment
- Aggregating existing legacy technologies such as 2G and 3G with emerging HSPA+/LTE solutions
- What are the technical, economical and operational challenges of deploying and maintaining the backhaul network?
- How can a converged backhaul network best address the multiple challenges?
- Sharing experience of various mobile backhaul refresh projects within France Telecom - Orange Group
Arnaud Cauvin, Mobile Backhauling Architecture Project Manager, France Telecom
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| 11:45 |
Monetizing the mobile internet
Sharat Sinha, Managing Director, Service Provider for Asia, Cisco
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| 12:15 |
Mobile backhaul lessons learnt at ChungHwa Telecom
- What have recent assessments revealed about the requirements for backhaul at ChungHwa Telecom?
- How will this affect plans for the architecture evolution of backhaul?
- Assessing the cost implications of required upgrades
- Preparing for LTE/EPC and timelines for associated backhaul deployment
Chung-Yung, Chia, Project Manager, Telecommunication Laboratories, ChungHwa Telecom
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| 12:45 |
Networking lunch |
| 14:15 |
How to migrate to all-IP backhaul while maintaining legacy services
- Challenges of providing and protecting legacy non-IP-based services
- Aggregation solutions for seamless integration of 2G, 3G and LTE backhaul
- The role of pseudowires for carrying legacy services
- Comparing ROIs when deciding to lease or build IP-based backhaul infrastructure
- Organisational change management to enable migration to an all-IP network – defining new roles and responsibilities and building relationships
Peter Nodbak Andersen, Head of Development (Transmission), Telenor Denmark |
| 14:45 |
Wireless backhaul best practices - building for current and future need
- Scalable and controlled framework to meet future challenges, avoiding upfront investments, linking expenditures to revenues
- Aggregation solutions for seamless integration of 2G, 3G and LTE backhaul
- Applying lessons learned from fixed broadband into building scalable metro networks for mobile backhaul
- Lower risk and enhanced ROI through flexible Packet Optical Transport architecture
Erwin Filmer, Solutions Director, Asia Pacific, ECI Telecom
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| 15:15 |
Extending cellular networks to the rural - a breakthrough business model
- The challenges of serving underserved areas
- Reducing CAPEX & OPEX w/ sub-6 GHz Wireless Backhaul
- Cellular Backhaul installations - customer case-studies from around the world
- Deploying sub-6 GHz Wireless Backhaul to urban environments
Adi Nativ, VP Marketing & Business Development, RADWIN
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| 15:45 |
Afternoon tea |
| 16:15 |
Managing the complexity network and service management requirements
- Examining the requirements for managing today's and tomorrow's mobile backhaul network
- Describing a modular, extensible, and scalable architecture that consists of an integrated and multi-vendor resource, service and performance management solution for traditional FCAPs
Scott Golding, Product Manager, Redcell, Dorado Software |
| 16:45 |
Q&A Panel discussion
Strategies and solutions for reducing backhaul related OpEx
- Ways to reduce OpEx to compensate for declining ARPU, increasing competition and emerging technologies
- Is convergence of 2G, 3G and LTE onto a unified platform the optimum solution?
- How can operators get the most out of their existing assets?
- What impact does an all-IP network have on OpEx?
- How to decouple cost from capacity in your backhaul
Arnaud Cauvin, Mobile Backhauling Architecture Project Manager, France Telecom
Tim Hubbard, Head of 21CN Technology and Platform Introduction, BT (UK)
Roberto Micali, Senior Network Engineer, Telecom Italia Lab
Alan Corfield, Team Leader - New Technology Innovation, Cable & Wireless
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| 17:30 |
Chairman’s closing remarks, end of day one and networking drinks |
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