- Topic
Day 1 - 2nd June 2009 Network Planning For Wimax Engineers: Technical Symposium
- Chairman
- Godfrey Chua, Research Manager Mobile & Wireless Infrastructure, IDC (USA)
- 08.00
Registration & Refreshments
- 9.30
- Paul Sergeant, WiMAX Marketing, Cisco (USA)
- How important are wider channels to the performance of MIMO?
- How robust is beam-forming and where does this fit in with WiMAX?
- Overcoming obstacles created by NLOS
- Can advanced technologies like MIMO and beam-forming help to make rural areas more attractive to serve?
Enhancing WiMAX Network Performance with Wider Channels and Smart Antenna Technologies: Will MIMO Be the Making of Mobile WiMAX?
- 10.00
- Bob Fonow, VP, Trivon/Virgin Connect (Russia)
- Optimising solutions to increasing packet throughput performance
- Switches or Routers? Making an informed choice
How Do Network Design Decisions Affect Network Performance? Switches or Routers for Traffic Aggregation?
- 10.30
- Abdul Rehman Usmani, National Manager RF Planning, Mobilink (Pakistan)
- Does it have to be unprofitable to serve customers living near mountains and/or water?
- The role of repeaters in covering shadow areas
- Are more base stations or more advanced wireless solutions the answer to network topology challenges in remote areas?
- How much does CPE location affect coverage?
Preparing an RF Plan for Your Network: What Is the Effect of Power, Terrain, Clutter and CPE Location on Coverage
- 11.00
Networking & Refreshments Break
- 11.30
- Taylor Salman, Product Marketing Director, Ciena (USA)
- How can operators get capacity back to a single point of presence?
- Making the most of the minimum investment in leased lines with contention ratios and traffic grooming techniques
- What are the implications of inadequate backhaul investment on service quality?
- Why does backhaul so often tend to get overlooked?
Breaking The WiMAX Backhaul Bottleneck: Scalable Solutions To Increasing Data Traffic
- 12.00
- Klaus Goerke, Head of System Product Management, Broadband Wireless, Radio Access, Nokia Siemens Networks (Finland)
- What features of the 802.16 air interface are most valuable to WiMAX operators?
- Should femtocells be made mandatory? Arguments for and against
Interpretation of The WiMAX Standard: What Are The Mandatory Fields For Interoperability And What Features Do Operators Want To Incorporate?
- 12.30
- Speaker to be confirmed – please visit www.wimax-vision.com/global for updates
- How can engineers ensure the oversubscription rate allows the network to cope with peak traffic load?
- Scheduling algorithms for calculating oversubscription accurately
Reconciling Oversubscription And Subscriber Quality Of Service: How Can Engineers Ensure Capacity Is Estimated Accurately?
- 13.00
Networking & Lunch Break
- 14.30
- Speaker to be confirmed – please visit www.wimax-vision.com/global for updates
- ASN Gateway and the WiMAX Architecture
- Evolution of Core IP Architecture for existing Fixed Wireless Operators
- Integration with BSS/OSS systems
- Practical considerations for Implementation
ASN Gateway Considerations for Mobile WiMAX: The Anchor Point for Mobility
- 15.00
- Joos Louwe, Senior Technology Strategist, MTN (South Africa)
- Peter Jerry Sorensen, CEO, Danske Telecom (Denmark)
- Traffic shaping and service provisioning: How to ensure a minority of users do not use up the majority of network capacity
- What happens to service quality when cells get overloaded?
- How do you evolve network design to incorporate mobility
PANEL DISCUSSION Responding To Increasing Demand: Is Acquiring More Cell Sites The Only Way To Guarantee Stable Coverage As The Number Of Users Increases?
- 15.45
- Magnus Johansson, Head of Broadband, Digicel (Jamaica)
- How do proprietary systems perform in comparison to certified product?
- Understanding the options in terms of migration from proprietary systems to certified WiMAX
- Strategies for mitigating the problem of vendor lock-in
Comparing The Future Of Proprietary Systems With Certified WiMAX Equipment And Looking At Ease Of Migration
- 16.15
