IWPC Backhaul Summit Workshop

NEW – International Wireless Industry Consortium
Interactive Technical Workshop

Summit Background: As handset and device data usage increases exponentially, many operators are finding backhaul to be a bottleneck in today’s networks. As many US operators have publicly stated, tomorrow’s network will be either LTE or WIMAX which may squeeze the bottleneck even tighter. Backhaul deployments strategies and time to market become critical success factors to eliminate the backhaul bottleneck of today and in the future.
Summit Goals: The goal of this Summit is to bring together senior leaders from the entire fiber AND wireless supply chain to facilitate and stimulate breakthrough thinking on emerging technologies and manufacturing methods which, when coupled with market needs and timings, and key system cost drivers, can substantially drive down the cost of hardware and operating expenses associated with backhaul. In short, the goal of this Summit is to create an open, interactive environment, where the entire supply chain can communicate, network, share technology requirements and capabilities, and achieve mutually desired goals. The specific goals of this Summit are to: Help the operators eliminate the backhaul bottleneck Understand the backhaul requirements for LTE and WIMAX Understand the demand and different requirements for twisted pair, coax, fiber and wireless backhaul Understand the impacts on installation, maintenance, reliability on existing and new deployments Identify tradeoffs on backhaul sharing Identify ways to decrease time to market Net net - reduce CAPEX and OPEX

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
7:00 PM	Social and Networking Reception & Registration	At Hotel
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
7:00 AM	Breakfast & Registration
8:00 AM	Opening Remarks
8:25 AM	Self Introductions	Each person will be asked to introduce him/herself and share how they can contribute to this process
9:25 AM	Keynote presentation	Backhaul Requirements: Year 2015 Distinguished Member Technical Staff Verizon Wireless Backhaul Planning
10:25 AM	Networking Break
11:05 AM	Wireless Operator Requirements for LTe and/or WIMAX Backhaul Time to Market Issues (Planning, construction, turn-up, testing & optimization) What are the high data rate wireless network rollout plans for 2010, 2011, 2012 and beyond? Throughput requirements based on realities of handsets and use cases? Backhaul Network Topologies Options - Branching trees, rings and meshes: What are the throughput requirements at different points in the network topology? When to consider twisted-pair, coax, wireless, and fiber, or combinations? QOS Issues Latency Requirements Reliability Issues Load Balancing & Least Cost Routing Options Cost Tradeoffs What are the cost per bit benchmarks - short term/long term? Backhaul Planning considerations and requirements for combination of: Twisted Pair (T1's, E1's) Coax Wireless (Ground, Satellite) Fiber For Macro Base Stations Including S2 and S3 relay requirements - base station to base station links for LTE Micro Cells Pico Cells Femto Cells For Urban Suburban Rural What are the migration requirements from legacy TDM & ATM to Ethernet/IP? Alternate architecture and tradeoffs or performance and costs Changes to synchronization requirements Latency Requirements How does the operator foresee coexistence of legacy TDM & ATM, and Ethernet/IP? What are the overlapping costs for sustaining multiple backhaul networks? Backhaul Service Availability (hardware and software) Define Terms: Availability = Statistical number of hours per year the system is down + the number of hours to complete a repair on a down system Layer 1: Physical Layer - End to End for Various Services Are there any differences between twisted pair, coax, wireless, and fiber availability? Physical redundancy options Link Protection Repair Issues Mean Time to Repair Layers 2 thru 6: Data Link Layer, Network Layer Transport Layer, Session Layer, and Presentation Layer What is the impact on availability between TDM, ATM, and Ethernet/IP? Layer 7: Application Layer What impact do options for layers 1 thru 6 have on quality of service for E-911 Voice, Voice, SMS, Web, Peer-to-Peer, and Video services? How are these applications prioritized and how is this managed? Future Proofing Networks What future proofing plans are desired? Trench once now, install fiber, and you are done? What is the impact of trenching at "historical" or other sensitive sites? OR - Rollout plans using lower cost installations now, and putting off fiber installations for the future? What are the bandwidth scalability requirements? How to migrate from legacy systems to future systems? What "sharing plans" are desired for the future? Are there any special backhaul issues/requirements for in-building networks? Green Issues Power Consumption and Carbon footprint of copper vs. wireless. vs. fiber? Installation impact to environment? End-of-life disposal issues? Network Management Security requirements for data paths from cell site to core? What are the encryption requirements for backhaul applications above and beyond today's industry requirements? "Traffic" and "bits" management requirements Is there anything new required to monitor the status of all hardware and software assets for these future high data rate backhaul networks? Impact of monitoring backhaul networks for macro, micro, pico, and femto cells? Backhaul Business Models - past, present, future For a nationwide network footprint, what are the issues in dealing with multiple backhaul providers vs. dealing with a few nationwide backhaul providers? Backhaul Sharing What are the perception challenges? What are the Advantages and Disadvantages from operator's perspective? What service levels are needed when? What level of control is needed to ensure successful partnerships? What are the business tradeoffs of scale, regional/centralized control, fees and management? Cost and Tradeoffs - use cases What business models desired for all fiber vs. all microwave vs. hybrid network solutions?	LTE Backhaul Considerations Distinguished Member of Technical Staff MetroPCS Backhaul Challenges in an Unlimited World Manager, Backhaul Engineering Leap Wireless
12:35 PM	Networking Lunch
1:35 PM	Backhaul Service Providers Fiber, Wireless, Satellite, Coax, Twisted-Pair from Neutral Hosts, LECs, MSOs, Construction Companies Time to Market Issues (Planning, construction, turn-up, testing & optimization) How are future applications driving the need to think differently about backhaul? How do next generation Ethernet IP backhaul services differ for macro, micro, pico & femto (compare and contrast)? Packet loss? Latency? Costs per user? Costs per bit? For Femto Cells: How do Business DSL and Cable Modem alternatives meet the requirements for Femto cells? What are the time to market factors to be considered? What are the planning limitations? Costs versus Population Density Urban vs. suburban vs. rural Ground topology for trenching considerations for aerial installation considerations for line of site considerations (for wireless) What are the challenges to the base station (macro, micro, pico & femto) with twisted pair copper, coax, fiber, wireless for high data rate backhaul systems? New skills for installation crews Allowing time and cost for training? New requirements at base station Power, Testing, Installation Impact on tower upgrades Backhaul Service Availability (hardware and software) Define Terms: Availability = Statistical number of hours per year the system is down + the number of hours to complete a repair on a down system What is the uptime availability and mean time to repair for various options? What reliability of service can be provided for E911 voice, SMS, video, peer-to-peer, WEB? How is redundancy build in and at what costs? Future Proofing Networks How can backhaul be future-proofed - from legacy networks to future high(er) data rate networks? For LTE and LTE Advanced, using MIMO Migration requirements from legacy TDM & ATM to Ethernet/IP Alternate architectures and tradeoffs of performance and cost. Network Management How is the backhaul system monitored and managed? across multiple networks owned and managed by multiple companies? Backhaul Business Models - past, present, future Can capacity on demand be provided? If so, How? How can backhaul be aggregated to reduce costs for operators? What are the limitations of providing highly reliable Ethernet services everywhere?	Backhaul Solutions for Macro, Micro and Pico Cells Director, Carrier Product Management Comcast Carrier Ethernet & TDM - Network Transport Solutions for Wireless Backhaul Sr. Director, Network Operations Bright House Networks
3:05 PM	Networking Break
3:45 PM	Backhaul Service Providers Fiber, Wireless, Satellite, Coax, Twisted-Pair from Neutral Hosts, LECs, MSOs, Construction Companies (Continued)	Tradeoffs and Economics of Hybrid Fiber-Microwave Backhaul Architecture SVP, Network Services Fiber Tower Implementation Challenges of Fiber and Wireless Backhaul Networks - Capex and Opex Tradeoffs VP WesTower Communications Inc. Thinking Differently about Backhaul: Satellite Solutions Director of Sales Globecomm Systems
5:15 PM	Adjourn for Day
7:00 PM	Bus leaves for: Dinner, Atlanta Style Anthony's (200 year old plantation)	Bus Transportation provided to and from hotel.
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
7:00 AM	Breakfast
8:00 AM	Panel Session Operators, Service Providers, Tower Companies, Neutral Hosts	Confirmed AT&T Brighthouse Comcast Cox Communications Fiber Tower Globecomm Leap/Cricket Metro PCS T-Mobile USA US Cellular Verizon Wireless Westower
9:00 AM	WIRELESS BACKHAUL EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS Time to Market Issues (Planning, construction, turn-up, testing & optimization) How are systems helping the operator go to market faster? How are macro, micro, pico and femto equipment supporting TDM, ATM, and Ethernet/IP concurrently? What are the issues on creating a hybrid system with twisted pair, coax, wireless and/or fiber? What are the legacy concerns while going towards Ethernet/IP? How can products adapt to bursty and surges of high bandwidth requirements? How can bandwidth on demand be provided? How can business DSL and or cable modem services be offered as backhaul alternatives? For wireless backhaul: What are the capacity constraints for line of site (LOS) and non line of site (NLOS) applications? Backhaul Service Availability (hardware and software) Define Terms: Availability = Statistical number of hours per year the system is down + the number of hours to complete a repair on a down system How can end-to-end visibility be achieved? How much cost is added to get higher reliability? How much does another 9 of reliability cost? What is the impact to data rates? How can long term reliability of outdoor equipment be achieved? Split mount (electrical and antennas) versus integrated designs Tower mount vs. building mount vs. pole mount How does data rates versus cost versus range versus 9's of service for various weather conditions? How can service level agreements (SLAs) be monitored down to the millisecond? How can application availability be measured for E911 Voice, Voice, SMS, Web, peer-to-peer and Video for various weather conditions and ranges Future Proofing Networks How can backhaul systems be made more scalable? Green issues: Power consumption & carbon footprint of wireless vs. fiber vs. copper. Installation impact to environment End-of-life disposal issues Network Management How can remote management eliminate a truck roll? What security methods are necessary to secure data over backhaul networks, end-to-end? Can low latency still be achieved? What encryption methods are necessary for secure applications like online services, such as banking? Backhaul Business Models - past, present, future What are future standards requiring for backhaul? How will self-backhauling reduce the OpEx of the operator? What are the in-band backhaul challenges and issues?	Considerations for Building a 2G/3G/4G Backhaul Network Fellow of Technical Staff Motorola Challenges and Solutions for Wireless Backhaul – Any Media Access Manager, Metro Ethernet Huawei
10:00 AM	Networking Break
10:30 AM	WIRELESS BACKHAUL EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS (continued)	Competition or Synergy? Logistical and Economic Tradeoffs for Optical versus Microwave Backhaul Director, Business Development Alcatel-Lucent Backhaul Network Architecture, Synchronization and Security for LTE Product Manager, Global LTE Backhaul Nokia-Siemens Multiservice Backhaul in a Flat IP Network VP, Product Management Dragonwave
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	WIRELESS BACKHAUL EQUIPMENT PROVIDERS (continued)	MMW Technology - Industry Review and Deployment Scenarios Sr. VP, Engineering and Product Management BridgeWave Will a $3000 U$D gigabit mmWave link change the wireless-fiber balance? Chairman and CEO Siklu Communications
2:00 PM	enabling technologies Installation Backup power Synchronization Radio Solutions Chipsets Testing	Deployment Experiences in End-to End Synchronization of IP Backhaul Vice President, Marketing Brilliant Telecommunications Building Adaptable & Scalable Backhaul Network Solutions Sr. Product Manager Xilinx
3:00 PM	Networking Break
3:30 PM	enabling technologies (continued)	Fiber Optic Cable - Total Installed Cost (and how to reduce it) Wireless Market Development Mgr. Corning Cable Systems Lightning: A Real Threat to Down Time and Maintenance Costs VP/Global Engineering & Product Management Polyphaser
4:30 PM	CLOSING PANEL - Operators The Operators will be asked to recap the extent to which the workshop has addressed their wish lists.	Operators
5:30 PM	Take Aways & Closing Remarks
6:30 PM	Adjourn
7:00 PM	*Dinner (Dutch)** * = in this context, Dutch is a term which means that each person will be responsible for their own dinner costs.	For those who desire to join us, we get together to enjoy good friends, good food, good wine and [really] bad jokes
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
8:00 AM	Tour: FiberTower Network Services Cell Site Note: Restrictions may apply--tour attendance subject to the Company approval	Bus Transportation provided from and to hotel.