Application Session and Panels
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3G and WLANs, Competing or Complementing?
Chair: Mehmet Unsoy, Former VP &
Chief Architect, mmO2, USA
Panelists:
Mark Grayson, Consulting Engineer, Cisco, U.K.
Brian
Collie, CEO, Chantry Networks, Canada
Carl
Panasik, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, TI, USA
Rajeev Chand, Senior Equity Analyst, Rutberg & Co., USA
Wireless operators are busy planning for or rolling out 3G networks
to meet capacity and higher speed requirements. However, 802.11-based
WLAN solutions are also becoming widely available, offering cost-effective
support for higher speeds, despite limited mobility. Wireless
operators are evaluating and some are deploying WLANs for hot
spot coverage as a compliment to 2.5 and 3G networks. However,
others see WLANs as competing with the deployment of 3G. This
session will address the opportunities as well as the challenges
associated with the positioning of WLANs as a complimentary technology
to public wide-area wireless networks.
Voice Over Packet Applications: Show Me The Money
Chair: Fred Burg, Technical Manager, AT&T Labs,
USA
Panelists:
Glen Gerhard, Prestotel, USA
Richard Dowling, GCI, USA
Jeff Pulver, President, Pulver.com, USA
Bob Dye, VP Strategic Marketing, Sonus Networks, USA
Many companies are investing in Voice Over Packet services as
an opportunity for the future. Examples include adding voice to
existing data applications for convergence reasons, combining
voice with data on access arrangements such as cable access, and
others. This session provides a look at several of these applications
and their future growth. Experts from industry will share their
expertise on these opportunities.
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Seamless
Mobile Services: Can They Cope With Access, Domain and Device Heterogeneity?
Chairs:
Hemant Chaskar, Nokia Research Center, USA
Do van Thanh, Telenor R&D, Norway
Panelists:
Dirk Trossen, Nokia Research Center, USA
Friedhelm Ramme, Ericsson Eurolab, Germany
Michael Gardner, BT Exact, UK
Mikael Nilsson, Ericsson, Sweden
The proliferation of wireless access technologies (GPRS, 3G, CDMA,
WLAN, bluetooth etc.), providers (cellular operators, WISPs, third-party
service providers etc.) and handheld models (phones, PDAs, laptops
etc.) poses a challenge in providing seamless mobile services and
applications to end users. Ideally, the end user would like to have
consistent service parameters irrespective of their preferred access
method at a given time. Further, smart and adaptive applications
that automatically adapt to characteristics of the current access
in order to present best possible performance to end user are required.
The ability to switch between different wireless access networks
and handheld devices in the middle of the session is also desirable.
This panel will focus on the technological enablers needed to make
this happen. The panelists will set the stage for discussion by
highlighting the issues, expectations and challenges in providing
seamless mobile services in heterogeneous environments, and pointing
out potential technologies where development is happening or needs
to happen to achieve the goal of seamless mobile services. Then
the audience will be given an opportunity to express their opinions.
Evolution of the Metro - What’s the new wave?
Chair: Sab Gosal, Director of Product Marketing, Polaris
Networks
Panelists:
Jim Archuleta, Sr. Mgr, Corporate Product Marketing, Ciena
Jeff Bodin, Sr. Product Line Mgr, Cisco
Rick Thompson, Principal Analyst, PointEast Research
With increasing focusing on services and revenues, service providers
are being forced to re-evaluate their metro network strategies.
Since the metro network is the critical bridge between access and
long-distance segments of the network, service providers require
an architecture that can respond and adapt to the continuously changing
demands more rapidly and cost-effectively. Therefore there is a
need for non-disruptive new generation solutions that allow them
to leverage their existing revenue-generating bases while migrating
to a network architecture that provides dramatic economic and operational
advantages. This panel will examine how advances in metro optical
networking technologies and systems are now making it possible for
a network architecture that simple, autonomous, and leverage the
operational power of a software-defined migration path.
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Nanotechnology and its Applications in Communications
Chair: N.K.Cheung, Executive Consultant,
Telcordia Technologies, USA
Panelists:
M. Meyyappan, Director, Center for Nanotechnology, NASA Ames
Research Center, USA
Edward (Ted) H. Sargent, Nortel Networks – Canada Research
Chair in Emerging Technologies,
University of Toronto, Canada
G. S. Kuo, Professor, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, ROC
Nanotechnology involves the creation of functional materials, devices
and systems at nano-meter scale with novel physical, electrical,
and chemical properties arising solely at nano-dimensions. This
is a broad, enabling technology with expected impact on materials
and manufacturing, electronics and computing, health and medicine,
energy, transportation, national security and space exploration.
The basic science and applications are of great interest to IEEE
and related communities. The talks will provide an overview of novel
nanoelectronic concepts based on carbon nanotubes and molecular
electronics, nanosensors and detectors, nanoelectromechanical systems,
nanoscale materials and fabrication techniques. In this session,
we have invited a distinguished panel of nanotechnology experts
who will provide us an overview of state-of-the-art nanotechnologies
and their potential applications in communications and networking.
The session includes the following presentations: An Overview of
Recent Developments in Nanotechnology by M. Meyyappan, Nanotechnology
for an Agile Optical Internet by Ted Sargent, and From Micro- to
Nano-Technologies by G. S. Kuo.
Global Universal Service: How do we get there?
Chair: Robert Walp, President and Chairman Emeritus, GCI,
USA
Panelists:
Martin Cary, VP Broadband Services, GCI, USA
Ronald G. Choura, Michigan State University, USA
Paul Hartman, Beacon Telecommunications Advisors
Heather E. Hudson, University of San Francisco, USA
In this era of advanced telecommunications, vast numbers of people
have limited, if any, access to adequate services. Although the
essential importance of communicating is universally acknowledged,
investment has been skewed toward the affluent regions. In rural
and remote areas of industrialized countries, access to broadband
is limited, whereas in developing regions, access to narrowband
services (limited to voice and e-mail) may be unavailable or unreliable.
This session will explore strategies to extend services to underserved
areas, drawing on experience in Alaska (where village schools have
broadband access via satellite), innovative projects and policies
in several U.S. states, and lessons from incentive-based strategies
to extend access in developing countries.
Tours will visit sites in Anchorage providing services for rural
Alaska:
Tour 1: Alaska Federal Health Care Access Network (AFHCAN), to get
an overview and demonstration of inexpensive PC-based technology
that is providing telehealth/telemedicine applications for more
than 100 rural clinics across the State.
Tour 2: GCI South Anchorage Distribution Center, the termination
of the Alaska United fiber optics system connecting Alaska to the
continental United States, and the center of the largest Internet
system in the state, serving both urban areas and isolated villages,
as well as the switching center for GCI’s long distance and
local service network.
Tours will be on Wednesday, May 14. Details will be provided at
the session.
Space for these free tours will be limited. Sign up for these tours
at the Registration Desk.
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Should
Operators Worry about Wireless LANs?
Chair: Ibrahim Habib, City University
of New York, USA
Panelists:
Klaus D. Kohrt, VP Wireless Networks, Siemens, Germany
Franco Vatalaro, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Julie Harmer, Product Manager, Btexact, England
Wireless LANs based upon standards such as IEEE 802.11, HipperLan,
among others, are gaining wider acceptance in the marketplace for
their simplicity, cost effectiveness, and the ever increasing demands
for economical high speed connectivity in enterprises, hotels, hospitals,
airports, shopping complexes and almost every place of business
or leisure. Many analysts believe that Wireless LANs is a ubiquitous
technology that will gain significant market share, but not from
the 3G services market, and thus should not be viewed as a competitor
to 3G. Both technologies will have different market shares and will
co-exist together. Others, however, believe that Wireless LANs is
a disruptive technology that is competing with 3G and could take
a big segment of the future lucrative 3G markets. This will certainly
pose a serious threat to the business case and value-added proposition
of 3G for the many operators who invested billions in purchasing
3G licenses, developing 3G systems, and expect high return on their
investments. Will Wireless LANs be a serious threat to 3G? Will
they co-exist or compete? Should operators worry about Wireless
LANs? This panel will attempt to answer the above questions and
address many of the business case issues pertaining to the Wireless
LANs market vis-à-vis 3G.
New Frontiers in Telecom Financing
Chair: Bruce Broquet, VP Finance, GCI, USA
Panelists: TBD
Access to capital is the catalyst needed to bring new technologies
to market. Traditional sources have included equity, debt and venture
capital funding. However the unprecedented contraction in the capital
markets over the past three years has had a profound impact on telecom
financing. Many telecommunication companies with seemingly unlimited
access to capital in the late 1990's are struggling to stay out
of bankruptcy, in bankruptcy or no longer in existence today. This
panel will examine the past, present and future of telecom financing.
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Powerline vs Wireless LANs for Home Networking
Chair: Haniph A. Latchman, University
of Florida, USA
Panelists:
Tom Reed, President of HomePlug, USA
Richard Newman, University of Florida, USA
Larry Yonge, VP, R&D, Intellon Corporation, USA
Srinivas Katar, Sr. Research Engineer, Intellon Corporation,
USA
The emergence of Powerline (PL) LANs for residential home networking
has triggered an interest in the comparison between wireless LANs
and this new entrant to the networking marketplace in terms of supporting
current and future multimedia traffic. This panel, consisting of
leading experts from academia and industry will discuss the theoretical
and measured capabilities of wireless IEEE 802.11x and PL HomePlug
1.0 LANs for residential applications.
Challenges to the Deployment of Security Capabilities for the Internet
Chair: Scott Marcus, Senior Advisor for Internet Technology,
Federal Communications Commission, USA
Panelists:
Sean Donelan, Director of Security, SBC Internet Services, USA
Bill Hancock, Vice President, Chief Security Officer, Cable and
Wireless, USA
Adam Golodner, Deputy Director, Institute for Security Technology
Studies, Dartmouth College, USA
In a post-September 11 world there is increasing recognition of
the need to improve the security and robustness of Internet infrastructure.
In many instances, vulnerabilities have been recognized for years,
and techniques to at least mitigate the exposures are well known;
nonetheless, commercial deployment has been slow. What are the technical,
business and economic impediments to deployment? Are there things
that industry or government could or should do to proactively accelerate
deployment?
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Beyond
IMT-2000/NGN: Next Generation Converged Networks, Supporting Heterogeneous
(Wired and Wireless) Access Links
Chairs:
Masami Yabusaki, Executive Research Engineer, NTT DoCoMo, Japan
Syed Husain, Senior Manager, Network Advanced Technology, GTSS,
Motorola, USA
Panelists:
Mark Gannon, Fellow of the Technical Staff, and Manager, Motorola
Labs, USA
John Visser, Senior Manager, ITU-T SSG Chair, Nortel Network,
Canada
Abbas Jamalipour, University of Sydney, Australia
Toshikane
Oda, Nippon Ericsson, Japan
A quote from ITU-T Recommendation Q.1702, "There is a definite
trend towards integration of access networks (e.g., cellular, wireless
local area network, personal area wireless network, satellite systems,
and Internet.). Based on this trend, it is envisioned that the network
environment of Systems Beyond IMT-2000 will consist of packet-based
network infrastructure offering a plethora of converged services."
The integration of access networks is happening, e.g., cellular/WLAN
interworking. Also, movement towards a packet-based (IP) network
infrastructure is also happening. This is due to the fact that Internet
protocols are emerging as a dominant player for handling peer-to-peer
network signaling. Moreover, there is a demand from the users to
receive seamless service no matter where they are making the use
of IP essential for linking ad hoc networks. In addition, the IP
networks were designed for data in mind whereas the telecom networks
were designed with voice in mind. It appears that data networks
have won out, as they are cheaper to deploy (a claim to be verified)
and will handle voice as well (VoIP). The focus of this session
will be to present the current status of the study on future converged
networks and their realization.
Security and Information Assurance
Chair: Manu Malek, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Panelists:
Farooq Anjum, Research Scientist, Telcordia Technologies, USA
Daniel Massey, Research Assistant Professor, USC/ISI, USA
Susanne Wetzel, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Jun Li, Computer and Information Science Department, University
of
Oregon, USA
Information is one of the major assets of any organization or business.
Therefore, its security, reliability, and availability are of paramount
importance. Additional issues related to information are awareness,
access, authorization, and accountability. Information Assurance
refers to operations that protect and defend information and information
systems by ensuring information availability, integrity, authentication,
confidentiality, and non-repudiation. It is recognized as a critical
issue in Information Technology today. This session addresses some
of these issues with an emphasis on their business impacts.
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Future WLANs
Operated for Profitability
Chair: Carl R. Nassar, Colorado State
University
Panelists:
Clarence Buckner, President and CEO, Magnus, USA
David King, COO, Proxim, USA
David Tahmassebi, President & CEO, Resonext, USA
Topics in this panel discussion will include, (1) emerging market
trends, and how WLANs best capitalize on these, (2) limits to the
ongoing proliferation of WLAN technology, and how to overcome these
issues; (3) the feasibility and marketing of transitioning WLANs
from "hot spot" coverage to "roaming" capabilities;
(4) how future WLAN networks are managed for profitability, QOS,
and security; and (5) WLAN and 3G – cooperation or competition?
Defining Cross-Layer Design for Wireless Networking
Chair: Junshan Zhang, Arizona State University, USA
Panelists:
Tony Ephremides, University of Maryland, USA
Lang Tong, Cornell University, USA
Andrea Goldsmith, Stanford University, USA
P. R. Kumar, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
In recent years we have witnessed a tremendous demand for ubiquitous
information access, such as wireless web browsing and wireless video
streaming – to name a few. A central problem in designing wireless
networks is how to efficiently transmit multimedia traffic over
fading channels. The time-varying channel conditions, together with
highly bursty traffic, makes it very challenging to achieve efficient
resource provisioning so as to meet the demand. It is expected that
developing network-level solutions that take advantage of the interplay
between multiple protocol layers would yield significant performance
gains. Indeed, optimal design across multiple layers opens a new
promising avenue with many issues to be resolved. This panel, consisting
of leading researchers in the cross-layer design area, will explore
and discuss fundamental issues on cross-layer design from many perspectives,
such as networking theory, system theory, information theory, communication
theory, and signal processing. We expect that the discussions will
identify research directions and pave the way for future development
in this area.
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WLANs:
Technology, Trends and Evolution
Chair: Carl R. Nassar, Colorado State
University
Panelists:
Benny Madsen, President and CEO, Litepoint Corporation, USA
Arnold Alagar, President and CEO, CIAN Systems, USA
Timothy Brown, Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder,
USA
This panel will focus on the technology itself, addressing issues
that include: (1) the most promising, emerging trends in WLAN technology,
and what these have to offer; (2) limits to today’s WLAN technology,
and how we might overcome them; (3) visions of the future of the
IEEE802.11 standardization process, and the future of unlicensed
bands; (4) WLAN and 3G – making the technologies work together
at lower cost; (5) directions for future WLAN research.
Industry Collaboration to Increase Network Security
Chair: J. M. Goldthorp, Chief of Network Technology Division,
FCC, USA
Panelists:
Bill Hancock, VP Security, Chief Security Officer, Cable and
Wireless, USA
Karl Rauscher, Director, Network Reliability, Lucent Technologies,
USA
Sean Donelan, Senior Technology Security Manager, SBC Internet
Services, USA
Scott Marcus, Senior Advisor for Internet Technology, FCC, USA
The Federal Communications Commission’s Network Reliability
and Interoperability Committee (NRIC) has produced voluntary best
practices for the communications industry for nearly a decade. NRIC
was chartered in the aftermath of 9/11 to develop best practices
to improve network security. That work is now complete. What new
methods has the industry devised to mitigate the effects of an attack?
What are the best ways to restore service in the event of an attack?
How do public/private partnerships like NRIC work better than regulatory
mandates to achieve desired results?
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Optical
Networking Architectures and Protocols
Chair: Mehmet Toy, Director, Axiowave,
Networks, USA
Panelists: TBD
The immense capacity of fibers needs to be matched by switches,
cross connects, and routers. Optical networking is the best candidate
for it by providing virtually unlimited bandwidth scalability, transparency
for multiple protocols, and faster installation and reconfiguration
of bandwidth. In this panel, we will discuss optical networking
architectures and protocols for access and backbone. More specifically,
routing and scalability, network restoration, and management of
optical networks will be discussed by the leaders of the optical
networking industry.
Emergence Of SLA as Information Technology Business Workhorse
Chair: Raouf Boutaba, Professor, University of Waterloo,
Canada
Panelists:
Jeffrey S. Wheeler; President, Data Technical Services, Inc.,
USA
Masayoshi Ejiri, Vice President, Fujitsu, Japan
Raouf Boutaba, Professor, University of Waterloo, Canada
The nature of packet switched technology has complicated the ability
of the IT manager to monitor the performance of their WAN service
provider. Hence, performance guarantees have emerged as a means
for IT managers to ensure that their critical business data is delivered
in a reliable, consistent manner. These performance guarantees,
coupled with traditional support such as Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
and Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) are now referred to, in the
industry, as Service Level Agreements (SLA). In this panel we will
review the basic elements of the broader topics of Service Level
Agreements (SLA), Service Level Management (SLM) and Service Level
Assurance (SLA). Topics will include SLA parameters and associated
definitions, description of the current direction in network architecture
and it’s impact on SLA monitoring, challenges in data collection,
survey of the industry with respect to SLA monitoring schemes, business
needs and requirements, and a review of commercial tools.
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