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    30 November 2008

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    1 December 2008

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    1 December 2008

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Design & Developers Forum

Monday 1 December 2008
10:00 – 12:00

DD01M1: In Building Wireless (PDF1 >>, PDF2 >>, PDF3>>)
Presenters: 
Leo Holzenthal Jr. (University of New Orleans, USA)
Ahmed Himny, PhD, Andrew Wireless Solutions, LLC, USA
Ali Nemati, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, USA

The distribution of wireless telephony and data signals within buildings and structures has become a large industry in the wireless industry.  This session will begin with a presentation of the signals and spectrum that is desired, and the technologies used to build these systems.  As an example of a project, a very scale, neutral host type, fiber optic based distributed antenna system was conceived to provide wireless telephone and radio signals to subscriber units within the confines of a large international airport.

DD02M1: Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies (WCET) (PDF >>)
Presenter:  Celia Desmond (World Class Telecommunications, Canada)

The WCET Certification Program has been designed to address the worldwide wireless industry's growing and ever-evolving need for qualified communications professionals who can demonstrate practical problem-solving skills in real-world situations. The certification program and related topics are covered.


Monday 1 December 2008
13:50 – 15:30

DD03M2: Wireless Access for Vehicular Environments (WAVE)I (PDF1 >>, PDF2 >>)
Presenters:  Tim Weil and James Marousek (Booz Allen Hamilton, USA)

The Department of Transportation Vehicular Infrastructure Integration (DOT VII) program, paving the way for the Intelligent Transportation Systems of tomorrow, envisions a future in which intelligent vehicles routinely communicate with each other and the transportation infrastructure in real time.

DD04M2: Next Generation Service Oriented Networks (PDF1 >>, PDF2 >>, PDF3 >>, PDF4 >>, PDF5 >>)
Presenter:  John Wittgreffe (BT Group PLC, UK)
IT resources and other telco capabilities are exposed for direct access by application designers and developers during D&D, and by users at runtime. Resources can be configured to adapt and continually optimize to make sure that the Quality of Experience for end user applications is kept high.


Monday 1 December 2008
16:00 – 18:00

DD05M3: Wireless Access for Vehicular Environments (WAVE) II
Presenters:  Dimitri Khijniak (Technocom, USA)
Tao Zhang (Telcordia Technologies, Inc., USA)

Wireless access in vehicular environments (WAVE) technology comes into sight as a state-of-the-art solution to contemporary inter-vehicle communications, which is anticipated to be widely applied in the near future to radically improve the transportation environment in the aspects of safety, intelligent management and data exchange services.

DD06M3: Emergency Services for IP Networks
Presenters:  Richard Barnes (BBN Technologies, USA)
Michael Loushine (Telcordia Technologies, Inc., USA)

The focus is on Citizen-to-Authority Communications. Users increasingly rely on multimedia communications that take place on next generation networks based on the Internet Protocol (IP). This reliance means that the average user will one day reach for this multimedia communication system to place what could be the most important communication of their life: an emergency services call.


Tuesday 2 December 2008
10:00 – 12:00

DD07T1: Modeling and Simulation of Wireless Networks I
Presenters:  Jack Burbank and Jon Ward (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA)

This technical session aims to provide an overview of modeling and simulation (M&S) tools and techniques available to assist network designers and developers, with a focus on wireless network design and development. The focus is on wireless networking. M&S is a critical element in the design, development, and test and evaluation (T&E) of any network product or solution.

DD08T1: Security for Seamless Mobility (PDF1 >>, PDF2 >>, PDF3 >>)
Presenters:  Nada Golmie (NIST, USA)
Vivek Gupta (Intel, USA)

Maintaining security during handovers is complex because there are several factors that affect the implementation of security components and how they are characterized and measured in different types of networks. Topics to be covered in this session include common Industry trends and best practices for dealing with security in mobile environment, the development of new specifications in various standard organizations, state-of-the-art and current research activities.


Tuesday 2 December 2008
13:30 – 15:30

DD09T2: Modeling and Simulation of Wireless Networks II
Presenters:  Jack Burbank and William Kasch (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA)

This technical session aims to provide an overview of modeling and simulation tools and techniques available to assist network designers and developers, with a focus on wireless networks. M&S is a critical element in the design, development, and test and evaluation of any network product or solution.

DD10T2: Telemedicine Systems I (PDF1 >>, PDF2 >>, PDF3 >>)
Presenter:  Ryoichi Komiya (Multimedia University, Malaysia)

Due to the increase of aging population in global basis, many countries face serious problems in the management of chronic diseases prevention, medical treatment and follow-up of discharged patients. This forum aims at understanding interdisciplinary issues between medicine and telecommunication, telemedicine systems design and development and necessity of international standardization.


Tuesday 2 December 2008
16:00 – 18:00

DD11T3: Modeling and Simulation of Wireless Networks III
Presenters:  Jon Ward and William Kasch (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, USA)

This technical session aims to provide an overview of modeling and simulation (M&S) tools and
techniques available to assist network designers and developers, with a focus on wireless network design and development. M&S is a critical element in the design, development, and test and evaluation (T&E) of any network product or solution.

DD12T3: Telemedicine Systems II (PDF1 >>, PDF2 >>)
Presenter:  Ryoichi Komiya (Multimedia University, Malaysia)

Marketing and management issues in the Telemedicine industry are discussed in this session. Increased healthcare capacity challenges, increased cost pressures, pay for performance, and employer and health plan encroachment are just a few of the strategic contexts driving the development and deployment of technologies and devices.


Wednesday 3 December 2008
10:00 – 12:00

DD13W1: Progress and challenges for 100GbE and Beyond
Presenter:  Ann Von Lehmen (Telcordia Technologies, Inc., USA)

Network traffic continues to grow. As a result, there is accelerating interest in the development of 100 Gb/s transport, and 100 GbE technology. This session will explore the status of standards efforts, and present perspectives on this emerging technology from the components, systems, and carrier marketplaces.

DD14W1: Whither IMS (PDF >>)
Presenter:  Vijay Varma and Michael Loushine (Telcordia Technologies, Inc. USA)

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) standardization continues and new capabilities are being introduced, but something is still holding back deployments. This forum addresses the state of the art of IMS from the technical and business angles. The session consists of short presentations followed by a panel discussion.


Wednesday 3 December 2008
13:30 – 15:30

DD15W2: B3G & 4G Mobile Wireless Broadband Technologies (PDF1 >>, PDF2 >>)
Presenter:  Andres Kwasinski (Texas Instruments Inc, USA)

Focuses on technology and deployment issues associated with the upcoming and future mobile wireless broadband technologies, emphasizing topics related to 3GPP LTE and WiMAX IEEE 802.16.

DD16W2: Localization in Wireless Networks (PDF1 >>, PDF2 >>, PDF3 >>, PDF4 >>, PDF5 >>)
Presenter:  Mussa Bshara (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

Wireless communication operators have realized the value and potential to make information services highly personalized, and enabling these to be location based. Providing LBS requires knowing user’s location; this positioning problem in WiMAX networks is addressed in this session.


Wednesday 3 December 2008
16:00 – 18:00

DD17W3: Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies (WCET)
Presenter:  Celia Desmond (World Class Telecommunications, Canada)

The WCET Certification Program has been designed to address the worldwide wireless industry’s growing and ever-evolving need for qualified communications professionals who can demonstrate practical problem-solving skills in real-world situations. The certification program and related topics are covered.

DD18W3: Localization in Wireless Networks II (PDF1 >>, PDF2 >>)
Presenter:  Mussa Bshara (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

This session complements DD18W2 by discussing Service migration, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and their impact, design of modular architecture of MAC (Medium Access Control) layer implementation, and presenting particular case studies.

DD19W3: Optical Switching (PDF >>)
Presenter:  Sunan Han (Fujitsu Network Communications, USA)

Ethernet and TDM sub-wavelength switching in Packet Optical Networking (PON) platforms are discussed along with an overview of optical burst switching technologies in Ethernet transport networks, emphasizing its technical and economic benefits.