Wednesday 21st April 2010
09.00 Registration and coffee
09.30 Welcome address from the Chair and introductory comments Mark Lum, Independent Consulting Analyst
Technology Spotlight MPLS-TP, MPLS Transport Profile
09.40 Examining the rise of MPLS-TP as a packet transport solution for the metro and access
- Tracking developments in MPLS-TP standards and solutions and what are the open issues?
- How is the proposed role of MPLS-TP evolving identifying the applications that MPLS-TP is being designed to support
- Highlighting the key drivers for the deployment of MPLS-TP where are operators being encouraged to consider deploying this solution and why?
- Assessing the challenges of integrating MPLS-TP with other key technologies IP/MPLS, Carrier Ethernet and Packet Optical to ensure end to end service delivery
- What are the next steps for MPLS-TP and what are the barriers to its full acceptance throughout the industry?
Giles Heron, Principal Network Architect, BT
10.10 Examining a PTN solution approach to 3G and LTE networks
- Identifying the network requirements for 3G and LTE
- Considering the benefits of a packet transport network approach to 3G and LTE
- Examining how packet transport networks are evolving today role of SDH, value of Connection Oriented Packet Transport Solution (PBB/PBB-TE and T-MPLS/MPLS-TP)
Senior Representative, ZTE
10.40 Extending carrier MPLS networks with advanced security features
- Deploying MPLS network based security services on large scale networks
- Combining intranet and extranet services on a single platform in a highly secure environment
- Integrating mobility services securely on fixed MPLS networks
- Customer oriented security management on MPLS transport networks
Tom Davidson, Product Manager, BelGacom
11.10 Exhibition & Refreshments
11.35 Sharing insights into MPLS as a platform for mobile backhaul
- Introducing the newest IETF proposals for MPLS and explaining how they will improve the performance of key applications
- Case study Considering the role of MPLS and pseudowires in mobile backhaul (2G.3G, LTE
- Challenges and solutions for extending MPLS in the Access network
- Why these may rely on Multi-Segment pseudowire (MS-PW) technology
- Optimising MPLS architecture for inter-domain using MS-PW transport paradigm
Frederic Jounay, Senior Architect, IP/MPLS France Telecom
12.05 IPv6 packet transport - Identifying the new challenges ahead
- Motivation to introduce IPv6
- Challenges and opportunities provided by IPv6
- IPv4 and IPv6 differences of the two protocols
- Impact of IPv6 on current packet transport networks: access, aggregation, core, control, content, peering, management, O&M
- IPv6 migration strategies: as smooth as possible, as soon as possible
- What services should be provided over IPv6 and how should they be introduced?
Karsten Fleischhauer, Deutsche Telekom
12.35 Panel Debate Will MPLS replace SDH?
- How can SDH and MPLS-TP co-exist where do the challenges lie for service providers?
- Should MPLS be adapted to take on the network functionality traditionally provided by SDH or would a new layer provide a more practical solution?
- How does MPLS need to change and are current standardisation efforts progressing in the right direction?
- Can operators who deploy T-MPLS look forward to full interoperability with MPLS-TP and other key packet protocols?
Panellists will include:
Senior Representative, Cisco Systems
13.05 Networking Lunch
Mobile Backhaul & Wholesale Ethernet Services Spotlight
14.10 Discussing the journey from TDM to Ethernet for mobile backhaul
- Changing requirements of a transport networks
- Evolving mobile backhaul architecture towards IP/Ethernet
- Importance of cost and optimal migration
Surjeet Verma, Transport Network Architect,3, UK
14.40 Panel Debate Deploying Ethernet in mobile backhaul: a status report
- Tracking the development and adoption of Ethernet backhaul for mobile network applications
- Emphasising the need for network and service definitions highlighting progress in ongoing work to address this and explaining the depth of detail that still needs to be worked through
- Monitoring the increasing interest in carrying Ethernet over legacy infrastructure such as ML-PP over PDH microwave
- Providing a detailed technology view of the scope of the challenges for service providers who wish to fully leverage Carrier Ethernet in the RAN
Senior Representative, MEF
15.40 Exhibition & Refreshments
16.05 Discussing the drivers for PTN solutions in mobile backhaul
- Bouygues Telecom backhaul network drivers for PTN
- Technology choices and their dependence on the existing infrastructure
- Convergence between the fixed and mobile backhaul network
- PTN equipment features and service implications analysis
Andre Revnic, Transport Systems Manager, Bouygues Telecom
16.35 Explaining the proposed regulatory framework for the NGN and considering the competition requirements on future packet networks
- Should transport and service layers be independent?
- Setting out guiding principles for interconnect in the NGN sharing case studies
- Considering the move to Green energy efficient networks what implications are there for competition?
- Considering wholesale Ethernet services in the access as a key bridge for the Next Generation competitive broadband marketplace
Javier Gonzalez, Broadband Forum
Technology Spotlight: Synchronisation in Packet Transport Networks
17.05 Introducing the challenges and potential solutions for maintaining synchronisation in packet transport networks
- Explaining the role of synchronisation in telecoms networks and identifying how synchronisation is currently delivered
- Identifying the implications of removing/emulating the TDM layer
- Considering different methods for delivering synchronisation in packet networks and identifying todays leading solutions
- Comparing Synchronous Ethernet and IEEE 1588 rel2.0
- Considering the implementation of packet synchronisation introducing the deployment architectures and choices for the operator
- Forecasting how packet synchronisation will develop
17.35 Identifying and assessing practical solution options for synchronisation in the evolution from TDM to packet transport networks
- Introducing currently proposed evolution options for synchronisation in the migration to packet infrastructure:
- hybrid approach using a TDM channel
- synchronisation/TDM emulation over Ethernet using Pseudowire technology
- Synchronous Ethernet or IEEE 1588rel2.0 architecture
- Evaluating these approaches in terms of what operators are deploying today and how this is likely to change, given recent advances in synchronisation technology and field experience
- Addressing key requirements for operators delivering timing to a large number of radio base stations on the network borders
- Highlighting outstanding questions that the packet synchronisation industry still need to fully answer and forecasting when operators will adopt pure packet synchronisation solutions
17.35 End of Conference Day Two
