ITSF 2007 - Conference Papers
Workshop - Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Part 1: Traditional Sync Topics
- Chairmans Introduction
Charles Curry, Managing Director & ITSF Chair, Chronos Technology Ltd, UK
- Quartz Oscillators and Phase Locked Loops
Domink Schneuwly, Senior Engineer, Oscilloquartz, Switzerland
- Primary Reference Clocks
Mike Garvey, Chief Technical Officer, Symmetricom, USA
- GNSS
Marc Weiss, Timing & GPS Expert, NIST, USA
- Galileo
Alan Kendall, Project Manager, EADS Astrium, France
- Time & Timing Measurement Fundamentals
Lee Cosart, Technical Consultant, Symmetricom, USA
- Synchronisation in Telecom Networks
Jean-Loup Ferrant, Synchronisation Expert, Alcatel-Lucent, France
- G.823 and G.824
Silvana Rodrigues, System Architect, Zarlink Semiconductor, Canada
- An Introduction to Packet Switching for Sync Engineers
Stewart Bryant, Technical Leader, Cisco Systems, UK
- Tutorial and Major Differences Between NTP and 1588
Karen O'Donoghue, Lead Engineer, USN, USA
- Introduction to Internet QoS
Fred Baker, Cisco, USA
- Introduction to MPLS
Matthew Bocci, Director of Technology & Standards, Alcatel-Lucent, UK
Day 1 – Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Session 1: Introduction and Welcome
Session 2: Applications (Case studies, Evolution, Services)
- Introduction by Chair
Martin Kingston, Principal Engineer, Orange UK
- Overview of Future Sync Applications and Architecture Challenges
Sébastien Jobert, R&D Engineer, France Telecom, France
- Synchronization Issues from Packet Encapsulation to Air Interface in DVB-T2
Gilles Boime, Technical Manager, Temex, France
- Network Content Synchronisation for MBSFN Transmission in 3G
Derek Richards, Consultant, IP Wireless, UK
- Time and Timing Issues within the Wireless Application Home Environment
Hugh Melvin, Dept. of Information Technology, National University of Ireland, Ireland
- LTE Synchronization Aspects
Marten Wahlstrom, System Manager, Ericsson, Sweden
Session 2: Applications (Case Studies, Evolution, Services continued)
- Introduction by Chair
Michael Mayer, Manager, Advanced Networks, Nortel Networks, Canada
- Keynote Address
Timing at the Turn of the (Last) Century
David Rooney, Greenwich Observatory Museum, UK
- Synchronization in Future VF Mobile Networks
Max Gasparroni, Assistant Chief Engineer, Vodafone Group Services Ltd, UK
- Mission Critical Transport Services Need Synchronisation - Diagnosing and Monitoring Sync. Behaviour
Tomas Johansson, Transmission Engineer, Banverket, Sweden
Session 3: Technology (including Standards, Sync Distribution, Time and Timing)
- Introduction by Chair
Ghani Abbas, Consultant, Ericsson, UK
- NGN Standards
Stefano Ruffini, Product Manager, Ericsson, Italy
- eLoran: Reliable Timing at the Edge?
Dr Sally Basker, Director of Research & Radio Navigation, General Lighthouse Authorities, UK
- IEEE 1588 in Mobile Networks - Migration Scenario
Antti Pietiläinen, Senior Specialist, Nokia Siemens Networks, Finland
Day 2 – Thursday, 15 November 2007
Session 3: Technology (including Standards, Sync Distribution, Time and Timing)
- Introduction by Chair
Dave Tonks, Principal Engineer, Semtech, UK
- Synchronous Ethernet
Jean-Loup Ferrant, Senior Engineer, Alcatel-Lucent, France
- SLA Monitoring in Next Generation Networks
Charles Barry, CEO & Founder, Brilliant Telecom, USA
- Timing Measurements in Packet Networks
Lee Cosart, Engineering Technical Consultant, Symmetricom, Inc, USA
- A Combined PTP and Circuit-Emulation System
Ron Cohen, Chief Technology Officer, Resolute Networks, Israel
- Delivering Better Time-of-Day Using a Synchronous Ethernet and IEEE 1588
Yaakov Stein, Chief Scientist and Alon Geva, Timing Solutions Team Leader, RAD Data Communications Ltd, Israel
- Enabling Two Worlds to Collide - Packet & Timing
Tommy Cook, CEO, Calnex Solutions Ltd, UK
Session 4: Infrastructure (Architecture, Solutions for the Future)
- Introduction
Chair: Phil Mann, VP EMEA, Symmetricom, Inc, USA
- Advanced Features for Sync Testing
Charles Webb, CTO, Anue Systems, Inc, USA
- Deployment Considerations for IEEE1588 in Telecommunication Networks
Tim Frost, Principal Technologist, Symmetricom, Inc, USA
- Introduction
Chair: Ian Wright, Network Team Leader, Sky Network Services, UK
- ITU-T Architecture Standards and Their Impact to Network Operations
Michael Mayer, Manager, Advanced Networks, Nortel Networks, Canada
- Modelling Packet Delay Variation in Ethernet and IP Networks
Dominik Schneuwly, Senior Engineer, Oscilloquartz SA, Switzerland
- An Analysis of Different Technology Scenarios for SLA Development and Sync Transport in NGNs
Chris Farrow, Technical Manager, Chronos Technology Ltd, UK
- Carrier Scale Solutions to the Infrastructure Problem
Mike Gilson, Lead Technology Consultant, BT, UK
- Network Metrics for Timing over Packet
Kishan Shenoi, Principal Consultant, Shenoi Consulting
- Panel Session - Members TBD
- Closing Remarks
Charles Curry, Managing Director, Chronos Technology Ltd, UK
- Close of Conference
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