Masterclasses

Pre-Conference Masterclass A - Monday 22 October 2007

The deployment economics and network considerations of WiMAX

In this Masterclass, Robert Inshaw and the Nortel team will focus on all the considerations that need to be taken into account by potential operators looking to deploy a WiMAX network. The Masterclass will focus on WiMAX as a technology option and the fundamental implications of different network approaches.

9:30 Welcome coffee and Masterclass registration

10:00 Commencement of Masterclass

Session 1: Deploying cost effective WiMAX:

• How to plan cost effective coverage 
• Maximising valuable spectrum: the relationship between coverage and capacity growth will be explored 
• Mobile WiMAX optimised RF planning tools

12:00 Lunch

Session 2: WiMAX core networks: cost effective service delivery

• Getting the core network design right at the start will assist operators to deliver cost effective and quality controlled services to their customer 
• QoS end to end design will be examined and key issues highlighted 
• Value added services such as voice and video discussed and the impact on core network architecture considered

2:30 Afternoon Tea

Session 3: Backhaul solutions for WIMAX and WiFi Mesh

• The capacity and throughput of WiMAX can only be unleashed with a high capacity backhaul network 
• Capacity requirements of OFDM-MIMO network 
• How metro ethernet, optical and microwave solutions can be used to deliver cost effective backhaul 
• A case study examining the practical implications of each of these approaches

4:00 Masterclass concludes

Your Masterclass Leader:
Robert Inshaw, General Manager of Carrier Solutions, Nortel has the responsibility of managing Nortel’s Carrier business across Australia and New Zealand. Key products within his portfolio are next generation technologies such as WiMAX, Carrier Ethernet, IMS and VoIP platforms. Robert has extensive experience in wireless business development, product management and engineering within the telecommunications industry with over 12 years of wireless experience, including 4 years deploying wireless networks across the USA.

About our endorsers
The Telecommunication Society of Australia (TSA) is Australia's key association for people involved or interested in telecommunications.  An independent, non political organisation, the TSA's objective is to advance our members' level of knowledge and understanding on the issues, developments and new directions in telecommunications.

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Post-Conference Masterclass B - Thursday 25 October 2007

WiMAX fundamentals and network planning for coverage, capacity and spectrum

This workshop is important for anyone who is interested in understanding, planning and deploying WiMAX Networks. The Masterclass includes a detailed review of WiMAX technologies, standards and will focus on the “hands on” processes involved with planning, purchasing and deploying a WiMAX network.

9:00 Welcome coffee and Masterclass registration

9:30 Commencement of Masterclass

Session 1: WiMAX fundamentals and standardisation

• WiMAX Interoperability
• 802.16: Capacity, Coverage, Cost
• Certification profiles, documents and processes

Session 2: WiMAX network components

• The WiMAX base station
• WiMAX CPE or Mobile Unit
• The link between the CPE/MU and its parent base station

Session 3: WiMAX radio planning - cartographic data

• Cartographic data as a calculation basis for WiMAX radio-planning
• Production/update of cartographic data
• Different cartographic datasets for different WiMAX planning methodologies

12:30 Lunch

Session 4: WiMAX network dimensioning

• Assessing coverage analysis
• Analysing frequency analysis
• Evaluating capacity analysis

Session 5: the different flavours of WiMAX planning

• WiMAX as a backhauling solution
• Fixed WiMAX: The CPE
• Nomadic WiMAX: from the outdoor to the indoor
• Mobile WiMAX

Session 6: evaluation of WiMAX as an alternative or complement to other technologies

• WiMAX in context
• Competing or complementary technologies

5:00 Masterclass concludes

Your Masterclass Leader:
Emmanuel Grenier, Area Chief Engineer, ATDI South Pacific (Sydney), has been deeply involved in 802.16 radio-planning issues since the birth of this standard. The diversity of his experience in wireless network design is internationally recognized (USA, Europe, and Asia). The LMDS years in the late 90’s provided him with the strong knowledge in cartography which is necessary for radio-planning. This knowledge has since extended to mobile and broadcasting technologies. His early collaboration with major WiMAX operators has made ATDI’s planning tool ICS Telecom the first WiMAX compliant radio-planning tool (OFDM-256 and OFDMA).

Course times and documentation
Registration starts at 9.00am. The masterclass will commence at 9:30am and finish at 5:00pm. Lunch and refreshments will be served at appropriate times. Participants will receive all master class materials.

The ACS (Australian Computer Society) is the recognised professional association for those working in Information and Communications Technology, seeking to raise the standing of ICT professionals and represent their views to government, industry and the community. A member of the Australian Council of Professions, the ACS is the guardian of professional ethics and standards in the ICT sector, committed to ensuring the beneficial use of ICT for all Australians. It provides both members and non-members with opportunities for professional education, networking and certification, as well as enabling them to contribute to the development of their profession.

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