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
Session 1: Introduction and Welcome
Welcome and Introduction
Charles Curry, Managing Director & ITSF Chair, Chronos Technology Ltd, UK
Keynote Address
Timing Needs in 2020
Andy Reid, BT, UK
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
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