Agenda

Day one

| Day One | Day Two |

Registration and coffee 8:30am

Session commences 9:00am

1. Basic Communications - A Telecommunications Primer

Basic Transmission Concepts
Spectrum and Bandwidth explained
Analogue vs. Digital transmission
Modulation techniques: Turning bits into Hz
Optical Transmission Working with Light
What are the different types of optical fibre?
Multiplexing techniques and the Digital Hierarchy
Principles of Circuit Switching Railway Analogy
Brief History and evolution of the Customer Access Network
Why is it called the Local Loop?
The basics of Plain Old Telephone Services?
Where the magic number of 64kbps comes from?
A brief look at the Public Switched Telephone Network Hierarchy.
The Numbering Plan for Telephony
Modems and using the PSTN for data communications.
The basics behind (SS7) signaling systems?
Protocols (layers) and the OSI stackhow is it used?
The Telecom Taxonomy
Connection oriented vs. Connectionless systems
Introduction to Data Communications and Networking
Basic Packet Switching The Post Office Analogy

2. Evolving from the CAN to the Broadband Access Network

The importance of the Access Network or Last Mile.
Todays CAN- local exchange footprint, network, pillars, and MDFs.
The emergence of the Full Services Access Network
The Distributed POTs Architecture
What is a Remote Integrated Multiplexer (RIM)?
The benefits of using RIMs instead of local exchanges?
The challenges of evolving from todays CAN to the BAN
The benefits of moving to a distributed architecture
Fibre to the ExchangeDigital Subscriber Line
- How xDSL breathes new life into old copper.
- What is a DSLAM and where does it sit in the network?
- What are the different flavours of xDSL (ADSL, HDSL, SDSL, VDSL2, etc)?
- Copper Loop challenges; tradeoffs for distance and access speeds.
- The deployment scenarios and techno-economics of xDSL
- What is ADSL2+ and what speeds are achievable?
- How much faster can we go (VDSL and more)?
- What is bonding and how does it increase data capacity?
- How else can we use the copper in the ground?
- What are Unbundling Local Loop and Line Sharing Services?
- The XDSL coverage footprint & the real copper availability for xDSL?
- What you didnt know about xDSL?
- What is Crosstalk and spectral interference?
- How can we extend the reach of xDSL?
Fibre to the Neighborhood Cable/HFC
- Cable TV architecture
- Using the Cable TV infrastructure to deliver broadband.
- What are the differences between Telstras and Optus HFC networks?
- How is HFC deployed today?
- Can HFC be used to deliver broadband access to NGN services?
- The evolution and future of the HFC architecture
- What is DOCSIS?
- Possible data rates achievable on HFC.
Moving the Fibre Frontier as close as you can
- Fibre to the Curb/Kerb (FTTC)
  - Has FTTP been deployed anywhere successfully and how?
  - Greenfield vs. Brownfield scenarios
  - FTTC (Fibre to the Curb) the case for and against
  - VDSL (Fibre to the Curb) the case for and against the 500m drop
  - Using copper as both on the drop and the trunk
  - NextGen Broadband Powerline (BPL)- a dark horse alternate FTTC strategy
- Fibre to the Node (FTTN)
  - FTTN (Fibre to the Node) why is it the incumbents choice
  - The techno-economic rationale for FTTN
  - FTTB (Fibre to the Building) where the building becomes the node
  - How is FTTN deployed and what are the benefits?
  - FTTN activities around the world
  - Is FTTN the most appropriate choice available to Australia?
  - Outside Plant solutions for FTTN a brief look at a different paradigm

Morning Tea/Coffee 10:45am 11:00 am

3. Fixed Broadband Wireless Access

A brief introduction to the black art of Radio
Antennas and Free Space Propagation
Link Budget and Shannons Law
What are the 3 major wireless impairments?
Can wireless match the performance and reliability of wireline?
What are some of the technical challenges that need to be overcome?
The trade-off between Bandwidth (Data Rate) and Coverage (Reach)
Why didnt BWA take off before? Whats changed now?
What is WiMAX and why does it think it is causing a disruption?
Evolution of WiMAX (IEEE 802.16) from Fixed to Portable to eventually Mobile
What are Unlicensed or License Exempt (Class License) Bands?
Licensed vs. License Exempt Operation
What is NLOS (Non Line of Sight) operation and why is it important?
What is OFDM and why is it considered the future of broadband wireless?
The technical merits of WiMAX
What realistic data speeds can users expect from WiMAX
What are Intelligent Antennas and MIMO?
Is WiMAX a truly mobile broadband technology?
Techno-Economics of various deployment scenarios of WiMAX
Can WiMAX really deliver or has it been overhyped?
What are WLANs (Wireless Local Area Networks)?
How does WiFi work?
WiFi in the Home, Enterprise and Public Access
The WiFi 802.11x evolution
How can WiFi illuminate a City Wide Municipal area?
Next Generation Satellite Is it a broadband access contender?
- What are the different satellite systems available?
- What is meant by Bent pipe vs. on board switching
- What equipment and facilities are needed on the ground?
- What is Direct-to-Home Satellite?
- Can satellite be used for to deliver broadband services to the home?
- What are some of the technical challenges that need to be overcome?

Lunch 12:30pm 1:00 pm

4. Mobile Broadband Wireless Access 3G and Beyond

The 3GPP based technology options for personal broadband
- What is cellular mobile communications?
- Cellular Infrastructure Basics
- How bandwidth is created using spatial division?
- Modulation How do you turn bits into Hertz?
- What is the Cellular Radio Access Network?
- What is a Base Station Transceiver Site (BTS)?
- Network Subsystem and Core Network Elements
- What is the Backhaul segment and why is it important?
- The different types of Cellular Systems
- How does a mobile phone work and how is mobility actually achieved?
- The 3G Evolution of GSM and CDMA?
- What deployment scenarios are there for building the 3G Radio Access Network
- Enhancements: How has the system performance of 3G/W-CDMA improved?
- Pumping up the data bit rate with High Speed Packet Access (HSxPA)?
- What is the impact of HSxPA to the Network?
- What data rates can users really expect to achieve?
- Network Coverage vs. Frequency basics
- The future of HSPA+ and other air-interface enhancements
- The benefits of using different parts of the spectrum
- What is 3.99G or LTE?
- What is 4G?

Afternoon Tea Break 3:00pm 3:15pm

5. Transitioning from the PSTN to the Broadband (NGN)

A closer look at the PSTN and the Core and how they work?
- An re-introduction to POTS and the narrowband voice world
- The PSTN its structure and underlying technologies?
- The 64Kbps journey from the subscriber, through the Core, and to the receiver.
- Everybody is connected to a CLASS5 exchange.
  But, what are they?
- How does a CLASS5 Switch actually work?
- What other Switching Elements are there?
- What is the Intelligent Network and how does it work?
Transmission Concepts and Systems
- How circuits are actually provided in the telecom cloud?
- Circuit Switches, Digital Cross Connects and Multiplexers
- How are broadband services transported over Optical Transport networks
- What is DWDM and how does it work?
- How do undersea long-haul optical fibre cables work?
- What is SONET/SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy)
- What is an ADD/DROP Multiplexer?
- How do SDH/SONET Rings Protect traffic?
- What is Gigabit Ethernet and why is it becoming so popular?

End of Day 1 5:00pm

Day two

| Day One | Day Two |

Coffee and networking 8:30am

Day 2 9:00am 10:30am

6. Transitioning to the IP centric World

Understanding how the Internet works
- How is the Internet actually structured?
- What is a POP?
- Structure of the IP protocol suite?
- How do Computers send data across the Internet?
- Internet Addresses and Domains: What are they?
- How the Internets TCP/IP protocol works?
- What is an IP Router?
- World Wide Web Servers and Clients. How do they work?
- How do Web Pages, File Transfer and Email work?
Internet Protocol and the uprooting of conventional Telecom wisdom
- The evolution to IP centricity?
- The Bellheads vs. Netheads war
- What exactly is the IP NGN?
- NGN migration strategies: Inside Out vs. Outside In.
  Which is best?
- The benefits of integrated NGN to Telecom operators and customers
- Understanding Multiservice Access and architectures
- The benefits of packetizing voice to the Telco
- What is a Softswitch and what does it do?
- Softswitches vs. Class 5 Switches
- IMS as an alternative to the softswitch architecture.
- How new applications and services will be developed and rolled out faster?

Morning Tea/Coffee 10:30am 10:45 am

IP Telephony and VoIP
- How is VoIP changing voice as we know it?
- De-mystifying VoIP?
- Gateways, signaling and protocols: What happens behind the scenes?
- The journey of an VoIP call across the network
- What are codecs and softphones?
- What is SIP and why is it important?
- Is SIP the only way to set up sessions?
- VoIP, QoS, routers and other issues.
- How does Skype work and how is it different from other VoIP services?
- Why Skype and its ilk are a threat to the Telcos voice business?
- VoIP and Next Generation Services
IP and the Enterprise
- Understanding Ethernet, LANs and WANS
- Basic Internetworking
- The emergence of Wireless LANS in the Enterprise
- IP Telephony beyond VoIP
- What is an IP-PBX?
- Expanding the boundaries of the enterprise
- SDH vs. GbE the battle for the MAN
- Mechanisms to provide Quality of Service when using IP?
- What constitutes quality?
- What is MPLS?
- How does MPLS enable delivery of reliable IP services?

Lunch 12:30pm 1:00 pm

7. Reinventing the Telco Business

The emergence of the converged Next Generation Telco
- How IP will disrupt the Telco business model
- The Intelligent Network vs. The Dumb Network
- The Business Transformation centered around IP
- The new Next Generation Service Provider
- What is Web 2.0?
- What is Telco 2.0?
Convergence, Broadband and IP
- Old World versus New World TV Broadcast model
- The Industry Dynamics
- Understand what is meant by IPTV
- The Telco Triple Play Strategy
- Delivery Platforms for IPTV
- What are the challenges to successful IPTV delivery?
- What services can you expect?

Afternoon Tea Break 3:00pm 3:15 pm

8. A brief look at the future All-Optical Network

Photonic Transport to Photonic Networks
Optical System Components
The Optical Communications Revolution
Optical Networks
Optical Switching: What does the future hold?
Will we ever have an optical computer?

Session Ends 4:30pm

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