MAPOS USA '07

Speed Networking: A chance to get to know your peers before the start of the conference and set in a relaxed and informal atmosphere

• Overview of 3G rollout plans and exploiting 2G infrastructure to reduce costs
• Does implementing both a 2G and a 3G network giving a better or worse network quality?
• Understanding the impact of different handsets (some have GSM, EDGE and UMTS, others only have GSM and UMTS) on operators' service provision
• Can the 3G coverage ever be as good as 2G?

• Customer needs versus technical innovations: A realistic view on the German market
• Reviewing the key areas of deployment of UMTS at E-Plus
• Optimising the efficient use and interoperability of 2G and 3G networks regarding voice and data traffic

• Outlining the difficulties of planning and optimising a 3G radio network
• Highlighting key factors in 3G network optimisation processes
• Analysing the overall optimisation process to increase efficiency and reduce costs
• Identifying and deploying automatic network optimisation processes
• Examining current limitations in 3G optimisation processes

• Drive testing and network counters versus user experience (UE) behaviour
• Examining the impact of UE differences on the perceived network quality
• Differences in UE behaviour regarding neighbour lists and soft handover behaviour

• Examining how mobile data subscriber adoption is dependent on QoS and reliability as well as cost
• Meeting the end-users' expectations through optimisation techniques
• Managing the network as the number of users increases
• Overcoming the challenges of rate adaptation

• Evaluating the need for repeaters in UMTS
• Recognising the principles and relevant characteristics
• Examples of repeater features and how they can be used and optimised

• Cell selection and reselection in a multi-RAT environment
• The importance of being on the correct cell
• Why simulations often fall short of actual performance due to ignoring actual cell selection performance

• UMTS900 deployment scenarios
• what are the coverage gains of UMTS900 vs. UMTS2100?
• Capex gains of UMTS900 vs. UMTS2100
• UMTS900 and GSM900 coexistence

• Understanding the impact of HSDPA on optimisation techniques
  • Why does HSPA require more optimisation than Standard WCDMA ?
• Identifying specific issues related to optimisatin with HSDPA
  • Sceduling moved from RNC to node B
  • Critical parameters no longer available to monitor on lub
  • Processing power required to deliver real-time sceduling
  • Reducing interference on the downlink
• Examining the relationship between HSDPA capacity, power and spectrum utilisation

• Examining the challenges for initial siting and how to overcome them
• Analysing the coverage issues for using 3G phones in 2G cell sites
• Strategies to successfully re-use 2G infrastructure in 3G design
• What is involved in changing the antenna configuration and what are the implications?

• Introduction of HSDPA service to T-Mobile networks
• Experienced network limitations and problems due to high speed traffic
• Optimisation steps to extend network capacity efficiently
• Short outlook on HSUPA introduction and expected system limitations

• Evaluating HSPA applications
• Identifying QoS KPIs for high speed data services
• Determining and mapping real customer perception with network performance

• Analysing HSDPA experiences and how it has affected 3G optimisation
• How to increase Iub bandwidth
• How to ensure the hardware in the Node Bs supports HSDPA
• Examining the impact on surrounding UMTS cells
• Can the same carrier be used for HSDPA and Release 99?

• Examining EcNo degradation
• Coexistence of R99 and HSDPA traffic on same carrier
• Optimising HSDPA and achievable throughput
• Effect of schedulers on user experience
• Examining CQI distributions in different radio environments
• RTT distributions
• 16 QAM versus QPSK modulation
• What are the limitations of terminal equipment?

• Determining KPIs for HSDPA performance monitoring
• From KPIs to perceived end-user quality
• TNO ICT work on KPIs and perceived user quality
• Challenges for HSUPA and HSPA+ monitoring

• How can the UMTS 900MHz network be used?
• Techniques to extend UMTS voice and HSDPA data coverage
• What is the ROI for optimising a lower frequency network?
• Can the 900MHz bandwidth be used for UMTS/ Release 99?

• Examining the affects of QPSK and 16 QAM modulations
• Evaluating Iub capacity and traffic priorisation
• Assessing the affects of different load conditions
• Optimising by quality and investments

• What performance to expect for cells, end users, etc
• How to locate bottlenecks in the HSPA delivery chain
• Evaluating HSPA performance in UEs and network elements
• VoIP and IP-TV over HSPA - dream or reality?

• Examining 3G network transport requirements
• Possibilities for an all-IP core network and all-ethernet access network
• Comparing the IP core network versus the IP/ MPLS core network
• How can MPLS help optimise the IP core network to increase efficiency and reduce costs?

• How will new IMS based services impact the end to end quality of 3G calls?
• What performance management and optimisation tools will be used in the new IP-core networks?
• How will new IMS based services be monitored in the 3G network?
• What new KPIs/ statistics should be measured?
• Introducing SIP and RTP monitoring to 3G operators