Detailed Seminar Descriptions

DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY MAY 19                          Exhibits open 10am – 4pm

7 to 8          ATTENDEE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST sponsored by Ledcor Technical Services

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8 to 9

Batteries -- Innumerable &Unseen Applications – Are they Worth the Time & Money?

Speaker: Mike Lewis, Sr. Applications Engineer, Megger
Mike Lewis is a veteran of the telecommunications industry after 30 years with at&t specializing in the outside plant environment. Mike has also spent two years with the CATV industry as a Training Manage r involved with the telephony service offerings provided by CATV. Mike currently is working as an Application Engineer with Megger going on 9 years. This gives Mike over 40 years worth of experience in the telecommunications industry. His work with Megger includes training customers, representatives and distributors of the Megger products including grounding/bonding test equipment, TDR's, multi-meters, Battery testers, cable locating equipment, etc. Mike served on the BICSI Grounding and Bonding committee involved in the updating of this subject matter in the BICSI manuals. Mike has presented seminars for BICSI in the past including topics on Customer Owned Outside Plant and most recently a seminar on Grounding and Bonding for BICSI in Hawaii. In Addition to work with BICSI, Mike has conducted seminars on Ground Testing, Premise wire Testing and TDR testing for the SCTE (Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers) organization. He has presented grounding and bonding seminars at the NATE (National Association of Tower Erectors) as well.

Covering battery basics, testing, float voltage, specific gravity, float, ripple and discharge current, temperature, intercell connection resistance, capacity, impedance, resistance and data analysis.

The many worldwide power outages over the past several years make batteries essential as a backup source. We often don’t give batteries a second thought; we simply expect them to work when called upon. Batteries are extremely important to support your company’s many assets and revenue streams during outages. Example: in a generating station, if the turbine suffers an outage, without the back-up battery, the turbine lube oil priming pumps would not continuously keep the bearings lubricated, causing major damage and lengthy outages. In hospitals, who wants to be in the middle of an operation when an AC outage occurs without proper battery back-up? The applications for batteries are innumerable and frequently unseen.

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8 to 9

NEW -- The Future of Ethernet

Speaker: Cyrille Morelle, VeEX INC. for HELIX ANALYTIX

Cyrille co-founded VeEX Inc. and has served as VeEX Inc President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2006 and as a member of VeEX Inc board of directors since April 2006. From March 1997 to March 2006, Cyrille served as VP product marketing for Sunrise Telecom Inc., Sunrise Telecom, a telecommunications test equipment manufacturer. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Morelle served as Lieutenant Colonel DGGN of DGGN, managing a development team. In his current role at VeEX, Cyrille and his team are responsible for the global operations of VeEX and bringing new innovative testing solutions to the market place. VeEX offers more than 15 products for Broadband, Metro Ethernet, Transport and CATV Service Providers. Cyrille attended San Jose State University where he earned a Master of Sciences in Electrical Engineering (1997) and a Certificate on Client/Server computing (1997). He was the recipient of the Rotary International Goodwill Ambassador Scholarship. He also holds a M.S. in Telecommunication and General Engineering from ESME Sudria (1994), Paris France.

The presentation will discuss what Carrier Class Ethernet is and identify the challenges to make Ethernet Carrier class. How do you implement synchronized Ethernet and the associated challenges associated with it will be explored in detail.

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9 to 10

Demystifying the Path to 100GigE

Speaker: Gwennael Amice, Senior Application Engineer, EXFO 

Gwenn Amice is currently a Senior Application Engineer at EXFO Inc., which he joined in 2001. His main responsibilities consist of giving technical presentations and providing training as well as technical support for Ethernet, optical and monitoring applications.
After having spent two years in the navy, Mr. Amice began his career in 1994 in optoelectronics R&D at SVFO, a French subsidiary of Italian-based Pirelli Group.  In 1996, he was named Product Engineer in charge of SONET/SDH transponders and tunable EDFAs; he also performed installations, troubleshooting and demonstrations of DWDM SDH/SONET systems in Europe, in the Americas and in Asia. In 1998, he was the first project manager of the European Pirelli Installation Team for  DWDM deployment . In 2000, he joined the Engineering Department at Videotron in Montreal, in charge of test equipment and outside-plant optical equipment R&D. Mr. Amice holds a university degree in electrical engineering and industrial computing from the Institut universitaire de technologie de Brest, in France.

The need for bandwidth is persistently increasing and networks are under a lot of pressure. After OC192 and 10GigE, the new standards are 100GiGE and 40GigE. Are your networks ready for this upgrade? How could we use our deployed fibre to transfer 100 billion bits per second? What are the evolutions required in our testing methods? What do the standards say?

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9 to 10

Planning & Deployment of GPON Technology

Speaker: Todd Richard, Director, Business Development, ATI TELECOM

Review of the planning steps necessary to implement a GPON deployment providing examples of Network planning topics and objectives. We review the critical elements of the deployment process including; Project selection, location, and site selection criteria, availability and timing of transport , research demographic profiles, competitive assessments & community receptiveness, constructability (aerial vs. buried), deployment and  technology selection process w/standards based design approach, network technology selection, NOC control of Element Management Systems, schedule and application of FTTP solution, service and product offering (Data, Voice, Video), deployment considerations, risk carrying capacity & mechanisms, network design & equipment supply, GPON OSP philosophy, Network Access Point (NAP), distribution fibre and feeder approach, OSP design & materials, and customer premise installation.

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9 to 10

Outside Plant DSLAM - Technology Evolution & Installation Reality

Speaker: Ron Mansi Director Sales – Carrier, ADTRAN CANADA

Summary of the technology options and evolution for outside DSLAMs from ADSL2 plus to VDSL2, bonding options.

What applications do these units support and the distance vs. impact on bandwidth.  Review an OSP business case with cabinet and pedestal installation options and experiences.  (ADTRAN is the North American leader in Outside Plant DLSAM installs)
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10 to 11

Achieving Environmental Efficiency with Green Broadband Initiatives

Speaker: Juan Vela, Director, Solutions Marketing & Strategy, OCCAM NETWORKS

As subscribers demand anytime availability of IPTV, online gaming, video uploads/downloads, and other bandwidth-intensive, low latency services, telco’s responded by significantly building out their networks  resulting in huge increases in power and HVAC demands and extra equipment that must be disposed of in an environmentally appropriate way at the end of its useful life. We review  savings examples: ie: a watt of energy saved by the telco, has a multiplier effect and ends up reducing the total wattage consumed 2.41 watts, translating to $1,793 in total power savings for 1,000 circuits.  The anticipated growth of broadband and video services over the next few years (IPTV alone is expected to grow from <$7 billion in 2009 to $20 billion in 2013).  Growth in equipment, power and HVAC needs must grow to accommodate this demand. New initiatives are designed to create more efficient networks, such as a new generation of more efficient equipment that is denser, requires less space and runs cooler. We review initiatives, ranging from MDU enhancements to next generation PON, and greater access and core network integration for the future.
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10 to 11

GigE and 10GigE Generic Product and Technology

Speaker: Winnie Lin, Canadian Account Manager, RAISECOM TECHNOLOGIES for POWER & TEL 

Winnie Lin obtained her Mater degree in Computer and System Engineering from Carleton University in 1995. She worked in Nortel, Semis and several start-ups before joined Raisecom. She has taken the positions in software design, project and product management, marketing and sales, before and after sale technical support. She has worked almost every areas in telecommunications include voice, ATM, IP, wireless and now in fibre optical.

We dig into the fiber optic technology behind the GigE and 10GigE and discuss how Ethernet data is transported through fiber optic cable and the interfaces for Ethernet data equipment.  We also examine available functions and features of hardware and software on Ethernet equipment, the applications and trend of Ethernet technology development in the overall telecommunication industry.
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Canadian EAS (Emergency Alert System) Initiative – Are You Ready?

Speaker: David McCreath, Vice President Business Development, CAPELLA TELECOMMUNICATIONS

David McCreath is currently Vice President Business Development at Capella Telecommunications Inc.  David joined Capella over eight years ago and has been responsible for Capella’s cable telephony and set-top businesses.  One of his current responsibilities is promoting Capella’s Emergency Alert Service product offering into the Canadian market. Prior to Capella, David spent most of his career at Nortel where he held a number of sales positions.  He established Nortel as a leading vendor in the competitve access provider and cable TV industries and strengthened Nortel’s position with Canadian independent telephone companies. In 1997, David left Nortel to join Broadband Networks Inc. where he was responsible for Canadian sales of digital wireless products.  He re-joined Nortel the following year when Broadband Networks was acquired by Nortel. David’s early career includes two years at Rogers Cablesystems where he was responsible for the development of design guidelines and project management for Rogers’ new cable TV franchises in the United States. David holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario and a Masters of Applied Science and Bachelor of Applied Science from Queen’s University. David is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario.

The CRTC has approved Pelmorex (The Weather Network) to establish an emergency alert system (EAS) for Canada.  The current deadline to have this system in place is June 2010.  Are you ready?  We review the status of the Canadian EAS initiative and look at what service providers need to do to get this in place in time.
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11 to 12

How to Guarantee Good IPTV Services over Various Last Mile Technologies

Speaker: Gwennael Amice, Senior Application Engineer & François Marcotte, Senior Applications Engineer, EXFO 

Gwenn Amice is currently a Senior Application Engineer at EXFO Inc., which he joined in 2001. His main responsibilities consist of giving technical presentations and providing training as well as technical support for Ethernet, optical and monitoring applications.
After having spent two years in the navy, Mr. Amice began his career in 1994 in optoelectronics R&D at SVFO, a French subsidiary of Italian-based Pirelli Group.  In 1996, he was named Product Engineer in charge of SONET/SDH transponders and tunable EDFAs; he also performed installations, troubleshooting and demonstrations of DWDM SDH/SONET systems in Europe, in the Americas and in Asia. In 1998, he was the first project manager of the European Pirelli Installation Team for  DWDM deployment . In 2000, he joined the Engineering Department at Videotron in Montreal, in charge of test equipment and outside-plant optical equipment R&D. Mr. Amice holds a university degree in electrical engineering and industrial computing from the Institut universitaire de technologie de Brest, in France.

François Marcotte holds the position of Senior Applications Engineer at EXFO Inc., which he joined in 2003. In this capacity, he is responsible for conducting technology trainings and seminars around the world. He has an overall expertise of 20 years in the telecom industry. François started his career in the telephony business as a repairman for Bell Canada in 1988. He then went on to work in the CATV marketplace as a specialist in hybrid fiber coaxial cable network design and implementation. In 1993, François joined AT&T as a product manager, where he built an in-depth expertise of SONET and ATM technologies. As Internet-Ethernet came along in 1997, François returned to the telecom business to develop and enhance his expertise in IP, Ethernet, next-generation SONET and OTN. Through his experiences at Bell Canada, Cabletel, Philips/Magnavox, AT&T, Wavetek Wandel and Golterman, Acterna and EXFO, François has become a reference in high-speed transport/datacom testing solutions for small and large enterprises. François Marcotte is a  telecommunications engineering graduate from the University of Montreal (École Polytechnique).

We address FTTH deployment testing, copper pair acceptance for VDSL2 deployment and RFoG deployment challenges.  What are the various metrics that must be measured and controlled for ensuring IPTV, VOIP and Data services.
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11 to 12

Transitioning to LTE

Dave Adams, RCATS Product Line Manager, Solutions Division, JDSU

The marketplace is eagerly awaiting the introduction 4G wireless services enabled through the introduction of Long Term Evolution enhancements to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) standards.  We address the basics around LTE technology, the key advantages of this new technology and the specific challenges associated with deploying and operating an LTE network.

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11 to 12

Building All IP Golden Pipes
Speaker: James Tong, P.Eng. & PMP, Director, Wireline Marketing/Business Development HUAWEI CANADA
Mr. James Tong is director of Wireline Marketing of Huawei Technologies Canada where he is responsible for the company's strategic growth of fixed network portfolio. He has more than 20 years experience in telecommunications industry His previous experience includes network development and strategic technology planning. Prior to joining Huawei, Mr.Tong held several management roles in various North American Telcom companies, including Bell Canada, AT&T and MTSAllstream. Mr. Tong is a graduate of the University of Shanghai.

The change in broadband world means that the ultra broadband era is really coming, from the accesses of mobile and fixed networks. With mobile operators upgrading their network from 2G to HSPA, HSPA+, and later to LTE, many users can readily obtain 20M~100M access bandwidth. In the meantime, the acceleration on the fixed broadband continues, starting from VDSL2, GPON/EPON, and later 10G PPON/10G EPON, and so on. Increase of access bandwidth will impose tremendous challenges to the operators on how to manage network and profit from new services brought by the ultra access bandwidth. The presentation consists two parts – first, we will talk about what’s happened and what will happen in the broadband area, second, we will discuss Huawei's vision and strategy on how Huawei, as a leading global telecommunications vendor, can help operators meet the new challenges in the ultra broadband era, and ultimately profit from it.

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12 to 1       LUNCH – Sponsored by Power & Tel

1 to 2

OUTDOOR EXHIBIT DEMONSTRATIONS

1:00 PM    NorTruck Manufacturing & Distribution
1:20 PM    Huawei Technologies
1:40 PM    Marjak Leasing

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J.83/B Modulation Standard

Speaker: Bob Ellis, Broadcast Test & Measurement Product Manager, ROHDE & SCHWARZ 

Bob is currently the Product Manager and Applications Engineer for the Test and Measurement Division at Rohde & Schwarz America. He has 16 years of experience in the Digital Broadcast Area, and held positions with Tektronix as an Account Manger and Distribution Manger. Bob has received his experience with Video while working in the US Army.

Focusing on the J.83/B standard and measurements required to ensure that Cable providers provide the best possible Quality of Service for their customers.  We provide the basics for the J.83/B modulation standard and MPEG, plus focus on the ETR-101-290 test for QoS.  What are the most common errors within the RF and MPEG compression areas, to reinforce the requirements for testing the complete system.  

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2 to 3

WORKSHOP: Carrier Ethernet Service Delivery over Next Generation Access Demarcation Device

Trainer: Winnie Lin M.Sc., Canadian Account Manager, RAISECOM TECHNOLOGIES for POWER & TEL 

Winnie Lin obtained her Mater degree in Computer and System Engineering from Carleton University in 1995. She worked in Nortel, Semis and several start-ups before joined Raisecom. She has taken the positions in software design, project and product management, marketing and sales, before and after sale technical support. She has worked almost every areas in telecommunications include voice, ATM, IP, wireless and now in fibre optical.

The challenge of next generation Ethernet service is to provide TDM liked leased line service with Ethernet technology since high bandwidth requirement is ever growing from the customer site as well as a low cost solution. Finally, carrier Ethernet will eventually replace old TDM technology on access with the consistent customer experience with TDM leased line. Carrier Ethernet must be improved due to weakness on the OAM, performance monitoring, SLA as well as synchronization.

This workshop offers a way for the next generation access demarcation device to meet all the tough requests with a cost effective and innovation solution. A roadmap for carrier Ethernet deployment, requirement and development will also be introduced.

3 to 4

WORKSHOP: Fusion Splicing

Trainers: TELONIX COMMUNICATIONS & Jonathan Baker, OFS FITEL

Topics covered will include active core, active and passive profile alignment splicing systems. The hands on part will include preventative maintenance and cleaning of fusion splicers and cleavers. Jon Baker's experience, knowledge and presentation skill, ensure that this will be a useful and informative workshop. This workshop will be product specific (FITEL) but the information will be useful to anyone considering fusion splicing now or in the future.

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4 to 6          WELCOME RECEPTION – sponsored by JDSU

8 to 9

EtherSAM: The New Standard in Ethernet Service Testing

Speaker: François Marcotte, Senior Applications Engineer, EXFO

François Marcotte holds the position of Senior Applications Engineer at EXFO Inc., which he joined in 2003. In this capacity, he is responsible for conducting technology trainings and seminars around the world. He has an overall expertise of 20 years in the telecom industry. François started his career in the telephony business as a repairman for Bell Canada in 1988. He then went on to work in the CATV marketplace as a specialist in hybrid fiber coaxial cable network design and implementation. In 1993, François joined AT&T as a product manager, where he built an in-depth expertise of SONET and ATM technologies. As Internet-Ethernet came along in 1997, François returned to the telecom business to develop and enhance his expertise in IP, Ethernet, next-generation SONET and OTN. Through his experiences at Bell Canada, Cabletel, Philips/Magnavox, AT&T, Wavetek Wandel and Golterman, Acterna and EXFO, François has become a reference in high-speed transport/datacom testing solutions for small and large enterprises. François Marcotte is a  telecommunications engineering graduate from the University of Montreal (École Polytechnique).

As Ethernet continues to evolve as the transport technology of choice, networks are shifting their focus from purely moving data to providing entertainment and new applications in the interconnected world. This webinar will focus on the existing test methods and introduces the new Ethernet service activation methodology, EtherSAM, as a service test tool based on the draft ITU-T Y.156sam methodology.

Specific topics include:

• Key challenges encountered when testing backhaul and carrier Ethernet services

• Test methodologies related to turning up and troubleshooting backhaul and carrier Ethernet services

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8 to 9

DWDM Optical Transmission System Design Considerations

Speaker: Faraz Yusuf, WaveReady Application Engineer, JDSU for POWER & TEL

We cover design considerations with Optical power budget, Dispersion compensation strategies, Non-linear phenomena, OSNR and EDFA application, RAMAN amplification, ROADM concepts, 10G/40G and 100G transmission system design considerations.
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8 to 9

WORKSHOP: Assuring Fibre Optic Connectivity (Fibre Inspection & Test)

Speaker: Mike Dee, Communications Test Group, JDSU

Mike Dee has been employed by JDSU for 12 years. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics. At JDSU (formerly Acterna, TTC, and Westover), home of the T-Berd, HST, and Fireberd, Mike has spent much of his time working with customers for telecommunications test applications. His specialty for the last 6 years has been fiber optic testing and inspecting within the telecommunication industry to include enterprise, service provider, CATV, Government, LEC, and contractor companies as the North American Program Manager.

Attendees are provided with an understanding of how optical connectors work and how physical parameters affect their performance.  We discuss root causes for 75% of optical network failures, methods for preventing these failures & optimizing signal performance with a review of current optical inspection and cleaning technology. As fiber and optical connectors penetrate further into the network and data rates increase, this knowledge is critical to the success of the physical plant.  Hands-on stations will be available for attendees to put the above information to use during the workshop.

Audience: This session is applicable to anyone who handles fiber or supervises those who do. If you’re not inclined to clean/inspect jumpers because they are new, or have cleaned fiber without inspecting it, or not sure in general how much of an issue cleanliness is; then this session will be very informative and useful.

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9 to 10

New In-Home Wireless Technologies & Implications with Installations & Maintenance

Speaker: Sean Yarborough, Director - Strategy & Business Development, SPIRENT COMMUNICATION

Sean Yarborough is currently a Director of Strategy and Business Development at Spirent Communications with over 16 years of strategy, product development, and marketing experience in the telecommunications market.  Sean has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia and a M.B.A. from the University of Maryland – College Park. 

WiFi devices are growing at 20% CAGR through 2013.  Consumer demand, the availability of 802.11n devices, and the need to lower installation costs, are driving MSOs and Telcos to look at new services to deploy.  WiFi.  802.11n can support physical rates up to 300Mbps, enabling it to now deliver high-quality video, high-speed internet and VoIP.   The deployment of this Triple Play bundle over wireless brings new challenges for installation & maintenance crews, requiring new solutions & methods.  Seminar provides (1) overview and market data of the various WiFi (802.11 b/g/n) plus other complimentary in-home technologies , (2) new IPTV/Triple Play service offerings over WiFi, and (3) new test methodologies for supporting the  installation and maintenance of these new WiFi-delivered services.
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9 to 10

FTTP Battery Replacement - Key Considerations

Speaker: Dean Tryon, Product Specialist, ALPHA TECHNOLOGIES

Dean Tryon has 18 years of power electronic experiences. Dean is currently Product Manager with Alpha Technologies, responsible for DC Uninterruptable Power Supplies and System Integrated products for the FTTx market.

Sophisticated Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) networks providing voice, data and video are aging and require battery backup replacement. Whether this is the responsibility of the service provider or subscriber, we discuss how battery replacement can affect the subscriber's media experience by looking at the different FTTP installation configurations and how the batteries designed for these applications affect overall network reliability and uptime.
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9 to 10

Network Monitoring 2.0 – Adopting the Vision

Speaker: Vadi Dhurgan, Director, Telecom Business, VSS MONITORING for TESTWORX
Vadi Dhurgan became Business Development Director (Telecom) at VSS Monitoring in 2009. Dhurgan brings extensive knowledge in the telecommunications industry and has over 15 years experience in strategic sales, marketing, product management and service provider relations. Specializes in service assurance, QoS/QoE technology & standardization and addressing service provider's challenges in network/service performance and Quality of Service. Prior to joining VSS Monitoring, Dhurgan was Strategic Accounts Director at RADCOM Inc. Dhurgan also served in roles of increasing responsibility in product management & marketing at ECtel and engineering & development at Lucent Technologies. Dhurgan holds a Bachelors Engineering degree in Electronics & Telecommunication from Bharathiar University, India.

This session will address the complexity challenges associated with the existing network monitoring approach, which can be termed broadly as the “Network Monitoring 1.0” environment. As the network evolves, the monitoring solution also evolves toward a “Network Monitoring 2.0” model – in which a single distributed traffic capture layer creates a simplified and elegant architecture that many large network operators have begun to adopt today. A number of key issues and differentiations between the two generations are described and compared. Significant advantages of the “2.0” model include lower management overhead, shorter time to troubleshoot and repair, faster ROI, fewer customer churns and shorter time to revenue.

Attendees will gain valuable insight into using a distributed, traffic capture architecture to develop a holistic and forward-looking strategy for network monitoring and management.

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10 to 12
Service Provider VoIP – Why and How?
Speaker: Rob McCann, President, Clearcable
This two part session examines the established market opportunities and technical implementations for high-quality residential and commercial VoIP offerings for Canadian Service Providers.

Part 1 (10am) – This session addresses the “Why” details for the business case, by summarizing competitive offerings, consumer demand, market dynamics, cost considerations, and regulatory requirements.

Part 2 (11am) -- We provide the “How” highlights with a cross-section of go-to-market technology, vendors, and partners with specific attention to technical network architecture, customer premises challenges, and service troubleshooting.

Attendees can expect to leave these sessions with fresh insight into how to start building a new service offering or how to refine an existing deployment.
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10 to 11:15

Carrier Ethernet Enables Affordable Mobile Backhaul

Speaker: Joseph F. Gomez, Product Manager, Telecom Field Services, JDSU

Joseph Gomez has been working in the Telecommunications field for over 20 years with 10 years of product management experience. He has recently assisted numerous Cellular companies with their Ethernet Backhaul and Cellular service assurance testing including installation, performance management, and troubleshooting.

With advances in Ethernet OAM standards, Carrier Ethernet is “ready for prime time” as a carrier grade business-class transport service that enables Mobile Backhaul.  Service providers are facing challenges with OAM standards availability and vendor inter-operability that may impede implementation of a network element-based service management solution for mobile backhaul.  New performance management solutions offer migration to network-element based service management, and facilitate the backhaul of mobility traffic over Carrier Ethernet enabled networks.
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10 to 11

Grounding & Bonding Telecommunications/Datacom Systems

Speaker: Mike Lewis, Sr. Applications Engineer, Megger
Mike Lewis is a veteran of the telecommunications industry after 30 years with at&t specializing in the outside plant environment. Mike has also spent two years with the CATV industry as a Training Manage r involved with the telephony service offerings provided by CATV. Mike currently is working as an Application Engineer with Megger going on 9 years. This gives Mike over 40 years worth of experience in the telecommunications industry. His work with Megger includes training customers, representatives and distributors of the Megger products including grounding/bonding test equipment, TDR's, multi-meters, Battery testers, cable locating equipment, etc. Mike served on the BICSI Grounding and Bonding committee involved in the updating of this subject matter in the BICSI manuals. Mike has presented seminars for BICSI in the past including topics on Customer Owned Outside Plant and most recently a seminar on Grounding and Bonding for BICSI in Hawaii. In Addition to work with BICSI, Mike has conducted seminars on Ground Testing, Premise wire Testing and TDR testing for the SCTE (Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers) organization. He has presented grounding and bonding seminars at the NATE (National Association of Tower Erectors) as well.

With increasing demand for computer network installations, telecommunications grounding and bonding has become a growing opportunity for electrical contractors. Although similar grounding principles apply, understanding the telecommunications terminology and special considerations has been a challenge. We define what terms mean, and discuss the basic schematics of a properly grounded and bonded telecommunications network. Also covered: Schematics of telecom grounding, main grounding bus bar (TMGB), bonding backbone (TBB) and complete grounding and bonding system
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12:00        
LUNCH – Sponsored by ATI Telecom   (12:45 PASSPORT DRAWS – Provided by Silver show sponsors)

1:30            
EXHIBITOR FORUM CLOSES

1:30 to 3:30

WORKSHOP:  Fiber/Last Mile -- Hands On

Speaker: Gwennael Amice, Senior Application Engineer & François Marcotte, Senior Applications Engineer, EXFO 

Gwenn Amice is currently a Senior Application Engineer at EXFO Inc., which he joined in 2001. His main responsibilities consist of giving technical presentations and providing training as well as technical support for Ethernet, optical and monitoring applications. After having spent two years in the navy, Mr. Amice began his career in 1994 in optoelectronics R&D at SVFO, a French subsidiary of Italian-based Pirelli Group.  In 1996, he was named Product Engineer in charge of SONET/SDH transponders and tunable EDFAs; he also performed installations, troubleshooting and demonstrations of DWDM SDH/SONET systems in Europe, in the Americas and in Asia. In 1998, he was the first project manager of the European Pirelli Installation Team for  DWDM deployment . In 2000, he joined the Engineering Department at Videotron in Montreal, in charge of test equipment and outside-plant optical equipment R&D. Mr. Amice holds a university degree in electrical engineering and industrial computing from the Institut universitaire de technologie de Brest, in France.

François Marcotte holds the position of Senior Applications Engineer at EXFO Inc., which he joined in 2003. In this capacity, he is responsible for conducting technology trainings and seminars around the world. He has an overall expertise of 20 years in the telecom industry. François started his career in the telephony business as a repairman for Bell Canada in 1988. He then went on to work in the CATV marketplace as a specialist in hybrid fiber coaxial cable network design and implementation. In 1993, François joined AT&T as a product manager, where he built an in-depth expertise of SONET and ATM technologies. As Internet-Ethernet came along in 1997, François returned to the telecom business to develop and enhance his expertise in IP, Ethernet, next-generation SONET and OTN. Through his experiences at Bell Canada, Cabletel, Philips/Magnavox, AT&T, Wavetek Wandel and Golterman, Acterna and EXFO, François has become a reference in high-speed transport/datacom testing solutions for small and large enterprises. François Marcotte is a  telecommunications engineering graduate from the University of Montreal (École Polytechnique).

This workshop includes a complete FTTX platform. This platform will allow attendees to test troubleshoot and simulate real fiber to the home networks (2 hours)
A complete IPTV setup with real videos and DSLAM/ Modem: attendees can test and troubleshoot, copper pair, DSLAM and IPTV circuit.  Includes a dispersion workshop bench with various types of fiber and emulator and provides three different dispersion analyzers that attendees can use to identify and troubleshoot fiber. This will help demystify different types of dispersion and measure various effects on CD and PMD.  An OTDR bench including fiber and different events (mechanical splices, fusion splices, connectors) is setup and will simulate a real deployed network and allow attendees to test and troubleshoot.
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1:30 to 3:30

DOCSIS 3.0 PANEL – Open Forum Discussion

Moderator: Greg O'Brien, President  & Editor, CARTT.CA
PANEL: Rob McCann, President, CLEARCABLE NETWORKS
PANEL: Richard Lefebvre, Cable Specialist, CISCO
PANEL: Graham Johnston, Network Planner, WESTMAN COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
Graham Johnston is the Network Planner for Westman Communications Group. In this position he is responsible for the design of the MSO network. Graham also serves as the senior designer for the Docsis 3.0 installation, rolled out in 2009, and is involved in designing and deploying a new Core network within Westman Communications Group. Prior to this position Graham was the Network Service Manager for Westman Communications

Cable operators have long since changed from traditional TV delivery to full service providers of video, voice and data – and fundamental to that successful growth has been the DOCSIS standard. The latest iteration, DOCSIS 3.0, provides a number of new enhancements, including channel bonding, which can allow cablecos to dramatically boost speeds to customers to at least 320 Mbps downstream and 160 Mbps upstream. This panel will talk about deploying DOCSIS 3.0 and the challenges operators may face getting there (if speeds can be that high, why isn’t everyone offering “up to” 100 Mbps right now, for example?), the new products needed, services that can be delivered and what we’ve learned so far about migrating to 3.0. Panellists will also dive into what’s next in wideband (IPv6? IPTV?).

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1:30 to 3:30

The Smart Way to Make Mobile Broadband
Speaker: Fan Zhang, Wireless Marketing Director, HUAWEI CANADA

Fan Zhang is Director of Wireless Marketing of Huawei Technologies, a leading global telecommunications solutions provider with long-term partnerships with operators around the world. With more than 10 years of work experience in telecommunication industry, Fan mainly focuses on marketing analysis and wireless technology including 2G/3G & 4G. Prior joining Huawei, Fan worked for Nortel and Motorola.

In today’s Wireless world, the smartphone takes on a more and more important role as the major driver of Mobile Broadband. On the application side, the video-based content & social networking services/applications are picking up as dominant growth drivers.  And from a user’s perspective, the behavior will change to “read more and stay longer”. All of the above are pushing massive traffic volume growth at RAN, Bearer and CORE sides.  With recent research by Huawei, in the next 10 years, there will be 10, 20 and 100 times the requirement increase on Device, Service and data traffic areas respectively. To meet those requirements, operators are facing 3 big challenges – bandwidth, ARPU and Cost. How do you balance, Growth with Pain or Growth with Profitability? This seminar will introduce Huawei’s Smart MBB Solution which provides a good way for operators to reach their target – increase bandwidth and ARPU with lower TCO

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