LTE USA '08

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

• Defining the technologies: 3G LTE, 4G (IMT Advanced) and HSPA+
• What does the 3G LTE standard have to deliver in terms of capability, data rates and latency?
• How the standards will differ from 3G
• Collaboration with 3GPP and 3GPP2 on LTE
• Where is the LTE standard/ specification process going?
  • Timescales
  • Roadmap
• IPR considerations and policy review

• The review of the regulatory framework in terms of spectrum
• Working towards less restrictive authorisation conditions
• Spectrum allocation:
  • Re-use of existing spectrum – regulatory and capacity issues
  • WRC ‘07
• LTE Frequencies:
  • Impact on coverage/ business case
  • Global/ national allocation
• Assessing the potential for extending the spectrum

• Exploring demand-side factors to justify operator investment
  • What could the consumer demand be for 3G LTE enabled applications?
  • Will people be prepared to pay for new services?
• How cost competitive could 3G LTE deployment be?
  • Examining likely unit costs
  • Infrastructure investment and integration of equipment and spectrum
  • Supporting 3G LTE enabled applications
• In which scenarios could 3G LTE deployment make economic sense?

• Migration paths from UMTS to LTE, UMTS to HSPA+ to LTE, etc
• How does LTE fit into the overall 3G strategy of an operator?
• Why should operators invest in 3G LTE immediately after HSPA?
• Examining the market demand for a new technology
• What will 3G LTE realistically provide?
• Market timing: What has to happen and when to facilitate rollout in 2010 – 2012?
• What is the expected initial performance of 3G LTE?

• Converging IT, telecoms and media: The Y of convergence
• Generation-C, how Community Generation is using 3G phones today
• Content versus connectivity: King and Kong
• Are rich media formats viable on pocketable devices?
• Community: From interactivity to engagement

• Examining the product evolution and 3G LTE roadmap:
  • When could the handsets be ready
  • Analysing the key technical issues
  • Strategies to incorporate MIMO into the handset
• Why LTE terminals will have to be dual-mode devices
• Assessing the power requirements
• Overcoming the difficulty of integrating different technologies into handsets

• New technologies proposed for HPRD Revision C
• The harmonised Revision C air-interface framework
• Technology convergence

• What LTE will deliver in terms of performance, services and costs
• Which current technologies offer best specifications for the migration to LTE
• How operators can effectively manage the migration path to LTE
• How LTE will lead to effective competition between fixed and mobile broadband operators

• Examining the potential technologies that could be adopted for LTE:
  • OFDM, MIMO
• Evaluating the IP core network
• What is the capacity and productivity of 3G LTE?
• Infrastructure capex and rollout
• Assessing the data bandwidth capability
• Upgrading the backhaul
• Use of dark fibre?
• Amortisation per user/ ARPU

• Examining the options for capacity, megabytes, uplink and downlink, air interface
• What are the best ways to ensure the technology is flexible and efficient
• Simplifying the architecture for 3G LTE to meet latency requirements and QoS
  • The removal of a soft handover and the move to IP
• Silicon architectures for LTE - Data speed, processors, etc
• Assessing the different types of coverage available for 3G LTE
• Location of 3G LTE in the frequency domain
• Evaluating fixed, nomadic and mobile terminals

• Will LTE be a low-latency, high speed IP packet data system?
• How MBMS requirements for broadcast has required major changes in the outline specification
• Is broadcast valuable to or a distraction for LTE?
• MBMS versus DVB for broadcast video

• Evolution of the radio system architecture
• What will the timeframe be for the handover?
• Comparing the handover between 3G, 3G LTE and other technologies
• What has been learnt from the handover between 2G and 3G?
• What has been learnt from the handover between cellular and Wi-Fi?

• Comparing the technologies and standards
• Other contenders: 802.20, TD-CDMA, TD-SCDMA
• Timelines: Will EV-DOrC have a head start?
• How will subscribers migrate from 3G to 3.5G to 3.9G?
• The impact of IPR on 3G LTE and EV-DOrC

• Comparing the capabilities and efficiency of the technologies
• Does WiMAX already satisfy the consumer’s demand for broadband services?
• Benefits of 3G LTE: How it will enable personalised data streams in contrast to alternative technologies
• How will 3G LTE differ to Mobile WiMAX?
• How can 3G LTE and alternative technologies be collaborated?

• How far will HSPA and MBMS take mobile networks?
• Comparing the benefits of 3G LTE and HSPDA/ HSUPA
  • What can we learn from these ‘early trials’ of LTE capability?
• Could 3G LTE compete with ADSL in a way that HSPA cannot?
• Identifying the applications that would require 3G LTE over HSPA
• How the technologies could be harmonised to reduce costs for infrastructure and terminals
• Impact of Enhanced HSPA (E-HSPA/ HSPA+)

• Current mobile communications services: Huge competition but not much growth?
• What new services will drive the speeds for 3G LTE?
• Potential for 3G LTE and real-time interactive gaming
• Examining video share service over enhanced platforms
• How 3G LTE could support a mass market uptake of mobile TV
• Ensuring the applications will be transferred seamlessly into a wider bandwidth

• Examining the business case for new value-add services on the move
• How to guarantee a seamless handover with fixed access
• Can mobile services offer the same value in terms of speed?
• How 3G LTE could enable an end-to-end package structure over an IP network

• Ensuring new services are available cross-border to any user regardless of network, technical platform or terminal type
• Assessing how VoIP will be commercially viable through an IP network
• How services could be carried with a low and predictable latency and QoS
• Utilising SIP and IMS within an IP network
• How interoperability and seamless communication will ensure the success of new services (for example, future 3G LTE services)

• Overview of TeliaSonera’s strategies for future enterprise and consumer services
• Enabling a large-scale migration to next-generation IP services
• A business view on the potential for 3G LTE and other possible technologies to ensure broadband over the mobile (video, gaming, mobile TV, etc)
• Assessing the market drivers for new services and meeting customers’ demands

• SAE/ LTE hierarchical and non-hierarchical network overview
• Drivers for flat architecture mobile networking
• Flat architecture - what it means and why it is needed
• The benefits of mobile-centric networking
• Options and recommendations for SAE/ LTE

• 3GPP System Architecture Evolution (SAE)
  • Migration to all IP networks and convergence
• Overcoming the challenges of integrating the existing network to IP/ IMS networks
• Examining the changes required in the core network
• Will 3G LTE support a significant fixed-mobile substitution strategy, to compete with enhanced DSL services and IPTV?
• VoIP over LTE?

• Analysing the consumer demand for 3G LTE
• Exploring the niche markets for new data services
• Will 3G LTE be able to cope with streaming on a broad scale?
• Assessing if the services will live up to the latency requirements
• What actions can operators take to seize the opportunities that 3G LTE offers?