LTE World summit - Featuring NGMN Global forum 2008

Registration and Coffee

Objectives: The objective of the workshop is to gain a better understanding of the impact of new technologies of the LTE roadmap on mobile operators and vendors'. The workshop will cover aspects of the radio access network, including benefits and challenges of OFDMA technology and smart antennas, as well as taking a look at the overall network architecture, including converged all-IP networks and flat architectures. The technology options will be discussed with a background context of industry trends and consumer requirements, to highlight the trade-offs between improved functionality, optimal technical performance, and potential cost implications for operators.

Session 1: Introductions and Contexts

Workshop format and participant introductions. Setting the scene – operator roadmaps and options. LTE in the context of present industry challenges (traffic growth, all-IP services, shifts in value chain, convergence, cost reduction/optimisation).

Session 2: Radio Performance

Compare benefits and weaknesses of LTE OFDMA technology with mobile WiMax and HSPA. This will cover the trade-offs between capacity, coverage, and complexity, and their impact on overall cost of equipment and network operations. Compare and contrast potential competitive deployment scenarios at the radio access network level, in a variety of environments.

Session 3: Core Network

Discuss the impact of flat all-IP network architectures on inter-working, simplicity and seamless mobility, and requirements on throughput, latency, service classes, roaming, and standardised architecture to allow competitive cost structure.

Session 4: NGMN, SAE and LTE

View on how proposed radio and core network technologies impact some of the key NGMN requirements, including spectral efficiency, simplicity, and total cost of ownership. Implications on organisation structure, alliances and infrastructure sharing for operators. Wrap-up discussions of issues arising.

Close of Workshop

Workshop Leaders:

Dr. Christian Krapichler, Managing Consultant, Altran Telecoms & Media, UK
Christian has extensive experience in planning, managing and delivering leading-edge mobile telecoms services and solutions for Altran's clients. Christian's experience in the mobile telecoms industry spans from strategy development to programme management to hands-on technical management, and covers areas such as process optimisation, end-to-end test and validation programmes, market research and technology reports.

Christian has a strong technical and academic foundation with an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering & IT, and was awarded a Ph.D. in User Interface Design from University of Technology, Munich. He is a member of the IET, and an elected member of the Altran Senior Consultant network. He is part of the management team of Altran Technologies, and manages the Altran Telecoms & Media Solution Centre, as well as Altran's Centre of Excellence in Wireless Telecommunications.

Richard Swinford, Manager Telecoms Media Electronics Practice, Arthur D. Little, UK
Richard is a strategist with Arthur D. Little and provides commercial and technical guidance to telecommunications companies, vendors and regulators. He is a member of the Telecommunications, Information, Media and Electronics (TIME) practice, and is based in London. Richard previously co-chaired Informa's 2006 conference on 3G LTE.

Richard's experience with operators includes definition of corporate strategy, network expansion planning, marketing and pricing strategy, and business planning. In addition to his roles supporting operational tasks, he has supported many major telecom transactions in the mobile, DSL, cable and satellite industries.

Richard's technical and academic training includes an MEng in Engineering from Imperial College, and industrial experience with several large UK corporates. He is presently pursuing a part-time PhD. Richard is an Associate Member of the IMechE, a Member of the IET and of CONVIVIO, a European Union funded network for People-Centred Interaction Design.