Programme

The 2011 Base Station Conference confirmed over 25 OPERATOR SPEAKERS on the agenda

The agenda for Avren's rebranded 9th Heterogeneous Network Europe 2012 will be avilable soon

No other event provides you with 'how to' insights and live case studies from leading operators across Europe, Americas, Middle East & Africa and Asia

2011 Agenda - DAY 1 – SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 8:45 Registration, coffee and light refreshments SITE DESIGN STRATEGY - IMPROVING COVERAGE AND EFFICIENCT THROUGH HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS

9:30 5 bands, 3 technologies, 1 tower Practical aspects of site design and deployment Supplier innovation required to optimise site design for future technology deployments Vendor requirements to minimise site visits Tony Conlan, Vendor Management - New Access Networks, Telefonica Corporate GTO

9:50 Building smarter high performance networks Andy Dunkin, Head of New Technologies and Innovation for Radio, Vodafone Group

10:10 The HetNet toolbox: A guide of the components needed to build a HetNet high capacity network Kenneth Wallstedt, Director Technology Strategy, Ericsson

10:30 The business case for Wi-Fi offload Key drivers Costs and benefits for the mobile operator Potential challenges Terry Norman, Principal Analyst,  Analysys Mason

10:50 Coffee Break - kindly sponsored by

11:25 LTE advanced and femtocells Technology bringing value to capacity management in dense urban areas Making the most of available spectrum Pierre Stablin, Senior Director - Business Development, Qualcomm

11:45 Macro base stations and small cells in rural and urban areas Service solutions for remote, rural areas The business case for small cell deployments Small cells as a cost-effective solution for coverage in rural communities Data offload in congested urban mobile traffic areas Erol Hepsaydir, Head of Network Technology Strategy, 3 UK

12:05 Dimensioning a small cell network for 2015 from the ground up How many data users can a small cell really serve? An analysis of "Erlang"-style dimensioning for forecasted mix of mobile broadband services Case study: Small cell layers for large urban areas An analysis of providing coverage and capacity for the London area A global extrapolation for delivering 2015 global mobile broadband forecasts Doug Pulley, CTO and Co-Founder, Picochip 12:25 PANEL: The positive role of satellites in modern cellular network infrastructure Role of satellite backhaul with small cells Satellite services for rural coverage KA band and spot beams as a new cost effective bandwidth Regulatory challenges for satellite operators Satellites and cloud networks Moderator: Terry Norman, Principal Analyst, Analysys Mason Indran Sivarajah, Wireless Consultant, Avanti Communications Plc Vijay Jadhwani, Innovation Programme Manager, Corporate Strategy Group - Intelsat

13:00 Networking Lunch

14:00 Mobile data costs and...profitability? Analysis of the cost of providing mobile data services - from the initial set to the current incremental growth costs Traffic patterns across devices The profitability of mobile data services David Haszeldine, Networks Economics Manager, T-Mobile UK

14:20 Heterogeneous networks and SONs for future network evolution Establishing a single network How to provide a richer user experience whilst incurring lower network and O&M costs Peter Zhou - COO - Huawei LTE

14:40 Small cell specific technology for interface management Technology alerts in interface, handover and SONs in heterogeneous networks Different cell deployment scenarios and technology challenges UL/DL power control algorithms for interface management Neighbour cell list generation/cell ID allocation algorithms Dr Dongjoo Park PhD, Advanced Technology Team Leader, LG-Ericsson

15:00 Coffee Break - kindly sponsored by

15:45 Evolving mobile backhaul to support optimised multi-RAT transport, GSM/EDGE, UMTS/HSPA & LTE Where are we today, legacy TDM, PWE3 and ATM to IP migration How to overlay LTE on the evolved 2G/3G backhaul network New backhaul challenges introduced with LTE, capacity and performance requirement An integrated backhaul solution, enhancing multi-RAT macro network and enabling small cells Andy Sutton, Principal Network Architect - RAN & Backhaul, Everything Everywhere

16:05 Innovative filter products: sharing solutions for multiple operators, technologies and bands Analysis of network infrastructure that can be shared between operators, technologies and bands Real world examples of sharing projects and how they were implemented from across Europe and India Demonstration of how filter products allow straightforward sharing of network infrastructure Martin Gostling, Technical Director, Radio Design

16:25 Panel: Small cells, base stations and beyond: challenges in building a network ready for LTE Moderator: Caroline Gabriel, Chief Analyst, Rethink Research Tony Conlan, Vendor Management - New Access Networks, Telefonica Corporate GCTO Harpal Mann, Founder and CEO, Clear Mobitel

2011 DAY 2 – SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 9:30 Throughput and coverage opportunities from macro to small cells How fast can a network be in a 3G environment HW / Feature / SW / Modem Limitations Given the high demand of throughput requirements, what coverage solutions are available to operators? Do heterogeneous network mean more coverage and faster service for the customer?  Optimum solution methods for overcoming the coverage gap Dr. Mustafa Karakoc, Radio Network Planning Engineer, Turkcell

9:50 Use of customer traffic analysis for targeted small cell deployment Adrian Pike, Senior Specialist - Radio Architecture and Tools, Orange Group

10:10 Wideband 150MHz universal digital front-end: Solving the challenges of multi-standard radio architectures Evolving requirements for multi-standard shared RAN and small-cell network topography Solutions to the problem of enabling high bandwidth multi-carrier and mixed-protocol radio architectures Delivering RF and power amplifier bandwidth, linearity and efficiency, and the ability to source hardware from multiple vendors Dealing with the problem of power amplifier nonlinear distortion and the severe constraint on the ability to deliver these requirements Enabling transmission of multi-carrier mixed protocols over various Doherty architectures utilizing different technologies such as LDMOS, GaN and GaAs at instantaneous bandwidths exceeding 150MHz Roy Batruni, VP of Engineering - Digital Front End,  NetLogic Microsystems

10:30 Coffee Break

11:00 Monetising LTE networks through content delivery Graham Pitman, CEO, InView TV

11:20 Future network architectures - Towards HetNets and LTE-Advanced Key carrier requirements from next generation networks Technical milestones and the impact of LTE-Advanced The new way to plan 4G networks HetNet technologies come into their own Carrier deployment roadmaps to 2015 Caroline Gabriel, Research Director, Rethink Research

11:40 Indoor small cells as an extension of the network The role of femtocells in expanding the operator's network Drivers and challenges for in-building solution deployment Incorporating femtocells in a broad LTE architecture Femtocells and small cells as a differentiator Tsutomu Honda, General Manager, Mobile Verification Department, Mobile Solution Division, SoftBank Corporation 12:00 PANEL: Wi-Fi and small cells as a natural extension of macro networks Moderator: Joe Madden, Principal Analyst, Mobile Experts Richard Webb, Directing Analyst - Wireless, Infonetics Research Giovanni Romano, Coordinator of Radio Standards, Telecom Italia Alan Stidwell, Senior Technical Specialist - New Technology Group, Orange

12:40 Networking Lunch

13:40 The challenges of site sharing and the evolution towards a cloud RAN How to deal with the constraints in adding new technologies or performing site sharing in existing and new sites: antenna masts, equipment room space and conditioning, electromagnetic pollution The cloud RAN as a solution to optimise site deployments and improve spectral efficiency Cloud RAN solutions for a green radio Giovanni Romano, Coordinator of Radio Standards, Telecom Italia

14:00 Bridging the small cell backhaul problem Rapid and cost effective deployment of an outdoor pico-cell layer in a heterogeneous network Using wireless and fibre together for small-cell backhaul Delivering additional "carrier grade" capacity into a network using wireless backhaul Paul Trubridge, VP of Product Management, Airspan Communications

14:20 IEEE 802.22 Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRAN) - Enabling Rural Broadband Access Using Cognitive Radio Technology Larry Taylor, IEEE

14:40 Coffee Break

GREEN BASE STATIONS SPECIAL SESSION - SMALL CELLS AND MACRO BASE STATION TECHNOLOGY WORKING TOGETHER TO REDUCE CAPEX AND OPEX

15:25 Effective CAPEX and OPEX reduction strategies Network sharing as an alternative "green solution" for the network Small cells and their impact on power consumption How operators can save on OPEX and CAPEX and upkeep their green standards Off-grid power solutions Siva Balendra, CTO, Loop Mobile India

15:45 Peculiarities of access network deployment in Greece The need for generators Hybrid solution: technical data Hybrid solution implementation: considerations Project optimisation Financial and environmental data Combined operation with solar systems Other hybrid systems deployed Nikos Dresos, Electromechanical Infrastructure Team Supervisor, Vodafone Greece

16:05 Energy efficiency: load management potential savings in a telecommunications network Sample model of energy efficiency activity Economics of site energy and the effect on investors and other stake holders Mohammed Adamu, Regional Power Expert for Africa, Tigo Ghana - Millicom International

16:25 Panel: Impact of small cells on energy efficiency What role will small cells play in reducing energy consumption? How to measure organisation and network energy efficiency Impact of MIMO on energy efficiency Identifying the true impact of deploying large numbers of small cells in the network in energy consumption for the consumer Moderator: Peter Kenington, Managing Director, Linear Communications Nikos Dresos, Electromechanical Infrastructure Team Supervisor, Vodafone Greece Simon Fletcher - Industrial Chair - MVCE Green Radio Programme & Senior Manager, Future Systems Architecture - NEC Mohammed Adamu, Regional Power Expert for Africa, Tigo Ghana - Millicom International

DAY 3 – SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

9:00 Coverage - Assessing the Advantages with GSM, 3G on 900 and LTE...New generations, new possibilities When will LTE become more economically viable and will LTE be for everyone? The customers' demands are in general the same wherever you are Where to build different technologies and the use of frequencies? Reducing CAPEX, improving quality of service and the user experience Mobile broadband - a shared access Bjorn Amundsen, VP & Director Head of Mobile Network Coverage, Telenor  9:20 Meet the ebb and flow of mobile broadband capacity needs with Liquid Radio Challenges of modern mobile broadband from now towards 2020 How to develop the liquidity of networks Techniques and products such as baseband pooling, active antennas, unified HetNets Kai Sahala, Head of Mobile Broadband Marketing, NokiaSiemens Networks

9:40 Small cell deployment strategy and challenges Traffic growth and capacity demand Potential of small cells How to benefit from a Wi-Fi deployment Realising small cell deployments (in 3G/4G) Identified challenges Requirements on small cell products Peter Stevens - Principal Engineer, Radio Access Networks, Deutsche Telekom

10:00 Small cells and HetNets: More than just consumer femtocells Small cell market migration towards capacity nodes Shifting the focus from femtocell deployments to building a high capacity network Joe Madden, Principal Analyst, Mobile Experts

10:20 Coffee Break - kindly sponsored by

11:00 When is a femtocell not a femtocell? Femtocells are growing up and leaving home Simon Saunders, Chairman, Small Cell Forum

11:20 Femtocell services through fixed and mobile collaboration Why and how did we prototype femtocell services Helping mobile operators who already have femtocell services Helping mobile operators who have not deployed femtocell technology Peter Agnew, Director - Network Strategy, Colt Telecom

11:40 TTFKAABS: The thing formerly known as a base station The data deluge - projections through 2010 and 'peak data growth' How will it be handled, and the future architecture of wireless infrastructure New types of 'base station' New forms of 'base station' Threats and opportunities for both incumbents and insurgents throughout the base station ecosystem Michael Davies - Chairman, Endeavour Partners

12:00 Intelligent LTE base stations and mesh architecture LTE Base stations deployed as part of a mesh and distributed architecture Local content caching especially for video content Backhaul Effective use of femto and pico cells for rural deployments Harpal Mann, Founder and CEO, Clear Mobitel

12:20 Networking Lunch

13:20 Wi-Fi as a valuable operator agnostic element in a carrier's portfolio The role of Wi-Fi in a carrier’s portfolio Operator Wi-Fi strategies and examples Opportunities for operators and third parties Martin Hall, Manager, CSMG Global

13:40 Spectrum Requirements for IMT and IMT-Advanced (4G) Networks IMT / IMT-2000 / IMT - Advanced Spectrum for IMT What spectrum for which technology IMT-Advanced minimum requirements WRC-12 / WRC-16 Uwe Loewenstein, Manager of Spectrum Technology, Telefonica O2 Deutschland

14:00 Extending mobile coverage to aircraft - assessing the technical challenges and future possibilities How it works Approvals Airworthiness Regulatory Crew operating Future of on-board mobile systems 3G LTE SDR SATCOM technology Local content John Little, CTO & VP of Engineering, Aeromobile

14:20 Coffee Break - kindly sponsored by

15:00 Special Operator Session Submit your questions before the conference and hear what operators have to say about the future of heterogeneous networks In this highly interactive session, a panel of international operators will discuss questions sent in from the conference participants about the future of network architecture, heterogeneous networks and LTE roll-outs. Avren will send all registered conference participants a dedicated link ahead of the event, through which you will be able to submit your questions to a panel of international operators. Hear what their thoughts are on the latest trends in RAN deployment, heterogeneous networks and base station technology in this highly interactive session! Moderator: Joe Madden - Principal Analyst - Mobile Experts Uwe Loewenstein, Manager of Spectrum Technology, Telefonica O2 Deutschland Andrew Elston - Director for Regulatory Affairs - Clear Mobitel Adrian Pike - Senior Specialist, Radio Architecture & Tools - Orange Group