Capacity and Quality Issues for VoWiFi
Although the possibility of using wireless LANs to carry voice traffic has existed for several years, the need for voice packets to take priority over non-time-sensitive data traffic (quality) and the overall bandwidth restrictions of 802.11b networks have precluded true convergence of voice and data WLANs as a practical matter. Progress toward a QoS standard and the increased throughput of 802.11a/g have improved the situation, but, increasingly, software-driven solutions, using switch technologies are being touted as the 'real' answer to converged wireless nets. Our experts discuss the latest developments.
Moderator: Craig J. Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Speakers: Dan Kirtchuk, Vice President, Sales, Extricom Shawn Sweeney, Director, Technical Marketing, Chantry Networks, A Siemens Company Joel Vincent, Director of Product Marketing, Meru Networks Jonathan Zarkower, Director, Product Management, Colubris Networks
10:00am - 10:30am
Morning Break
10:30am - 11:30am
Morning Keynote: Wi-Fi versus Telcos
It's a battle to the death; either Wi-Fi (and other unlicensed architectures) will kill the telephone companies, or the telephone companies (and other network providers) will kill Wi-Fi. When the Internet arrived, the main value left to the telephone companies was the "last mile." Then came Wi-Fi—and today's torrent of anti-Wi-Fi legislation. The future could get even uglier. Speaker: David Isenberg, Principal Troublemaker, isen.com
11:30am - 12:30pm
Mesh Networks as VoWiFi Platform
Mesh network architectures have swiftly carved out a niche for themselves, especially in the outdoor/municipal WLAN arena. Their robustness and ability to 'see around corners'—as well as their low installation cost—make them ideally suited for such installations. But how do they stack up as a foundation for voice? So they provide sufficient throughput? How do priority/QoS issues affect them? Spokespeople for prominent mesh network providers debate the topic.
Moderator: Craig J. Mathias, Principal, Farpoint Group Speakers: Martyn Levy, VP Business Development, RoamAD Bob Osann, CEO & VP Buisness Development, MeshDynamics Dave Park, VP Product Management, BelAir Networks Rick Rotondo, Director of Marketing, Motorola Mesh Networking Products Ron Sege, President & CEO, Tropos Networks
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Afternoon Keynote: The Birth of Open Standard Radio
Is WiFi simply a good short-range wireless LAN alternative, or is it something far more disruptive? Bill Gurley will show why history suggests that the momentum underway in 802.11 is indicative of something much grander in scale than many believe or admit. Speaker: Bill Gurley, Venture Capitalist, Benchmark Capital
2:30pm - 3:30pm
VoWiFi To Go! - Deployment and Performance Issues of WiFi VoIP In Public Networks
With residential VoWiFi services well on their way to widespread adoption, the promise of radical mobile phone services that turn any WiFi hot spot into a low-cost long-distance phone booth hover just out of reach on the technical horizon. In this session, we'll look at how the emerging business cases will drive technical requirements of VoIP equipment, and some of the technologies and network design tricks it will take to deliver toll-quality reliability and QoS over public infrastructures. Topics to include spectrum and traffic management strategies, optimizing infrastructure architectures, paying attention to low-level protocols, and balancing QoS against capacity.
Moderator: Lee Goldberg, Sr. Editor, analogZONE Speakers: Martyn Levy, VP Business Development, RoamAD Fanny Mlinarsky, CTO and Founder, Azimuth Systems Richard Watson, Director of Product Management, Persona Software (Formerly LongBoard)
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Afternoon Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Deploying Wi-Fi Telephony in the Real World
With the uptake of WLANs in the enterprise, Wi-Fi telephony is becoming a reality in the workplace. Businesses are enhancing productivity by extending mobility beyond laptops in conference rooms to the most ubiquitous form of communication - voice. With VoIP and Wi-Fi becoming mainstream, enterprises are looking for strategic ways to leverage wireless in the workplace. Mobility is impacting workflow, productivity and office design.
This session will examine current Wi-Fi telephony deployments. Get inside pointers from deployments that have gone live and are proving successful. Attendees also will have insight into the applications being used in a variety of vertical markets, and how these applications are crossing over to mainstream applications. This session will provide a look at some of the innovative wireless applications being used today to enhance business productivity.
Speakers: Greg Fitts, Telecom Analyst, University of N. Carolina Hospitals Ben Guderian, Director of Marketing, SpectraLink Corp Vincent Kasabian, Senior Network Engineer, Liberty Mutual
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Reception in the Expo Hall
TRACK: SECURING THE WLAN
9:00am - 10:00am
New Approaches for Safe Wireless Roaming: 802.11i, 802.11r, and HIP
Secure roaming enables a wireless user to walk across an enterprise or to completely different facilities while connecting with valid networks as these come into range. IT managers want to offer roaming as part of their wireless security infrastructure while avoiding reliance upon proprietary solutions.
In this session, Paul Goransson will discuss today's standard 802.11i-based solutions for fast handoff through pre-authentication, continuing work in the 802.11r task group on fast roaming, and use of network profiles to automatically handle the network association when roaming. Emil Sturniolo and Richard Paine will then present a new standards-based approach that overcomes IPsec limitations in mobile/roaming environments, using the emerging IETF HIP protocol and the Open Group's Secure Mobile Architecture.
Speakers: Dr. Paul Goransson, Founder, Meetinghouse Richard Paine, Advanced Computing Technologist, Boeing Emil Sturniolo, Chief Scientist, NetMotion Wireless
10:00am - 10:30am
Morning Break
10:30am - 11:30am
Morning Keynote: Wi-Fi versus Telcos
It's a battle to the death; either Wi-Fi (and other unlicensed architectures) will kill the telephone companies, or the telephone companies (and other network providers) will kill Wi-Fi. When the Internet arrived, the main value left to the telephone companies was the "last mile." Then came Wi-Fi—and today's torrent of anti-Wi-Fi legislation. The future could get even uglier. Speaker: David Isenberg, Principal Troublemaker, isen.com
11:30am - 12:30pm
Securing VoWiFi
Voice over WiFi is widely acknowledged as one of the most important emerging applications for wireless LANs. However, when multiple applications are supported by a single WLAN, network infrastructure must be designed to deliver appropriate security and QoS for each of them.
In this session, Scott Ferguson will discuss how to meet disparate security & QoS requirements in a VoWiFi network, using emerging techniques like Virtual Access Points, proprietary voice priority protocols, and Wireless Multimedia Extensions. Dave Danielson will then examine Identity Management (IdM) as the next frontier in wireless security for integrated data/voice deployments, discussing IdM as it applies to WiFi in general and specific VoWiFi IdM challenges.
Speakers: Dave Danielson, VP of Marketing, Bluesocket Inc. Jonathan Zarkower, Director, Product Management, Colubris Networks
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Afternoon Keynote: The Birth of Open Standard Radio
Is WiFi simply a good short-range wireless LAN alternative, or is it something far more disruptive? Bill Gurley will show why history suggests that the momentum underway in 802.11 is indicative of something much grander in scale than many believe or admit. Speaker: Bill Gurley, Venture Capitalist, Benchmark Capital
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Choosing the Right Countermeasures
Standards organizations, wireless equipment manufacturers, and security vendors have promoted a wide variety of security solutions to address WLAN vulnerabilities. Which countermeasures are best for your WLAN? To decide, you'll need to take many factors into account, such as roaming, client software impact, the types of networks traversed, and the protocols and applications in use.
In this session, panelists will compare various technologies -- IPsec and SSL VPNs, WPA-Enterprise, WPA-Personal, and proprietary approaches -- with respect to many parameters, including environmental applicability, deployment prerequisites, implementation complexity, security strength, and cost. By understanding requirements and constraints, you can make an informed decision as to which countermeasures to deploy on your network.
Moderator: Lisa Phifer, Vice President, Core Competence Inc. Speakers: Stu Elefant, Sr. Product Manager, Wireless and Home Networking Technologies, McAfee Inc. Matthew Gast, Consulting Engineer, Trapeze Networks
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Afternoon Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Securing Wireless Endpoints
Wireless has revolutionized the way that people use machines and networks. But the convenience and ease of use come with a price. Wireless devices are notoriously hard to audit and manage, which exposes corporations and universities to a higher rate of "endpoint device" compromises. Ensuring the integrity of mobile devices has become a hot topic, and several approaches have emerged.
In this session, Seth Fogie will demonstrate attacks against wireless handhelds, and the growing need for PDA security measures. Kevin Walsh will explain how endpoint integrity works and emerging standards that will (someday) enable multivendor solutions.
Speakers: Seth Fogie, VP, AirScanner Corporation Kevin Walsh, Director of Product Technology, Funk Software
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Reception in the Expo Hall
TRACK: HOTSPOTS AND ROAMING
9:00am - 10:00am
International Roaming Access Protocols: The Final Solution?
This presentation will look at the Digital Cities Initiative, including how the International Roaming Access Protocols (IRAP) can be applied to public access networks for safer, simpler and seamless connectivity for both public and private sector use. Enhanced broadband mobility is crucial to increased efficiency, productivity, interoperability, and access to government eServices using standards-based technologies, including both Wi-Fi and WiMAX. Real world deployments and the latest in roaming technologies to support secure access with advance services will be addressed.
Speakers: Dan Dahle, Sr. Strategic Architect, Corporate Technology Group, Intel Corporation Greg Hayes, Director, Mobile Data Services, BT Infonet Mike Moore, Senior Director of Business Development, iPass David Anderson, Director of Technology Development, Quiconnect
10:00am - 10:30am
Morning Break
10:30am - 11:30am
Morning Keynote: Wi-Fi versus Telcos
It's a battle to the death; either Wi-Fi (and other unlicensed architectures) will kill the telephone companies, or the telephone companies (and other network providers) will kill Wi-Fi. When the Internet arrived, the main value left to the telephone companies was the "last mile." Then came Wi-Fi—and today's torrent of anti-Wi-Fi legislation. The future could get even uglier. Speaker: David Isenberg, Principal Troublemaker, isen.com
11:30am - 12:30pm
Unwiring the San Francisco Giants: Wi-Fi in Stadiums & Arenas
This season, fans attending games at SF Giants' SBC Park will have free access to an in-stadium hot-zone consisting of 121 802.11b access points that will cover all seating and concourse areas—the first of its kind anywhere in the U.S. The club has also created a WiFi entertainment portal called the Digital Dugout that will run over the Wi-Fi network. The portal will feature electronic games, live stat feeds, instant replay, and real-time scores from around the league.
Afternoon Keynote: The Birth of Open Standard Radio
Is WiFi simply a good short-range wireless LAN alternative, or is it something far more disruptive? Bill Gurley will show why history suggests that the momentum underway in 802.11 is indicative of something much grander in scale than many believe or admit. Speaker: Bill Gurley, Venture Capitalist, Benchmark Capital
2:30pm - 3:30pm
The Wholesale Model: Generating Revenue by Roaming
Service providers have traditionally benefited from a retail model when providing end-user wireless service. As Wi-Fi networks are being increasingly deployed in metro areas, educational institutions and other high-traffic venues, providers must begin to evolve to a wholesale model.
Further, those with Wi-Fi networks already in place, such as educational institutions, may choose to make their networks available for wholesale access and stand to benefit with roaming revenue. Infrastructure owners can offer their services wholesale to carriers or other organizations, such as enterprise customers, while service providers can participate in this model by purchasing wholesale access and evolve their existing dial up and broadband businesses to support Wi-Fi roaming.
This panel will discuss the changing business models that are underway as availability of and demand for wireless broadband roaming increases and how providers and other constituencies can take advantage of roaming to grow their revenue. Speakers: Todd Myers, CEO and founder, Airpath Wireless Greg Richardson, Founder and Managing Partner, Civitium LLC Chad Smolinski, Senior Manager, Alternative Broadband, AOL Rick Tangeman, President, HarborLink
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Afternoon Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
As the public access WLAN network model moves from early adopter phase into the large-scale deployment phase of evolution, we're seeing more and more types of users, devices, and applications, with more and more emerging every day—in particular, on planes, trains and in automobiles. Thus, the definition of a hotspot continues to change, creating a need for enhanced infrastructure capabilities to support this emerging connectivity trend. This session will discuss whether the realities of public access WLAN have so far lived up to expectations, as well as the following issues:
What does it take to make WLAN work in moving vehicles?
Is there a business model?
What are the real needs of the mobile data users?
How do we achieve seamless & secure hotspot roaming? - Facts and reality
RFID Business Basics: Costs and benefits of RFID... and getting from one to the other
The industry press has long chanted the mantra that the "5-cent tag" will be the making of RFID. While the cost of tags is certainly a factor in a world where we envision tagging every shipping pallet - in some cases every item of merchandiseÑit is far from being the defining one. In fact, tag costs are only a small part of an RFID implementation.
This session will provide guidance on the real costs typically associated with an RFID project - as well as the financial and operational benefits they promise to confer. We'll uncover the strategies, the implementation issues, and the technology lessons learned by early adopters and how they developed the business case for RFID. WeÕll also include some models for you to use for estimating ROI and business value.
Moderator: Fran Rabuck, President, Rabuck Associates Speaker: Charles Rice, Vice President, Technology, R4 Global Solutions
10:00am - 10:30am
Morning Break
10:30am - 11:30am
Morning Keynote: Wi-Fi versus Telcos
It's a battle to the death; either Wi-Fi (and other unlicensed architectures) will kill the telephone companies, or the telephone companies (and other network providers) will kill Wi-Fi. When the Internet arrived, the main value left to the telephone companies was the "last mile." Then came Wi-Fi—and today's torrent of anti-Wi-Fi legislation. The future could get even uglier. Speaker: David Isenberg, Principal Troublemaker, isen.com
11:30am - 12:30pm
Software, Middleware and Integration Issues: Making RFID Talk to ERP and other problems
What comes after you've negotiated your price point for tags, tagged your pallets, and hit required read rates for your RFID operation?
Information integration and software to capture, manage, and analyze your data with your current ERP and supply chain applications can be a major challenge. This panel will discuss some of the middleware systems, and your available options. We'll cover issues related to Open Source standards versus the Microsoft approach.
Our panel of experts explains their perspectives on integration solutions and challenges for dealing with this massive explosion of data.
Moderator: Fran Rabuck, President, Rabuck Associates Speakers: Jim Del Rossi, Chief Engagement Manager - RFID, Sun Microsystems Greg Gilbert, Director | RFID Solutions and Strategy, Manhattan Associates Kevin MacDonald, Vice President, RFID Architecture, ODIN Technologies Larry Moore, VP, Strategy & Business Development, ThingMagic
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Break
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Afternoon Keynote: The Birth of Open Standard Radio
Is WiFi simply a good short-range wireless LAN alternative, or is it something far more disruptive? Bill Gurley will show why history suggests that the momentum underway in 802.11 is indicative of something much grander in scale than many believe or admit. Speaker: Bill Gurley, Venture Capitalist, Benchmark Capital
2:30pm - 3:30pm
RFID in Industry Applications: Case studies of works in progress
This session will focus on experience gleaned from key industry applications, beyond the retail space. We'll review RFID in action in the government and military, pharmaceutical, healthcare, security, cash payment alternatives, and more. Learn what's in the next planning cycles for these early adopters of the technology. While each industry has unique challenges and issues to deal with and their approach to their solutions can be different, some common success patterns can provide guidance for all RFID industry applications.
Moderator: Fran Rabuck, President, Rabuck Associates Speakers: Michael Helfrich, Founder & CTO, Blueforce Development Corp. Richard Paine, Advanced Computing Technologist, Boeing
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Afternoon Break
4:00pm - 5:00pm
RFID Futures: Where do we go from here?
What's in store for the near-term future of RFID? Our panel of experts will share their visions of what the next series of challenges will be for 2005 and beyond.
How will the standards wars play out?
Can Intellectual Property issues be resolved or is a protracted market-share battle among proprietary technologies likely to dog the market?
When can we really expect a "Network of things"?
What industries and applications will be next to adopt this technology?
How will consolidation, partnerships, and mergers in the RFID industry affect the ecosystem.
What are the stumbling blocks for the near term that will need to be overcome?
Our roundtable of experts will provide their insights and field your questions in this open discussion on the RFID industry.
Moderator: Fran Rabuck, President, Rabuck Associates Speakers: Larry Blue, Vice President and General Manager, RFID Tag Business Unit, Symbol Larry Moore, VP, Strategy & Business Development, ThingMagic
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