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- E-Gov/Civic Engagement (8/6/09)
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- Technology/Fixed Broadband (8/13/09)
- Technology/Wireless (8/13/09)
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- Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Private Investment (8/26/09)
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- Technology/Applications and Devices (8/27/09)
- State and Local Governments: Toolkits and Best Practices (9/1/09)
- Benchmarks (9/2/09)
- Big Ideas with Potential to Substantially Change the Internet (9/3/09)
- Broadband Consumer Context (9/9/09)
- Health Care (9/15/09)
- The Role of Content in the Broadband Ecosystem (9/17/09)
- Spectrum (9/17/09)
- Cyber Security (9/30/09)
- Diversity and Civil Rights Issues in Broadband Policy (10/2/09)
- Economic Issues in Broadband Competition (10/9/09)
- Broadband Accessibility for People with Disabilities II: Barriers, Opportunities and Policy Recommendations (10/20/09)
- Capitalization Strategies for Small and Disadvantaged Businesses (11/12/09)
- Future Fiber Architectures and Local Deployment Choices (11/19/09)
- Research Recommendations for the Broadband Task Force (11/23/09)
- Lessons for the National Broadband Plan from Local Officials Representing Under-served Communities (12/9/09)
- Global Broadband Connects America and the World: Infrastructure, Services and Applications (12/10/09)
- Review and Discussion of Broadband Deployment Research (12/10/09)
- Broadband and New Media Strategies for Minority Radio (1/26/10)
- The Broadband Availability Gap (5/6/10)
Workshop: Technology/Fixed Broadband
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Location & Coordinators
Date: 8/13/09
Time: 9:30 am
Location: Room TW-C305 (Commission Meeting Room)
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20554
Directions
Coordinator: Walter Johnston
Phone: (202) 418-0807
Agenda and Participant Bios
Frequently Asked Questions
The goal of the workshop is twofold. First, to present a view on future broadband evolution: What are our future bandwidth needs? What type of services will need to be supported? What types of devices? What network capabilities will be needed to support this range of service needs? In addition to outlining some possible future requirements, some discussion of future network evolution will be included. There is an historical view associated with the evolution of the Internet. Does this evolution continue into the future? How do constructs such as overlay networks and cloud computing effect this historical view? Do some architectures promote competition and allow consumers more choice? What effect do specific architectures have on competition and innovation? Is broadband more than just about the Internet or is the Internet the defining vision for broadband?
Second, against this backdrop of possible future evolution, the current and future capabilities of the core technologies used to support fixed broadband applications will be discussed. What are the current performance characteristics of these core technologies (fiber, DSL, coax, satellite, terrestrial wireless)? What is the potential for future performance improvements? Who is best served by each technology and most importantly who is not well served? What specific policies would support further deployment of each technology? What barriers exist to connecting the largest number of peoples to broadband at the lowest cost? Should specific architectural goals be adopted to support deployment of broadband?
Topics
The following are some of the preliminary topics that will be covered at this workshop. If you would like to discuss any other topics, please send us your suggestions.
- Broadband vision
- What capabilities will be required in the coming decade?
- Bandwidth needs?
- Service driven capabilities?
- Scalability, connectivity, routing, addressing, security, authentication?
- Future architecture challenges:
- What architecture models might evolve with what advantages/disadvantages
- Internet, Cloud, Broadband Commons, Other?
- Cyber-security
- What can be done to increase cyber-security?
- How can different architectures affect the environment?
- What architecture models might evolve with what advantages/disadvantages
- What are the challenges/inhibitors to broadband evolution?
- What capabilities will be required in the coming decade?
- Fixed broadband technologies (Fiber to the Home, DSL, Cable, Satellite, Wireless)
- Current capabilities
- Bandwidth, economic competitiveness
- Future potential
- Bandwidth, future economics, performance tradeoffs
- Challenges to connectivity
- Barriers to connecting the largest number of people and devices at the lowest cost
- Current capabilities
Agenda
9:30 am | Workshop Introduction, Julius Knapp Moderator |
9:35 am | Panel 1: Broadband Vision (55 minutes: 5 minutes from each panelist followed by questions from the FCC moderating panel and audience) Dr. Victor Frost, Program Director, Network Technologies, National Science Foundation; Dr. Victor Frost will discuss the challenges and need for research programs that will support the exploration of innovative and possibly radical network architectures, protocols and technologies that are responsive to the evolving requirements of current and yet to be discovered network services and applications. Such research is seen as essential to ensuring that our nation’s broadband infrastructure remains a powerful platform for innovation. |
10:30 am | Open Q&A Period (30 minutes) |
11:00 am | Break |
11:10 am | Panel 2: Fixed Broadband Technologies (60 minutes: 5 minutes for each panelist followed by questions from the FCC moderating panel and audience) David Burstein, Editor, DSL Prime Mr. Burstein publishes one of the most influential newsletters on broadband technology. He is widely regarded as an expert on broadband trends, network costs, and industry issues. He will discuss from this perspective the future potential of broadband evolution, barriers to deployment, and policies that might enable greater access to broadband technologies and its benefits. Paul Henry, Broadband Wireless Systems Research Division, AT&T Mr. Henry has been a researcher on broadband optical and wireless technologies for AT&T Labs. Advances in wireless technologies now promise potential future downlink speeds in the range of 1 Gb/s. From this perspective, he will discuss the potential for terrestrial wireless systems to provide fixed broadband solutions and the supporting factors required to ensure viability. Mark DePietro, VP Strategy/Business Development, Broadband Home Solutions Motorola As a shared medium broadband architecture, cable systems are being challenged by the ever increasing demands for more bandwidth. Motorola is one of the industry’s premier suppliers of broadband cable systems. As VP Strategy/Business Development for Motorola, Mr. DePietro will discuss Motorola’s response to this challenge and his perspective on future requirements for broadband evolution. Marc Goldburg, CTO, Assia DSL technology has enabled telephone lines to economically provide broadband services to consumers, both from central offices and from fiber-fed remote nodes. Techniques such as dynamic spectrum management, pioneered by Prof. John Cioffi, a founder of Assia, are permitting evolution of DSL speeds in the range of 100s of Mbps. Marc Goldburg, CTO of Assia, will discuss the potential for DSL technology to meet the demands of broadband evolution and the domains in which deployment of such advanced DSL systems are optimal. Jason Livingood, Exec. Director Internet Engineering, Comcast As the largest cable service provider in the United States, Comcast provides broadband services to a significant portion of the nation. Mr. Livingood will describe the strategies Comcast is employing to meet future broadband growth needs and the new broadband platform requirements that are being driven by this growth. David Young, Vice President, Verizon Perhaps no company is as identified with the deployment of optical fiber based broadband services as Verizon. Mr. Young will discuss how fiber is uniquely suited to meet the future demands of broadband growth as well as the economic challenges associated with fiber based systems. Geoff Burke, Senior Director, Corporate Marketing, Calix While fiber is sometimes associated as a solution for high population areas, some companies are developing products for a broad range of market sizes. Geoff Burke will discuss the potential for fiber based systems to support future broadband service requirements and the unique challenges in developing such systems for smaller market areas. Stuart Lipoff, President, IP Action Partners Mr. Lipoff serves as an industry consultant to the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. As such, he has an expert perspective on the challenges faced by this industry sector in serving both current and future broadband needs. He will discuss how the industry intends to support the evolution of the nation’s broadband infrastructure and specific challenges that will confront the industry. |
12:10 pm | Open Q&A Period (30 minutes) |
12:40 pm | Closing Statements/Adjournment |
Related Documents
August 13, 2009
Challenge of Broadband
Bill St. Arnaud, CRO Canarie
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Broadband Vision
Henning Schulzrinne, Professor, Columbia University
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Tech That Matters
David Burstein, Editor, DSL Prime
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Broadband Access: Technologies for the Last Mile
Paul S. Henry, AT&T Laboratories - Research
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Fixed Broadband Access Technologies
Marc Goldburg, CTO, Assia
Comcast Network Overview
Jason Livingood, Exec. Director Internet Engineering, Comcast
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National Broadband Plan
Geoff Burke, Senior Director, Corporate Marketing, Calix
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