POST CONFERENCE MASTERCLASS

POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: 19th MARCH 2010

Topic: Realising NGMN Applications above LTE - An Introduction to the 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC)        Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Magedanz, Dragos Vingarzan, TU Berlin / Fraunhofer FOKUS
08:30	Coffee & Registration
09:30	Workshop Commence
	Session 1: NGMN Overview Convergence: Network Evolution towards all IP Mobile Network Evolution NGMN Requirements as defined by the NGMN Alliance Potential NGMN services Related NGMN Fora & Standards (NGMN Alliance, 3GPP, LTSI) Service Architecture Evolution (SAE) = Evolved Packet System (EPS) Overview EPS = E-UTRAN + Evolved Packet Core (EPC) Comparing NGN and NGMN concepts
10:30	Morning Refreshment
11:00	Session 2: EPS Overview Introducing the 3GPP EPS Specifications E-UTRAN = Long-term Evolution (LTE) Overview LTE Key Capabilities LTE Architecture (eNodeB) 3GPP Evolved Packet Core (EPC)  Overview EPC Motivation (= access network diversity) EPC Key capabilities (QoS, charging, handover, security, IP connectivity) EPC architecture for LTE (MME, S-GW, PDN-GW, PCC, etc.) EPC architecture for other access networks EPC in operation Applications over EPC: IMS vs Internet
12:00	Lunch
14:00	Session 3: NGMN Application Domains: Telecommunications / IMS vs. Internet EPC integration into SDPs = service platforms over EPC IMS as NGN and NGMN core service platform IMS overview: architecture, components, protocols IMS service example over EPC: Voice, 3Play, IPTV, etc.) Internet service architectures over EPC (Communities, Web 2.0, WebTV, etc.) NGMN voice challenges and architectural options
15:00	Afternoon Refreshment
15:30	Session 4: Enabling NGMN Network and Applications Research – the OpenEPC toolkit Motivation for open testbeds to accelerate NGMN technology adoption and application prototyping Form Open IMS Core to the OpenEPC toolkit (www.openepc.net) OpenEPC components and usage  scenarios Questions and Answers
17:00	End of Workshop

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