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Past events
- Austin 2001 |
802.11 Austin '01
December 3-4 2001, Austin, TX
| DAY
1 - Monday, December 3rd, 2001 |
Rolling
out a public access WLAN
From airports to hotels, restaurants and the famed coffee
houses, the public access Wireless LAN is making headlines
daily. This Keynote presentation took a long hard look at
the realities and practicalities of rolling out a public access
network, including real market opportunities, technical hurdles
and implementation issues. Conference attendees heard how
Wayport has led the way in broadband wireless networks and
the opportunities that lie ahead for the industry as a whole.
Dave Vucina, Chief Executive Officer, Wayport
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Global
markets for 802.11
- What role will 802.11 networks play in the wider wireless
data market?
- What's the real growth potential and which business models
are most likely to succeed?
- How do key global markets differ in the WLAN industry?
A look at trends and developments in US, Europe and Asia
- Who's doing what, who's doing well and who stands to
make the most cash out of the fixed wireless revolution?
Monica Paolini, Consultant, Analysys Consulting
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The
IEEE802.11 standard: re-learning the 'abc' with the many formats
of 802.11
- Wi-Fi and beyond - Is Wi-Fi a lasting standard?
- How fast can new products ship to market, and when might
they start competing?
- The interoperability issue: Differing 802.11 standards
and spectrum
- OFDM - is this really the future for broadband wireless
access?
- Which services suit which standards - what you can and
can't do
Moderator: Dr. Francis "Butch" Anton, Jr., Vice President
of Advanced Technology, hereUare
Jim Thompson, CTO, Musenki
Vadim Konradi, Director of Hardware Engineering,
Wayport
Naftali Chayat, CTO, Alvarion
David Feller, Director of Wireless LAN Marketing,
Intersil Corporation
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Community
networks: why you should care
There is a lot of noise surrounding community networks. The
original idea behind 802.11 networks was that they would be
community created, (some say) anti establishment and free.Here,
one of the key community access pioneers will explain what the
community public access networks are, and what they are aiming
to create. You will have a chance to explore how and why companies
doing similar projects should work with the community network,
how to do this in practice and what the benefits of collaboration
are.
Adam Shand, Founder, Portland Personal Telco Project |
Unearthing
the profit potential from public access networks
OK, so you've heard about the importance of the free community
network, but is the free model sustainable? And are we going
to see the same battle we saw in the early days of the wired
net between the old-style BBS and the commercial ISP? So how
can you price public access, what are the opportunities and
which value added services can be chargeable? How can you
develop and market products that appeal to the free community
- and still profit? In heated discussion our speakers debated
this and other thorny issues, the legal situation and how
ad-hoc networks are isolating their own providers' terms of
service.
Moderator: Monica Paolini, Senior Analyst, Analysys
Doug Luce, Founder & President, Telerama
Oren Michels, President & CEO, WiFinder
Matt Peterson, Founder, bawug, & Consultant, Surf
& Sip Inc.
Terry Schmidt Founder, NYCWireless
Adam Shand, Founder, Portland Personal Telco Project
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802.11
grows up - the WISP opportunity
- How can you jump into the business of access provision?
- Which market will be more lucrative - corporate or public
access?
- How do you define and build the successful WISP?
- The low down on business planning, practices, and ethics
needed to succeed in this game
Carlo Cassisa, Director, Business Development HomeRun
Export, Telia Mobile AB |
Home
networking as a new revenue source for service providers
- What are the opportunities out there for added services
and revenues?
- How can you go about 'owning the customer' through a
home-network?
- There are many potential combined service-provider /
retail models - which model should you be pursuing?
- Hear how to pick the low hanging fruit of interactive
services and 'IP All The Way' conceptand applications.
- 'Push' vs. 'Pull' strategy - which should you be betting
on?
Shimshon Lapushner, VP Marketing, SerCoNet |
WLANs
and 3G - convergence or collision?
The big debate of the year continues here…will 3G die before
it gets off the ground and will it really compete with the
WLAN? What are the implications for mobile operators in competingfor
highly prized customers in WLAN hotspots, such as hotels and
airports? Does the combination of no licence fee, cheap and
easy installation, big customer base and faster connection
speeds mean that WLANs will eclipse 3G systems as the business
traveller's choice? And importantly, can WLAN service providers
and 3G operators co-operate at all, or are they only destined
to compete on unequal terms? Both sides were repesented in
this crucial and tense debate.
Moderator: Dr. Francis "Butch" Anton, Jr., Vice President
of Advanced Technology, hereUare
Magnus Gunnarsson, Director Product Management -
Multi-access, Ericsson Wireless Communications Inc.
Matt Brookshier, Vice President of Product Marketing,
PacketAir Networks, Inc.
Liam Quinn, Director Communications Technology Strategy,
Dell
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| DAY
2 - Tuesday, December 4th, 2001 |
Wi-Fi
is everywhere
This experienced keynote speaker shared with us WECA's vision
on the future of WLANs and 802.11. Taking a good look at the
specific technologies, conference attendees heard his opinion
on 802.11 b/a/g and their places in the market, and how they
will interoperate in the future. This session also attempted
to debunk the myth of 802.11 security, providing information
on how to make a .11 network secure.
John Hughes, Spokesperson, WECA
& Former GM Wireless connectivity division, Texas Instruments |
Seamless
communications - where do 802.11 WLANs fit into the networked
economy?
This top-level keynote took a detailed look into the broadband
market as a whole and where theWLAN fits into the picture. Starting
with a great introductory video, Joe discussed how the industry
can work to ensure interconnection between DSL, 3G,MANs, WANs,
PANs and the myriad of acronyms that signify the communications
market today -and tomorrow? And then importantly where 802.11
will fit into the wider market? And finally Joe looked at how
one can exploit other technologies to maximize the potential
of 802.11?
Joe Crupi, VP, Broadband Businesses, Texas Instruments |
Encryption
and security to enable the road warrior
Joke of the day: 802.11 networks are secure! There's proof
that WEP security can be compromised within minutes, exposing
networks and data to eavesdroppers. Whilst many recommend
the use of longer encryption keys or are waiting for WEP 2
(IEEE802.11i) to solve the problem, the inherent flaws in
the WEP protocolremain its achilles heel. Hank, our able moderator,
aptly led these speakers through an important discussion on
what's being developed to secure 802.11 networks,plus how
to check encryption, find interfering devices and prevent
malicious packet sniffing.
Moderator: Hank Jones, Fullbright & Jaworski LLP
Stephane Laroshe, Senior architect and IP sec specialist,
Colubris Networks
Doug Klein, CEO, Vernier Networks
Chris Heegard, CTO Wireless & Home Networking, Texas
Instruments
Ajei Gopal, Co-founder and COO, ReefEdge, Inc,
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Roaming:
The next frontier for WISPs?
- How close a reality are roaming agreements for 802.11
networks?
- What still needs to be done in terms of data sharing
between WISPs?
- How to allow seamless performance independent of network
structure
- Card and AP compatibility
- How to overcome hand-off issues between APs
- How lucrative can the roaming business really be for
the industry?
Ed Moura, Founder, SOHO Wireless |
The
802.11 market from a venture capital perspective
- Which business models are attracting key finance?
- What are VCs looking for in the current climate - and
what are they avoiding?
- Outlook for VC and public financing of 802.11 related
businesses
- What are the most attractive exit strategies for the
market right now?
Moderator: Hank Jones, Fullbright & Jaworski LLP
John Long, Partner, Trellis Partners
Neeraj Bharadwaj, Principal, APAX Partners
Clark Jernigan, Principal, Austin Ventures
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The
corporate market - demand and opportunity
- From cabled to wireless - the changing corporate demands
and how to adapt to them
- Future-proofing the network: Key considerations for the
next generation of 802.11 standards -legacy integration,
pricing and integrating value added services
- Capacity management and network monitoring: How you can
achieve the levels demanded by the corporate world
- Which value added services best suit 802.11?
Gary McGarr, Director of Sales, Atheros Communications |
The
future of VoIP - challenges and opportunities facing the industry
- Cheap wireless calls…how far away are we? And how can
we push forward the technology when VoIP is only really
beginning to take off in wired networks?
- How can you achieve QoS in wireless VoIP?
- What are the issues involved in providing voice and data
over a single wireless network?
- What can we learn from the wired communications world?
- Achieving interoperability with H.323 & SIP telephony
terminals, gateways, and gatekeepers
Jim Roseto, Director Business Development, Spectralink |
Implementation
and operation of 802.11b WLAN in public areas
So you've rolled out the network, but what are the key considerations
for its operation and upkeep?This session, led by one of the
pioneers of 802.11b network (previously Jim was VP of engineeringand
CTO at Wayport) will guide you through implementation and operation
of a public access WLAN.You'll hear how to manage billing, network
management, QoS, the customer relationship and more. Importantly
the intricacies of essential partnerships with other vendors,
service companiesand hotspot owners will also be discussed.
Jim Thompson, CTO, Musenki |
Deployment
of consumer wireless networks - the customer perspective
802.11b is currently being considered in several hospitality
industry land development projects. It's seen as a way to
deliver value added services, increase customer loyalty, improve
operations and help management and resource allocation. So
we invited Derek to speak as someone who was involved in getting
Disney Properties wirelessly connected to tell you their perspective.
This case study told the conference attendees what's really
important to your client whendeploying networks for their
customers, what their priorities are and how you can meet
their needs - both in terms of service levels and the relevant
applications to work over the network.
Derek Kerton, former Director of Wireless Strategy,
Walt Disney Internet Group & Principal, The Kerton Group |
WLAN
security for the enterprise
- Requirements of WLAN Security for enterprise/corporate
with respect to Authentication, Privacy, Key Exchange, and
Deployment.
- Systems solutions with central authentication. Survey
of the applicable authentication mechansims and protocols
such as EAP-TLS, MD5, 802.1x, and RADIUS.
- Detailed update on IEEE 802.11 TGi current effort in
fixing the WEP with Re-key, Key mix, and MIC.
- Discussion of the remaining issues in 802.11 security
such as the modes of AES that can be in the standard and
their tradeoffs.
Albert Young, Director of Technology Strategy, 3Com |
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