Detailed Program (First two days)
ITU/BDT Regional Network Planning Workshop with Tool Case Studies for the Arab Region
Cairo
Day 1 - Day 2
Day 1 (16 July 2006)
09:30 – 10:30 hours
Session 1: Opening
1.1 Welcome address by the Hosting Administration
1.2 ITU-BDT Approach on Network Planning and workshop objectives - Riccardo Passerini (ITU-BDT) File 1 - File 2
1.3 Structure of the workshop and presentation of participants
11:00 – 12:00 hours
Session 2: ITU-BDT Activities on Network Planning
2.1 ITU-BDT Manual on Network Planning for Evolving Network Architectures: Overview - Ignat Stanev (ITU Consultant)
2.2 ITU-BDT Network Planning Tool Specifications (NPTS) for Developing Countries: Overview - Oscar Gonzalez-Soto (ITU Consultant)
12:00 – 13:.30 hours
Session 3: Role of Planning in the current Network Architecture Scenario
3.1 Requirements for decision making in network evolution, strategic planning and new technologies. Solution mapping for geo-scenarios - Oscar Gonzalez-Soto (ITU Consultant)
3.2 Network planning at different time scales, long, medium and short term - Ignat Stanev (ITU Consultant)
14:30 - 16:00 hours
Session 3: Role of Planning in the current Network Architecture Scenario (cont'd)
3.3 Network layers for planning, architectures and technological alternatives. NGN: What and How - Oscar Gonzalez-Soto (ITU Consultant)
3.4 Service and traffic forecasting - Ignat Stanev (ITU Consultant)
16:30 - 18:00 hours
3.5 Business and investment plan - Oscar Gonzalez-Soto (ITU Consultant)
3.6 Definition of working teams, cases and available data for the applications
Day 2 (17 July 2006)
09:00 – 11:00 hours
Session 4: Supporting Network Planning Tools
4.1 Role of the planning tools within the Operational Support Systems and tool categories - Oscar Gonzalez-Soto (ITU Consultant)
4.2 Scope and capabilities of the strategic techno-economic tools. View on STEM: Strategic Telecom Evaluation Model - Oscar Gonzalez-Soto (ITU Consultant) and Robin Bailey (Analysys Ltd.)
11:30 – 12:30 hours
Session 4: Supporting Network Planning Tools (cont'd)
4.3 Presentation of network planning tools, features, inputs/outputs for radio and mobile related needs - Roland Götz and Michael Ernst (LS Telcom/Spectrocan) File 1 - File 2
14:00 - 15:00 hours
4.4 Presentation of network planning tools, features, inputs/outputs for access and fixed networks needs - VPI File 1 - File 2
15:30 - 17:00 hours
4.5 Review of available documentation, ITU documents and related references
4.6 Finalization of working teams, cases and available data for the applications
