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Draft Programme

​ITU Workshop on “Performance, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience of
Emerging Networks and Services"
Athens, Greece, 7-8 September 2015

Contact: tsbworkshops@itu.int

Day 1, 7 September 2015​

​09:00 - 10:00Registration
​10:00 - 10:30​Opening Session
Group photo
​10:30 - 11:00Coffee Break
​11:00 - 12:00​​Session 1: ITU-T Study Group 12 Activities

Objectives:  This session provides an overview of ITU-T activities in general and ITU-T SG12 activities.

Moderator:  Yvonne Umutoni, Chair, QSDG [ Biography ]

Speakers:       
​12:00 - 13:30 ​Lunch Break
​13:30 - 15:00 Session 2: Theory of Quality of Service, Quality of Experience and Performance

Objectives:  This session gives a detailed description of the three terms, namely QoS, QoE and Performance according to ITU. The session moreover describes the difference of the three terms. 

Moderator: Tiago S Prado, ANATEL, Brazil [ Biography ]

Speakers:
​15:00 - 15:30 ​Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30​Session 3: Methodologies and Benchmarking Tools for Testing the Quality of Service for Multimedia Services in Mobile and Fixed Networks

Objectives: This session provides best practices of methodologies and benchmarking Tools for testing the QoS multimedia services in Mobile and Fixed Networks: (Case studies).

Moderator: Martin Adolph, ITU [ Biography ]


Speakers:

 *To be confirmed

Day 2, 8 September 2015

​09:00 - 10:30Session 4: Functions and Monitoring of the QoE and QoS in 4G networks/LTE

Objectives: This session discusses the best practices methodologies for measuring/ monitoring the QoS and QoE of Real Time services (e.g: VoLTE, ViLTE,…), web browsing, and file transfer services in 4G networks/ LTE: (Case studies).

Moderator: Yvonne Umutoni, Chair, QSDG [ Biography ]


Speakers:
​10:30 - 11:00 ​Coffee Break
​11:00 - 12:00Session 5: End to end QoS and Performance Aspects of Interworking and QoS Mapping Between Different Networks Sections (e.g. Core, Access Networks)

Objectives: This session discusses functions of end-to-end QoS & Performance aspects of interworking and QoS mapping between network sections (e.g. core, access networks) The session also describes the IP QoS Models.

Moderator: Mehmet Özdem, Turk Telekom Group, Turkey

Speakers:
​12:00 - 13:30 ​Lunch Break
​13:30 - 15:00Session 6:  QoS of Over-the-Top (OTTs) Services (such as Facebook, WhatsApp, skype, Netflix…) 

Objectives: This session will discuss the QoS and QoE functions of OTTs services (e.g. Facebook, WhatsApp, Skype…).

Moderator: Yvonne Umutoni, Chair, QSDG [ Biography ]

Speakers:
​15:00 - 15:30 ​Coffee Break
15:30 - 16: 30Session 7:  Monitoring the QoE and QoS in Converged Networks

Objectives: This session discusses the best practices methodologies for measuring/ monitoring the QoS and QoE of Real Time services (Voice, IP Telephony, and Video conferencing), web browsing, and file transfer services in converged networks: (Case Studies)

Moderator: Jacob Munodawafa, Executive Secretary, SATA [ Biography ]

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​16:30 - 17:00Conclusions and  Remarks

Speakers:

 *To be confirmed