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ITU ASP CoE Training on Traffic engineering and advanced wireless network planning

17-19 October 2018, Holiday Inn, Suva, Fiji

The ITU Asia-Pacific Centre of Excellence (ITU ASP CoE) Training on " Traffic engineering and advanced wireless network planning" will be held from 17-19 October 2018 at Suva, Fiji. This face-to-face training is organized jointly by the International Telecommunication Union, Pacific Islands Telecommunication Association and the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (Thailand) as part of the Broadband Access programme under the auspices of the ITU Centres of Excellence for Asia-Pacific Region. The training is hosted by the Department of Communication (Government of Fiji) and is supported by the Department of Communications and the Arts (Government of Australia). The training will be delivered in English language. The training will be preceded by the PITA Telecoms Digital Strategy Forum, which will be held from 15-16 October 2018 at the same venue.

The objective of the programme are

To build knowledge of policy makers, regulators and telecom operators in the areas of 4G, 5G and IoT ecosystem and related network planning
To share best practices on traffic engineering and network planning in evolving scenario.
To build skills on how to develop a roadmap for 5G and IoT.

The focus of this training is to provide senior management and decision makers of ICT entities including governments, regulators, service providers and academia with insight on network planning in the changing telecommunication/ICT technology landscape in the context of the Pacific. Registration for the training should be made online at this site link no later than 30^th September 2018.

17 October

Opening Session

- ITU
- PITA
- Department of Communications, Fiji

1030-1115 Session 1: Where are we now: 4G, 5G and IoT Ecosystem and ITU

Objective: To provide an overview of wireless broadband ecosystem including drivers, policy, regulations, business, technology others.

- Ashish Narayan

[Presentation]

1115-1145 Coffee Break

1145-1230 Session 2: 4G to 5G networks and standard releases

Objective: To provide an overview of various technologies and standards of 4G

- Sami Tabbane

[Presentation]

1230-1400 Lunch Break

1400-1500 Session 3: IoT standards

Objective: To provide the main characteristics and features of IoT services and present IoT present systems and standards.

- Sami Tabbane

[Presentation]

1500-1530 Coffee Break

1530-1700 Session 4: Working Group Exercise

Objective: To identify the IoT services to fit with the country needs. Elaborate a proposed business model for introducing IoT.

18 October

0900-1030 Session 5: NB-IoT Networks

Objective: To present the evolution of LTE towards LTE-M and NB-IoT for IoT services introduction.

- Sami Tabbane

[Presentation]

1030-1100 Coffee Break

1100-1230 Session 6: Fixed IP core and backbone architecture and evolution towards IoT and 5G networks

Objective: Explore how the evolution of fixed IP and backbone networks and interconnects has progressed .

- Philip Smith

[Presentation]

1230-1400 Lunch Break

1400-1500 Session 7: 5G networks and 3GPP Release 15

Objective: Present 5G networks architecture and main technologies (radio interface, cloud and virtualization etc.)

- Sami Tabbane

[Presentation]

1500-1530 Coffee Break

1530-1700 Session 8: Working Group exercise

Objective: Which technology and which regulatory framework for IoT and 5G transition. Elaborate a proposal for developing an digital ecosystem in the country based on these networks and services.

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