ITU Workshop on Performance, QoS and QoE for Multimedia Services
Johannesburg, South Africa, 24-25 July 2017
Contact:
tsbworkshops@itu.int
Day 1, Monday, 24 July 2017
| 08:30 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Opening session
Welcome remarks:
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Ingrid Poni (Chief Director, Department of Telecommunications & Postal Services (DTPS), Republic of South Africa)
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Faouzi Hassine (VP Sales MEA, S&M, InfoVista, United States) (Host)
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Jacob Munodawafa (Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer, Southern African Telecommunications Association (SATA)) (Supporter of the event)
- Martin Adolph (Study Group Advisor, ITU)
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| 10:00 - 10:30 | Group Photo and Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:00 |
Session 1: Introduction to ITU and ITU‑T Study Group 12
Objectives: This session provides an overview of ITU and ITU-T SG12 activities.
Moderator:
Seyni Faty (Chairman, ITU-T SG12 Regional Group for Africa; Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post (ARTP), Senegal)
Speakers:
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Martin Adolph (Study Group Advisor, ITU): ITU, ITU-T and Study Group 12
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Tiago Sousa Prado (Vice-chairman, Working Party 3 "Multimedia QoS and QoE" of ITU-T SG12): Introduction to Working Party 3/12 on Multimedia QoS and QoE
[ Presentation ]
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Anne Rita Ssemboga (Programme Officer, ITU Regional Office for Africa): Introduction to BDT and ROA programmes and activities on Quality of Service
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Presentation ]
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| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 15:00 |
Session 2: KPIs and methods for measuring and evaluating the QoS/QoE in LTE and LTE-Advanced networks
Objectives: This session discusses best practices and case studies on KPIs and methodologies for measuring and assessing the QoS/QoE of multimedia services in LTE and LTE-A networks.
Moderator:
Zeid Alkadi (Head, Quality Control Section, Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC), Jordan)
Speakers:
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Aymen Salah (Head, Mobile Network Division, Telecommunication National Regulatory Authority of Tunisia (INTT), Tunisia): QoS/QoE on LTE/LTE Advanced Networks
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Rami Alnatsheh (Delivery Manager AMEA, InfoVista, United States): "The Ecosystem of Network Testing" - A Modern QoS/QoE Approach
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Carlos Pérez (Sales Manager, Ibys Technologies, Spain):
QoS Active Monitoring: LTE & Multimedia Services
[ Presentation ]
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 17:00 |
Session 3: QoS/QoE regulatory and policy aspects
Objectives: This session focuses on policy and regulatory aspects surrounding the QoS and QoE for multimedia services.
Moderator:
Tiago Sousa Prado (National Telecommunication Agency (Anatel), Brazil)
Speakers:
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Eric Nkopodi and Lydia Moroke (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA))
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Shingirai Marufu and William Crofate (Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ)):
QoS monitoring and regulations - Experience of Zimbabwe
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Zeid Alkadi (Head, Quality Control Section, Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC), Jordan): Policy and regulatory aspects surrounding the QoS and QoE for multimedia services in Jordan
[ Presentation ]
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Day 2, Tuesday, 25 July 2017
| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Session 4: Introduction of recently adopted ITU-T Recommendations on performance, QoS and QoE (I)
Objectives: This session introduces some of the latest ITU-T Recommendations in the field of performance, QoS and QoE developed by ITU-T Study Group 12.
Moderator:
Seyni Faty (Chairman, ITU-T SG12 Regional Group for Africa; Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post (ARTP), Senegal)
Speakers:
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Yvonne Umutoni (Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA), Rwanda):
Recommendation ITU-T Y.1545.1: Framework for monitoring the quality of service of IP network services
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'Masenei Molibeli (Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA), Lesotho):
Recommendation ITU-T E.802 Amendment 1: New Annex A on guidelines on selection of representative samples
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Presentation ]
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Session 5: Introduction of recently adopted ITU-T Recommendations on performance, QoS and QoE (II)
Objectives: This session introduces some of the latest ITU-T Recommendations in the field of performance, QoS and QoE developed by ITU-T Study Group 12.
Moderator:
Martin Adolph (Study Group Advisor, ITU)
Speakers:
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Tiago Sousa Prado (Anatel, Brazil):
Recommendation ITU-T E.811: Quality measurement strategy in major events
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Arvind Chawla (Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, India):
Recommendation ITU-T E.847: Quality of service norms for time-division multiplexing interconnection between telecom networks
[ Presentation ]
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| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - 15:00 |
Session 6: QoS and QoE for digital financial services
Objectives:This session discusses the QoS and QoE aspects of digital financial services.
Moderator:
Stavroula Bouzouki (Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT), Greece)
Speakers:
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Joachim Pomy (Opticom, Germany):
QoS and QoE aspects of Digital Financial Services
[ Presentation ] - Malick Sylla (Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post (ARTP), Senegal)
[ Presentation ]
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 17:00 |
Session 7: Network performance and QoS requirements for 5G networks
Objectives: This session discusses network performance and QoS in the context of future 5G / IMT-2020 networks, including the role of network function virtualization (NFV).
Moderator:
Martin Adolph (Study Group Advisor, ITU)
Speakers:
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Jan Kondej (CTO, Systemics-PAB, Poland):
Challenges in e2e user experience measurements in 5G implenetations
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Presentation ] -
Rami Alnatsheh (Delivery Manager AMEA, InfoVista, United States):
Orchestrating the performance of 5G
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Ralf Pabst (P3 Communications, Germany):
The Impact of 5G on future mobile Network Performance and Quality Testing
[ Presentation ]
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| 17:00 - 17:15 |
Workshop conclusions
Objectives: This session provides a brief summary of key points discussed at the workshop and concluding remarks.
Speakers:
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