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NIST - ATIS 16th Annual Workshop on Synchronization in Telecommunications Systems (WSTS) Features Scientists from Symmetricom
SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, today announced that Lee Cosart, senior technologist, and George Zampetti, chief scientist, are featured speakers at the 16th Annual Workshop on Synchronization in Telecommunications Systems (WSTS 2007) on Tuesday, March 13 - Thursday, March 15, 2007 in Broomfield, Colo. Co-sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions' Optical Transport and Synchronization Committee (ATIS OPTXS), the purpose of WSTS 2007 is to provide an industry-neutral forum on synchronization. Effective synchronization is the backbone supporting important revenue-generating services such as IPTV and VoIP.
WHO: Lee Cosart, Senior Technologist and George Zampetti, Chief
Scientist at Symmetricom
WHAT: 16th Annual Workshop on Synchronization in
Telecommunications Systems (WSTS 2007)
Sponsored by NIST and ATIS OPTXS
WHEN: Tuesday, March 13 - Thursday, March 15, 2007
WHERE: Omni Interlocken Resort, 500 Interlocken Blvd.,
Broomfield, Colo. 80021
The Symmetricom scientists will be presenting the following topics throughout the workshop:
-- Synchronization Measurement (with explanation of MTIE and TDEV)
-- Measurement of PDV
-- OPTXS-SYNC Technical Report
-- Carrier-Class NTP
Mr. Cosart is also co-chairing Session 5, Sync Testing, Test Results, Test Solutions and Case Studies.
The theme for WSTS 2007 is "Convergence...The Next Step." Attendees of WSTS 2007 are gathering to discuss the challenges and potential solutions facing sync in telecom including IEEE-1588, carrier-class NTP and synchronous Ethernet.
For more information on WSTS 2007, visit: http://tf.nist.gov/seminars/ATIS/ATIS.html.
About ATIS
ATIS is a leading standards development and technical planning organization that is committed to rapidly developing and promoting technical and operations standards for the communications and related information technologies industry worldwide using a pragmatic, flexible and open approach. Participants from more than 300 communications companies are active in ATIS' 23 industry committees, Incubator Solutions Program, and other activities. www.atis.org
About NIST
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration, was founded in 1901 as the nation's first federal physical science research laboratory. Over the years, the scientists and technical staff at NIST have made solid contributions to a broad and varied range of technologies, including such things as image processing, DNA diagnostic "chips," smoke detectors, and automated error-correcting software for machine tools. Other areas in which NIST has had major impact include atomic clocks, X-ray standards for mammography, scanning tunneling microscopy, pollution-control technology, and high-speed dental drills. For more information, visit www.nist.gov.
As a non-regulatory agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, NIST promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life.
About Symmetricom, Inc.
As a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency products and services, Symmetricom provides "Perfect Timing" to customers around the world. Since 1985, the company's solutions have helped define the world's time and frequency standards, delivering precision, reliability and efficiency to wireline and wireless networks, instrumentation and testing applications and network time management. Deployed in more than 90 countries, the company's synchronization solutions include primary reference sources, building integrated timing supplies (BITS), GPS timing receivers, time and frequency distribution systems, network time servers and ruggedized oscillators. Symmetricom also incorporates technologies including Universal Timing Interface (UTI), Network Time Protocol (NTP), Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588), and others supporting the world's migration to Next Generation Networks (NGN). Symmetricom is based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.symmetricom.com.
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