Wireless technology is everywhere and it’s changing the way content and network providers create, package and distribute services, as well as the way consumers use those services. For businesses, wireless technology has created a fundamentally un-tethered world with WiFi work zones that enable workers to better collaborate, interact and receive information. This wireless revolution has the potential to leapfrog the struggling wired world and take full advantage of innovative new technologies and applications that will lay the foundation for a clean and clear WiFi infrastructure capable of delivering premium services.
The speaker will discuss the technical and business challenges of WiFi-based service delivery as well as discuss how WiFi services play an integral role as the wired and wireless worlds begin to merge.
Presented by:
| Chia-Chee Kuan
CTO
AirMagnet, Inc. | | Ben Guderian
VP of Marketing
SpectraLink Corporation |
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Deployment Challenges of WiFi Telephony
(W-02)
Tuesday - 01/23/07, 1:15-2:00pm
Handheld IP phones with WLAN (wireless local-area network) connections are becoming increasingly popular in new marketing campaigns. The challenges in deploying VoIP over WLAN stem mainly from issues related to access point congestion and to those that affect the link quality. The result is that WLANs experience significantly higher delay, with more network jitter and packet loss, than wired LANs. When several users are connected to the same access point, congestion easily occurs. The result is jitter that can be very significant, especially if large data packets are present. In addition, the efficiency of the system quickly deteriorates when the number of users increases. Come to this session to learn how to overcome these deployment challenges.
Presented by:
| Gary Hermansen
President & Chief Executive Officer
Global IP Sound | | John DiGiovanni
Director of Marketing
Xirrus |
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The Future of Enterprise VoIP Mobility
(W-03)
Tuesday - 01/23/07, 2:15-4:00pm
There are several requirements in making converged wired and wireless networks work seamlessly to deliver a full range of voice and data applications. First and foremost, the enterprise must ensure that both the wired and the wireless network are able to support voice. If devices on the wired network cannot interact with devices on the wired network, then the effort is doomed. Also, does the enterprise convergence solution support the latest standards? Without an architecture that readily supports the evolving voice quality and security standards, again, enterprise convergence efforts could be dashed.
Today, enterprise mobility platforms exist to simplify and converge all of an enterprise’s existing communications systems, providing a standards-based extension of enterprise voice capabilities across the wired and wireless networks. This session will discuss in depth these topics:
? How to successfully converge communications systems to extend enterprise capabilities to any device over any network, whether fixed, mobile or wireless
? What to look for in today’s enterprise mobility platforms to ensure the system can provide standards-based mobility within the enterprise
Presented by:
| Charlotte Wolter (Moderator)
Principal
The IP Voice | | Richard Watson
Director of Product Management
DiVitas Networks, Inc. | | Shahadat Khan
CTO
Eyeball Networks | | Andre Moskal
Chief Technical Officer
NewStep Networks | | Vish Raju
Vice President of Product Line Management
Firsthand Technologies | | Peter Thornycroft
Product Marketing Manager
Aruba Networks |
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Ensure a Secure Environment for Voice over WiFi
(W-04)
Tuesday - 01/23/07, 4:15-5:00pm
VoWiFi allows companies to open another avenue of efficient and high-quality communications by putting IP-based voice conversations on their wireless networks. As important as Voice over WiFi is for companies searching for ways to increase employee productivity while reducing costs, it can also open a deadly threat in the wireless network. Perhaps the most common and annoying of these assaults are denial of service (DoS) attacks, which floods the wireless network with useless traffic and brings it to its knees. During this session, audience will get specific advice on how to protect their WLAN network against DoS attacks and ensure a secure environment for VoWiFi deployment.
VoWiFi allows companies to open another avenue of efficient and high-quality communications by putting IP-based voice conversations on their wireless networks. During this session, audience will get specific advice on how to protect their WLAN network against DoS attacks and ensure a secure environment for VoWiFi deployment.
Presented by:
| Sri Sundaralingam
Director, Product Management & Technical Marketing
AirTight Networks |
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