This document contains an agenda for the iTExpo Florida 2012 conference on white spaces spectrum technologies. The agenda lists over 20 sessions across 3 days covering topics like white spaces trials, regulatory updates, standards, backhaul applications, and the business opportunities for white spaces networks. Speakers include representatives from the FCC, IEEE, wireless equipment and technology companies, and others involved in developing and deploying white spaces networks.
3. 10:00-10:45am The December 2011 Cambridge White
Wednesday - 02/01/12
Spaces Trial: The Full Report
The Latest Trial happened at
the end of last year in
Cambridge and the team
Rod Dir Jim Carlson
tells the tale of what is
happening with White
Space in the UK.
Paul Garnett Darrin Mylet
Barlow Keener
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4. 11:00-11:45am
Wednesday - 02/01/12 FCC UPDATE
Congress changed the rules
and the FCC has to
implement them.
Paul Garnett Rick Whitt
Where do we stand with
White Space and what
other wireless strategies
are being impacted by the
Marty Stern Rod Dir
White Space solution.
John Malyar
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5. 12:00-12:45am Whites Spaces and the TV Industry:
Wednesday - 02/01/12 Incentive Auctions & TV Broadband
Service
As the government looks for new revenues
sources, spectrum auctions threaten the
allocation for White Space.
The question has to be asked “Is the White
Barlow Keener Jim Carlson Space spectrum safe?”
Is there an opportunity for over the air TV
stations to jump into the White Spaces
spectrum and deliver metrowide
broadband service?
Is the TV Reallocation legislation creating
insecurity for White Spaces
Marty Stern Aparna Sridhar investors, service providers, and
equipment vendors?
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6. 1:30-2:15pm
Wednesday - 02/01/12
Trials and Beyond The US Rollout
Report
Prior to the January 2011 FCC
Database approval order, White
Spaces trials in rural areas started
appearing.
Jim Carlson Rick Whitt These trials occurred in
Wilmington, NC, Blacksburg, VA,
Humboldt County, CA and other
geographies.
The panel will provide reports on
recent trials of new
products, devices, and the
Paul Garnett Peter Stanforth databases being deployed both in
the U.S.
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7. 2:30-3:15pm
Wednesday - 02/01/12
Standards Update:
Using Standards to Drive
White Space Innovation
and Investment
All the World loves a
Paul Kolodzy John Malyar
standard, but that does
not make it world wide
standard.
We get whole view in our
“Standards” update
IlkkaNiva ApurvaMody including IEEE 802.22,
ETSI, and IETF.
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8. 1:00-1:45pm White Spaces Backhaul: What is the
Thursday - 02/02/12 Opportunity
Cellular backhaul is a bottleneck for Cellco’s.
If there is no cable company or fiber provider
near the new LTE radios or at the existing
towers, cellco’s are left with building fiber
or paying for expensive special access.
White Spaces is unlicensed and can blast
Barlow Keener Jim Carlson through trees and foliage. With a large
budget for backhaul and limited
competitors, White Spaces radio vendors
may have their first and most significant
revenue opportunity in the form of selling
backhaul to Cellcos.
Is White Spaces the new alternative for cellco
backhaul?
Robert Wu The panel will talk about cellco deployments
of White Spaces for backhaul in rural
areas.
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9. 2:00-2:45pm DataBase Round Up
Thursday - 02/02/12
The “Gang of Nine” and just
about Ten with Microsofts
request to join has been
working diligently to enable
common communication of
Rod Dir Rick Whitt what spectrum is
available, where its available
and when.
This session provides an update
regarding the database models
as well as the monies
John Malyar Richard Shockey associated with the use of the
database to enable new
deployments.
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10. 3:00-3:45pm Whites Space: Base Stations and
Thursday - 02/02/12 Edge: The Alpha Report
White Spaces radios are in their
infancy.
New innovative White Spaces
Barlow Keener Jim Carlson
base stations, CPE, edge
devices, chipsets, software,
and antennas are rolling out.
Learn about the new radios:
design, engineering, chipsets,
manufacturing, pricing, vertical
Robert Wu Darrin Mylet
applications.
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11. 9:00-9:45am Sharing the Future of Spectrum
Friday - 02/03/12
The Government wants to hold
another spectrum auction, but
the reality is that the
technology is making
Steve Coran Aparna Sridhar spectrum use more dynamic.
The future of spectrum can be
found not only in the use of
databases, but how the
technologies of 4G, 5G and
Marty Stern Michael Calabrese beyond can be deployed.
Paul Kolodzy
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12. Report on Global Trials and Rollouts
10:00-10:45am
Friday - 02/03/12
Global Trials and Rollouts: White Spaces
Trials of Radios, Database use, and
Applications are accelerating around the
world.
The mix of vendors and applications has
been impressive and provides solid
information about the ability of
Robert Wu Jim Carlson
unlicensed White Spaces to be managed
using a database.
White Space has propagation
characteristics far exceeding 2.4GHz
used by WiFI or 900MHz.
The panel will provide reports on recent
trials of new products, devices, and the
databases being deployed
Steve Carlson Yutaka Kuno internationally.
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13. 11:00-11:45am From Frontier to Colonists
Friday - 02/03/12
Pioneers Get Shot! Colonists settle
down and live well.
How do we get the trials past the
pioneer stage and into the
marketplace.
Steve Coran Rick Harnish
We talked about the Wild West of
Super WiFi, but is White Space
now experiencing the stage
where Colonists are moving in.
Alex Phillips
Are we seeing WISPs take
Matt Larsen
advantage of the opportunities
Shane Mitchell
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14. 12:00-12:45pm
Friday - 02/03/12
SuperWiFi: Sizing the
Spectrum of the White
Spaces Market
The opportunities in Super
WiFi have been world wide
Barlow Keener Rod Dir and yet at the same time
uncertainty about the size
of the opportunity has put
us some strategies at risk.
Where do we stand in the
Paul Kolodzy Akshay Sharma market and how do we
discover the opportunity.
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