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BROADBAND VIA SATELLITE
BRUSSELS, 24-26 FEBRUARY 2004
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GVF DVB-RCS Pre-Conference Workshop – 24 February, 2004
08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.00 Executive Briefing: DVB-RCS – Progress & Implications
Evaluating status of the global DVB-RCS initiative
Understanding how market factors are contributing to the programme’s progress to date
Determining the role of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Union and other international organisations in the DVB-RCS programme
09.40 Q&A
09.50 Manufacturers’ Roundtable: Evolution of an Enabling Technology
The emergence of a proprietary satellite communications technology
Darwinian engineering and the survival of the fittest system
VSAT applications: From data to voice to video to… IP & DVB
Technological implications of the shift from narrowband toward broadband requirements
The “VSAT” redefined
Why DVB-RCS? The private-sector perspective
10.30 Q&A
10.40 Coffee break
11.00 DVB-RCS in the Broader Standards Context
The Great Standards Chase: What else is out there?
The effect of consolidation in the standards field
Relative merits: DVB-RCS versus DOCSIS versus proprietary systems
Possibilities for hybrid solutions?
11.40 Q&A
11.50 Operators’ Roundtable: Implementing DVB-RCS Technology Today
Rolling out SITs, SUTs, and “VSATs”
Bandwidth and the DVB-RCS equation
Frequency matters: C-, Ku- or Ka-band?
Redefining the value chain
Crossing borders: landing rights and licensing
12.30 Luncheon
14.00 Taking DVB-RCS to the International Marketplace
How to use DVB-RCS to cost-effectively deliver broadband Internet access services
How to manage the end-to-end delivery of broadband services via satellite
Deploying DVB-RCS as a technical solution for two-way broadband service delivery
CPE as a full network application
ARC: Network application box
14.40 Q&A
14.50 The DVB Project: A DVB-RCS Status Report
The technical role of the DVB Project
Who is involved in developing DVB-RCS – and why
DVB-RCS: The current state of play
15.30 Q&A
15.40 Coffee break
16.00 Industry Roundtable: Where to From Here?
16.40 Q&A
17.00 Workshop adjourns
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