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Tutorial Tuesday

Tues., June 24
1-4:15 p.m.
Pennsylvania Convention Center
Phila., PA

   
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Tutorial Tuesday sessions provide a foundation to topics covered during the Expo workshops. Admittance to Tutorial Tuesday is included with your Cable-Tec Expo full-conference registration and Conference on Broadband Learning & Development registration.
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Schedule

Each tutorial will be presented during Session 1 and Session 2. Please note BER and MER Fundamentals session will be offered as a two part series.

1-2:30 p.m. Tutorial Session 1
BER and MER Fundamentals, Part I
IP for Video Heads
PacketCable™ 2.0 vs. IMS
2:30-2:45 p.m. Break
2:45-4:15 p.m.

Tutorial Session 2
BER and MER Fundamentals, Part II
IP for Video Heads
PacketCable™ 2.0 vs. IMS



Tutorial Topics and Descriptions

BER and MER Fundamentals
Have you wondered what those sometimes mysterious abbreviations BER and MER mean? Curious about the difference between them? This pre-conference tutorial explains what BER and MER are, how these parameters are measured, and how they can be used to troubleshoot various digitally modulated signal impairments in the outside plant.

Speaker:
BER and MER Fundamentals
Ron Hranac, Technical Leader, Cisco Systems

IP for Video Heads
If video is your game, but you still tend to think in RF, you need this session. Learn how differences in bridged vs. routed networks impact IP video delivery. Brush up on the ABCs of ARP and PING-two fundamental IP video protocols. Get your head into the pros and cons of UDP vs. RTP, as alternative video encapsulations. The bottom line: That thing we all used to call "broadcasting" is morphing into multicasting, unicasting, and the language of IP.

Speaker:
IP for Video Heads
Dave Brown, Marketing Manager, Cable Solutions, Cisco Systems  

PacketCable™ 2.0 vs. IMS: Differentiation and Co-Existence in a Convergent World
This tutorial provides insight into how the PacketCable™ 2.0 architecture operates to enable exciting new multimedia, multiparty, and multimodal services. Key characteristics of the PacketCable™ 2.0 architecture from how session management behaves to the unique policy management infrastructure are compared and contrasted to the IMS architecture. Specific service examples are used to illustrate how PacketCable™ 2.0 coexists with IMS and non-IMS networks to expand service capabilities and what the considerations are to assure that the customer experience is preserved while delivering services across different access types.

Speakers:
Separate But Not Equal: A Comparative Overview of PacketCable™ 2.0, IMS, and TISPAN
Pete Quigley, Senior Director, Cedar Point Communications

PacketCable™ 2.0 vs. IMS & TISPAN-Differentiation and Co-existence in a Convergent World
Richard Cardone, Vice President, Marketing Programs, Camiant