2011 Conference Workshop

Pre-Conference Workshops – Monday, May 23, 2011

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. with a break for refreshments. Registration will take place at 8:00 a.m.


WORKSHOP A: Successfully Negotiating Multi Carrier Access DAS Agreements


This workshop is designed to give wireless carriers, DAS equipment manufacturers, system integrators, and building managers/owners the structure and framework needed to enter into negotiations for a multi-carrier DAS, to eliminate delays and mis-understandings created by lack of background, understanding and ambiguity among all parties.  
Enhance your skills in drafting and negotiating agreements and participate in a hands-on interactive exercise that will benefit your learning far more than a traditional lecture on negotiation issues.
You will explore the consequences of a shared infrastructure, including:

  • Carriers’ expectations and hot buttons regarding system rights, technology platforms and what equipment each party should furnish and install
  • Perception of the economic and technical benefits and compromises encountered in a neutral host DAS environment
  • Why would a carrier oppose a neutral host system vs. single dedicated carrier?
  • The organization of a team/project to succeed in this endeavor long term
  • Who leads the effort and who participates?
  • What is the owner’s role in the project team?  Construction? /Operation? /Maintenance?
  • The concerns associated with  anti-trust for wireless carrier when entering into multi-carrier agreements
  • The implications of funding and ownership of a multi-carrier DAS in a public venue
  • Considerations of Owner/venue needs and leverage provided by providing this in agreements
  • Is a Request for Proposals (RFP) or Bids required for public venues?  Implications of DBE Requirements?
  • Is there a difference in strategy for public venues and private venues?
  • The range of lease payments and rationale behind them
  • What does the (range of) state laws allow a public venue to do?
  • How is the ownership of the DAS determined after construction?  What is beneficial to a group?  Owner?
  • Assuming that there is a lead investor, carrier, or PM, how can the agreements be structured so that the DAS group is required to act in the majority best interest, whether financially beneficial to the individual or not?  What can drive them to participate financially?
  • Potential configurations for carrier contracts/agreements
    • Contract language, who is responsible for what?
    • Length of contract
    • Compensation, annual increases
  • The value proposition of an impartial project manager to act as middle-man, run the project and be responsible and responsive to all parties

Workshop Leaders:

Darlene Pope
Co-Founder and Principal
CoR Advisors

Denis Stelatos
Director Site Acquisition
FONTUR International

Phil Ziegler
Founder
PZ-Wireless In Building Network Solutions

Lunch will be available to attendees that are registered for both workshop A and workshop B.

1:00 – 4:00 P.M. with a break for refreshments. Registration will take place at 12:00 p.m.


WORKSHOP B: Network Design Considerations and Best Practices when Deploying LTE in an Indoor Environment


The unprecedented growth of mobile data traffic has led wireless operators worldwide to deploy LTE networks much sooner that they originally anticipated. Taking into account that 75% of all wireless data traffic originates indoors, this informative and educational workshop will review key metrics and network design best practices to consider when deploying an in-building LTE cellular network.
Topics to be covered include:

  • LTE Technology Overview
  • Impact on the existing high speed data networks
    • HSDPA
    • EvDo
    • WiFi
  • Key metrics for a successful LTE deployment  
    • RSRP
    • RSRQ
    • SINR
    • Maximum data throughput
    • Overlapping zones
  • Optimizing Network Designs for quality and high data throughput
    • Managing the interference from outdoor macro network
    • Managing high traffic areas and dynamic traffic load inside the venue
    • The role of Self Organizing/Optimizing networks in LTE
    • What to look for during the site survey
  • MIMO considerations for in-building LTE deployment
    • Complexity of MIMO signal analysis vs. achieved prediction accuracy
    • MIMO vs. SISO: performance improvement vs. cost
    • MIMO in-building deployment issues
  • Design topology and technology options
    • DAS
    • Femtocells
    • IP based remote units
  • Case study of a successful LTE deployment
  • First 700 MHz Long Term Evolution ("LTE"), Multiple In Multiple Out ("MIMO"), In-Building Distributed Antenna System ("DAS") network at the Las Vegas Hilton

Workshop Leaders:

Vladan Jevremovic
Director, Solutions Engineering
iBwave Solutions, Inc.
Ludwik Wodka
DAS Solutions Design Supervisor
American Tower Corporation