WISPCON III - Session Details - Over 100 hours of intense learning will be available and at your finger tips.  

Tuesday, March 25th - There will be four Three Tracts PLUS a Repeat Track for those more popular sessions. To ensure Repeat sessions are available make sure you identify your needs by taking this attendance questionnaire.

8:00am - 9:00am - Keynote Address:  - "Broadband Wireless Industry Success" - The Roles of Operators and Manufacturers Panelists:  - Charles Brown - WaveRider Communications, Steve Stroh - Stroh Publications, Patrick Leary - Alvarion, Michael Anderson - PART-15.ORG,

 

9:00am - 10:00am  - Sessions

 

Administrative - WISP Employee Benefits - Learn about small business retirement plans, health and medical insurance programs and other benefits to take care of your employees. 
Panelists: Todd Masus, Masus Financial

Moderator: TBA

Technical - FCC Guidance - This session will be a soup-to-nuts "teach-in" on the developments at the FCC that will have substantial impact on WISPs and license-exempt spectrum. The session will be led by Bob Primosch of the law firm of Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, counsel for the License-Exempt Alliance and a leading expert on license-exempt regulation. Topics will include spectrum allocation, tower/customer antenna sitting, building access, professional installation/equipment certification, universal service, and legislative developments of interest to all WISPs. Written materials will be available in the session and also on the Conference CD Rom

Panelists:  Robert Primosch Partner - Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP

Moderator: Andrew Kreig, President, Wireless Communications Association International

Specialized - Do It Yourself Tower Installations - A Case History - This is a step by step trials and tribulations of one WISPs experience in erecting his own, large tower.

Panelists: Rick Kunze

Moderator: Jeremy Kinsey

 

Configuration - smartBridges Configuration - smartBridges offer a complete line of high performance, Outdoor and indoor wireless LAN equipment. These easy to use equipment allows for the fast deployment, provisioning and maintenance of the WISP networks. In this seminar we will demonstrate how to apply and configure our equipment for various network applications for WISP, MTU/MDU and the Hot Spot operators.  

Panelists: Naveen Changani

Moderator: TBA

 

10:00am - 10:15am  - Morning Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibitors

 

10:15am - 11:15am  - Sessions 

 

Administrative - RUS Funding - Grants/Low Interest Loans - The Department of Agriculture last year, tested a pilot program to assist in bringing broadband services to rural America. The program is now in full swing, and almost every WISP can qualify. This session provides you with the polices, procedures and deadlines to obtain both Federal Grant moneys and Federal backed low interest loans to help your WISP grow and provide the much needed broadband services to rural America. 

Panelists: Roberta D. Purcell, Assistant Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, John Scrivner, President, Mount Vernon Net, Stephen Gowdy

Moderator: TBA

Technical - Trouble Shooting that Link - Do I have good enough LOS or Fresnel? Is it interference? How come the SNR is good but I can't surf? Maybe I have water in the connectors, how do I tell? Did my radio go bad or was it the antenna? What should be the fade margin for this link?

Panelists: Roger Boggs

Moderator: Patrick Leary - Alvarion

Specialized - TurboCell Advantages - Karlnet founder and Chief Technical Officer Doug Karl will examine the technical issues involved in using 802.11 radios (originally designed for indoor LANs) to provide carrier class WISP connectivity. There will also be a discussion on how KarlNet's TurboCell protocol suite addresses these issues. This session should be of great interest to anyone using 802.11 radios, TurboCell or COR/ROR products to deploy outdoor carrier class networks.

Panelists: Doug Karl, Founder - Karlnet, 

Moderator: TBA

 

Configuration - Orinoco Configuration - Learn how to filter by MAC address, setup a PTP and PTMP link. Examine and configure each of the characteristics of all the Orinoco Product lines.  
Panelists: Cor van de Water, Orinoco Senior Engineer - Proxim

Moderator: TBA

 

11:15am - 12:15pm  - Sessions

 

Administrative - FCC Radio Certifications, Policies and Procedures - This session will cover the FCC policies and procedures for Radio System Certifications. The session will also cover clarifications to existing rules, and proposed changes.

Panelists: Julius Knapp,  Deputy Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, FCC

Moderator: TBA

 

Technical - Hot Spot Fundamentals - You hear the term repeatedly - but what does it really mean and can you make money at it? Hot Spots are the "hottest" item on the WISP market right now and everyone wants in. This session will give you the basic understandings on how to deploy in a "Hot Spot" market and what technologies you'll need to be successful at it
Panelists: Stuart Pye, Slice Networks, John Tully, MikroTik, Ken Hasse, Proxim,

Moderator: TBA

Specialized - OFDM Advantages - Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology has been heralded as the next generation wireless enabler to replace the installed base of single-carrier radio systems and usher in a new world of IP-enabled metropolitan area network (MAN) architectures. This presentation will explore the classic first-generation single-carrier fixed wireless economic model as well as practical implementation architectures for second-generation OFDM-based non-line-of-sight solutions in the context of local markets. It will also explore the applications that are being deployed using broadband fixed wireless and the economic motivations for adopting this product technology in operators' networks.

Panelists: Mirza Wahaj, Training Manager, Redline Communications.

Moderator: TBA

 

Configuration - Alvarion Configuration - Being one of the first vendors to enter the BWA business and with a commitment to continually bring advancement and versions that are proven to help you grow and make money, Alvarion has lots of hardware models so you can customize your network. This session introduces you to all the pieces that make up the network and all the certified antennas per system. Quick reference handouts will be provided for the certified antennas and a product matrix.

Panelists: Ed Wyatt, Senior Applications Engineer - Alvarion

Moderator: TBA

 

12:15pm - 1:30pm  - Lunch/Visit Exhibitors 

 

1:30pm - 2:30pm  - Sessions

 

Administrative - WISP Business Plans and Insurance Needs - In this presentation, you get a real understanding of what a WISP is going to cost to start and maintain. Numerous business plans and models that can be modified for your use will be available for you to take home. You'll get a better understanding of leasing equipment, financing available, and investment relationships. 

Panelists: Jim Hollis, IBC Consulting

Moderator: TBA

 

Technical - Bandwidth Management Overview - TBA

Panelists: Michael Young - YDI, John Tully - MikroTik, Dennis Hillen, Slingshot

Moderator: TBA

Specialized - Telecommunication Laws 101 - This session will address how the rapidly evolving world of wired telecom law and policy affects WISPs. Changes in the FCC and state commission policy, as well as pending litigation will  be discussed. Obtaining CLEC status will be analyzed including pros/cons and the myths/realities. Strategies for dealing with the Bells will also be considered. Ample time will be reserved to allow for questions and open discussion on any other telecom law issue. 

Panelists:  Kris Twomey, 

Moderator: TBA

 

Configuration - Karlnet Configuration - TBA

Panelists: Gene Cruise - MapleNet, Reggie Mallory - Karlnet

Moderator: TBA

 

2:30pm - 3:30pm  - Sessions 

 

Administrative - TBA

Panelists: TBA

Moderator: TBA

 

 

Technical - Security for WLAN Deployments - This will be a White Hat - Black Hat session where two opposing sides make their cases for security issues. On the White Hat side you hear the reasons why and how security is needed and implemented. On the Black Hat side, you'll learn how the hackers and War Drivers are breaking into those secure links. 

Panelists:  Martha Zimet, Vivere Networks, Jeremy Davis, 

Moderator: TBA

 

Specialized - How To Get Complete Customer Penetration - TBA

Panelists: Patrick Leary - Chief Evangelist, Alvarion

Moderator: TBA

Configuration - YDI Bandwidth Control Unit Configuration - This session will cover how setup, install, manage and use the YDI Bandwidth Control Unit.

Panelists:  Michael Young - YDI

Moderator: TBA

 

3:30pm - 3:45pm  - Afternoon Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibitors

 

3:45pm - 4:45pm  - Sessions

 

Administrative - Selling and Marketing Your WISP Against the Hardwired Guys - 

Panelists: Jeremy Kinsey, President, MIA Net

Moderator: TBA

Technical - Before You Deploy - TBA

Panelists: Marlon Schafer, Owner, Odessa Office

Moderator: TBA

 

Technical - Spectrum Analyzers - What are they, what can they do for you, and how to use them are all covered in this short but technical session. 

Panelists: Ernie Jonker - Avcom

Moderator: TBA

 

Configuration - Canopy Configuration - 

Panelists: Mike Diliberto, Motorola

Moderator: TBA

 

Social Gathering and Networking  - Sponsored by: Open

 

The "Infamous" Al's Char-House Steak Dinner - For those of you unaware - this is the ultimate steak house. If you enjoy a good steak - You'll love this place. Please make sure you sign up for the outing to ensure we make appropriate reservations for everyone. To sign up, there will be a roster at the registration booth and also at the message center board.