National Broadband Plan Workshop Fixed Broadband Technology (see summary)

National Broadband Plan Workshop (Technology/Fixed Broadband)

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Federal Communications Commission
August 13, 2009
9:30am -12:00pm
http://broadband.gov/ws_fixed_bb.html

Contact:
Walter Johnston
Walter.Johnston@fcc.gov
(202) 418-0807

The goal of the workshop is twofold. First, to present a view on future broadband evolution: What are our future bandwidth needs? What type of services will need to be supported? What types of devices? What network capabilities will be needed to support this range of service needs? In addition to outlining some possible future requirements, some discussion of future network evolution will be included. There is an historical view associated with the evolution of the Internet. Does this evolution continue into the future? How do constructs such as overlay networks and cloud computing effect this historical view? Do some architectures promote competition and allow consumers more choice? What effect do specific architectures have on competition and innovation? Is broadband more than just about the Internet or is the Internet the defining vision for broadband?

Second, against this backdrop of possible future evolution, the current and future capabilities of the core technologies used to support fixed broadband applications will be discussed. What are the current performance characteristics of these core technologies (fiber, DSL, coax, satellite, terrestrial wireless)? What is the potential for future performance improvements? Who is best served by each technology and most importantly who is not well served? What specific policies would support further deployment of each technology? What barriers exist to connecting the largest number of peoples to broadband at the lowest cost? Should specific

Agenda

FCC Participants
• Julius Knapp, moderator
• Walter Johnston
• Stagg Newmann
• Robert Curtis

Panel 1: Mobile Broadband

• Dr. Victor Frost, Program Director, Network Technologies, National Science Foundation
• Bill St. Arnaud, CRO Canarie
• Adam Drobot, CTO Telcordia
• Vint Cert, Vice President and Chief Evangelist, Google
• John T. Chapman, Chief CMTS Architect, Cisco
• Henning Schulzrinne, Professor, Columbia University (see prepared presentation)
• Paul Misener, VP Global Public Policy, Amazon

Panel 2: Fixed Broadband Technologies

• David Burstein, Editor, DSL Prime
• Dr. Paul Henry, Broadband Wireless Systems Research Division, AT&T (see prepared presentation)
• Mark DePietro, VP Strategy/Business Development, Broadband Home Solutions, Motorola
• Marc Goldburg, CTO, Assia (DSL) (see prepared presenation)
• Jason Livingood, Exec. Director, Internet Engineering, Comcast (see prepared presentation)
• David Young, Vice President, Verizon
• Geoff Burke, Senior Director, Corporate Marketing, Calix
• Stuart Lipoff, President, IP Action Partners

The following are some of the preliminary topics that will be covered at this workshop. The FCC is inviting suggestions.

• Broadband vision
• ◦What capabilities will be required in the coming decade?
• Bandwidth needs?
• Service driven capabilities?
• Scalability, connectivity, routing, addressing, security, authentication?
• Future architecture challenges:
• What architecture models might evolve with what advantages/disadvantages
• Internet, Cloud, Broadband Commons, Other?
• Cyber-security
• What can be done to increase cyber-security?
• How can different architectures affect the environment?
• What are the challenges/inhibitors to broadband evolution?
• Fixed broadband technologies (Fiber to the Home, DSL, Cable, Satellite, Wireless)
• Current capabilities
• Bandwidth, economic competitiveness
• Future potential
• Bandwidth, future economics, performance tradeoffs
• Challenges to connectivity
• Barriers to connecting the largest number of people and devices at the lowest cost