The Purpose of the NIST - ATIS Workshop on Synchronization in Telecommunication Systems (WSTS) is to provide an industry-neutral forum for participants to discuss, learn, and interact with colleagues. The Agenda is nearly complete. The version of April 2, 2008 is below. Click here to be notified when information is updated for 2008.

Day One, May 13, 2008
Introduction - CoChairs:   Marc Weiss, Kishan Shenoi, and Silvana Rodrigues
Time	Paper	Speaker	Speaker Title	Company
8:30 AM	Welcome, Introduction, Agenda	Marc Weiss	Mathematician and GPS Expert	NIST Time and Frequency Division
	Summary of WSTS’07	Marc Weiss	Mathematician and GPS Expert	NIST Time and Frequency Division
	Keynote:  Time Synchronization and Internet QoS:  Challenges and Solutions Fred Baker is one of the architects behind Internet Quality of Service technology, authoring or editing many of the defining documents in the IETF. In this talk, he will comment on Internet traffic behavior in LANs, congested WANs, and in ISP networks.  Looking at the requirements of timing services including NTP and IEEE 1588, he will comment on ways to reduce the noise in the timing signal and on the utility of such services.	Fred Baker	Fellow	Cisco
Sponsor Presentations - Chair - Mike Gilson CoChairs:   Marc Weiss, Kishan Shenoi, and Silvana Rodrigues Vendor presentations, maybe 5 minutes each, from vendors who are exhibiting or sponsoring.
Time	Paper	Speaker	Speaker Title	Company
	Sponsor and Exhibitor Presentations
	Coffee break
Session 1a - Tutorial Topics Traditional Synchronization, Chair:  Marc Weiss CoChairs: Kishan Shenoi, Monika Pinchas
Time	Paper	Speaker	Speaker Title	Company
	Introduction by session chairman	Marc Weiss Kishan Shenoi Monika Pinchas	Mathematician and GPS Expert Principal Consultant CTO	NIST Time and Frequency Division Shenoi Consulting Resolute Networks
	Need for Synchronization; synch/asynch multiplexing; synchronizers/desynchronizers; synch issues in SONET/SDH and DS1/E1	Kishan Shenoi	Principal Consultant	Shenoi Consulting
	Primary Reference Sources (GPS/GNSS, Atomic Clocks, etc.)	Hugo Fruehauf	Chief Operating Officer/VP-Engineering	ViaLogy LLC
	Lunch
	Telecommunications Reliance on GPS and role of eLoran	Chuck Norman	Consultant
	SSUs, Oscillators, and PLLs	Dominik Schneuwly	Senior Engineer	Oscilloquartz, Switzerland
	Telecom Metrics and Measurements	Lee Cosart	Senior Technologist	Symmetricom, USA
	Coffee break
Session 1B - Tutorial Topics Packet Based (Synchronization oriented) Chairs:  Ravi Subrahmanyan & Laurent Montini
Time	Paper	Speaker	Speaker Title	Company
	Introduction by chairman	L. Montini R. Subrahmanyan	Technical Leader Senior Principal Engineer	Cisco Systems AMCC
	Impact of packet transport on sync transfer	Ravi Subrahmanyan	Senior Principal Engineer	AMCC
	Quality of Service and Constrained-based Routing	Santiago Alvarez	Technical Marketing Manager	Cisco Systems
	Introduction to 2-way time transfer	Marc Weiss	Mathematician and GPS Expert	NIST Time and Frequency Division
	Metrics for PSN characterization	George Zampetti	Chief Scientist	Symmetricom, USA
	Time and Frequency Synchronization in China Mobile	Dr. Wang Lei	Project Manager	China Mobile
	end of day 1
6:30-9:30 PM	Evening Reception in Hotel
Day Two, May 14, 2008
8:30 AM	Welcome, Introduction, Agenda	Marc Weiss	Mathematician and GPS Expert	NIST Time and Frequency Division
Session 2 - Standards Chair:  Silvana Rodrigues CoChairs: Ken Biholar
	Paper	Speaker	Speaker Title	Company
	Introduction by chairman	Silvana Rodrigues Ken Biholar	System Architect Director - North American Standards	Zarlink, Canada Alcatel-Lucent, USA
	ITU Standards Introduction	Chris Farrow	Technical Manager	Chronos Technology Ltd, UK
	G.8261	Stefano Ruffini and Kishan Shenoi	Product Manager	Ericsson Shenoi Consulting
	G.8264	Michael Mayer	Network Timing and Synchronization Standards Specialist	Nortel, Canada
	Coffee break
	G.8262 - Synchronous Ethernet	Jean-Loup Ferrant and Silvana Rodrigues	Synchronization Expert System Architect	Alcatel-Lucent, France Zarlink, Canada
	Enhancing Synchronous Ethernet management with ESMC	Laurent Montini	Technical Leader	Cisco Systems Europe, France
	NTP vs IEEE-1588	Greg Dowd	Staff Scientist	Symmetricom
	Lunch Sponsored by
Session 3 -  Applications Chairs – Kishan Shenoi Co-Chairs – Stephan Bedrosian, Dave Tonks
	Paper	Speaker	Speaker Title	Company
	Introduction by chairman	Kishan Shenoi Stephan Bedrosian Dave Tonks	Principal Consultant Distinguished Member of Technical Staff	Shenoi Consulting LSI Semtech
	Performance of a Combined PTP and Circuit Emulation System	Monika  Pinchas	CTO	Resolute Networks
	PTP performance	Dominik Schneuwly	Senior Engineer	Oscilloquartz SA
	Using IEEE1588 for wireless applications	Kuiwen (Jacky) Ji	Optical Network Department Development Manager	Huawei
	Coffee break
	Application Profiles: Bridging the Gap from Application Requirements to viable Deployment Considerations for IEEE1588	Tim Frost	Principal Technologist	Symmetricom
	Importance of Synchronization in NGN	Dr. Charles Barry	President and CEO	Brilliant Telecommunications
PANEL DISCUSSION: Compare timing technology:  Synchronous Ethernet versus 1588 versus NTP Chairman - Mike Gilson
	Introduction by the Chairman	Mike Gilson	Lead Technology Consultant	BT
	end of day 2
7:00-9:30 PM	Conference Dinner Sponsored by	After Dinner talk:  An Engineer on the Hill, Gordon W. Day, Director of Government Relations, Optoelectronics Industry Development Association, President-Elect, IEEE-USA, Former Chief, NIST Optoelectronics Division Little known fact:  2007 was the best year for legislation on science and technology issues in the U.S. in a couple of decades – right up to, but not including, spending the money.  Day will talk about that, what it’s like to be an engineer working on public policy, and how technologists can have more influence in Washington.
Day Three, May 15, 2008
8:30 AM	Welcome, Introduction, Agenda	Marc Weiss	Mathematician and GPS Expert	NIST Time and Frequency Division
Session 4 -  Deployment Chairman –  Chuck Norman Co-chair – Michel Ouellette, Jacky Kuiwen Ji
	Paper	Speaker	Speaker Title	Company
	Introduction by chairman	Chuck Norman Michel Ouellette Jacky Kuiwen Ji	Consultant	Nortel Huawei
	Transmitting Timing over Packet networks: Hardware, and Network design considerations	Luca Martini	Cisco Distinguished Engineer	Cisco Systems
	Wireless Protocol Sync Implementation Differences (or similar)	Bill Walsh	Distinguished Member of Technical Staff	Motorola
	Global Network Synchronization Challenges	Chuck Norman	Consultant
	Coffee break
	Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) Timing and Synchronization Modernization Program Overview	Daulton M. Huskey	Timing and Sync Task  Lead	SI International / DISA
	Synchronization aspects in Current and Future Wireless Technologies	Dr Charles W. T Nicholls	Senior RF Designer	Nortel Wireless Technology Labs
	Ethernet Synchronization Testing: An MEF perspective from complexity to simplicity and repeatability	Bob Mandeville Isabelle Morency	Founder and President General Manager	Iometrix
	Lunch
Session 5 - Sync Testing, Test Results, Test Solutions, Case Studies Chair -  Bill Powell Co-chair - Lee Cosart
Time	Paper	Speaker	Speaker Title	Company
	Introduction by chairman	Bill Powell Lee Cosart	Manager of FTTU Compliance & HW Qualification Senior Technologist	Alcatel-Lucent Symmetricom - USA
	Techniques of Packet Delay Measurement Analysis	Lee Cosart	Senior Technologist	Symmetricom, USA
	Putting Packet Sync Into Practice – Real-world testing	Tommy Cook	CEO	Calnex Solutions Ltd
	Absolute Timing Integrity Monitoring Using a Multiple Reference Mash-Up	Chris Farrow	Technical Manager	Chronos Technology Ltd, UK
	Coffee break
	Can you repeat that please?  Making sync testing repeatable	Chip Webb	CTO	Anue Systems
PANEL DISCUSSION: Test methodology for Timing over packet. Is it possible to really test in the labs the way it will represent the real network? Use of PDV, use of switches, what is the appropriate load? Should we use live networks for testing? Should we use network emulators?                                                                                  Chairman - Charles Curry
	Introduction by chairman	Charles Curry	Managing Director	Chronos Technology Ltd
6:00 PM	End of Workshop
NIST Tour, May 16, 2007
9:00-11:00 AM	Tour of NIST Time and Frequency Division Facilities in Boulder