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The 2007 NIST - ATIS Workshop on Synchronization
in Telecommunication Systems (WSTS '07)
was held on March 13 - 15, 2007,
Broomfield, Colorado,
Followed by a NIST tour on March 16.

The agenda from 2007 follows. The agenda for 2008 is currently being developed.

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Day One, March 13, 2007
Introduction - CoChairs:�� Silvana Rodrigues, Kishan Shenoi, and Marc Weiss
Time Paper Speaker Speaker Title Company
8:30 AM Welcome, Introduction, Agenda Dr. Marc Weiss Timing and GPS Expert NIST Time and Frequency Division
8:45 AM Summary of WSTS�06 Dr. Marc Weiss Timing and GPS Expert NIST Time and Frequency Division
9:00 AM Keynote:Timing from a DOCSIS Viewpoint John Chapman Distinguished Engineer Cisco Inc.
Session 1 - Tutorial Topics, CoChairs:Stephan Bedrosian and Brian Bortz
Time Paper Speaker Speaker Title Company
9:45 AM Introduction by session chairman      
9:55 AM Sync history and standards bodies Ken Biholar Director - North American Standards Alcatel-Lucent
10:25 AM Coffee break
10:50 AM Synchronization Architectures for SONET and SDH Systems & Networks Stephan Bedrosian Distringuished Member of Technical Staff Agere
11:20 AM Sync Distribution Using SONET in Qwest Local Network Dennis Coleman Member of Technical Staff Qwest
11:20 AM Synchronization Distribution to Network Elements�Clock Systems Then and Now Ron Evans Director of Product Marketing for Wireline Products FEI
11:50 AM Synchronization Measurement (with explanation of MTIE and TDEV) Lee Cosart Senior Technologist Symmetricom
12:20 PM Lunch
1:30 PM An introduction to packet switching for sync engineers Stewart Bryant Technical Leader Cisco
2:00 PM Time and Timing Options - A Fixed Line Perspective Mike Gilson Lead Technology Consultant BT
Session 2 -Time/Timing Transfer
CoChairs �Mike Gilson and Dave Tonks
Time Paper Speaker Speaker Title Company
2:30 PM Introduction by chairman      
2:40 PM G.8261 Stefano Ruffini   Ericsson
3:10 PM Coffee break
3:30 PM IEEE-1588 Dave Tonks Principal Engineer Semtech
4:00 PM Carrier-class NTP George Zampetti   Symmetricom
4:30 PM Synchronous Ethernet Basics and Standards Jean-Loup Ferrant Engineer Alcatel-Lucent
5:00 PM Synchronous Ethernet for Carrier-Ethernet Networks Michel Ouellette System Architect Nortel
5:30 PM end of session 2
7:00-9:30 PM Evening Reception in Hotel
Day Two, March 14, 2007
8:10 AM Welcome, Introduction, Agenda Dr. Marc Weiss Timing and GPS Expert NIST Time and Frequency Division
8:15 AM Keynote Address #2 - GPS Basics to GNSS Future Hugo Fruehauf CTO of FEI, Mr. Fruehauf was the Chief Engineer of the first GPS satellite program in 1973 FEI-Zyfer
Session 3 - Synch and Timing in the Access Network
CoChairs:Bill Powell and Kishan Shenoi
Time Paper Speaker Speaker Title Company
9:00 AM Introduction by chairman      
9:10 AM Synchronous Ethernet and IEEE-1588 Silvana Rodrigues System Architect Zarlink
9:40 AM Cable access methods George Bodeep Senior Director ARRIS
10:10 AM Coffee break
10:40 AM Access Synchronization in PON & DSL Networks Bill Powell Manager of FTTU Compliance Alcatel-Lucent
11:10 AM Sync Methods for Circuit Emulation Monica Pinchas Director of Technologies Resolute Networks
11:40 AM Modeling Packet Delay Variation and Packet Delay Asymmetry Dominik Schneuwly Senior Engineer Oscilloquartz SA
12:10 PM Lunch
Session 4 -Applications
Chairman � Michel Ouellette
Time Paper Speaker Speaker Title Company
1:20 PM Introduction by chairman      
1:30 PM Eliminating the need for PRS-traceability in Voice-band-over-IP Kishan Shenoi Principal Consultant Shenoi Consulting
2:00 PM Synchronization Services over NGN: Applications and Deployment Challenges Laurent Montini Systems Architect Cisco
2:30 PM High-Precision Clock Recovery for Wireless Backhaul Alon Stern Technical Expert - Timing & Synchronization Axerra
3:00 PM Carrier-class synchronization across the next generation wireless backhaul network Dr. Charles Barry Chief Executive Officer & Founder Brilliant Telecom
3:30 PM Layer 2 Timing Distribution over Ethernet Provider Backbone Transport (PBT) Simon Brueckheimer Consultant Architect Nortel
4:00 PM Coffee break
Moderated Discussion: Timing Requirements and Impact of Poor Timing on Different Applications
4:30 PM Introduction by Moderator Charles Curry Managing Director Chronos Technology Ltd
4:40- 6:00 PM This session will have a discussion format with moderator facilitating the conversation.
Day Three, March 15, 2007
Session 5 - Sync Testing, Test Results, Test Solutions, Case Studies
Co-Chairs -Lee Cosart and Charles Curry
Time Paper Speaker Speaker Title Company
8:30 AM Introduction by chairman      
8:40 AM G.8261 testing Jeremy Lewis
Product Line Marketing Manager
Zarlink
9:10 AM Measurement of PDV Lee Cosart Senior Technologist Symmetricom
9:40 AM Coffee break
10:10 AM Characteristics of a Next Gen Sync Testing Platform Charles Webb CTO Anue Systems Inc.
10:40 AM IEEE-1588 pitfalls Ravi Subrahmanyan SPE AMCC
11:10 AM Synthetic PDV sequences Kishan Shenoi Principal Consultant Shenoi Consulting
11:40 AM NGN Wander Immunity Testing and Availability Standards Chris Farrow Technical Services Manager Chronos Technology Ltd
12:10 PM Lunch
Session 6 -What is Next?
CoChairs - Ken Biholar and Silvana Rodrigues
Time Paper Speaker Speaker Title Company
1:10 PM Introduction by chairman      
1:20 PM Automatic Sync Distribution Kuiwen (Jacky) Ji Optical Network Department Development Manager Huawei
1:50 PM Management of Sync Networks Clark Woodward Synchronization Technical Consultant FEI
2:20 PM NTPv4 Karen O'Donoghue Chairman for the work on NTPv4 in IETF U.S. Navy
2:50 PM G.pacmod (including SSM) Michael Mayer Network Timing and Synchronization Standards Specialist Nortel, Canada
3:20 PM Coffee break
3:50 PM G.paclock Silvana Rodrigues System Architect Zarlink
4:05 PM OPTXS-SYNC technical report Lee Cosart Senior Technologist Symmetricom
Moderated Discussion: Is enough being done for Sync in the NGN?
4:20 PM Introduction by chairman Ken Biholar Director - North American Standards Alcatel-Lucent
4:30- 6:00 PM This session will have a discussion format with moderator facilitating the conversation.
         
6:00 PM End of Workshop
NIST Tour, March 16, 2007
9:00-11:00 AM Tour of NIST Time and Frequency Division Facilities in Boulder