Design & Deployment Best Practices for Reliable Industrial Fiber Optic Networks

The Internet of Things is upon us. Vast amounts of big data are quickly approaching and network traffic, latency and bandwidth are at higher demands than ever. Storing, transmitting, and analyzing this data from IoT devices will require a secure and agile network architecture. Network failover and network security will be of the utmost importance.

How will these changes in demand and technologies have an impact on new standards and protocols? Will network communications between devices and the cloud be safe? Tune into this dynamic panel discussion with leading IoT and network experts for the state of IoT networks.

Panelists:
Ahmed Banafa, SJSU Faculty Member and LinkedIn IoT Influencer
Ryan Allphin, CTO, Cradlepoint
Brenda Boehm, Chief Strategy Officer & Board Advisor, IoT Smart Solutions, TIA

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As TV networks and broadcasters are going virtual, key drivers and disrupters are presenting challenges and opportunities for communications technology suppliers and innovators. On this segment of TIA NOW from TIA’s Connectivity Jam in Dallas, TX, broadcast media executives give us some insight into the future of TV. Joining us are Charlie Vogt, CEO, of Imagine Communications; Richard Friedel, EVP and GM at FOX Networks Engineering & Operations; Brad Wall, SVP of Network Operations at the Disney/ABC Television Group and Kevin Gage, CTO and EVP of Strategic Development at ONE Media.

Understanding the customers’ business model and reaching a healthy consensus between the push of technology (e.g., IoT and 5G) is required in data center design and planning to meet the demand for ubiquitous coverage and the demand of data anytime, anywhere. This presentation will provide an overview of data center design, the changes in the upcoming revision of ANSI/TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers, and review use cases in the implementation of ANSI/TIA-942.

Speakers:
 Jonathan Jew, J&M Consultants
 Glenn Sexton, President and Principal Consultant, NIS

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About TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Committee:
The TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Committee develops and maintains voluntary telecommunications standards for telecommunications cabling infrastructure in user-owned buildings, such as commercial buildings, residential buildings, homes, data centers and industrial buildings. The generic cabling topologies, design, distances and outlet configurations as well as specifics for these locations are addressed.

The ANSI/TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers is developed by the TR-42.1 Generic and Premises Cabling Subcommittee. TR-42.1 develops and maintains cabling standards for generic customer-owned telecommunications networks. These standards are intended to specify open systems designed to support a wide variety of voice, data, video, and other low voltage, power-limited applications. TR-42.1 also develops and maintains telecommunications cabling standards for premises networks such as commercial buildings, data centers, building automation, etc. This Subcommittee specifies cabling system topology, architecture, design, installation, testing and performance requirements. Go to https://www.tiaonline.org/all-standards/committees/tr-42 for further info.

Participate in TR-42: Stephanie Montgomery: SMontgomery@TIAonline.org.

As a partner in the oneM2M global IoT standards development Partnership, TIA supports its deployment around the world. oneM2M is designed as an architecture and standards platform for IoT deployments in many industry sectors including Smart Cities, Industrial Automation, Home Automation and eHealth and Telemedicine, among others.

Now in its second published release, it is being deployed in a number of projects.

Now in its second published release, it is being tested for resilience as an IoT standard in a number of projects. This webcast will focus on:

• 3 projects such as Korean Smart Cities(Busan, Ilsan) and Wise-IoT which is the Joint European-Korean project.
• In England, U.K.’s oneTRANSPORT intelligent system trial which serves four U.K. counties. This trial involves England’s highways transportation agency and two private sector sensor-network owners over a single, interoperable IoT platform powered by the oneM2M™ standard.
• Overview of oneM2M certification(including background of the need for oneM2M certification program).
• Introduction of Certified Product (Target service and use cases are included per each company).
• An update from the National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST) on its IoT-enabled Smart City Framework and oneM2M smart city collaboration.

Speakers:
-- Ken Figueredo, IoT Strategy Industry Advisor, InterDigital
-- Sookhyun Jeon, Senior Engineer, Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA)
-- JaeSeung Song, Associate Professor, Sejong University and Korea Electronics Technology Institite (KETI)
-- David Wollman, Deputy Director, Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program Office NIST

To speak to TIA about oneM2M for further information, contact: Victoria Mitchell, Director, Global Standards Programs, at vmitchell@tiaonline.org.

To learn more about oneM2M, visit: http://www.onem2m.org/
To learn more about oneM2M certification by TTA, visit: http://www.onem2mcert.com/main/main.php

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Special promotion for TIA Executive Connectivity Jam, June 5-8, Dallas, TX. Visit TIAConnectivityJam.org. Code: 2017CJ-WEBCAST for 10% discount.

This year, it is expected that 74% of all online traffic will be video with a combination of network broadcasters and Over The Top (OTT) content providers bringing compelling content to and through the Internet. 55% of people in the United States watch video online every day. Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Tumbler have launched live streaming capabilities. Twitch, the number one online gaming video platform, sees 9.7 million daily active users (DAUs), with 2 million users broadcasting live streams each month. eSports is a huge gaming draw with some companies seeing upward of 96 million monthly average users (MAUs). And we haven’t even mentioned augmented and virtual reality, yet.

Network speed, capacity and flexibility to meet the growing demand are improving - but not fast enough and with significant needs still not being addressed. This panel will look at the challenges facing getting video to and from end users including: how to manage the need to deliver to both broadcast and OTT; how to ensure seamless customer experiences; what to expect as 4K and higher resolution cameras become ubiquitous; what network buildout and optimization need to take place to ensure the demand for ultra high speed broadband is met.

You can continue the conversation after the webcast during the upcoming TIA Connectivity Jam, being held June 5-7 in Dallas, TX.

Panelists:
-- Bo Daly, President and Chief Business Officer, Super Evil Megacorp
-- Yuval Fisher, CTO MVPD, Imagine Communications
-- Kevin Gage, EVP Strategic Development and Chief Technology Officer, ONE Media
-- Rashmi Misra, Worldwide General Manager Digital Video Services, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

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Fiber standards and infrastructure for enterprise and data center networks have rapidly evolved over the last several years. From ribbon fiber to encircled flux for multimode, and the requirements for fiber connection quality, everything in the enterprise and data center has changed. Standards and best practices used in the field are struggling to keep up with these changes. Are your fiber test practices keeping up?

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Get the latest information about Cabling Standards from FOTC Standards Chair Cindy Montstream.

Attendees will earn one BICSI CEC for attending.

Sights and Insights from TIA @ MWC17

On Thursday, March 9 at 11 am ET, join TIA for a post Mobile World Congress 2017 webcast on sights and insights from the show floor. Hear from TIA executives as they discuss the transformation of connectivity infrastructure, the expansion of IoT applications, and the proliferation of Smart Communities projects.

Speakers:

> David Heard, Board Chairman, TIA

> Brenda Boehm, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Technology and Products

> Susan Schramm, Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President of Membership and Marketing

> John Jacobs, Vice President, Market Intelligence and Research

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LPWAN (low power wide area network) technologies service a specific and necessary role in the growth of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. Not all applications need bandwidth and speed. Sometimes long distance, low energy usage, and long latency is the perfect confluence of service that an IoT application needs. Some examples are city lighting, energy grid and meter management, parking space monitoring, precision irrigation, crop yield management, and many more.

This webcast will present different LPWAN technologies and discuss a number of questions regarding technology and value assessment, deployment, usage of such networks, and return on investment evaluations.

- An explanation of LPWAN technology and how it works
- When to use (and not use) LPWAN technology
- What issues such networks solve
- The difference between U.S. and European bands and when this will matter to a company deploying an LPWAN network
- Key information that cities and companies need to both ask and be ready to answer when planning to deploy an LPWAN network, in order to assess the right fit and to maximize efficiencies such connectivity can bring
- How LPWAN networks integrate with other network infrastructure in smart community deployments, for example
- Sample use cases
- Business models that use LPWAN networks for energy management, asset management, and others
- How to make money as both a user and deployer of LPWAN networks
- What returns on investment can be expected and suggested metrics for measurement

Speakers:
Yann Gabay, Co-founder and Board Member, CONNIT
Tiana McNeil, Sr. Business Development Manager, Iot Smart Cities, Ingenu
Brian Ray, CTO and Founder, Link Labs
Jeffrey Siegel, CMO, nwave

This webcast is NOT BICSI accredited.

High speed and autonomous transportation, remote surgical procedures, and mixed reality experiences are just a few of the upcoming Internet of Things (IoT) technological game changers that require high speed and low latency communications infrastructure. 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) technologies continue to evolve to meet the complex and continually evolving network requirements of IoT applications.

This webcast will explore the latest advances in RAN, including:
• Which technologies will see the earliest deployments?
• How important will the 3.5 GHz band networks (also known as the Citizen’s Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)) be in future 5G applications?
• Will mmWave networks change the game in the last mile?
• How far will the industry advance in real deployments in the next year or two?
• Where are companies participating in this ecosystem investing their money?
• Are there concerns for Return on Investment (ROI) that companies are trying to resolve?


Speakers:
Brian Daly, Director - Core & Government/Regulatory Standards, AT&T Access Architecture & Devices
Adam Drobot, Chairman, OpenTechWorks, Inc.
Steven Glapa, VP of Marketing, Tarana Wireless

This webinar is not eligible for a BICSI CEC.