MPLS 2005 International Conference
October 16-19,
2005
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC
MPLS 2005
International Conference will be held from Sunday October 16 through Wednesday October 19, 2005 at the
Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC.
Registration
for the MPLS 2005 International Conference is now open, with only FOUR days
left to take advantage of the discounted registration rates [early registration
discount cut off date is September 17]. Go to www.mpls2005.com/registration.htm
to register.
Take advantage of this opportunity
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Conference Program:
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Sunday, October 16
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10:30 - 12:00 am
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Tutorial 1: Scaling Considerations for MPLS Protocols and
Applications - Ina Minei, Juniper Networks
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1:00 - 2:30 pm
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Tutorial 2: Inter-Provider MPLS -Azhar
Sayeed and Santiago Alvarez,
Cisco Systems
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2:45 - 4:15 pm
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Tutorial 3: Metro Ethernet
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4:30 - 6:00 pm
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Tutorial 4: MPLS Network Operations and Management -
Peter Busschbach, Lucent Technologies
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Monday, October 17
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8:30 - 10:15 am
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· Introduction
· Opening
Speech
· Keynote
Speech
· MPLS,
GMPLS and Pseudowires: The Need for Cooperation Between Standards Bodies
- Adrian Farrel, IETF
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Break & Exhibits
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10:45 am - 12:30 pm
Pseudowires: Extending the reach
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· Interprovider Pseudowires - Luca
Martini, Cisco Systems
· Multi-Hop PWs: "A small step for
PWs , a giant step for Metro Convergence?" - David McDysan , MCI &
Florin Balus , Nortel Networks
· Multi segment Pseudo-Wires using RSVP-TE
- Ron Bonica , Juniper Networks
· OAM for Multihop Pseudowires - Thomas
Nadeau, Cisco Systems
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Lunch & Exhibits
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2:00 - 3:30 pm
What do we want from multicast MPLS and
Point-to-Multipoint Traffic Engineering?
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· MPLS P2MP: from the needs definition to
the solutions description - Renaud Moignard, France
Telecom
· Design Considerations for Multicast
MPLS/BGP VPNs - Maria Napierala, ATT Labs
· Carrier-Grade Multicast Deployment in
MPLS Backbones - Nicolai Leymann, T-Systems
· Multicast VPN Deployment Scenarios and
Service Requirements - Seisho Yasukawa, NTT
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Break & Exhibits
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4:00 - 5:00 pm
Ethernet in the Metro Network - What is the
role for MPLS?
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· Metro Ethernet and MPLS - Kireeti
Kompella, Juniper Networks
· MPLS, Ethernet and the Metro - David
Allan, Nortel Networks
· GMPLS Controlled Ethernet Networks - Loa
Andersson, Acreo
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5:00 - 6:00 pm
Panel: Advanced Services Using MPLS
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Panelists
from selected ISP/Carriers
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6:00 - 7:30 pm: Reception
& Exhibits
Reception Hosted by Avici Systems
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Tuesday, October 18
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8:30 - 10:15 am
Broadband Services – Enabling the
future
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Broadband, the Next Revolution - What it Means to an MPLS
Network - Sangeeta Anand, Cisco Systems
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Realizing services across regions utilizing dissimilar
convergence layers - Andy Malis and Jonathan Sadler, Tellabs
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Broadband Services using MPLS - Kurt Melden, Juniper
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Enhanced architecture model that deploys MPLS-enabled
Ethernet-based Aggregation in DSL networks for Triple Play services - Sunil
Khandekar, Alcatel
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Subscriber Aware MPLS for Broadband Services - Arpit Joshipura,
Redback Networks
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Break & Exhibits
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10:45 - 12:30 am
Building blocks for Advanced Services in
MPLS Networks
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Combining RSVP and MPLS for Scalable Admission Control - Bruce
Davie, Cisco Systems
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Assuring QoS: Delivering Real Time Services with MPLS Networks
- Sridhar Ramachandran, Nextone
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LSP Hierarchy in MPLS networks - Arthi Ayyangar, Juniper
Networks
· VPN Route
Reflector Architectures and Operational Impacts - Eric Brendel, Chiaro Networks
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Secure MPLS Backbone Design to Support IMS - Scott Poretsky ,
Reef Point Systems
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Lunch & Exhibits 12:30 – 2:00 pm
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2:00 - 3:30 pm
Interworking MPLS and GMPLS
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Applicability of GMPLS to Packet LSPs and MPLS to GMPLS
Migration Methods - Dimitri Papadimitriou, Alcatel
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Investigation of deployment scenarios for a GMPLS network
migrating into an existing IP/MPLS network - Tomohiro Otani, Kenichi Ogaki,
Hideaki Tanaka (KDDI), Mallik Tatipamula & Zafar Ali (Cisco)
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MPLS and GMPLS interworking - Kohei Shiomoto, NTT
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Operational, Deployment and Interworking Considerations for
GMPLS Technology - Zafar Ali, Cisco Systems
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Break & Exhibits
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4:00 - 5:00 pm
MPLS in Enterprise Networks - Experiences from Deployment
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Deploying, interworking and operating L2 and L3 MPLS VPNs -
MPLS deployment experience: scaling, performance and security - Peter
Himmelberger, CSC
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Enterprise Customer
Deployment - Tom McKinney, Cisco Systems
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An All Encompassing MPLS-Enabled VPN - Lee Jalali, Sprint
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5:00 - 6:00 pm
Vendor’s Panel Session: LDP vs.
RSVP-TE
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Panelists
from selected vendors
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Exhibits 6:00 - 7:30 pm
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Wednesday, October 19
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8:30 - 10:00 am
Generalized MPLS in the Optical Network
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Overview of GMPLS interworking test in Japan and NICT Keihana
GMPLS E-NNI trials - Naoaki Yamanaka
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Next Generation IP/Optical Integrated Network in KDDI -
Masatoshi Suzuki and Tomohiro Otani, KDDI
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Extending GMPLS for Pure Photonic Networks - Don Fedyk &
Vik Saxena Nortel Networks & Comcast
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Dynamic optical link preemption based on GMPLS traffic
engineering - Shinya Tanaka , Japan
Telecom
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The Unified Optical Control Plane: The Time is Now - Vijay
Pandian, Sycamore Networks
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Break & Exhibits
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10:45 - 12:30 am
Experiences from the Front Line - Building
MPLS Networks for Advanced and Triple-play Services
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IPv6 and MPLS - Daniel Awduche, MCI
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Case Study: Building A Successful Full Packet Voice Network and
IP Network - Hamid Laamouri & Cristina
Gentili , WANDL & Telecom Italia
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IP/MPLS for Live Broadcast Video Applications, Ryan Korte,
WilTel Communications
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Telenor's pan- nordic NG multiservice network - Lei Wang,
Telenor
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Some Considerations in the SLA Delivery
for MPLS Enabled Networks - Roman Krzanowski , Verizon
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Lunch & Exhibits 12:30 – 2:00 pm
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2:00 - 3:00 pm
Supporting multicast traffic in MPLS
networks
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Multicast LDP - IJsbrand Wijnands, Cisco Systems
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Next-Generation Solutions for Multicast in 2547 VPNs and VPLS -
Rahul Aggarwal, Juniper Networks
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VPLS Multicast challenges and options, Marc Lasserre,
Riverstone
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Break
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3:15 - 4:45 pm
Multi-domain MPLS - Now we can all talk
together
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PCE (Path Computation Element) models: architecture and
applications - JP Vasseur, Cisco Systems
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Advanced MPLS L3 VPN deployment and challenges - Inter-provider
VPNs, VoIP support, and MVPNs - Luyuan Fang, AT&T Labs
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Inter-AS Security Factors and Best Practice Guidelines, Monique
Morrow, Cisco Systems
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Multi-layer traffic engineering with PCE in MPLS/GMPLS networks
- Eiji Oki, NTT
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