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Light Reading and its market research division, Heavy Reading, will host Policy Control, DPI & the Mobile Packet Core at CTIA Wireless 2010. Drawing on extensive research conducted by Heavy Reading on policy control, DPI, mobile broadband services, and the evolution of the mobile packet core, the conference sessions will examine the evolving role of policy tools including policy servers and PCRF-compliant policy decision points, policy enforcement points including DPI gear, and how it all fits together.
Policy control and management tools, including Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), have been widely deployed over the past 12 months, especially in mobile networks, but the use of these tools could both deepen and change as wireless operators start the transition to true all-IP networks. Architectures like 3GPP Evolved Packet Core imply a new role for policy and DPI tools that will place them right at the heart of the wireless network.
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In deciding how to move forward, 3GPP and WiMax network operators will be revisiting the business case for policy and DPI tools, and recalibrating exactly what they will deploy, where they will deploy it, and who will supply it. And they must do all this in a fast-moving service and regulatory environment in which app stores and the smart devices they support are transforming the way mobile broadband networks are used, and in which regulatory agencies such as the FCC are determining how network neutrality principles should be applied in an increasingly wireless world.
In staging this exclusive live event, our primary goals will be to:
- Describe the rapid rise of mobile broadband in the U.S. and elsewhere, consider its impact on radio and backhaul networks, and look at how policy and DPI tools are being used to relieve the new pressures that this creates.
- Analyze the impact of proposed network neutrality legislation, and ask whether there is a way forward for network operators that enables them to turn the emerging new rules to their own and their customers’ advantage.
- Debate how policy tools will be used by cellular network and WiMax operators in the future, looking in particular at how changes in the way mobile services are created and packaged are affecting the potential use cases and business cases for policy tools.
- Explore the impact of the transition to a new mobile packet core, examining how distributed architectures such as 3GPP’s Evolved Packet Core will influence the relationship between the packet core and the policy and DPI environment.
- Define what fits where in a policy architecture, and explore in particular the relationship between policy servers and DPI tools, and how it is changing in the light of the transition to new mobile core architectures and standards.
- Examine progress in the development and deployment of standards for policy, in particular, standards developed by 3GPP, 3GPP2, and other major cellular network authorities.
- Offer practical advice on the way forward in this area, looking at how business cases can be constructed for policy equipment, and debating how network operators can evolve their use of policy and DPI tools over time.
Among the other key questions we will seek to answer:
- What should be centralized and what distributed in a policy architecture – and how is that affected by the transition to the new mobile packet core?
- How is the relationship between policy tools and DPI changing?
- Will policy tools continue to be used mainly for traffic management, or will other use-cases also be important?
- Can policy tools actually help increase ARPU, and what is their role in customizing and broadening the range of services available to end users?
- Do policy tools have a role to play in enriching commercial arrangements between network operators and third-party service providers and developers?
- Can a business case be made for using subscriber profile information, and how can this be done without violating data protection rules?
With mobile network operators struggling to understand the ultimate impact of the transition to mobile broadband and the new mobile packet core, they urgently need to know how policy control and DPI can help. This conference will help attendees make those leaps and increase their understanding of the risks and rewards involved.
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Register today for your chance to WIN!
Event attendees who register before March 19 will automatically be entered for the chance to win one of four iPod Nanos to be announced at the end of each conference session. Winner must be present to win: Contest Rules
Register now: Space is limited!
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Collocated With
Admission to Policy Control, DPI & the Mobile Packet Core is complimentary to all CTIA Registrants. To attend, you must have a CTIA badge of some kind.
The international CTIA Wireless 2010 event is where broadband communications come to life. More than 1,100 exhibiting companies and 40,000 professionals from over 125 countries will converge to do business, discuss innovation, and exchange ideas. Policy Control, DPI & the Mobile Packet Core is a Special Interest Seminar officially collocated with CTIA Wireless 2010.
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