If voice is just another application, how do we enable users to support the world's infrastructure to talk? What kind of engineering effort is required to deliver reach, reliability and quality in the next-generation network? How do you put the Q in QEBBS (Quality Enabled BroadBand Service)? Among other issues, this session will look at the pros and cons of alternative architectural approaches to delivering end-to-end Quality of Service at all layers in the network.
Devid Gubiani
Vice President-Marketing, Asia-Pacific
Marconi
Mr. Gubiani was appointed product-line director for Marconi's access hubs in 2000 and worked to establish Marconi's access platform as the #3 in EMEA and as one of the top-10 platforms in the world. In 2004, he was appointed vice president of marketing for the Asia-Pacific region and is responsible for marketing the complete Marconi portfolio across Australia, China, India, and Southeast Asia.
Kevin Hourigan, Vice President, Marketing, Marconi
Olov Schelén, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Operax, has 19 years of experience in IP networking. Dr. Schelén received his Ph.D. in 1998 and is a faculty member within the Computer Science and Networking Group at Luleå University of Technology. His primary interests are in multimedia networking, QoS, routing, and mobility. Dr. Schelén possesses a unique understanding of multiservice IP networking and the deployment of such networks.
Roger Ward, President, Multiservice Forum, BT, heads the development of the MSF within BT's 21st Century Network Program. He has been involved with the MSF since its formation in December 1998, and he was elected president in September 2000. He is a chartered engineer and a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Ma Yan, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, China Netcom