Motivated by the increasing customer demand to use broadband services any time, anywhere and with any device, the session addresses the challenges to design a converged, next generation IP-based broadband access and aggregation network architecture including mobile (e.g. UMTS, HSPA, LTE), wireless (e.g. WLAN, WiMAX) and fixed (e.g. xDSL, GPON) access technologies. A particular focus of the session is on solutions to support overarching mobility (including user, terminal and session mobility), satisfying end-to-end quality of experiency (QoE), reliable AAA and appropriate security mechanisms, regardless of the underlying technologies. Furthermore, solutions for automated and user controlled mechanisms to adapt services to device and network capabilities will be covered. An important criterion for assessment of different approaches is cost efficiency in terms of CAPEX and OPEX, including realistic deployment and migration scenarios.

Riccardo Pascotto Project Manager, International Transfer, Business Development Deutsche Telekom

Mr. Pascotto is senior project manager and team leader at T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH, line of business (LoB) products and services (P&S), managing the IP Daidalos II as IP coordinator, which is designing beyond-3G architectural concepts and components with an operator-driven perspective. Since early 1998 he has been project manager in the department of European and international projects at Deutsche Telekom Berkom/T-Nova Berkom, contributing to the fourth R&D framework program ACTS and TAP.

Peter Briscoe Senior Product Manager, Triple Play Services Cramer, Amdocs OSS Division

Mr. Briscoe has been with the Cramer Amdocs OSS division for more than six years and has played a key role in the company's strategy and delivery of its OSS offering. Currently, he oversees the solutions that deliver service-based solution products for the fulfillment and management of residential broadband and triple-play services.

Matthias Reiss Head of LTE Radio Nokia Siemens Networks

Mr. Reiss is responsible for managing all the activities of the LTE business program within NSN and specifically the LTE product management within the radio access business unit. He also heads the I-HSPA activities introducing a pre-LTE flat network architecture. Prior to that, Mr. Reiss had been senior vice president and head of radio access networks of Siemens Mobile Networks, responsible for cellular radio systems such as GSM, UMTS, LTE, and WiMAX.

Víctor Villagrá Chief Engineer, Telematic Systems Technical University of Madrid (UPM)

Dr. Villagrá has been an assistant professor in telematics engineering at the UPM since 1992 and an associate professor since 1995. Dr. Villagrá has been involved in several international research projects related with OSI applications, network management, advanced services design, and network security. He has also worked in several projects funded by the Spanish R&D program. He received a telecommunication engineering degree in 1989 and a Ph.D. in computer science in 1994, both from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) in Spain.