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Machine
To
Machine
(M2M)
Hosted by AT&T
Atlanta,
GA
Wednesday,
June 23, 2010.
Chair: Peter Rysavy, Rysavy Research
CONTENTS
Background
Workshop Agenda
Meeting Location
Hotel and Travel Information
Registration
Information for Presenters
The market for
M2M communications is beginning to grow rapidly with increasing
operator and vendor emphasis. There are ultimately more machines that
can potentially communicate than human beings. This meeting will
examine technical developments in M2M including both the items
facilitating and those inhibiting adoption. Market aspects will also be
reviewed.
The workshop
will
address the following types of questions:
- What are the most common form factors for M2M modems?
- What are relevant standards efforts?
- How do security considerations differ from human-oriented communications?
- What certification programs are involved?
- What are the different types of SIMs available and how might these evolve?
- What are the addressing considerations, such as being able to reach M2M devices?
- How are billing plans evolving to better support M2M applications?
- What types of management systems are required?
- What are the market dynamics?
- What are the projected traffic volumes
for different types of applications?
Note
that
presenters
and
many
of
the
attendees,
are
world
leading
technologists
on
the
subject
material. We allocate sufficient time for
discussion that attendees can ask questions of greatest interest.
Moreover, the workshops allow informal networking during breaks where
attendees can exchange important information.
Workshop.
Wednesday,
June
23,
2010.
8:00 AM to
4:00 PM.
Continental
breakfast
and
lunch
included.
Attendees obtain access to content presented and detailed minutes.
The preliminary proposed agenda is as follows:
- 8:00 to 8:30 Registration.
- 8:30 to 8:45 Peter Rysavy, Executive Director, PCCA. Introductions. PCCA meeting schedule and association update.
- 8:45
to
9:30 Hamish Caldwell, Executive Director, AT&T. Host company
introduction.
- 9:30
to
10:15 Presentation.
Julian
Durand,
Staff
Mgr,
Business
Development,
Qualcomm, "Realizing
the Potential of M2M with 3G - Simplify!"
- 10:15 to 10:30 Break
- 10:30
to
11:15 Presentation. Ray Octaviano, Director of Field
Engineering, Option Wireless Technology. LGA soldered form factor for
embedded modules, Option experience with this form factor.
- 11:15
to
12:00 Presentation. Andreas Hessler, Program Director - 50
Billion Connections, Ericsson. "Toward 50 billion Connections -
Opportunities and Challenges on the Road to Hyper-Connectivity."
- 12:00
to
1:00 Lunch
- 1:00 to 1:45 Presentation. Ton Brand, Senior Project Director, GSM Association. GSMA M2M programs including guidelines, tests, certifications, provisioning, and regulatory aspects.
- 1:45 to 2:30 Presentation. Gus Vos, Director Technology Standards, Sierra Wireless. "Is M2M ready for LTE? Is LTE ready for M2M?" 3G to 4G wireless-technology capabilities and considerations for M2M.
- 2:45
to
3:30 Presentation. Joe
Decuir,
Standards
Architect,
CSR.
Bluetooth
Low
Energy.
Overview
of how Bluetooth 4.0 (Low Energy) reinvents
Bluetooth and enables new applications, particularly for M2M.
Functionality, protocols, radio overview, low energy characteristics,
intended applications, other details.
3:30 to 4:00 General Q&A, group discussion, conclusions.
In
addition, James
Person, Chair of the Smart Wireless Modules and Services SIG of CDG,
will
distribute an M2M industry update.
Note:
agenda
is
subject
to
change.
The workshop
will be held at AT&T in Atlanta.
AT&T
1025 Lenox Park Blvd
Atlanta, GA 30319
Parking: Just pull into the 1015 parking garage next to the AT&T
building and park anywhere.
We do not have a room block associated with
this meeting. Suggested hotel:
Marriott Buckhead Atlanta Hotel
3405 Lenox Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Room Rate: $119/night
AT&T
rate
(includes
breakfast
and
high-speed
internet)
Reservations: +1
404
261
9250
--Request
the
AT&T
rate.
For assistance with travel, the PCCA recommends Tom Smith Travel, 503-477-5341 or 877-604-3107.
The registration deadline is one week before the workshop.
Workshops
are
intended
primarily
for
PCCA
members.
However,
non-member
organizations
may
attend
for
a
fee
of $375 per person. This fee can be
applied towards future membership. Executive-level members may send
five people, associate-level members may send two people and
affiliate-level members may send one person without
incurring meeting charges.
There
is no attendance charge for members of the press.
If you intend to come, please register soon.
Click
here to register for the meeting using
our secure Web page.
Click here
to see a current list of members.
The following information is for people presenting at this PCCA workshop:
- Presentations are typically 30 minutes to 45 minutes long unless arranged otherwise.
- There is usually a 5 to 15 minute discussion following the presentation.
- Presenters
must
provide
their
presentations
(PDF
or
PPT)
at
least
one
week
prior
to
the
workshop to allow for copying to the members area of the PCCA
Web
site, as well as to allow detailed questions for discussion.
- This is a technical audience (e.g., engineering and program managers), so please make the presentations technical. Emphasis should be on industry and technology at large, versus selling your product (limit of 3 slides). Consider items such as compatibility, technical alternatives, standardization, deployment considerations, interoperability, certification and adoption.
- Generally, a dynamic and attentive audience of key industry stakeholders attend each workshop, representing a broad spectrum of the mobile computing industry, including operators, infrastructure vendors, device vendors, middleware providers and application developers.
- We will provide an LCD projector. Presenters
should
plan
on
presenting
from
their
own
computers.
Presenters
should
use
their
own
presentation
templates.
- Since PCCA workshops are considered public meetings, please do not include any confidential or proprietary information.