MPLS 2004
8201 Greensboro Drive, Ste 100
McLean VA 22102
Tel: 703-556-4840
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Monday, October 18
Technical Sessions
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8:30 - 10:00 am
AM-1: Opening Session
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Introduction - Dr. B. Jabbari
Remarks - Conference Co-Chair, Dr. S. Elby, VP, Network Architecture and Enterprise Technologies, Verizon Technology Organization
Opening Speech: Public Policy Considerations Regarding IP-Enabled Services - FCC Commissioner, K. Abernathy
Remarks - Conference Co-Chair, T. Matsunaga Head and Executive Manager of NTT Network Service Systems Labs
Keynote Speech: NTT's Vision for the Future Network,
T. Okada, Vice President, Executive Director of NTT Network Service Systems Laboratories
IETF Routing and MPLS Standards Update, A. Zinin, Routing Area Director, IETF
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Break
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10:30 - 11:30 am
AM-2: Operational Experience and Architectures
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Current MPLS Deployment Experience - T. McKinney, Cisco Systems
Real-time Services over an IP/MPLS Network - S. Afshar and B. Goode, ATT
Issues in Broadband Networking Architecture - L. Andersson, Acreo
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11:30 am - 12:30 pm
AM-3: Case Studies for MPLS Services
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VPLS: A Case Study - H. Yu, Time Warner Telecom
Implementing QoS in a Nation-wide Service Provider MPLS Core Network: A
Case Study - L. Wang, Telenor Networks
BGP/MPLS VPN Deployment Experience and Challenges - L. Fang, ATT
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Lunch
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2:00 - 3:30 pm
PM-1: Recovery and Restoration in MPLS
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MPLS Fast Reroute Techniques - G. Swallow, Cisco Systems
MPLS Fast Reroute - K. Kompella, Juniper Networks
Reliable Alternate Paths for IP Destinations (RAPID) - A. Atlas, Avici Systems
Quantitative Comparison of MPLS Resiliency Approaches - R. Nagarajan, Lucent Technologies
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Break
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4:00 - 5:00 pm
PM-2: GMPLS and IP Optical Integration
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Prototyping the GMPLS UNI Implementation for End-to-End LSP Re-routing - D. Verchère and D. Papadimitriou, Alcatel
ASON and GMPLS: Two Ways to Do the Same Thing -- But Are They Really Different? - J. Sadler, Tellabs
Emerging ITU Framework for Management of ASON/GMPLS - L. Ong, Ciena
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5:00 - 6:30 pm
Panel: Inter-Carrier MPLS Issues
Chair: S. Elby, VP, Network Architecture and Enterprise Technologies, Verizon Technology Organization
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Panelists from ISP/Carriers including: Paul Jin (BT)
David McDysan (MCI), Yukio Ito (NTT Communications), Andrew Dugan (Level 3), Waqar Khan (Qwest),
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6:30 - 8:00 pm |
Reception
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Tuesday, October 19
Technical Sessions
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8:30 - 10:00 am
AM-4
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The Need for a Unified Control Plane - J. Agogbua, Movaz Networks
Multicast Support in 2547 VPNs and VPLS - Y. Rekhter, Juniper Networks
Interconnecting MPLS carriers - a case study from Equant - C. Masiero, Equant
GMPLS-based Traffic Engineering in Multi-Region/Multi-Layer Service Network - K. Shiomoto, NTT
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Break
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10:30 - 11:30 am
AM-5: Operational, Administrative and Maintenance
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BFD and MPLS: Marriage Made in Heaven - Z. Ali and M. Tatipamula, Cisco Systems
Interworking OAM - D. Allan, Nortel Networks
MPLS OAM: Standards & Solutions - T. Nadeau, Cisco Systems
Are My LSPs Up? Are They Up Now? - I. Minei, Juniper Networks
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11:30 am - 12:30 pm
AM-6: VPNs and Advanced Services
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MPLS Layer 3 and Layer 2 VPNs Over an IP Only Core - R. Aggarwal, Juniper Networks
Deployment Scenarios for Secure Inter-AS VPNs - S. Poretsky, Quarry Technologies
VoIP and Voice Services over MPLS - J. McEachern, Nortel Networks
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Lunch
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2:00 - 3:30 pm
PM-4
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Point to Multi-Point and Multicast Services
P2MP TE LSPs (MPLS and GMPLS) - D. Papadimitriou, Alcatel;
R. Aggarwal, Juniper Networks; and S.Yasukawa, NTT Corporation
Multicast Issues - M. Finlayson, Data Connection
Operational Aspects of MPLS
IGP and BGP Convergence Impacts on MPLS Convergence - S. Hares, NextHop Technologies
Fast Reroute for IP and LDP-based Networks - A. Tian, Redback Networks
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Break
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4:00 - 5:00 pm
PM-5: Experience from GMPLS Networks
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Layer 1 Virtual Private Networks - T. Takeda, NTT
Demonstration of MPLS and IPv6 transport over GMPLS-controlled Optical Networks - T. Otani, KDDI R&D Labs
Acreo National Testbed, Experiences and Results - T. Madsen, Acreo
e-science Experimental GMPLS Network - J. Sobieski, MAX
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5:00 - 6:30 pm
Panel Session: Vendors' Perspective on MPLS
Chair: Dr. D. Awduche (MCI)
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A. Sayeed (Cisco Systems), A. Malis (Tellabs), J. Sax (Lucent Technologies),
C. Easely (Extreme Networks), D. Fedyk (Nortel Networks), S. Khandekar (Alcatel),
E. Brendel (Chiaro Networks),V. Raman (Avici), K. Kompella (Juniper Networks), B. Kine (Spirent Communications)
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