Part III: Workshop on “Measurement and Maintenance of Communication Cables”
Date and venue
On 15-16 May 2006, BReATH co-organized the 37th edition of the workshop “Measurement and Maintenance of Communications Cables” with the influential Czech Electrotechnical Society, which also provided sponsoring and received strong support from the incumbent Czech Telecom. The workshop took place in hotel Gomel in the city of Ceske Budejovice, the regional centre of Southern Bohemia.
Objectives
The aim of the workshop was to provide up-to-date information on cables and cable systems used in
telecommunications, their deployment, measurement methods and equipment for maintenance of cable links. The workshop was intended for cable and cable network designers, cable link builders and maintenance staff.Agenda
Monday 15 May 2006
10:30 - 10:35 Welcome, opening the workshop
10:15 - 11:00 Blazek - Svitorka: Monitoring systems for optical cable networks
11:00 - 11:30 Litwin: Cable surveillance - enhancing cable-related emergency services
11:30 - 12:00 Broucek - Blazek: Measurements on FttX triple play networks
12:00 - 12:30 Galantha: Modern measuring equipment helps in construction and maintenance of optical fibre networks
12:30 - 13:00 Heizer: Deployment of F 45 in FttH networks
13:00 - 13:15 Coffee break
Block of presentations related to European project BReATH. Theme: Broadband Access Networks (1st Part)
13:30 - 13:50 David: Allocation of frequency bands in access networks and the consequences
13:50 - 14:10 Vodrazka: Will xDSL survive year 2020?
14:10 - 14:30 Pospichal: Current trends in construction of FttH networks
14:30 - 14:50 Kotas - Svrcek: Triple play: Point-to-Point versus Point-to-Multipoint
14:50 - 15:20 Coffee break
Block of presentations related to European project BReATH. Theme: Broadband Access Networks (2nd Part)
15:20 - 15:40 Pisarik: FttH – IPTV: what is it and how to implement it?
15:40 - 16:00 Barta: From analogue to digital television, from coax cable to optical fibre
16:00 - 16:20 Filka: BAPS – Brno academic computer network – its development, applications and prospects
16:20 - 17:00 Kramer (BReATH project): Glass fiber projects in the Netherlands – lighting up the future of broadband.
17:00 - 17:30 Panel discussion, moderated by A. Kuchar (BReATH Project)
Tuesday 16 May 2006
09:00 - 09:45 Svoboda: Cable detector I 5000
09:45 - 10:15 Ebner: Cable chambers ROMOLD
10:15 - 10:45 Elias: Optical fibre distributors (ODF) – basis of stable networks
10:45 - 11:15 Gajdos: Tracing and marking of cable networks
11:15 - 11:45 Stibor: Microcable design and its effect on manipulation with the cables during installation
11:45 - 12:15 Mraz: Micro-tube system TrUBEX – a system for construction of FttX networks
12:15 - 12:45 Presentation of MICOS company
12:45 - 14:00 Other commercial presentations
14:00 - 14:05 Closing Statement
Presentations
The presentations can be downloaded by clicking the respective link in the agenda above. The only presentation in English is the one given by R.D.J. Kramer: “Glass fiber projects in the Netherlands – lighting up the future of
broadband”. The rest of the presentations are in Czech language and reside at http://www.ure.cas.cz/events/cablex2006.php (click on Sborník: zde).
Results
The results as well as all other aspects of the workshop are described in deliverable D1.3 part 1.
Contact
If you have any questions about this workshop, you can contact dr. Anton Kuchar
of IREE, co-organizer of the workshop and contractor within BReATH.