GSW is a FREE workshop to help government agencies assess their current and future Timing needs. This non-vendor specific event is a partnership between the DISA Timing and Synchronization Modernization Program Team, the Leading Timing and Synchronization Industry Vendors and the leading Timing and Synchronization Subject Matter Experts.
When & Where:
9-10 September 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at Dulles Airport in Herndon, VA
Training and Discussion Topics Will Include:
Basic Timing and Synchronization education
Existing Government Infrastructure
Effects of jamming, spoofing and timing component failure on GPS and the Timing Infrastructure
Effect of system failures, terrorism, national disasters, acts of war etc.
Security Domain Issues
Government emergency response to disasters(network recovery)
Consolidate Government Agencies input to vendors and standards organizations
Effect of IP based network on future network timing.(IEEE 1588, GIG-E over SONET vs pure GIG-E network etc.)
Network management for network survival
Who Should Attend?
Communications Program Managers
Network Engineers
Synchronization Planners
Maintenance Engineers
Timing and Synchronization Vendors
Network Equipment Vendors
Engineering and Installation Project Coordinators
Anyone who
Designs, Engineers or Maintains Government Networks
Why Should You Attend?
Today’s Synchronous Optical Transport System (SONET) backbone
network and Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) Network Elements have well established requirements
for precise timing. These requirements have lead to a well understood and widely deployed system
of Timing Signal Generators (TSG) in a system called Building Integrated Timing Supplies (BITS).
These legacy BITS systems are very capable of meeting the precise frequency requirements of the
existing SONET/TDM networks.
The traditional TDM network is
being consolidated into the Next Generation Network (NGN) The NGN continues to merge data, voice,
video and other services onto a single network. Precise frequency and Time of Day (TOD) synchronization
is critical in enabling the NGN to provide the quality of service needed to allow a seamless transition.
Precise Timing and Synchronization for the NGN increases reliability,
stability and bandwidth utilization. Understanding how distribution of precise frequency and TOD is
accomplished in today’s and tomorrow’s communications environment is the goal of GSW 2008.
