Instructor:
Joseph Ghetie, Telcordia Technologies, USA

Abstract:
This tutorial provides a comprehensive analysis of broadband networking technologies with focus on network and service management. The broadband coverage includes access, metropolitan, and high-speed multimedia backbone networks. Current and emerging underlying optical transport and networking technologies that compose broadband networks are evaluated for their functionality and performance: WDM/DWDM, POS, Resilient Packet Rings, 10 Gigabit Ethernet are analyzed along Gigabit Ethernet, xDSL, Cable modem, Wirelesss access, and Wireless metro. The emphasis of this tutorial is on analysis and evaluation of management platforms/systems and associated management applications used in commercial off-the-shelf products that provide broadband network and service management.

Instructor Bios:
Joseph Ghetie is a network and systems engineer consultant and instructor for Telcordia Technologies (Bell Communications Research). In his position, he was responsible for developing architectures, requirements, and solutions for network management
integration, providing consulting, and supporting management standards development. He has also developed and taught numerous advanced technical courses in the areas of Internet, telecommunications, and data communications network management, and
is the author of a published book on Network and Systems Management Platforms Analysis, Kluwer Academics Publishers.  Since 1993, he has taught over 25 tutorials at major network management international conferences and symposia, INMS (IN), NOMS, SICOM, EMS, APNOMS, LANOMS, SBRC, ITC, etc.

Joseph Ghetie is originally from Romania and has an MSEE in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest. He started in 1967
as an electronics and network engineer with the Institute for Railroad Research and Design, involved in the design and implementation of data communications networks and complex process-oriented computer systems for centralized traffic control of mass transit. Since 1985 he worked as a technical specialist at J.C. Penney Company, Inc. as part of the corporate headquarters Corporate Communications Systems Development group, where he was responsible, as project manager, for developing strategic plans, evaluation, selection, and implementation of new networking technologies.