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Learn how digital technology is shaping the future of radio communications

Discover how mobile and radio technology is used in telecommunications, utilities,
transport, mining and public safety
Recognise the breadth of this topic, encompassing training and education, networks
and infrastructure, spectrum planning, digital radio and LTE
Learn more about best practice in radio communications from the experts
Be exposed to practical applications and solutions and the showcasing of
technological skills through case study presentations in this focus area
Gain insights into installing, upgrading or researching a radio system for your
organisation and other users
Be a part of the future for mobile and radio technology in Africa
Network with others in this competitive and thriving market sector

End users of radio police, security

companies
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Field technical support staff
Instrumentation and control engineers
and technicians
Maintenance engineers and supervisors
Managers
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November 2014

25th November 2014

From 2G to 5G the
mobile broadband (r)evolution
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Workshop 2: LTE Technical essentials
of 4G networks with reference to
future trends, business models,
application areas and growth
in wireless data
Presented by Andr Fourie
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Introduction to Radio Comms

The 2nd Africa Radio Comms Conference will continue to chart the future
for mobile and radio technology in Africa. Join us as we uncover how
mobile radio is used in utilities, transport, mining and public safety, and
how digital technology is shaping the future of radio communications. The
sector is wide, encompassing training and education, networks and
infrastructure, spectrum planning, digital radio and LTE all of which will
be covered. Case studies and technology focused sessions will be offered
by both local and international experts.

The Africa Radio Comms Conference will offer both delegates and presenters
the opportunity to share their knowledge and increase their understanding
in this area to become better prepared for the future. Delegates will have the
opportunity to join peers in a vigorous and positive exchange of views, build
career and public profile, and make a contribution to this ultra-competitive
and thriving market segment. Attendees will leave better informed, and with
clarity on the choices that are available when installing, upgrading or
researching a radio system for their organisation and users.

Conference Day one - 26 th November 2014

12.15pm

Lunch

Opening Address

1.15pm

A practical approach to Radio over IP

LTE the next generation radio technology

Session A
lan Parker Chief Operating Officer, Omnitronics
5
Radio over IP (RoIP) is a technology that has emerged

8.00am

Registration

8.15am
8.30am

Session P
eter Lange Senior Analyst Africa, BuddeComm
1
LTE is the next generation mobile technology, but as it matures it is also

over the last 10

years and has provided a powerful and flexible mechanism for linking
radios and dispatch consoles. RoIP has some inherent limitations and
numerous technical challenges. This presentation will provide an
overview of the technology, key standards and some of the technical
issues including:
The difference between RoIP and VoIP - how radio systems differ
from phone systems
Implementing one-to-one connections
Implementing many-to-many connections
Risk management: identifying network issues affecting RoIP/VoIP
quality, maintenance and redundancy
Design elements: building blocks; network bandwidth requirements

pushing into new market segments, including mission-critical

key applications such as public safety, transport, utilities and even military
note communications. The broadband capabilities of LTE enable a quantum

shift in application scenarios, but the investment into network

infrastructure is significant. This presentation examines the advantages
of the technology and its limitations, discusses different deployment
strategies and looks at the status of LTE in Africa and worldwide.

9.30am
Session
2

Meeting the growing requirements for radio frequency

front ends
Frikkie

Marx Owner, Inopsis

Mobile data that is expected to increase to 11.2 Exabytes (EB) per

month by 2017. In addition to new infrastructure and new spectrum,
expanded capacity is expected to come from new techniques, such as
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennas, Carrier Aggregation
(CA) and others, as well as improved radio link performance. One of the
many problems complicating RFFE design in smartphones is the
number of antennas. Linearity is perhaps the most important and the
most difficult factor in the RFFEs used for advanced networks, but other
issues and performance metrics exist. With 4G LTE and moving forward,
advances in wireless communication devices and their supporting
infrastructure continue to demand higher levels of integration, isolation
and linearity in the RFFE.
10.15am
10.45am
Session

Morning Tea
Remotely monitoring assets and equipment using a GSM
network

11.30am
Session
4

Modern control room technology

decentralised systems for
control and monitoring, namely infrastructure monitoring, asset
management, access control, mapping, business continuity and unified
telephony and communications. Cloud computing and modern network
technology has given rise to the Internet of Things, significantly reducing
implementation and infrastructure costs, increasing efficiencies and ease
of maintenance and integration. This presentation will discuss several
industry areas showing examples and ideas of modular infrastructure
systems that can offer businesses their own specialised management
infrastructure at a fraction of the cost expected, enabling greater control
and business focus.

2.45pm

Morning Tea

3.15pm

The use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Dion

Session S
tef du Plessis Director, Osiris Technical Systems
7
Many goods today have radio tags attached to them,

Microwave point to point radio planning: a look at the

diversity schemes for improved availability and reliability

Session D
r Derek Nitch Chief Technical Officer, Poynting Holdings Ltd
8
MIMO (multiple-input and multiple-output), is a new buzz

Rachelson Managing Director, Beyond Wireless Technology

This case study will explore how assets and equipment can be remotely
case monitored using the GSM network with a live demonstration of a cloud
study based solution.
The presentation will feature practical considerations such as:
GSM technology (international connectivity issues, APNs, types of
contract, technology whats coming and whats becoming obsolete)
Application online demonstration of remote monitoring over
internet (functionality including alarm logic with layers, delays,
hysteresis etc.)
Benefits of SaaS and Cloud predictive maintenance
Business benefits of this kind of wireless solution
Device certification (international comparison)
3

2.00pm

Session P
eter Pedrick Chief Executive Officer, ViaTech
6
In the past, it was necessary to use multiple

allowing for the

coding of information. This is a very dynamic area of growth which is
becoming increasingly complex with a broader operating range. The use
of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is gaining traction in many
fields and is now almost ubiquitous in a wide array of applications. The
principles behind RFID will be explained and examples of applications
in asset management, service and maintenance, safety and logistics
will be highlighted. The current regulatory environment in South Africa
will also be discussed and examples of RFID readers and tags will be
available to view and test. Both active and passive RFID will be
discussed as well examples of applications in various fields including
mining, manufacturing, logistics and other fields.

4.00pm

Kgomotso

Setlhapelo Telecommunications Engineer, Eskom

Diversity schemes refer to methods that may be employed by microwave
radio link planners to improve the reliability and availability of, and in some
cases, counter the effects of fading. The most frequently used schemes
include frequency diversity, and space diversity. Although equipment
redundancy (hot standby) is not a diversity scheme since it does not result
in diversity gain, the merits of equipment redundancy, with respect to
increasing reliability and availability will also be discussed.

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What role do antennas play in a MIMO system?

word in the
communications fraternity. What is it, how does it work? What role do
antennas play in a technology that uses MIMO? These are fundamental
concepts that anyone working in the Wi-Fi or cellular industries should
understand. This presentation will cover the basic characteristics of
antennas (such as gain, directivity, polarization, diversity, VSWR and so
on) and show how these attributes play a role in MIMO-based
technologies such as 802.11n and LTE.

Closing - 4.45pm
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All conference papers are reviewed and selected for

their high quality and technical value by our panel of
specialists experienced in the theory and practice
of radio communications technology.

Conference Day Two - 27 th November 2014

8.30am
Session
9

LTE/4G: emergence of powerful business models for fixed

wireless data using outdoor antenna(s
Dr

Andr Fourie Chief Executive Officer, Poynting Holdings Ltd

Most cellular or mobile wireless system business models have

key historically focussed on handsets, smartphones and other mobile

note terminals such as those used in vehicle tracking. Several technology

12.15pm
1.15pm
Session
13

drivers are appearing, which are driving a fast growing market for
business models and offerings using mobile data for fixed stationary
data applications. This presentation will discuss and explain some of
these, and demonstrate the scope, growth and business opportunities
both in offering such services, but more importantly, the business
opportunities in integration, equipment supply, novel services and quite
simply, the benefits of using this unconventional approach to mobile
data networks and technologies.
9.30am
Session
10

Future is coming white space technology trials in

South Africa
Albert Lysko Principal Researcher, Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR); Chairman for South African IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter

White space refers to the frequency bands allocated to some users but
unused in specific localities for certain periods of time and thus
available for reuse by other applications. South Africa and CSIR are
actively involved in white space technology development and testing,
including a geo-location spectrum database, a large trial completed and
another being carried out. In one of the trials, ten schools with some
9000 users in Cape Town have been provided broadband Internet using
TV frequency bands in UHF. CSIR also developed a geo-location
spectrum database to manage the white spaces. The talk discusses
results and possibilities available with the white space technology.
10.15am
10.45am
Session
11

11.30am

2.00pm
Session
14

Morning Tea
Design and application of wireless networks for
temperature sensing
Terry

Cousins Director, TLC Engineering

Measurement and recording of temperature is a common process
requirement. The installation of cables between sensors and the
measurement system can however pose many challenges which has
led to an increasing use of wireless sensor networks (WSN). There are
however a number of design and application trade-offs which need to
be considered to ensure reliable operation within the given constraints.
This paper will present case studies demonstrating the design and
application of wireless sensor networks for distributed temperature
sensing. This paper will be of interest to equipment designers,
consultants as well as plant and maintenance personnel.

Dr

Stephen Michelson Sagittar Communication Solutions

This presentation will discuss:
Inter-comparison of microwave radio and IP radio technologies and how
each technology affects end-user voice quality
Microwave Radio Solutions: licensed band and license-free bands (regulatory overview EIRP constraints for different bands, Transmit Receive
duplex spacing, frequency band options etc.)
Radio link design: "link availability" to predict link annual outage time
Design Trade-offs: throughput speed/frequency, bandwidth/frequency,
band/latency/ethernet frame size/TDM (STM1, E1s), antenna heights/
tower heights/link distances/diversity loss
Co-channel and adjacent-channel interference how interference affects maximum achievable throughputs and link distance
An overview of typical microwave radio architectures: Radio Solution Redundancy Ring, 1+1 Hot Standby, 1+1 Space Diversity, 1+1 Frequency
Diversity

Application of existing communication technologies to

realise cost effective remote management and control
Johan

Pretorius Owner, GSM Systems

Communication technologies available today will drastically change the
way we manage and control our world. Using these communication
technologies, we will control, measure and manage our devices and
systems located anywhere in the world directly from our mobile phones
and tablets. At first the focus will be on gathering data and enabling
remote control. The focus will shift from pure data gathering to effective
filtering and presentation of remote data in a form to ease management
and control. This paper will touch on these various technologies, and
present some models to be utilised in the realising of cost effective remote
control and measurement systems. Some examples of existing applications
will also be shared.

Morning Tea

3.15pm

Spectrum management

Session J
annie Rykaart Manager Sales & Marketing, LS Telcom
15
The ITU highlights the need for radio frequency spectrum

and national
spectrum management as the result of societys increasing use of radiobased technologies; and the tremendous opportunities for social development
that these technologies provide. Radio spectrum is a finite, albeit invaluable
resource. It is thus imperative that this resource is managed properly. The
benefits of managing spectrum properly, but equally so, the result of
improper spectrum management can have significant consequences for a
country. The components of a comprehensive spectrum management
system will be discussed, as well as the critical importance of a dynamic link
between spectrum management and spectrum monitoring. Industry best
practices and challenges will also be discussed.

Mobile trunked radio for Karoo astronomy reserve

4.00pm

Wireless technologies applications in farms, for farmers

Session G
eoffrey Chalungumana Engineering Project Consultant
16
The convergence of technologies and the advent of digital technology have

given birth to various wireless technologies with a wider panorama

application. This panorama includes the farm and the farmer. The farming
concept has over the years mutated into serious sophisticated business,
resulting in the evolution of many wireless technologies that are a necessity
for the farmer to manage and administer his farm, with reasonable
expected efficiency and profitability. This presentation elucidates some of
the wireless technologies addressing general communication, labour
attendance and accountability, monitoring, command, and control.

Sponsorship Opportunities
Representing your business at the Radio Comms Conference will
provide you the opportunity to reach key decision makers from a
multitude of industries. For more information on sponsorship and
exhibition opportunities please contact IDC Technologies via email
conferences@idc-online.com.

Inter-repeater backhaul radio link design: how to design

and achieve best-quality voice for end users

2.45pm

Session S
elaelo Matlhane Spectrum & Alternative Telecoms Manager, Square
Kilometre Array (SKA) Project South Africa
12

To protect the radio astronomy telescopes MeerKAT and SKA through the
AGA Act, astronomy friendly alternative telecommunications services
must be deployed. Alternative communication solutions must be financially
and technically viable, and sustainable. Trunked mobile radio
(Radiotelephone) systems that offer Karoo dwellers the mobile voice and
data services operating outside SKA frequency range will be deployed. The
Karoo trunked radio technology will be used by the farming community
having strong interest with one another. The trunked radio network will
also be interconnected to the public telecommunication network to allow
the Karoo farming communities in the astronomy reserve to receive calls
and make calls to the cellular phones and fixed telephone networks.

Lunch

4.45pm

Closing Address

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Workshop 1: 8.30am - 12.00pm (Including Morning Tea Break)
From 2G to 5G the mobile broadband (r)evolution
Mobile networks have evolved from voice-centric telephony systems into feature-rich broadband
data delivery platforms, and they are now so ubiquitous that they are increasingly being used for
applications that were traditionally the domain of dedicated radio networks. Looking at
developments in Africa and worldwide, this workshop provides an overview of the development
from 2G to 3G and 4G systems, including the mainstream mobile technologies such as GSM, UMTS/
HSPA and LTE, contrasting them with CDMA-2000, WiFi and WiMAX, highlighting strengths and
weaknesses of the different technologies and discussing convergence between them. It also offers
a glimpse at what 5G may look like, which is expected to become commercially available in 2020.

Your Presenter: Peter Lange Senior Analyst Africa, BuddeComm

Peter Lange has over 20 years experience in various sectors of the telecommunications
industry worldwide. He has worked with network operators and service providers,
governments and industry regulators, technology vendors, new start-ups, law firms and
financial institutions. His range of expertise includes business modelling and strategic
planning, project and product management, market research, analysis and forecasting.
Peter has also developed various training programs and trained staff of telecom
companies worldwide.

Workshop 2: 1.00pm - 4.30pm (Including Afternoon Tea Break)

LTE Technical essentials of 4G networks with reference to future trends,
business models, application areas and growth in wireless data
LTE and other 4G technologies have several dramatic differences and advantages compared to
existing standards. A brief overview of Orthogonal Frequency Divisions Multiplexing (OFDM) will be
given, starting from mathematical and signal processing basics, to aspects of modulation and air
interface issues to consider in LTE. The workshop will discuss how these features differ and compare
to older standards, using FDD/TDD data frame organisation and implementation examples.
Propagation planning and the role of multi-path and MIMO antenna systems will also be discussed.
The workshop will feature indoor and outdoor performance of LTE with actual measurements and
comparisons of real live systems, and explore what the Wireless Data world will look like in 3-5 years
from user, devices, application, network operators and network equipment suppliers and integrators.

Your Presenter: Dr Andr Fourie Chief Executive Officer, Poynting Holdings Ltd
Andr graduated with a B.Sc. Eng (Elec) in 1985 and received a Ph.D. in 1991 from Wits
University. Andr was appointed as Research Officer in 1986 at Wits and became Assistant
Professor in 2001. He resigned from academia in 2005 after lecturing the final year
antenna course for eighteen years. Andr was author and co-author of around 50
academic papers and 4 books on antennas and computational EM.

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