2009 BICSI Winter Conference

sCHedule 9-10a.m. Concurrent sessions (choose one) additional bandwidth to the gaming floor. Learn firsthand the unique drivers, requirements and solutions for this bandwidth-intensive facility, from the data center, to the gaming floors, to the race track. One such innovative solution was the installation of the 15 IDFs directly under the gaming floor to maximize cabling access for moves, adds and changes without impacting gaming activity. The Hollywood Casino backbone truly demonstrates the value of a converged structured cabling infrastructure supporting data, video and wireless communications on a large scale. 1 CEC – NTS, WD, ITS Installer/Technician Facility managers face an increasingly challenging set of wireless requirements. End users have come to depend on their cell phones, PDAs and other wireless devices, and they rely on them to work both indoors and outside. This session will focus on best practices for ensuring reliable, future-proof wireless coverage throughout a facility. q “Wireless security and surveillance— Challenge or opportunity?” Mike Intag, Firetide, Los Gatos, California 1 CEC – NTS, WD, ITS Installer/Technician This presentation will deliver insights into technology, design and deployment issues facing systems integrators, consultants, security directors and law enforcement professionals when implementing a wireless network to secure business operations, improve situational awareness and protect property, employees and the public. Using real-world examples based on projects for municipalities, police departments and commercial and industrial facilities, this presentation will provide an understanding of how to use wireless technology to cover areas that have been previously cost-prohibitive or impractical to cover with a wired network. Other areas of discussion include how to reduce time required for permitting process and installation and ways to deliver temporary and remote monitoring for special events, construction projects or until a permanent system can be installed. Attendees will also receive answers to other key issues, such as steps to ensure successful network design, deployment and management, keys wireless technologies available and how to pick the right one for the job and integration with wired networks. q sources of Revenue for Premise “new Cable Installation and Maintenance Companies,” Peter Schweiger, Agilent Technologies, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada q “Connection and Protection for Comm/ data and CCTV networks,” Eric Sadler, Porta Systems Corporation, Syosset, New York 1 CEC – NTS, ITS Installer/Technician In an economic downturn, cable installation and maintenance companies look for ways to set themselves apart, win more business and generate new sources of revenue. This presentation will show cabling installers how to make money by turning up and auditing networks for their customers, as well as help maintain and troubleshoot networks and services. 1 CEC – NTS, OSP, WD, ITS Installer/Technician This presentation describes the hazards of electrical surges to communication and security networks and then covers the ways in which one would provide protection from such surges. q “ensuring Fiber optic system Performance,” Tyler Vander Ploeg, JDSU, Mill Creek, Washington q “Converged Communications in a large Civic arena: a Case study,” Brad Baxter, RCDD, NTS, OSP, WD, BAXSYS, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma 1 CEC – OSP, ITS Installer/Technician Fiber optic connectors are common throughout the enterprise network as they give you the power to add, drop, move and change the network. At the same time, they are also the weakest link in any fiber system as they are highly susceptible to contamination, which is the number one cause of troubleshooting in optical networks. Debris particles on a connector end face can prevent the transmission of light, cause costly downtime and lead to permanent network damage. This presentation teaches how proper methods for inspection, cleaning, connecting and testing can greatly reduce network degradations and outages to optimize performance of an optical network. 10-10:30 a.m. Break 10:30-11:30 a.m. Concurrent sessions (choose one) 1 CEC – NTS, ITS Installer/Technician Just as Cesar Pelli’s glass and stainless exterior wall petals spiral into the center of the iconic Tulsa Regional Events and Convention Center, communications converge onto its simple, yet dynamic, adaptable core network. This case study examines the challenges and the analysis and synthesis of adaptive solutions utilized to provide cost-effective network transport of the center’s data, voice, cable television, digital signage, security and surveillance, ATM, broadcaster and contract services information—all within budget. q “Gaming and Racing Casino Hits jackpot with 10 Gigabit ethernet,” n William Haynes, Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, Grantville, Pennsylvania n ichael Raiser, Michael Raiser Associates, M Inc., Wayne, New Jersey 1 CEC – NTS, WD, ITS Installer/Technician Shielded copper and laser-optimized 50 µm multimode fiber form the 10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone of the new $350 million Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, PA. This 10-Gigabit backbone handles today’s gaming data and video traffic for 270 banks of slot machines over the 365,000 square foot Hollywood Casino and is ready for future technologies such as downloadable and customized gaming that will drive the need for q “Cabling Infrastructure for Green Buildings,” Paulo Marin, Paulo Marin Consultoria, São Paulo, Brazil 1 CEC – ITS Installer/Technician This presentation will discuss and propose cabling strategies that may be addressed to contribute for overall building LEED certification according to the USGBC LEED ratings. These q Ins and outs of Wireless: Preparing “The the next Generation Wireless Facility,” Lou Martinage, MobileAccess, Vienna, Virginia

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