Phase Ready?

There are still a few places available for Chronos PhaseReady events taking place next week:

Tuesday 17 November - Sheraton, Stockholm
Thursday 19 November - Radisson Blu Royal, Copenhagen

The  Agenda is available here.

Register now if you are planning, or working towards the rollout of LTE-TDD or LTE-A services, and join our industry experts to discuss both the challenges and solutions available to enable you to deliver microsecond phase to the Network Edge in a manageable and supportable way.

The Agenda is now finalised covering topics such as Preparing for Phase Delivery and Operating your Phase Network.  Join us at our free events in Stockholm on 17 November and Copenhagen on19 November to discuss your phase synchronisation requirements.

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Supporting phase at the edge of your network is not just a technological challenge. Employing the right technologies in the right places - from the core to the edge of your network – is essential to ensure an available and economically supportable phase delivery network. Chronos' experienced team can ensure that network infrastructure is fit for phase and deliver the tools and services necessary for you to deliver phase wherever and whenever you need it.

Chronos is hosting PhaseReady 2015 events "Supporting your Network Phase" in Stockholm on Tuesday 17 November and Copenhagen on Thursday 19 November 2015.

Join experts from Chronos, Microsemi and Transmode at these free events to assist you with your phase challenges.  Agenda topics include “Delivering Resilient Phase Synchronisation in Transport Networks” and “Phase Synchronisation and Beyond”.

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Supporting phase at the edge of your network is not just a technological challenge. Employing the right technologies in the right places in your network - from the core to the edge - will be needed to ensure an available and economically supportable phase delivery network. Chronos' experienced team can ensure that network infrastructure is fit for phase and deliver the tools and services necessary for you to deliver phase wherever and whenever you need it. Chronos is hosting PhaseReady 2015 Summit "Supporting your Network Phase" at Kings Place, London Wednesday 3 June. Reserve your place now.

Dramatically reducing the cost of supporting time-alignment in wireless networks including TDD and LTE-A                                                   

Chronos Technology, a global expert in time, timing, phase and monitoring systems, and Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analogue and mixed-signal semiconductors, are pleased to announce that they have developed a range of managed solutions which will reduce the transition to time or phase alignment in today’s advanced wireless networks where technologies such as LTE TDD and LTE-A will require more than just simple frequency alignment.

IEEE 1588-2008 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) has become well established as the leading technology for providing frequency, phase and time-of-day synchronisation over packet-based networks. However, deploying PTP-capable equipment in legacy networks can be highly disruptive and a prohibitively expensive upgrade in many cases. The range of managed solutions from the Chronos/Semtech partnership will address this issue enabling accurate delivery of time/phase, protect from GPS vulnerabilities and allow network monitoring. More>>

Wednesday 11 June 2014, 11:50 at London ExCel

Steve Newcombe of Chronos is participating in the Panel Discussion: Time and Timing Distribution for Small Cells at the Small Cells Backhaul Summit at 11:50 hours on 11 June.  Topics include the latest developments in timing standards and what this means for small cells; how timing equipment affects the network architecture; ToD sync methodologies in cellular networks; strategies for delivering ToD accuracy at low cost in LTE and small cell networks.

Chronos’ extensive practical experience in deploying industrial grade GPS systems, traditional synchronisation networks and current research with indoor UTC traceable time using the new eLoran technology has helped us to understand the real challenges operators face as they move to deployment of LTE-A services.  Phase synchronisation between macro and small cells must be achieved if key services such as eICIC and CoMP are to operate effectively and reliably.  Chronos is now offering a new range of services designed to help network operators assess and prepare their networks for these new challenges as they prepare to rollout LTE-A services.

Chris Roberts, Strategic Marketing Manager at Chronos said, “Achieving precise phase performance at the edge of complex networks now requires planners and installers to have knowledge of Radio Frequency (RF) engineering. Anyone can install a cable from a GPS antenna to a Grandmaster clock to enable a green LED to light but it is far harder to find contractors with the RF engineering skills to ensure it will operate as expected in large scale, complex networks. Chronos has this experience; come and talk to us.”

With the explosion of HetNets and Small Cells as solutions to the problem of ever-increasing demand for mobile services, the Synchronisation MasterClass now includes updated sections covering phase and time synchronisation - valuable tools in Network Operators' strategies to manage and integrate these new nodes into their existing networks, enabling rapid deployment of 4G-and-beyond services. 

Chronos is preparing to attend Alcatel-Lucent’s SReXperts event being held 3-6 June in Prague. Chronos will share with Alcatel’s invited guests its experiences in helping operators, manufacturers and system integrators prepare networks to support Phase. 

As delegates heard at our recent Phase Ready event held in London, Phase is not only required for TDD technology but also for small cell deployment and other applications riding over FDD technology.  Chronos is already supporting operators as they execute active internal projects to make their networks “Phase Ready”.

Chronos has assisted many fixed and mobile operators prepare for supporting frequency synchronisation over Ethernet/IP networks using PTP and now that very same PTP deployment is expected to support the delivery of Phase to the network edge.   Our customers need to determine what is the most efficient, technical and cost-effective way to characterise their current PTP deployment so they can determine what changes, if any, are required to support Phase in their network.

Chronos will demonstrate the engineering and operational tools available to help the vendor selection process, system deployment and the on-going operational support of PTP within networks whether it is to deliver frequency or Phase.

If you are attending the SReXperts event and wish to meet Chronos staff please contact your Alcatel-Lucent account team direct or Chronos.

Presentations from the Chronos 'Is your Network Phase Ready?' event held at Kings Place, London on 8 May 2013 are now available to download.  Authors include Simon Saunders - Real Wireless; Martin Kingston - EE; Chris Farrow and Chris Roberts - Chronos Technology.

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