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NREN’s Business Model for Wireless
Maurice van den Akker
Team Manager Mobility SURFnet
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Our Mission statement
Researchers, instructors, and students
work together simply and effectively
with the aid of ICT
High Quality Education and Research
• 10 Gbit/s connection is default, Lightpaths
• Closed community network: safe & trusted
• No filtering, transparent network
• No datalimits
• Flexibility
• State-of-Art services
Figure: Cees de Laat, 2005
Learn and research with your own devices
Blended Learning becoming easier
This is NOT mobile education!
Reachers have specific demands for the network. Also
mobile
So, what’s the holy grail then?
learn and research
any time,
any place,
any device
seamless
Seamless @ physical
DAS
Physical layer divided in blocks
Auctions: 3.8 Billion euro’s in NL
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Seamless mobile education and researching
features...
Physical
Network
AAI
Application
Economical
• Handovers between all types of radio cells
• Efficient spectrum usage
• Integrated IP network
• Secure and integrated AAI infrastructure
• Use Your Own Devices and switch between them
• Business case for institutes + preventing bill shock
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- Should NRENs focus on achieving high quality, seamless,
internet access for their users within the mobile/wireless
domain?
- What role?
Aspire study: NRENs need to prepare for
mass mobile connectivity
1. roll out eduroam as wide as possible
2. Work with providers to integrate Wi-Fi and LTE
3. Work on close integration of fixed and various wireless
technologies to provide a:
Secure, economic and transparent service irrespective of
location
4. Work closely with institutes to exploit capabilities within
primary edu&res process
Source: aspire study, 2012
How?? What we don’t have
What we do have
Scenario’s
0. NRENs only provide eduroam infrastructure (AAI)
1. NRENs focus on Wi-Fi
2. NRENs focus on LTE(-A)
3. NRENs focus on integration Wi-Fi and LTE
4. NRENs focus on mobile within primary process
Source: aspire study, 2012
Scenario's
0. NRENs only provide eduroam infrastructure (AAI)
1. NRENs focus on Wi-Fi
2. NRENs focus on LTE(-A)
3. NRENs focus on integration Wi-Fi and LTE
4. NRENs focus on mobile within primary process
Source: aspire study, 2012
Scenario 0: eduroam only
(NRENs perspective)
Positive Aspects
Low operational costs and risk
eduroam roaming concept copied by other
companies
Can have full focus, e.g. on fiber
infrastructure
Negative Aspects
Low income
Quality assurance of eduroam hard
Deliver expertise, form community
No interest in expertise through
outsourcing, other priorities ICT-staff
University budget will shift from fixed to
mobile (commercial companies) to keep
up with wireless demands:
• Less relevancy and funds left for
NREN
• eduroam brand might be conflicting
• Negative Impact on Quality education
and research
Scenario’s
0. NRENs only provide eduroam infrastructure (AAI)
1. NRENs focus on Wi-Fi
2. NRENs focus on LTE(-A)
3. NRENs focus on integration Wi-Fi and LTE
4. NRENs focus on mobile within primary process
Source: aspire study, 2012
Scenario 1: focus on Wi-Fi
What NRENs can do: 1.
Enable eduroam @ primary &
secondary education
2. Enable or procure eduroam @
public areas
3. Operate Centralized Wi-Fi
management
4. Operate Wi-Fi radio network @
campus
Scenario 1: Centralized Wi-Fi management
(NRENs perspective)
Positive Aspects
Economies of Scale: Institutes will shift
budget from operational Wi-Fi
management to NREN;
Quality assurance Wi-Fi & eduroam
Stronger band with institutes
Growing coverage
Better roaming (Wi-Fi)
Better opportunities to integrate with fixed
network
Negative Aspects
Higher operational work, costs, etc.
Hard to align heterogeneous networks,
proprietary equipment
Operational versus innovation role of
NREN
Potential high costs & bad service for 4G
outside eduroam areas
Scenario’s
0. NRENs only provide eduroam infrastructure (AAI)
1. NRENs focus on Wi-Fi
2. NRENs focus on LTE(-A)
3. NRENs focus on integration Wi-Fi and LTE
4. NRENs focus on mobile within primary process
Source: aspire study, 2012
Scenario 2/3: Incorporate LTE/4G
What NRENs
can do:
1. Integrate radius and IP infrastructure with
providers; switch authorized 4G traffic
towards campus VLAN
2. Research and develop session continuity
while roaming 4G <> Wi-Fi
3. Use power of demand aggregation
4. Become (full) MVNO with own MNC;
Europe-wide (GEANT) for challenge
roaming costs and technology
5. Start, follow or join existing 4G eduroam
trials together with institutes
6. Use white spaces (see report:
www.surfnet.nl/mobile)
Scenario 2/3: Incorporate LTE
(NRENs perspective)
Positive Aspects
Seamless roaming possible: anywhere,
anytime, any device
Budget shift from mobile subscriptions to
NREN;
In the lead for costs models
Start point to develop innovative “data
everywhere” NREN services
Negative Aspects
Necessary cooperation of Telco, national
governments, ITU
High operational costs due to sim card
and device provisioning
Risk of not fulfilling high expectations
Scenario’s
0. NRENs only provide eduroam infrastructure (AAI)
1. NRENs focus on Wi-Fi
2. NRENs focus on LTE(-A)
3. NRENs focus on integration Wi-Fi and LTE
4. NRENs focus on mobile within primary process
Source: aspire study, 2012
4. Focus on mobile within primary edu&res
process
What NRENs
can do:
1. Aggregate demand for mobile service
development for education & research
2. Organize contests to enable thinking
of mobile education and research.
“Outside the four walls”
3. Gather communities by organizing
workshops, summer schools, etc
Making the difference: the four mobile
pillars of the business model for NRENs
Excellent
wireless
campus
network
Safe and
trusted
wireless
access to
infra
Seamless
User
Experience
Affordable
connectivity
outdoor
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