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Capturing the Promise of Rural
Telecom with Software Radio
Where software meets the spectrum
A little bit of satellite goes a long way
Marty Gilbert
Vanu Inc.
617-864-1711
www.vanu.com
Steve Yablonski
Globecomm Systems Inc
631-231-9800
www.globecommsystems.com
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Rural Carrier Challenges
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 New wireless standards and services are being introduced at
a faster pace creating tough decisions for rural carriers:
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• Buy or build multiple dedicated infrastructures; or
• Risk losing revenues and market share to competing carriers
 Who is being challenged?
• Rural wireless carriers who want to add standards, extend
coverage or introduce new services
• Rural operators (wireless & wireline) with mobile spectrum,
evaluating build-out options
• Public safety and first-responder
organizations serving rural regions
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Imagine a mobile network that…
 Scales CAPEX to match the rural
revenue opportunity
 Is optimized for low-density and
geographically-challenged markets
 Costs less to run over the long-term
 Makes it possible to quickly add new
revenue-generating standards and
services without replacing legacy systems
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The power of combined technologies
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Flexible, cost-effective, end-to-end solution that:
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Significantly lowers upfront capital and ongoing operating expenses
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Supports multiple standards with a single infrastructure
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Software Radio vs Traditional Cellular Infrastructure
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 Traditional Cellular Equipment Manufacturers
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• Designs depend heavily on dedicated digital signal processors
(DSPs) or field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) with each
wireless standard developed in low-level embedded code tied
to a particular processor and board, thereby creating “hardware
lock-in”
• Each new wireless standard requires a new set of unique
hardware
 Software Radio
• All signal processing functions are implemented in portable
high-level code, utilizing general purpose, processors running
on standard operating system, resulting in no hardware lock-in
• One set of hardware accommodates all wireless standards,
enabling cellular base stations to simultaneously operate
multiple standards on a single network
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Software Radio Advantages
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Simultaneous operation of multiple standards on a single platform
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Uses an open standards approach to hardware
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GSM, CDMA, etc operating within a single base station at the same time
Reduces site rental & utility costs reduced due to less hardware
Reduces backhaul costs through sharing of IP-based backhaul links
across multiple standards
Reduces admin & maintenance costs through managing a single system
Dynamic reallocation of traffic channels between wireless standards
Off-the-shelf servers avoid “hardware lock-in” & ensures abundant sources
Full range of platforms from cost-effective, high volume servers to highreliability, environmentally tolerant systems
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Enables the operator to tailor call capacity per cell site- don’t over-buy
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Delivers improved price-performance over time (Moore’s Law)
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Reduces cell site visits and speeds time-to-market
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New wireless standards and system capacity can be added via remote
software downloads from a central location
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Software Radio vs. Traditional Solutions
• Software Radio reduces CAPEX & OPEX costs with each new technology added to
the network
• Off-the-shelf processing provides flexibility as to the amount of capacity per site
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(Higher capacity)
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• Multi-standards operating simultaneously in each base station… GSM, CDMA & more
• Off-the-shelf, non-proprietary servers ensure ongoing price-performance improvements 7
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Software Radio Architecture
Vanu’s open hardware approach enables faster deployments while future-proofing
the network for remote additions of new standards and additional capacity.
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Managed Network Services
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Comprehensive hosted switch service (CDMA and GSM) using
Globecomm’s MSC to start up or expand service
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Complete service provisioning, switching and routing, billing,
roaming, termination, including least-cost long-distance
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Advanced services
including voicemail,
SMS and data
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Roaming and
advanced services
controlled by switch,
which integrates
seamlessly into the
carrier’s OSS
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Managed Network Services (Cont’d)
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Customer’s Cellular Network
GSI Teleport & NOC
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VAS Servers
MSC
Server
Satellite
Gateway
(Prepaid Billing)
(SMS)
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IP
Network
(Voicemail)
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Internet
Gateway
Customer’s Base Stations
Network
Management
System
Internet
E1/T1
Roaming
Networks
SS7 /
PSTN
Mediagateway
IP
Network
Mediagateway
E1/T1
Local
PSTN
PLMN
Local Network
Management
System
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Globecomm’s Solution
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 SatCell technology
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• Demand-assigned network technology developed to optimize
mobile signaling, voice and data traffic as IP via satellite
• Dramatic reduction in satellite or wired bandwidth needed to
connect base stations
• Uses hybrid architecture customized to network’s traffic
volumes and patterns to prioritize traffic, dynamically share
bandwidth among base stations, and deploy higher-order
modulation as needed
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SatCell Advantages
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Hosted Mobile Switching Center enables network startup or
expansion without purchasing a switch
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Per-subscriber per-month cost scales to revenue growth
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IP-based network optimization technology provides the lowest
backhaul cost for low-density and geographically isolated markets
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Hosted switch can also provide overlay to existing network
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Deploy new services across a legacy network without wholesale
replacement of equipment at cell sites
Gain additional revenues
Provide automatic business continuity protection
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Interfaces with all major switching, BSS and base station systems
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Includes 24x7 network monitoring, management and ongoing
optimization as traffic grows
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Imagine a mobile network that…
Scales CAPEX to match the rural revenue opportunity
 Software Radio
• Prevents over-buying at each cell site and low volume
incremental expansion as required
• Reduces hardware costs by avoiding “lock in” to proprietary
systems
• Uses the latest technology from multiple vendors, gaining the
best price-performance
 Managed Network Services
• Provides complete hosted switching service, permitting deferral
of investment in Mobile Switching Center
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Imagine a mobile network that…
Is optimized for low-density and geographically
challenged markets
 Software Radio
• Remote software downloads reduce cell site visits
• Efficient IP-based backhaul shares traffic across all standards
 Managed Network Services
• Award-winning optimization technology dramatically reduces
bandwidth requirements for signaling and backhaul traffic
• Continuous circuit optimization scales cost downward as traffic
volume increases
• Satellite-connected base stations provide service regardless of
local wireline infrastructure
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Imagine a mobile network that…
Costs less to run over the long term
 Software Radio
• Reduces site rental and utility costs
• Multi-standards per cell site reduces maintenance costs
• Remote re-allocation of capacity per cell site reduces truck rolls
 Managed Network Services
• Optimization reduces bandwidth costs
• Managed transition to terrestrial backhaul as traffic volumes
cross threshold
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Imagine a mobile network that…
Makes it possible to add revenue-generating standards
and services without replacing legacy systems
 Software Radio
• Creates a single, “future-proof” platform for all standards
• New standards added and updated via remote software
downloads, with no site visit or additional technical support
 Managed Network Services
• Hosted switch and installation of satellite-connected base
stations can add roaming, messaging and other advanced
services without disruption to existing network
• Overlay network automatically provides business continuity
protection
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Case Study: Mid-Tex Cellular
Background:
• 8,000 square miles of coverage w/100K POPs
• Mid-Tex wanted a multi-standard system that could
increase roaming revenues
• Migrated analog subscribers to GSM voice & GPRS
data using 35 Vanu sites
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The Challenge:
Legacy Nortel
base station
• Cost-effectively migrate existing analog
subscribers to GSM while providing a
migration path to future standards
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The Solution:
Server
• 80K calls / day; 4.1M MOUs /month
• GSM roaming with T-Mobile & Cingular
• CDMA upgrade using a Globecomm CDMA
hosted switch
• CDMA roaming with Verizon & Alltel
RF components
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Case Study: GCI Communication
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Background:
• Alaska’s largest telecommunications firm,
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providing local, long distance, wireless, cable TV &
Internet services
• Deploying a Vanu/Globecomm solution to bring
wireless communications to over 200 remotely
located villages across the state
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The Challenge:
• A cost-effective Greenfield solution for remotely
The Solution:
• Deploy Vanu’s GSM Software Radio
at each cell site with the ability to add
CDMA & future standards
• Capacity can be increased or moved
to other sites remotely via software
downloads
• Globecomm’s IP satellite backhaul
• Micro MSC at each site for local
calling with satellite back-up
located cell sites
• Capability to enable a cost-effective migration to
new technologies
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Solutions for multiple environments
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 Adding a new standard to an existing network
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• Avoid investment in an MSC
• Support all wireless standards in the same frequency band on
the same RF hardware
• Continue adding new standards through remote software
downloads
 Extending existing coverage
• Add new sites capable of supporting any wireless standard – all
via remote software downloads
• Benefit from high-efficiency IP network for call signaling, voice
and data traffic
• Provide call signaling and backhaul to new sites via terrestrial
circuit or satellite links, which can be the lowest-cost option for
low-density and geographically isolated sites
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Solutions for multiple environments (Cont’d)
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 Greenfield site and network builds
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• Equip new sites with the capability to operate multiple standards
• Defer investment in MSC and terrestrial backhaul until traffic
volumes justify it
• Generate profitable growth faster
 Mobile cell sites
• Vehicle-mounted cell sites with high-efficiency satellite signaling
and backhaul
• Ideal for temporary venues, disaster recovery and public safety
applications
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The Vanu/Globecomm Solution
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Operator Business Challenge
VANU / GLOBECOMM Advantage
Unique hardware required for each standard
Shared hardware in same frequency band
Custom hardware creates vendor lock-in
Off-the-shelf hardware ensures multiple vendor sources
System expansions area based on old designs
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Open standards hardware ensures price-performance
improvements
Unique MSC investment per technology
Hosted switch solution can be provided if desired
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Channel cards require that you stock inventory
& buy more than you need
Capacity on-demand means you buy only what you need,
when you need it…with no stock (software downloads)
“Overbuying” system capacity upfront
Tailored site capacity, fractional carrier availability & dynamic
channel allocation
Excessive time & cost to deploy new services
Remote software downloads from a single location
Costly site visits to add system capacity
Capacity on-demand via remote software downloads
Limited rack space to add new standards
Small off-the-shelf servers house all wireless standards
Dedicated backhaul costs for each standard
One IP backhaul for multi-standards in a single BTS
Environmentally-challenged site locations
Remote software downloads reduce the need for site visits
Ongoing site maintenance update costs
Remote system management & monitoring
Duplicate hardware increases utilities
Shared hardware reduces utilities
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CAPEX
OPEX
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Thank You!
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