Transcript Town of Blacksburg

Net@EDU
Annual Member Meeting
Wireless/ICS Joint Member
Meeting
February 6, 2005
Tempe, Arizona
Town of Blacksburg, VA
Wireless Data Infrastructure Needs,
Citizens Telephone Cooperative and
Flarion Overview
Town of Blacksburg
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Population 41,000 people
Internationally diverse, world-class
research university
Four distinct seasons, rural character
Pedestrian oriented town
Highly educated individuals
Blacksburg Employment Centers
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Service
Retail
Commercial
Industry
Corporate Research Center
Technology based companies
High-tech, “clean” industries
Three commercial centers
Town of Blacksburg
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Blacksburg Electronic Village: the
nation’s first wired community…
…now desire to create a “wireless”
community!
Southwest Virginia Broadband
Market
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“Digital divide:” Urban and rural
Most connected and poorly served
Lack of broadband options available
Public-private partnership to improve
service and foster continued
advancement
RFP671-04
Currently Under Review
RFP: Wireless Data Infrastructure
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Strategic “partnerships”
Service arrangements
Exchange or sale of assets
Franchises, joint ventures
Assets include water tanks, other structures
Complement the town’s strengths
Long-term relationship
Improve infrastructure of the region
Requirements
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Develop wireless infrastructure and
offer services
Businesses
Residents
Educational Institutions
Local Government
Police, Fire and Rescue
What is Needed for Public
Safety Requirements?
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Protect against interference
Assign priority status
Support faster file transfer (VoIP, video,
multimedia, maps, GPS)
Eliminate delay for effective file transfer
Provide at low-cost
Market Trials/Deployments
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Cellular One of Amarillo
Initial deployment 100 square miles
1.9 Ghz band
Aloha Partners
Mid-2005 Top 100 Market Trial
700 Mhz band
Improved in-building signal quality
Government of the District of Columbia,
Office of the Chief Technology Officer
Nation’s first high-speed wireless public safety
network using 700 MHz band
Market Trials/Deployments
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Nextel Broadband Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill
1300 square mile area, 150 cell sites
Serves 3800 users
Citizens Telephone Cooperative
Plans initial 700 MHz band deployment
Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Va Tech
Mid-2005: Pending FCC authorization
Flarion Technologies
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Broadband voice and data
LAN-like performance
Enterprise-class security
Cellular environment
The speed of broadband, the mobility of
cellular, at the price of cable.
Affordable IP Mobile Broadband
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Unique benefits for Public Safety,
Government, Education, Business and
Residential users
Supports needed IP applications
including VoiP, Video and VPNs
Low Latency
3 Mbps
It’s not just about data rate…
144 kbps
14 kbps
Rate
Delay
WAP, CellularSpecific Apps
Multimedia
Enterprise/VPN
email,
File Transfer
1 second
Video-conferencing
Web Browsing,
mCommerce
250 msec
Multi-user Games,
VoIP, TCP
…it’s about packet delay
50 msec
End User Wireless Equipment
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Flarion wireless PCMCIA card, CompactFlash Card or desktop wireless modem
Wi-Fi card for access to WLAN
Multi-mode devices may become
available later…
…Support combinations of Flarion
FLASH OFDM, Wi-Fi, GSM, PCS and
VoIP
Public Safety and Security
Network and Applications
Mobile Unit: Identification
Wireless
Call Box
Mobile Unit: Surveillance
Mobile Unit
Access
Modems
Flarion
RadioRouter
Flarion
Mobile WAN
Third-party Applications
Mobile
Devices
Command Ct
Dispatch
Mobile Unit:
Vehicle Location
IP Cameras:
Signaling & Surveillance
Class of Service
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FLASH OFDM can support Class of Service
Differentiate Public Safety/Emergency
Services
Each airlink uniquely encrypted
16 priority levels
Priority levels assigned by data type and user
source
Low latency supports VoIP and other TCP/IP
applications
Key features of Flarion System
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Broadband and Interactive
- Downlink peak data rate 3.2 Mbps
(Average 1.0-1.5 Megabits per second)
- Uplink peak data rate 900 Kbps
(Average 300-500 Kilobits per second)
- Packet latency as low as 50
milliseconds
Key Features (cont.)
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Always-On
- Seamless wide area coverage
- Vehicular mobility
- IP-based mobility
IP-based
- No changes to IP network, host
device, applications or content
- Leverage IP infrastructure
Flarion Product Portfolio
Note: Devices not
depicted to scale
Network
Terminals
Chipsets /
Licenses
*Third Party Device
RadioRouter®
Base Station
Wireless
Network Card
FlashView™
Element
Manager
(OSS/BSS)
CompactFlash
Card
FLR 2500
Mobile Broadband
Chipset
FLR 200D ASIC
FLR 500A ASIC
Desktop
Modem
Embedded
Device*
Phone*
BOM & Design
FDK 2500 Design & Reference Kit
For planning and informational purposes only. Not intended to modify or supplement any agreements or warranties.
Cell Capacity
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Up to 3 sectors per cell
One carrier per sector supporting
3Mbps each
Total of 9 Mbps full-duplex, per cell
Data “burst” speeds of about 3 Mbps
down and 1 Mbps up
Average latency less than 50
milliseconds
Cell Capacity
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Supports about 64 simultaneous VoIP
calls per sector
Supports up to 1000 connected data
users per sector
Assumes they are not all sending data
at once...
“The Business Case”
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Licensed Cellular Spectrum
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Network cost
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Flarion works in cellular spectrum, 400MHz to 3.6GHz
Working solutions: 700MHz, 800, 1.9GHz, 2.1 and 2.5GHz
Uses 1.25MHz channels, FDD
Cost per Pop of $5-7 (nationwide) for RadioRouters and edge gear,
using existing cell sites and backhaul.
Mobile Broadband Services
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Broadband IP services + VoiP
QoS and Service Level Agreements
Multicast support for video, gaming and music entertainment
DSL pricing
Whitepaper
Contacts
John Nichols
Virginia Tech
Information Technology Manager
[email protected]
540-231-4336
 Richard Hach
Virginia Tech
Associate Director, Network Administration
[email protected]
540-231-3638
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