Transcript The Status of National Mobile Services in Ireland

Recent mobility strategy
developments in HEAnet
Mike Norris
9th November 2011
Agenda
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HEAnet background, fixed network
Mobility Strategy v1
Intervening changes
Mobility Strategy v2
Highlights
Roles of NREN
Fibre network April 2008 (~2300km)
Galway Access Ring
NUIG Northern
Computer Room,
IDA Dangan
CoLo, Monlvea Road
NUIG ASSC Computer
Room 139
Open Learning Centre
NUIG M Ryan Institute
CAO
UCHG Clinical
Science Institute
GMIT Comms Room
GMIT Comms Room 924
Network Trends, since 1991
Status of Fixed Networks
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Dark Fibre
Bluenet, Rednet, Greennet...
IP, p2p
IPv4, IPv6
Campus LANs
– Multiple devices per person
E-Learning in HEAnet
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VLEs
Mobility
Student as a content provider
Context and location dependency
Apps for everything (including project outputs)
Wireless/Mobility Strategy
Mobility Strategy v1 (2008)
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NREN support for Education & Research
Ubiquitous service
eduroam deployment
3G service
- below market price
- pre-pay and contract
• No to WiFi off campus
• WiMax trials
• Engage with regulator
eduroam service
• Available in:
6 out of 8 universities
7 out of 13 institutes of technology
2 out of 4 other third-level institutions
3 other client institutions
• See http://www.eduroam.ie
• See also http://www.edugate.ie
as eduroam and Federation are loosely coupled
Subscriptions (million)
Mobile broadband growth
5 000
4 500
4 000
3 500
3 000
2 500
2 000
1 500
1 000
500
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Mobile PC
& Tablets
Handheld
devices
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
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2014
2015
2016
Mobile broadband growth
• Ericsson predict:
- the mobile traffic growth will be 60% CAGR in
the next five years
- number of smartphones to increase 5-fold…
- … and generated traffic 8-fold
- number of tablets to increase 10-fold…
- … and generated traffic 40-fold
Technology Trends
Short
Nationwide
3G
Medium
MVNO/APN
Long
5G ?
Partnering
MVNO/APN
LTE
Partnering
WiFi
Near Campus
WiMax
Partnering
WiFi
Partnering
On Campus
WiFi
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Mobility Strategy v2 (2011)
• 3G service
- added value
- range of devices
- framework agreement
- pre-pay and contract
• WiFi + eduroam off campus
• 5 x provide, 3 x advise, 1 x (facilitate, ensure,
develop, promote, evolve, drive)
• Engage with regulator
HEAnet strategy directives
Drive, 1
Promote, 1
Evolve
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Provide, 5
Develop, 1
Ensure, 1
Facilitate, 1
Advise, 3
Mobility update, Nov 2011
• Mobile broadband service
- new contract began in September 2011
- around 3000 subscribers at end of October
- over 92% go for 1-year contract
- range of devices, dongle most popular (92%)
- steady uptake from all clients
- popular with students and staff
- collaboration on federation
• Extracts from other strands of strategy
- off-campus WiFi/eduroam being explored
Extracts from other strands of
strategy
• Build up capability, provide centre of excellence
• Promote e-learning, options to support
• Continue to engage with regulator
Possible projects, with O2 and others (1)
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Federated access in O2 website
Trial of eduroam off-campus
Mobile application development
APN for specific user group or purposes
3G and WiFi integration
Fixed to mobile connection, SIP trunk
Possible projects, with O2 and others (2)
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Cloud service e.g. unified communications
E-learning projects
LTE trial
Knowledge transfer
IPv6 rollout in APN
Roles of NREN
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Broker
Advocate
Technical Advisor
Provider
Other ...
GÉANT 2020
“GÉANT 2020 needs to be much more active in
the wireless domain and the NRENS may even
wish to consider delivering such services
themselves.”
Report of the GÉANT Expert Group
October 2011
Spectrum for education & research
• In the USA, the FCC has the Educational
Broadband Service
• In Ireland, the Communications Regulator
acknowledges the case for spectrum reserved
for education purposes