(From the 2014 Super Wi-Fi Summit) Commercial Rollout of White Spaces in Kenya, South Africa, India, Brazil, Nigeria, Kazakhstan: White spaces trials have accelerated around the world and are taking place now. Equipment vendors and database providers are currently working on trials in Europe, Asia, and Africa. New trials are being planned. Trials are focused on larger rollouts which are leading to the growth of orders and commercialization. Learn about the results of the trials, the vendors involved, and the future trials coming this year.
4. Local Company, Global Presence
• Carlson, located in Northern California
• Innovative solutions for
rural communication since 1986
• Microwave products
– Trailblazer & LongHaul
• Customers around the world
– Public safety, utility, WISP, oil and gas
– Global reseller network
• First mover in the white-space industry
6. LongHaul
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Backhaul up to 60 miles
TDM – structure for fixed latency
Point to point or daisy chained
Migrate from T1’s to Enet packets
Remote and local alarms and IO controls
7. TVWS: The Game Changer for Community BB
• The signal that conquers the toughest terrain
• The tech to help get broadband to the 5Bn unserved
8. TVWS: The Game Changer for Community BB
Prerequisites for Gen 2 TVWS
• Teledensity less than 20 CPE’s per square mile
• 2 to 10 mile radius depending on terrain and
foliage
• Needs to be vacant TV channels available
• Service level is between 2 and 12 Mb/s with
70% downstream and 30% upstream traffic
9. Opportunities for white space radios by app
• Market sizing is an aggregate of 2010-2018
projections
10. US Trials and Deployments
46 FCC experimental
licenses granted
sites chosen for diversity
Low density rural
Rugged terrain
Heavy foliage
Over Water
Desert
Med density suburban
Attention all users seeking NLOS
solution!
11. Nomadic Operations with NLOS Conditions
• Gigabit Libraries Network, nationwide pilot
program to expand the coverage provided to
patrons of libraries
• First one online is Delta County Library District
CO providing municipal WiFi to downtown patrons
Attention all users seeking NLOS
solution!
12. GLN- Delta County CO – Base Antenna
View of Library
showing base antenna
Attention all users seeking NLOS
solution!
13. Delta County CO – CPE enclosure
This librarian is
handy with a
drill and
screwdriver
Attention all users seeking NLOS
solution!
14. Delta County CO – gateway
No drill screws
Attention all users seeking NLOS
solution!
16. BB: White Space Makes the Difference
• WISPs /Community BB
– As expected, WISPs were the first
businesses to see the
game-changing potential of white space
• Deployments on five continents
– Commercial projects and experimental trials
– North America, South America, Africa, Asia
and Europe
19. Africa – Get the next billion on line
• Drive mobile penetration higher
• Turn Not Spots into Hot Spots
• Cape Town, South Africa
• Google sponsored a demonstration project
where we connected 10 schools in the
poorer district to Internet for <$75k. Done in
3 months.
20. Northern California Wine Country
• Cal.Net Project
• Experienced WISP with 1000+ clients
• They have existing clients in WiMAX and
900
• 60% of clients can’t be served with
existing
• Mix of orchard and vineyard owners
residential in the treed foothills of N. Cal
25. Trials and Commercialization:
Learning experiences:
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Need to improve our documentation
Added a local web based OMC
Customer can use help with planning
Additional bandwidth needed in next model
Sweet spot of pricing around $300 per client
26. Trials and Commercialization:
Summary
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1000 terminals/160 base stations deployed
58 trial locations on 5 continents
FCC certified and ready to ship
Large projects now being funded
Carlson Wireless
jcarlson@carlsonwireless.com
Editor's Notes
Thursday 1/30/14 @ 12:30 – 2:15pmCommercial Rollout of White Spaces in Kenya, South Africa, India, Brazil, Nigeria, Kazakhstan (SWIFI-08): White spaces trials have accelerated around the world and are taking place now. Equipment vendors and database providers are currently working on trials in Europe, Asia, and Africa. New trials are being planned. Trials are focused on larger rollouts which are leading to the growth of orders and commercialization. Learn about the results of the trials, the vendors involved, and the future trials coming this year.Speakers:Michael Calabrese (Moderator)– Director, Wireless Future Program; Sr Research Fellow @ New America FoundationJim Carlson – CEO & President @ Carlson WirelessDr. Hiroshi Harada – Director, Smart Wireless Laboratory @ NICTMiqMillman – @ Big Llama ProductionsBill Narin – Principal @ Carlson WirelessIvan Reede – President @ Amerisys, Inc.Faith K Shimba – @ Institute of Finance Management (IFM)
Thursday 1/30/14 @ 12:30 – 2:15pmCommercial Rollout of White Spaces in Kenya, South Africa, India, Brazil, Nigeria, Kazakhstan (SWIFI-08): White spaces trials have accelerated around the world and are taking place now. Equipment vendors and database providers are currently working on trials in Europe, Asia, and Africa. New trials are being planned. Trials are focused on larger rollouts which are leading to the growth of orders and commercialization. Learn about the results of the trials, the vendors involved, and the future trials coming this year.Speakers:Michael Calabrese (Moderator)– Director, Wireless Future Program; Sr Research Fellow @ New America FoundationJim Carlson – CEO & President @ Carlson WirelessDr. Hiroshi Harada – Director, Smart Wireless Laboratory @ NICTMiqMillman – @ Big Llama ProductionsBill Narin – Principal @ Carlson WirelessIvan Reede – President @ Amerisys, Inc.Faith K Shimba – @ Institute of Finance Management (IFM)
The session is advertised as an opportunity to “Learn about the results of the trials, the vendors involved, future trials and the impact on commercialization” (see below) – and so I’m expecting you will each will lead off with a brief overview of your most important/distinctive commercial deployments and the “lessons learned” for future roll-outs.White spaces trials have accelerated around the world and are taking place now. Equipment vendors and database providers are currently working on trials in Europe, Asia, and Africa. New trials are being planned. Trials are focused on larger rollouts which is leading to the growth of orders and commercialization. Learn about the results of the trials, the vendors involved, future trials and the impact on commercialization.
