Transcript The Reality of Mobile Wimax

The Reality of Mobile Wimax
Ofer Peled
Strategic Account Manager
© Copyright Alvarion Ltd.
Agenda
1. Alvarion at a glance
2. Alvarion’s WiMAX Vision & Road Map
3. WiMAX Market Trends & Evolution
4. WiMAX Deployment Examples in Europe
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Alvarion At a Glance
Established: 1992
Employees: 900 with ~400 in R&D
Industry consolidator
BreezeCOM+ Floware + InnoWave + interWAVE
Finalized acquisition of interWAVE Dec 2004
Global solutions provider of three metro wireless
technologies: broadband wireless access, WLL and
cellular
Local presence in 24 locations:
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Australia, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hong
Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, UK,
Uruguay, USA (California and Florida)
At a Glance
Worldwide leader in wireless access
Over 30% market share of global BWA market
Largest installed base - over 2,000,000 units
deployed in more than 130 countries
Forefront of wireless standards & leadership
from 802.11 to 802.16e
Diversified customer base & outstanding partner
network including Alcatel, Lucent, Siemens, Nera, and
over 200 local partners
Strong financial position
Around $127M in cash
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3-year revenue CAGR of 30%
Alvarion’s WiMAX Vision Road Map
Product Availability
2004 
Fixed BWA
Portable BWA
Licensed spectrum
Fixed , Self-Installed
CPEs, Portable CPEs
Fixed Network
Operators, Mobile
Network Operators,
Competitive Carriers
& ISPs
Target subscribers:
- Residential users
- Enterprises
- Business users
Voice & Data
services
2007 
Mobile BWA
Licensed spectrum
Mobile Subscribers
- PCMCIA cards
- Embedded
WiMAX chip
(Notebooks, PDAs)
Fixed Network
Operators, Mobile
Network Operators &
Competitive Carriers
Target subscribers:
- Residential users
- Business users
Voice & Data
Services
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Licensed and
License-exempt
Spectrum:
2GHz – 6GHz
Fixed outdoor
Subscribers
National Operators,
Competitive Carriers
and ISPs.
Target subscribers:
- Residential users
- Enterprises
Voice, Data & leased
line services
2006 
WiMAX Network Models & Time Frames
Fixed 2005
Portable 2006
Mobile 2007/8+
Metrozone
Fixed
Outdoor
Fixed
Indoor
Backhaul
Nomadic
Wi-Fi Hotspot
Mobile
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Fixed WiMAX Deployment Scenario
Geography:
Typical in non-dense suburban and rural areas
Deployment pattern:
Large-sized cells with maximum area coverage
Services:
Traditional Wireless xDSL data + voice
CPE types:
Mix of outdoor and indoor CPEs
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10 – 20 Km
Fixed WiMAX Solution Components
High performance, scalable BST architecture
Variety of CPE options:
Data, Voice, WiFi
Radio performance is a key factor that will influence network
performance and operator business case
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Coverage Analysis Example
Radio Planning Example:
Area dimensions: 130km by 96 km
No. of Possible sites: 62 possible locations
Available frequency bandwidth: 14Mhz
Analysis parameters:
4 Sector base station
Propagation model: knife-edge
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Coverage Analysis Example
10%
2% 0%
2% 3%
QAM 64
QAM 16
QPSK
BPSK
QAM 64
QAM 16
QPSK
BPSK
22%
73%
88%
Other WiMAX
11 base stations
28 base stations
Spectral efficiency: 3.24b/s/Hz
Spectral efficiency: 3.0b/s/Hz
Avg. sector capacity: 11.3 Mbps
Avg. sector capacity: 10.6 Mbps
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BreezeMAX
Portable WiMAX Deployment Scenario
Geography:
Typical in high-dense suburban/urban
Deployment pattern:
Small-sized cells with selective coverage (hot zones)
Services:
Fixed and portable
CPE types:
Indoor (self-install) CPEs
and portable devices (Laptops)
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1 – 4 Km
Portable WiMAX Solution Fundamentals
Compact indoor self install CPE devices
Increased System Gain through:
High power BST radios
Diversity and smart antenna techniques
Uplink sub channlization
CPE with Intelligent Fast Switching Antennas
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Base Station Coverage Analysis
Space diversity
Sub channelization
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In Portable Deployment Scenario every dB counts!
BreezeMAX Deployments 2005
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BreezeMAX networks deployed
with over 100 operators in over 30 countries,
11 networks in Italy
Characteristics of Deployment for Europe
Most advance geography in WiMAX adoption (West,
North, Central and Eastern Europe)
Alternative Operators building now large commercial
networks
Serving business and residential users with broadband data and
voice services
Targeting mass residential market with portable WiMAX
Example: WiMAX Telecom deployment of BreezeMAX 3500 in
Austria
Incumbent Operators in process of evaluating
WiMAX as complementary standard based
broadband solution to DSL. Example:
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T-Com trial using Alvarion BreezeMAX 3500 solution taking
place near Bonn. Activity planned to run until March 2006
Iberbanda – Access CLEC
Spain
Spanish alternative carrier
Main investors – El Corte Ingles, Prisa Group
Granted nationwide license for 3.5GHz network
2000 - Chose Alvarion’s WALKair 1000 for
multi-service BWA to high-end SMEs in 72 cities
2003 - Started expansion network to provide
broadband to rural and suburban areas in
Andalusia + Catalonia
2004 - Chose Alvarion’s BreezeMAX WiMAXready platform to deliver multiple services to
both business and residential markets
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www.iberbanda.es
Iberbanda – Access CLEC
Spain
Deployment Status:
Main deployment areas:
Andalusia
Catalonia
200 BST’s deployed and
operational
~10,000 CPE installed
Starting to roll out
BreezeMAX PRO (Intel)
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Iberbanda – Access CLEC
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Altitude Telecom - Wireless CLEC
First WiMAX-ready network in
France operating in 3.5GHz
France
Offers data and VoIP services
to SME & businesses
Altitude will target residential
customers in 2006
www.altitudetelcom.fr
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Altitude Telecom - Wireless CLEC
France
Deployment Status:
50 BST’s deployed in
Western France (Vende
& Orne)
Target for 100 BST’s by
end of 2005
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Altitude Telecom BST Installation
France
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Summary
BWA is Becoming a Mainstream Access Technology
Third leg of the Access Stool with DSL, Cable
WiMAX Standards Accelerating BWA Adoption
Hole filling by ILECs, Network Building by CLECs
WiMAX also Leads to Portable and Mobile Solutions
Customers are deploying WiMAX-Ready Systems now
Alvarion is leading the fixed market and will leverage this position to
benefit from the opportunity in mobile WIMAX
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20th Century was for wireline; 21st Century is
for wireless … and Alvarion will lead the
market to widespread adoption of WiMAX
standard solutions.
Thank You
We take pride in our leading wireless broadband operators
Ofer Peled
Strategic Account Manager
[email protected]
+972 544 22 56 51
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