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Alvarion Carrier-grade Wi-Fi Offering
February 2013
Outline
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Alvarion carrier-grade Wi-Fi offering
Case studies
Summary and open discussion
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Latest WBSn Release V1.3 – News!
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New firmware v1.3.2
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Market leading radio performance
• Up to double the capacity and the reach than competition
• Up-to 20Km with outdoor CPE
New FCC products
CPEs
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WCPEn-5000-O – outdoor CPE
WCPEn-2400-I – best-in-class, dual-zone indoor CPE
Enhanced service flexibility
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Router / NAT-Router
Web Authentication
MAC Authentication
300m
Alvarion w/ BF
Competitor w/o BF
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Wi-Fi Market Dynamics
Operator
Vertical Markets
• Mobile
• Fixed
• Wi-Fi ISP
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• $0.6M (2012)
• $4M (2015)
• Education
• Oil and Gas
• Smart City
• Healthcare
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• $4M (2012)
• $6M (2015)
Applications
• Hot zones,
offloading, rural
access,
wholesale,...
Applications
• Intranet, video
Cleveland Research Company 1/2013
surveillance,
M2M…
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Public Wi-Fi Expands
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Street coverage is seen as one of the areas of greatest deficit for
Wi-Fi coverage. By 2013, the percentage of service providers
planning to deploy Wi-Fi for street coverage jumps to 79%
Global Service Provider Survey, April 2012, Infonetics Research
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“…sales of outdoor APs
doubling over the past year.”
Mathias Machowinski, December 2012
Infonetics Research
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/press-releases/i
nfonetics-wireless-lan-gear-star-networking-industry-tops1-billion-quarte
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Next is 802.11ac, ~2014
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Additional capacity…
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Hot Zones and 3GO – PLDT Philippines
Tier #1 Incumbent Carrier
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Nationwide
Hot zones
Bundling, DSL + Wi-Fi
Web-portal authentication
Network
Architecture
1,000 WBSn
under deployment now
80% indoor & 20% outdoor
1:10 – One WBSn replaces
10 indoor radios
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Performance at Customer Sites
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Colombo, Tier #1 Operator
Point Measurements
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Installation: 3 floor building
Suburban, foliage
End device: Acer laptop
Vendor1
WBSn
Vendor3
UDP
(Mbps)
UDP
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UDP
(Mbps)
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Location
Inside Reception Non-LOS
30m
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35m
2 Outside Reception Clear LOS
Near LOS,
Loc3
50m
behind truck
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Near LOS,
Mango Tree
80m
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behind the trees
Non-LOS
120m
5 Street End
Non-LOS
45m
6 BLD 2 Outside
BLD reception
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8 Drive Test Car
Non-LOS
50m
1.5
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Non-LOS
98m
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9 Fire Station
Non-LOS
160m
No
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No
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Nepal, Wi-Fi SP, 11/2012
Site Survey
• Sector radio comparison
• Urban, narrow streets, foliage
• 30% interference
• End device: USB 11n dongle
• Up to 36Mbps at 100m with WBSn
Alvarion
Competitor
300m
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Pardes Hanna Israel, 12/2012
Site Survey
• Omni radio comparison
• Sub urban, foliage
• Low interference level, 30%
• End device: 11n CPE
• Close to 70Mbps near the WBSn base station
Alvarion
Competitor
300m
200m
Alvarion
100m
300m
200m
100m
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Okinawa Japan, Tier#1 operator, 12/2012
Site Survey
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Sector radio test
Urban, LOS and near-LOS, low interference
Base station at 1st floor height installation
End device: dual-stream laptop
Up to 200m while competition could do up to 50m
200m
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Multi Users Performance
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Indoor test scenario
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Office environment
2.4 GHz
110 ACTIVE users
• Laptops
• Handhelds
• CPEs
WBSn outperforms
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WBSn
Competitor
WBSn
Competitor
Higher capacity
Faster user rates
Better airtime fairness
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Alvarion Carrier Wi-Fi Offering
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Alvarion WBSn Solution Components
Industry’s first two-way Beamforming with 802.11n outdoor
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WBSn – Wi-Fi base stations
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WCPEn – Wi-Fi CPE
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Outdoor and indoor
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WavionNet – NMS
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WCC – Wi-Fi Cloud Controller
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Wi-Fi manager
Cellular GW
WSP – Service Provisioning
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AAA and billing solutions
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Outdoor Wi-Fi Radio Challenges
Outdoor Wi-Fi ≠ Indoor Wi-Fi
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Reach, Non-Line-of-Sight
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Heavy interference
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Regulation power limits
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High multi-path delay spread
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Extremely dynamic
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Foliage
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Indoor penetration
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Beamforming Explained
Two-Way Spatially-Adaptive Beamforming
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Multiple radios
HGDP
Antenna Array
High Gain Diversely Polarized
(HGDP) antenna array
Focus the energy, Tx and Rx
Track movements and noise
variations – adaptable
Exploits multipath, coherently
combine reflections
Signal
Strength
8 dB Beamforming gain and
12 dB HGDP antenna array gain
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Field Proven Interference Immunity
Over a Decade of Outdoor Wi-Fi Experience
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Essential for large scale Wi-Fi networks (Outdoor & Indoor)
Interference Immunity Suite
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Beamforming inherent 5dB interference suppression
Patented Dynamic Interference Handling (DIH)
Automatic Channel Selection (ACS)
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Offline
Online with continuous scanning
Rate Adaptation (WARA)
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Optimizes performance in noisy environments
Down Tilted Antennas (DTA)
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Suppresses noise outside antenna
field-of-view
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Indoor Penetration, 50% Less CAPEX/OPEX
50m
Site (Hanoi Vietnam)
Alvarion
Other vendor
ATI lobby
50 Mbps
15 Mbps
K.R o Café
5 Mbps
No Access
Xe May Moto bike Garage
15 Mbps
2 Mbps
Under construction House
20 Mbps
3 Mbps
Computer Shop
7 Mbps
No Access
M&V Shop
20 Mbps
No Access
Grocery Shop
15 Mbps
No Access
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Key Features and Specification
Versatility
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Concurrent operation in 2.4GHz & 5GHz
Flexible antenna field of View
AC and DC feeding
2.4 GHz:
7.5dBi gain
up to 43 dBm EIRP
Omni
2.4 GHz:
12dBi gain
up to 48 dBm EIRP
Capacity and Coverage
• Total capacity of up to Gbps
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3x3:3 MIMO
Sector
Smart antenna
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Beamforming 802.11n
High gain diversely polarized
Dual band
Down tilted
Up to 512 connected users
5 GHz:
8.5dBm gain
up to 43 dBm EIRP
5 GHz:
14dBi gain
up to 49 dBm EIRP
Omni 2.4GHz &
Sector 5GHz
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Omni 5GHz
Sector 2.4GHz
Sector & Omni
Combined above
specifications
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WCPEn Family of CPEs
Best-in-Class Wi-Fi CPEs
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The only 2-way Beamforming
indoor CPE on the market
Extended reach
Highest speeds
Improved indoor signal
penetration
Fast ROI for access services
Excellent user experience
USB Adaptor
Outdoor CPE
Indoor CPE
Interoperable with any standard
Wi-Fi certified devices in both 2.4
and 5 GHz
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Best “Wireless xDSL” Service
Wi-Fi and LAN for Residential and SME
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Extended coverage
Indoor penetration
High throughput
Easy setup
CPE
WWW
WBSn
WCPEn-2400-I
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Efficient Indoor Building Coverage
Innovative approach
(mix outdoor & indoor radios)
Traditional approach
(indoor APs only)
Internet
Internet
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Few outdoor and indoor base stations
Minimum wiring hassle
Easy and fast installation
Indoor and outdoor coverage
Reduced radiation
Reduced power consumption
Low TCO
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Many indoor AP’s
Complex wiring
Indoor only coverage
Expensive backend switch required
High maintenance cost
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Outdoor to Indoor Coverage Examples
Mumbai, India
Abuja Nigeria,
Sheraton Hotel
Suihua, China
16 floor building
covered with a single
base station
Full wing coverage,
two base stations
12 residence buildings,
Indoor coverage
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Networking Features
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Main Networking Features
Rich Set of Features for Core Integration and Private Networks
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Quality of service (prioritization and classification)
Bridge and router + NAT
Wholesale business model support (multiple SSIDs)
Built-in access controller
Security, encryption and authentication
RADIUS, core integration
PasspointTM (roadmap)
SNMP and web management
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3G/LTE Data Offloading
Indoor and Outdoor Wi-Fi
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Seamless user authentication
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AAA integration, unified user profile, 802.11u
End-to-end security
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802.1x, EAP, tunneling
PasspointTM *
Minimize backhauling and core
loads
Leverage on cellular core
components
Roaming and mobility
* Roadmap
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Hot-Zones and Cellular Offloading GW
WCC-1000 Wi-Fi Cloud Controller (demo)
• Focal point of Wi-Fi control
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RADIUS GW
Passpoint GW
Hides Wi-Fi complexity from cellular core
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AP registration, Zero-IT (configuration and firmware), scalability
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Wholesales business model support
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In-band/out-band
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3rd party integration
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Aptilo, Aradial, Inventum, EliteCore, …
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Embedded Access Controller*
Distributed, Scalable, No Single Point of Failure
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RADIUS Authentication
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EAP-SIM/AKA, web portal
RADIUS Accounting, time and volume based
RADIUS Authorization, limit and disconnect
Per session traffic shaping at the base station (roadmap)
• Effective SLA enforcement “at the edge”, minimized backhauling requirements
Web redirect
Walled garden
* License required to activate
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Case Studies
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Philippines
Tier #1 Cellular Operator
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549 WBSn-2450 base stations
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183 cellular towers co-location
Dual-band access
Multiple services
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SIM authentication
Web-portal authentication
Integration with NSN core
Network Architecture
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Case Study: Russia
Tier #1 (CDMA) Cellular Carrier
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Four cities covered in project
Cellular offload
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Wi-Fi service to existing customers
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Authentication via SMS + portal
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Above 500 WBSn-2400 base stations
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Distributed Access Controller
Base station in Bridge mode
Wireless client isolation across base
stations
NMS (WavioNet)
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Case Study: China
China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom
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CAPWAP based architecture
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3rd party CAPWAP controller
Over 10,000 Wi-Fi base
stations shipped, expanding
Metro zones and 3G offloading
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China, numerous cities
Campuses, railway stations, parks,
airports and business districts
Co-location with cellular
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Minimum costs
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Case Study: South Korea
Tier #1 Cellular Operator
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27 Wi-Fi base stations, full coverage of all airport terminals
Multiple services
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SIM authentication
Wholesale, 2nd operator
Terminal staff
Free Wi-Fi service, low speed
Seoul International Airport
- - - - - - - - - - Wi-Fi Base Stations - - - - - - - - - - -
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San Pedro Day, Philippines,11/2012
Free Wi-Fi Zone to Over 100,000 People
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Excellent 2-3 Mbps user service
Blanket service with10 WBSn-2400-S Wi-Fi base stations
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Down tilted 30 deg., reducing noise level
100 Mbps fiber connection per AP
80-100 concurrent users per AP
Mainly Apple and Android smart phones
Cebu Island, Philippines
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University of Nigeria Nsukka Campus
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The Customer
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University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN)
The Project – Digital University
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Wireless Internet & Intranet for students,
staff and visitors
E-learning
40,000 students, 8,000 staff, 10,000 laptops
E2E solution including Access,
Backhaul, Solar Power and NMS
Google University Access Program
first successful deployment
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Wrap-up
Main Points
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Carrier Wi-Fi is growing tremendously fast
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Hotspots, hot zones, rural broadband
Offloading
Backhauling
New services
Alvarion offers a complete carrier-grade
Wi-Fi offering -
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Leading radio technology
Robust
50% CAPEX and 50% OPEX savings
Rich and flexible core integration
Field proven
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THANK YOU
Collateral Catalog
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