Commercial Rollout of White Spaces
Jim Carlson
CEO
Five Continents and Growing
Carlson’s White Space Projects around the Globe
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
TrailBlazer • Licensed and Unlicensed Microwave • Fractional T1 synchronous radio • Integrated DS0 channel bank • Point to point or Repeater• Drop and insert multipoint
LongHaul• 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
TVWS: The Game Changer for Community BB
• The signal that conquers the toughest terrain• The tech to help get broadband to the 5Bn unserved
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
Opportunities for white space radios by app
• Market sizing is an aggregate of 2010-2018 projections
US Trials and Deployments46 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!
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!
GLN- Delta County CO – Base Antenna
View of Library showing base antenna
Attention all users seeking NLOS solution!
Delta County CO – CPE enclosure
This librarian is handy with a
drill and screwdriver
Attention all users seeking NLOS solution!
Delta County CO – gateway
No drill screws
Attention all users seeking NLOS solution!
Worldwide Deployments
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
Vietnam
Bill Narin will talk about this project
South Africa
Arno Hart will talk about this project
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.
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
Northern California Wine Country
Multi band hybrid base site
Northern California Wine Country
Site choices – hidden base
Northern California Wine Country
Client location – heavy foliage
Northern California Wine Country
Client perf. – throttled 50%
Trials and Commercialization: Learning experiences:
• 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
Trials and Commercialization: Summary
• 1000 terminals/160 base stations deployed• 58 trial locations on 5 continents • FCC certified and ready to ship• Large projects now being funded
Carlson [email protected]