Can WiMAX be the Broadband Solution for Underserved Areas?

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Dr. Mazlan Abbas

MIMOS Berhad

Can WiMAX be the Broadband

Solution for Underserved

Areas ?

Understanding the Digital Divide

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Intensity of Intensity of ICT adoptionICT adoption

PHASE 2. Employ indicators of intensifying adoptionPHASE 2. Employ indicators of intensifying adoption

Adoption gapAdoption gap

Diffusion of Diffusion of ICT infrastructure ICT infrastructure

PHASE 1. Employ indicators of ICT diffusionPHASE 1. Employ indicators of ICT diffusion

Access gapAccess gap

PHASE 3. Employ indicators of socio-economic impactPHASE 3. Employ indicators of socio-economic impact

Impact gapImpact gap

Social & economic Social & economic impact of ICTsimpact of ICTs

Social & Economic value of ICTs•Poor Value realization due insufficient value creating content

Social & Economic value of ICTs•Poor Value realization due insufficient value creating content

•Barrier to entry due to literacy level and language•Complexity of computers

•Barrier to entry due to literacy level and language•Complexity of computers

•Connectivity•High cost of deployment


Why Internet Access is Essential?

Internet became primary sources of news due to the remoteness of the village.

The nurses use the Internet to search for medical and pharmaceutical information.

Farmers use the Internet to find crop disease information.

Tourists can send e-mail, update their travel blogs, and upload photos.

Tourist guides use e-mail to communicate with their clients and to get referrals.

Internet chat and VoIP to communicate with friends and families.


National Broadband Initiatives

Zone 1 : High Speed Broadband (HSBB) High Impact Area (>10Mbps) Phase 1 RM11.3 Billion TM and Gov

partnership Target to cover 50% of household (2.5 million)

by 2010

Zone 1&2 : Broadband for General Population (BBGP) Medium Impact Area (<2 Mbps)

Zone 3 : Universal Service Provider (USP) Telephone and Broadband (>384kbps) Less than 80 people in 1 square km RM 2.5 Billion from Operators Contribution


Current Challenges

Expanding national network to rural and remote areas posed many challenges:

Island

RumahPanjang

Kampung

Tourist Areas


Types of Issues and Challenges


Identifying the Area


Identifying the Technology


Selecting the Technology


WiMAX – The Proposed Solution


IEEE 802.16j Relay Mesh

Going Beyond Mobile WiMAX

(802.16e)


Expected 802.16j Benefits and LimitationsImproves Coverage, Capacity, QoS at Reduced Cost

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Load sharing and multi-path redundancy: reduces infrastructure costs!

Load sharing and multi-path redundancy: reduces infrastructure costs!

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Spectrally efficient architectures: reduces costly antenna structures!

Spectrally efficient architectures: reduces costly antenna structures!

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Decreased Mobile Station power per bit transmitted and received: increases MS battery life!

Decreased Mobile Station power per bit transmitted and received: increases MS battery life!

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Flexible cell site placement: speeds deployment, reduces site acquisition and backhaul costs!

Flexible cell site placement: speeds deployment, reduces site acquisition and backhaul costs!

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MIMOS WiWi – A Step Forward

•Integrated WiMAX/WiFi CPE•IPv6-enabled•2.3 GHz (802.16e WiMAX)•2.4 GHz (802.11b/g WiFi)•Indoor/Outdoor Unit


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WiFi Network

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Outdoor model

WiFi Network

2.4 GHz

Outdoor model

WiWiGen 1.5

WiWiGen 1.5

Thank You


Speaker’s Biodata16

The need to sustain the Eco-SystemFocus on affordability and practicalityPrepare the community for adoption of new technologyEncourage local economic progress through entrepreneurship

developmentCreate awareness through promotional and marketing plans

WiMAX as the Broadband technology IEEE 802.16e as a base technology. Compatible to the

upcoming 802.16m802.16j for relay support to extend and enhance coverage. Cost Effective solution to reduce CAPEX. Plug & Play, simple

provisioning and less maintenance to reduce OPEX Wimax promises ALL-IP network architecture from day ONE…

Speaker Area of Expertise; Address; Background

Dr. Mazlan Abbas Senior Director and Head of Wireless Communications ClusterMIMOS BERHAD, Technology Park Malaysia,57000 Kuala Lumpur.

Dr. Mazlan Abbas (PhD) is the Head of Wireless Communications Cluster at MIMOS BHD. Dr Mazlan is also the Senior Director of the Communications & Network Solutions Laboratory as well as the Wireless Technology & Architecture Laboratory. Prior to MIMOS BHD, He has worked at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1984. From 1984 to 1992 he was a Lecturer and Associate Professor at the University. Dr. Mazlan left the academia and joined Celcom (Malaysia) Berhad in 1993 i.e. one of Malaysia’s leading mobile network operator. He had served in many management positions including as the Vice President of R&D, Billing Operations, Technology & Technical Management, Network Administration & Management, Integrated Business Solutions and Mobility Solutions.

Dr. Mazlan is also being appointed as the Adjunct Professor for Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). He has authored and co-authored over 40 research papers and technical reports on the subject of high-speed mobile broadband network, multimedia, next generation networks for technology journals and conference proceedings, chaired or co-chaired many international conferences on these subjects. He was the Vice Chairman of Working Group 2 of Asian-Info-Communications Council (AIC) from 1999-2007. His qualifications include B.E.E (Hons) from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (1984), MSC in Telematics from University of Essex (1986) and PhD from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (1993).