Full Spectrum: Mission Critical Private Wireless Networks Licensed, Point-to-Multipoint, Broadband Wireless Networks fullspectrumnet.com 1
Company Introduction fullspectrumnet.com 2
Full Spectrum Background Privately held, Delaware Corporation Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA FullMAX is a patented, end-to-end-private, licensed, broadband wireless data network Customers deploying NorthWestern Energy in Montana & Wyoming Pepco in Washington DC, NJ, DE Rappahannock Electric in Virginia Integrys in Wisconsin Enables smart grids, smart pipes, smart fields SCADA, Substation Automation, Distribution Automation, Mobile Data all in a unified network broadband network 3
Introduction Full Spectrum designs, manufactures, sells and supports FullMAX, its patented, turn-key, state-of-the-art, pointto-multipoint, wireless radio system for secure, licensed, private, wide-area broadband networks Rack Mount Sealed Outdoor Extreme Temperature Portable / Mobile Enclosure fullspectrumnet.com 4
Customer owned, operated, controlled FullMAX provides 30 miles of non-line of sight, point-to-multipoint coverage from a single base station. (LTE provides 3 miles) 2,800 square miles with FullMAX vs 30 square miles with LTE Most cost effective private network for smart infrastructure 30 mile, point-tomulti-point, non-line of sight coverage fullspectrumnet.com 5
Why FullMAX? fullspectrumnet.com 6
Commercial wireless networks fail Lack of coverage and no new coverage planned Smart grids, smart pipes, smart fields cover assets, not people Commercial networks heavily oversubscribed, especially during man-made / natural disasters Commercial networks are asymmetric down, smart networks are asymmetric up Unpredictable QoS Numerous failures... post September 11 th and Katrina fullspectrumnet.com 7
August 2009: Silicon Valley Fiber Cut, Carriers relying on same backhaul 8
August 2011: Virginia earthquake impacts DC and New York Full Spectrum Network in place with no disruption 9
June 2012 Derecho major destruction with little warning Full Spectrum Network in place with no disruption http://www.fcc.gov/document/derecho-report-and-recommendations www.fullspectrumnet.com 10
October 2012: Hurricane Sandy major prolonged commercial outages FCC estimated 25% of the cell towers in 10 states were out of service. Full Spectrum Network in place with no disruption 11
Assault on California Power Station April 17, 2013 AT&T fiber-optic cables Level 3 Communications, an Internet service provider, lost service Mobile networks not available www.fullspectrumnet.com 12
Other private wireless solutions have significant limitations www.fullspectrumnet.com 13
Limitations of other private wireless solutions Licensed narrowband products offer coverage but not capacity Also, most Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) WiFi type access protocol (poor spectral efficiency) (FullMAX uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access with a centralized MAC establishing QoS for each remote) Unlicensed wireless broadband solutions offer capacity but not coverage, must accept interference. No mobility Microwave doesn t scale for PtMP, requires line of sight, costly infrastructure No mobility fullspectrumnet.com 14
FullMAX Technology www.fullspectrumnet.com 15
FullMAX vs LTE Commercial FullMAX 4G LTE Comment Duplexing TDD FDD - TDD offers much greater spectral efficiency and reuse, partial use of subchannels - User configurable UL/DL ratio (asymmetric up, asymmetric down, or symmetric Transmit power Up to 20 watts Standard 200-600 milliwatts - FullMAX 10 watt remotes w/ higher power available - LTE designed for lower power, long battery life Frequency range All frequencies below 1 GHz 700 MHz & 1900 GHz -Low VHF allows for non-line of sight, long range transmission Channel sizes / bandwidth 200 khz to 5 MHz 5 MHz, 10 MHz - Narrower channels have greater propagation - More frequency options in narrow channels Full Spectrum Inc. 2452 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 17
What are our customers doing today? Rappahannock Electric: Substation Automation (SCADA and AMI Backhaul) Future plans include DA points and Mobile Data Integrys Substation automation and distribution automation (reclosers, capacitor banks) NorthWestern Energy Substation automation and Distribution Automation Reclosers, capacitor banks, voltage regulators Pepco Distribution Automation AMI Backhaul (Silver Spring) fullspectrumnet.com 18
Mid-Grid DA Reclosers Capacitor Banks Voltage Regulators Voltage Sensors Focused on Mission Critical Mid-Grid Connectivity Existing Utility Radio Tower Infrastructure Corporate Data Network Full Spectrum Fills this Gap May 2013 Full Spectrum Confidential 21
FullMAX System Highlights FullMAX based on Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) Leverages worldwide WiMAX expertise and established ecosystem Leverages all IP standard, free of circuit switching overheads & constraints FullMAX Implementation (vs standard WiMAX-e) Supports all frequencies 30 MHz to 1 GHz(compared to 2.5 and 3.5 GHz) Supports channel sizes 200 khz to 5 MHz (compared to 5 MHz and larger) Remote radio transmit power up to 20 watts (compared to 200 milliwatts) FullMAX provides Superior Coverage to any 3G/4G system Use of prime frequencies below 1 GHz with superior propagation Support of narrow channels with superior receiver sensitivity High power (up to 20W effective) at both Base and Subscriber Station FullMAX Throughput Enhanced frame structure to minimize WiMAX overhead Ethernet header and user data compression to optimize bandwidth May 2013 Full Spectrum Confidential 22
FullMAX System Flexibility FullMAX Can Use Any Channel below 1 GHz Minimum requirement 200 khz of contiguous spectrum FullMAX Fixed and Mobile Data in a Single Network Mobile radios support multiple diverse channels simultaneously Nomadic, mobile and roaming for mobile data FullMAX Time Division Duplex (TDD) Implementation Data driven configuration of frame length, UL/DL ratio and gaps Optimize network for customer specific traffic conditions FullMAX Quality of Service Classify traffic according to a configurable parameters Applies a dedicated QOS policy per remote radio and per application. May 2013 Full Spectrum Confidential 23
FullMAX System Flexibility Adaptive Modulation and Coding Independent Modulation and Coding scheme selected for each remote in the downlink and in the uplink. Modulation and coding schemes supported: QPSK ½, QPSK ¾, 16QAM ½, 16 QAM ¾, 64QAM 2/3, 64 QAM ¾. Repetitions supported for challenged links. May 2013 Full Spectrum Confidential 24
FullMAX Description FullMAX is an end-to-end, point-to-multipoint, mobile and fixed, broadband wireless system including proprietary base stations, mobile stations and fixed Stations. This includes a standalone SNMP Based Network Management System. FullMAX leverages the ieee802.16e-2005 air interface protocol with modifications to operate in programmable channel sizes between 200 khz up to 5 MHz, frequencies between 30 MHz and 1 GHz and high Tx power upto 43 dbm. FullMAX employs software defined radio implementation using a general processor a DSP and FPGA. FullMAX does not use a standard s based WiMAX chipset. 9/4/2014 26
Air Interface Protocol Highlights Wide frequency range (works in all Sub 1 GHz frequencies) Tunable in 1 Hz resolution Supports non-standard channel sizes including narrow channels Channel sizes from 200 khz to 5 MHz in width Programmable symbol rates A programmable TX and RX digital filter Configurable frame duration e.g. 47, 95, 180 symbols per frame TDD with configurable DL/UL ratio which enables symmetrical, asymmetrical and reverse asymmetrical communication Extended range High Tx power in all radios (BS and Remotes up to 43 dbm) Wide dynamic range (79 db of variable attenuation) Configurable TTG/RTG Programmable IR/PR regions allocation Sectorization with GPS synchronization 9/4/2014 28
Air Interface Protocol Highlights (cont.) Capacity performance improvements for narrow channels including: Dynamic PHS Configurable frame size for per frame overhead reduction DL MAP Compression Modification of 802.16e protocol elements to save on transmission of a- priori known configuration Support of fixed and mobile users on the same channel with optimized configuration for each type Support of the IEC 61850 GOOSE multicast protocol for Distribution Automation Very low latency requirements Non routing protocol (directly encapsulated in Ethernet frames with no IP layer) Integrated loopback capability at the BS for downlink multicast of uplink traffic 9/4/2014 29
FullMAX Long Range Capabilities Low frequencies between 30 MHz and 1 GHz Excellent propagation characteristics Operates in licensed band frequencies with low noise floor Superior receiver sensitivity at both the Base Stations and Remotes (e.g., -107 dbm in a 500 KHz wide channel). High performance LNAs at both the Base Station and Remotes High power transmission at both the Base Stations and Remotes Supports parameter values required for long range operation (frame size, TTG, initial ranging period, TX power dynamic range etc.) 9/4/2014 30
FullMAX MAC Overhead Reduction Packet Header Suppression (PHS) Fragmentation and packing of frames Compressed MAP Increased frame size Non-standard MAC overhead reduction Scheduler algorithm (e.g., optimal region fitting) 9/4/2014 31
FullMax Management System State of the art Web 2.0 user interface technologies Fault management including: Event correlation Notifications forwarding (email, SMS, traps, etc.) Automatic and manual actions: acknowledge, clear User Friendly Configuration and Provisioning Using profiles and templates Performance Management Periodic constant performance data collection (standard & private) Real time data collection to diagnose failures Secured with HTTP over SSL 9/4/2014 32
Rappahannock Electric Case Study Smart Grid Substation Automation Distribution electric utility in Virginia 22 Counties 120 Substations over 6,000 square miles 11 LMR towers with microwave ring Need private wide area IP data system Difficult terrain including portions of Blue Ridge Mountains Applications included substation SCADA and AMI backhaul and Distribution Automation Mobile Data important in the future 33