Disruption at the Network Edge with Innovation S t e v e P a p a, F o u n d e r, C E O, C h a i r m a n
San Francisco market grows from $140M to $500M Los Angeles market grows 400% Portland grows 40% 2
Paris medallions 14,000 in 1937..capped at 15,900 today Medallion price down 30% in NYC.....artificially inflated by restricting quantity $400 car rental (idle car for a week) LA and San Diego..or $160 Uber NH to Boston? In New York City, for example, roughly a third of Uber s rides start in the outer boroughs. Taxis, by contrast, start just 14 percent of trips outside Manhattan. In fact Uber s highest growth in New York has been in the outer boroughs. (disruption from the edge) 3
Coverage at the edge? 2.5 million people living in unconnected rural areas - 11% of Australia s total population Half of the region has a population less than 5/km^2 Makes bringing wireless coverage cost prohibitive 4
Even in the most mature markets Rural coverage is a Challenge Spain 5
RURAL Presents Deployment Challenge Wired model flawed: 10 isolated homes can require 30 years to recover capex Cellular model flawed: Values mobility coverage versus coverage of the home Current Cellular model To bring 100 % rural coverage for a state of Wyoming (250K square kilometres = size of the UK; 600K population) 360 tower sites (15 km radius) 90 days to get permit per tower 40 80 man hours to install 1 (physical install, backhaul/power connectivity, turn up/commissioning, optimization) 14,400 man hours/10 years to commission 360 sites Disruption at the Edge Install cost/time reduction through innovative vran/edge architecture and real-time SON: 360 -- 884 innovative RAN hw units (depending on RF power output) w/flexible backhaul incl mesh to daisy chain Can install immediately w/no permit if no disturbance/no shovel anywhere incl houses 2 3 man hours to install one 1,768 man hours/10 months to commission 884 sites
Options for Rural Coverage Complexity Cost Cost Complexity Regular Mast in the Rural Environment INNOVATION: PW Rural Solution using distributed Small Networks Rural Community + often doesn t deliver on coverage requirement Located within the community Delivering focused coverage
Installation Example, UK Bundling Antennas to Solve Municipal Regulations Addresses challenges of node/antenna installation when no towers are available Allows for unobtrusive installations on the side of homes and buildings Addresses municipal law regulations Discrete Compact Integrated Antenna Bundle containing: Mesh Access Antennas Node ONLY Cabinet (nothing else is in the cabinet) for aesthetics and to meet zoning laws Simple (not obscure) Mast Mounting Similar to TV Mast Cable Run in Matching Conduit 8
Life at the Edge of the Network The arrow points to the macro site looking at it front the telephone pole interlink site. Target service area 9
Coverage at the Edge Access Site Interlink Site Remote VSAT Site
Ease and Low Skill of Install Automation and Programmability Enabled by virtualization 2016 2015 Military cadets 2013 2014 Sheriff in Montana, US Installer in Europe PW VP of business development and repo men, yes, repo men! w/ little training on telecom equipment 11
Urban Densification Presents Similar Challenges Macrocell Network Local regulations (aesthetics) make deployments complex and long Static network Complex deployment (roof tops, bus terminals, etc.) Dependent on wired backhaul Very low latency requirement Fewer handovers Manual network planning possible (at what cost?) Densification million of RAN hw (outdoor different power levels, enterprise, mobile, IoT and residential) HetNet architecture is needed to address: Edge centric signalling, data, edge centric ICIC Various backhaul topologies Fast changing network handling many handovers seamlessly w/real-time SON Public safety ready Multi-operator, Private LTE ready Stayed tuned for more details next year...
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