The HighPoint Broadband Delivery System Ermanno Pietrosemoli School on Radio Use for digital and Multimedia Communications ICTP, February 2002

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The HighPoint Broadband Delivery System
Ermanno PietrosemoliSchool on Radio Use for
digital and Multimedia CommunicationsICTP,
February 2002
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economy Driving Forces

• Computing, storage, transmission costs

• Connected devices
• Locations
• Transactions
• Applications
• Complexity
• Bandwidth Demands

...go to zero
Networks...
...go to one!

• ...go to infinity

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time
Market Review
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Acceleration of Change
Time it took for these technologies to reach the
10 million customer mark after being introduced
to the mass market
Pager Telephone Cable TV Fax Machine VCR Cellular
Phone Personal Computer CD-ROM Drive Wireless
Data Services Internet (WWW)
41 Years 38 Years 25 Years 22 Years 9 Years
9 Years 7 Years 6 Years 6 Years lt2 Years
Source USA Today, Info Tech and Pac Tel Cellular
Market Review
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Global Deregulation Privatization

• Telecom privatizations lead to increased
  investment in modern equipment
• Deregulation and Liberalization of telephone
  companies occurring worldwide
• State owned telcos privatizing
• Competition being encouraged
• Frequency Allocation
• Worldwide at 2.5 GHz and 3.5 GHz
• 3.5 Emerging as International Standard
• Meanwhile.Demand for increased connectivity
  growing..Time to Market Critical

Market Review
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Huge potential for new service providers and
managers of networks classically reliant on
terrestrial infrastructure

• IP WAN Internet connections in high demand
• IP Platform now supports multiple data, video and
  voice applications
• Internet access
• WAN access
• Video conferencing, Video streaming
• IP telephony
• Value Added Services

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Broadband Local Access Demand (Lines in Millions)
140
120
Broadband
100
80
Narrowband
60
40
20
0
'98
'99
'00
'01
'02
Source IDC, FDC, and Lehman Brothers Estimates
Market Review
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HighPoint? Concentrator S2R TechnologyPatent
Pending
HighPoint? Concentrator S2R? Technology allows
spectral reuse of channel pairs Spectral reuse
with S2R? Technology results in a ratio up to
111 for spectral efficiency.
A Pair
B Pair
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Throughput Based on Channel Size
Channel Bandwidth Downstream Throughput Upstream Throughput Aggregate Throughput
3.5 MHz 12 Mbps 5.4 Mbps 382.8 Mbps
5 MHz 17 Mbps 7.6 Mbps 541.2 Mbps
6 MHz 20 Mbps 8.75 Mbps 632.5 Mbps
7 MHz 24 Mbps 10.24 Mbps 753.3 Mbps
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HighPoint? Service Provider Architecture
S2R? Base Station
Concentrator
Transceiver Bank
Rooftop/Tower
High End Super Server
RF Modem Banks
Central Office
Ethernet Packet Switch or ATM Switch
Telephony Infrastructure Internet WAN
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Modems and Switch
IF Cabling via RG6/11 to Transceiver Bank
High speed modem sector -1
High Speed Modems 100 T Connection to NOC
High speed modem sector -2
High speed modem sector -3
Data within the WLL (Wireless Local Loop)
High speed modem sector -n
Full wire speed Switch
to Service
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Computing Environment
Central Office
2 Way High Speed Data Server
Data Within WLL
Telephony Server
Connect outside of the WLL
Full wire speed Switch
Internet Server
Video Server
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HighPoint? Subscriber Side Architecture
Directional Antenna
RF
Single RF Cable
Transceiver (Up/Down Converter)
One Cable with IF Signal
10T Full Duplex
Modem
Switch or Hub
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HighPoint BDS
aesthetically pleasing flat panel antenna
low profile, higher gain mesh parabolic antenna
subscriber radio transceiver
wireless concentrator base station
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HighPoint?SuperCell
22 km Radius
Max coverage per unit cost
Up to 541 Mbps Aggregate Throughput
17 Mbps Down Stream/ Sector
7.6 Mbps Up Stream/ Sector

• Benefits
• Maximize Channel
• Capacity
• Inexpensive
• Simple
• Quick

(With 5MHz Channels)
Deployment
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HighPoint?FocalCell
Optimal bandwidth coverage
22 km Radius
5 mi Radius
17 Mbps Down Stream/ Sector
7.6 Mbps Up Stream/ Sector
(With 5MHz Channels)

• Benefits
• Time to market
• Invest for return
• Simple
• Excellent coverage
• Migration path
• Teledensity sensitive

2.1 Gbps Aggregate Throughput
Deployment
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HighPoint?MultiCell
100 Reuse in a MultiCell Environment

• Benefits
• Efficiency through Secrotal/Multicell
• Endless Possibilities
• 100 reuse in adjacent cells
• 3 to 4 times re-use in cell
• Excellent Coverage
• Highest Possible Bandwidth

478Mbps Cell Capacity (4MHz Channels) 3,346 Mbps
in 7 Cell Deployment 83.65Bit/Hz Spectral
Efficiency
Deployment
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Product Solutions Positioning
HIGH
Multicell 24C
Supercell 24C
MEDIUM
Reuse / Efficiency / Throughput
Multicell 6C
Supercell 6C
Multicell 6B
RuralPoP 6B
LOW
LOW
MEDIUM
HIGH
Customer Density
Positioning
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Spike Positioning
Positioning
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Multi-Service ArchitectureData, Voice Video
CO Side
I.P. Services
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Multi-Service ArchitectureDedicated Internet
Access
Internet
Switch or Hub
Proxy/Firewall
Switch
Router
IP
IP
Subscriber Side
CO Side
Modem
Modem Bank
IF
IF
Transceiver
Transceiver Bank
RF
RF
I.P. Services
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Multi-Service Architecture LAN-to-LAN Connections
Remote Customer Office, Internet
Switch or Hub
VPN Gateway
Proxy/Firewall
Switch
Router
IP
IP
Subscriber Side
CO Side
Modem
Modem Bank
IF
IF
Transceiver
Transceiver Bank
RF
RF
I.P. Services
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Multi-Service Architecture Voice-over-IP
Connections
PSTN, Remote Office
PBX
VoIP Gateway
Switch or Hub
Switch
Router
IP
IP
Subscriber Side
CO Side
Modem
Modem Bank
IF
IF
Transceiver
Transceiver Bank
RF
RF
I.P. Services
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Product TimelineHead-End

6-24C
Tower Mount
SuperCell

22C

6-24C
Tower Mount
MultiCell

6B
16QAM Return
OFDM Integration

6-24 Sectors
Tower Mount
FocalCell

6B
RuralPoP

4B
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4Q 00
1Q 01
2Q 01
2Q 00
Future Direction
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