Presentation Q1 2004

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Presentation Q1 2004
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Ubiquitous Networking
Instant Broadband Connectivity- Anytime,
Anywhere, Any Device
Home Networking
Homeland Security
Automotive
Enterprise
Consumer
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Wireless Broadband Explosion
160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
Other
802.11 Chip Units ('000)
Automotive
80,000
CE devices
Cell Phone, other Comm
60,000
AP/Router/Gateway
Client PC incl. PDA
40,000
20,000
0
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
802.11 standards are driving innovation to
enable new content and applications in all markets
Source TechKnowledge Strategies, Inc.
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Software Mobile Mesh
Todays Wireless with PacketHop
Todays Wireless
Device A
Device B
Device A
Access Point/ Base Station
Device B
Coverage Area

• Hub-and-spoke via AP
• Many security gaps
• Single point of failure
• No quality of service
• Limited mobility

• Any-to-any communication
• End-to-end security
• High availability/reliability
• Robust quality of service
• High mobility

PacketHop software is IP-based and radio agnostic
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PacketHop Value
Network Value
PacketHop Makes COTS Mission Critical

• Mission Critical
• Reliable
• Survivable
• Secure

Land Mobile Radio
Mission Critical

• COTS
• Low Cost
• Rapid Innovation
• Low Security

Services (Bandwidth)
Narrowband
Wideband
Broadband
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Homeland Security Challenges

• Technology
• Interoperability problems
• Equipment expensive, outdated, and proprietary
• Primarily narrowband voice and data
  communications
• Lack of survivable communications
• Does not support high density incidents
• Spectrum
• Fragmented
• Limited availability
• Funding
• Limited and fragmented funding
• Communications technology not a priority
• Lifecycle Costs
• Inflexible systems and complex deployments

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Homeland Security Future

• IP Compatible Networking and Information Systems
• Packet-switched networking
• Layered technology development model (OSI)
• Broadband
• Real-time multimedia information access
• Video, high-resolution images, mapping, and
  secure messaging
• Easy to distribute and share real-time
  information
• Scalable networks that can survive equipment
  failures and congestion
• Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Technology
• Commodity radios (Wi-Fi)
• Laptops, tablets, PDAs
• Networking equipment

PacketHops mobile mesh networking technology
enables first-of-its-kind, interoperable,
broadband communications for homeland security
agencies
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Packethop Enabling Competition
Horizontal Data
Vertical LMR Voice
Vs.
Defense Contractors
IT SIs
Systems Integration
Systems Integration
Mix of IT and Specialized broadband apps
Northrop, IBM, Mobile Apps
Custom, low data rate apps
Cisco, Nortel, Proxim, Symbol, etc.
Networking Equipment
Propriety Infrastructure
Industry standard components
Conexant, Atheros, TI, Intel, etc
Proprietary Components

• Current
• Voice, LMR
• Data non-critical, proprietary
• Small data market, highly fragmented

• Future
• Data becomes mission critical
• Overall size of IT segment market grows
• Increasing competition from IT networking
  companies

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Golden Gate Safety Network Deployment
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Golden Gate Safety Network
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GGSN PacketHop

• First Multi-Agency, Mobile Broadband Deployment
• Mobile mesh network using COTS equipment
• Spectrum agnostic IP network
• Heterogeneous wireless / wired connectivity
• Video multicast over wireless mesh
• First Peer-to-Peer Situational Awareness
  Application
• Messaging, mapping, video, whiteboard
• Serverless operation

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Network Elements
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PacketHop GGSN Network
Horseshoe Bay
EVOC North
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Marine Division
GGB Observation
Command Center
EVOC South
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CAL OES
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Infrastructure-less Bridge Coverage
Vehicle Nodes
Mobile APs
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Infrastructureless Mobile Mesh

• Standalone mobile mesh network
• Access point provides Internet connectivity
• Remote and single nodes function as a single
  network
• GGSN Deployment

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PacketHop Modular Application Components
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Interoperable Communications?
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Last Word . . .

• As demonstrated in a live field exercise,
  PacketHop was able to achieve mobile broadband
  connectivity across tough terrainon land and
  waterand over mobile, infrastructure-less
  networks for more than ten multi-jurisdiction
  agencies. This exercise was unquestionably an
  important milestone in driving the Golden Gate
  Safety Network closer to its vision to develop
  and implement a regional communications system
  that supports a multi-agency response from local,
  state and federal first responders for day-to-day
  operations and incident management.
• Michael Griffin, Assistant Chief CA Governors
  Office of Emergency Services
• Stationed at the Emergency Operations Center in
  Sacramentoover 100 miles from the incident
  command center in San Franciscowe were able to
  see the exact location of first responders as
  they moved, downloading maps, sending messages
  and sharing video. PacketHop can be an invaluable
  tool in enabling survivable, remote connectivity,
  which means we won't have to rely on broadcast
  news helicopters for on-the-scene updates or
  follow along by phone/ radio. We could source
  real-time intelligence from the first responders
  in the field on land, sea or air." George Lowry,
  Assistant Chief, Telecommunications CA
  Governors Office of Emergency Services
• Mobile mesh networking technology, like
  PacketHops, allows multiple agencies to
  instantaneously exchange critical multimedia
  information while working seamlessly between
  assorted devices, across differing spectrum
  channels and in-and-out of networks. For the
  first time, police, fire, federal agencies,
  military and other first responders were able to
  share rich, mission-critical, real-time
  intelligence, by leveraging commercial
  off-the-shelf equipment.
•   Kent F. Paxton, Special Assistant Mayor's
  Office of Emergency Services and Homeland
  Security City and County of San Francisco

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Technology Standards
TBRPF in IETF Standardization Process Tracking
IEEE standards (802.11, 802.16, 802.20,
etc.) Tracking 802.11 standards Tracking 802.16
standards
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Craig ReidDirector, Business Development1
[phone]creid_at_packethop.com
Thank You
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PacketHop 4.9Ghz

• PacketHop supports COTS approach to 4.9Ghz
• 802.11a as proxy
• 802.11j (Japan unlicensed radios in 4.9Ghz)
• Minor software change using COTS radios
• Advantages
• Low cost
• Easily upgraded with software networking
  interface
• Enables competition
• NPSTC
• Numerous presentations to NPSTC BOD
• NPSTC adopted PacketHop network as example in
  latest submission (12/03)
• PacketHop / NPSTC submission to FCC in support of
  COTS for 4.9Ghz radios
• GGSN Trial Use 802.11a as proxy for future
  4.9Ghz

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Spectrum Allocation
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5.9 GHz
4.9 GHz
2.4 GHz
Current PSN
802.11b
PSN
DSRC
802.11a

• Public Safety Network (PSN)
• FCC licensed spectrum for 50 MHz at 4.940-4.990
  GHz , 20 MHz channelization, 2W power
• Standards bodies defining technical requirements
  for broadband data equipment and applications
• Possibility of COTS, i.e., 802.11a chipset 4.9
  GHz radio
• Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC)
• 75 MHz at 5.850-5.925 GHz GHz
• DOT / automotive applications
• Network utility reliability enhanced by mobile
  ad hoc networking

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Urban Deployment
HZ
HZ
HZ
HZ
HZ
HZ
1xRTT EDGE
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Requirements of Core Protocol

• Adjust routing decisions in real time based on
  diverse criteria
• Highly scalable to thousands of nodes
• Combination of centralized distributed control
• Support high mobility
• Low routing table overhead
• Instantaneous, intelligent gateway configuration