Broadband Fixed Wireless

1
Broadband Fixed Wireless

• Field of Dreams?,
• Or
• The World Series?

Chuck Kissner Chairman, DMC Stratex Networks
2
Broadband Fixed Wireless

• Why did our industry miss the target?
• What did we learn?
• What can we do for our customers?

3
The Golden Opportunity?
MANY
FEW
Total Number ofMed-Large Comml Buildings
Number of BuildingsDirectly Reached by Fiber
4
1996 It Was A Very Good Year

• Little Direct Fiber Access
• T-1 Rates Justified 10K Wireless Links
• 38 GHz Spectrum
• Technology And Faith Solves All

5
Our Industrys Response

• Revive an Old Technique
• Point-to-Multipoint
• Millimeter Bands
• Make Promises
• Low Cost
• Easy Deployment
• Efficient Spectrum Usage
• Faith and Technology

6
(No Transcript)
7
Real World Topography
Source Winstar
8
Line of Sight Issues
9
(No Transcript)
10
New and Old Wireless Architectures Deliver Fiber
Speed
POP
Fiber
POP
Per Node Current 45-465Mbps Future 45Mbps-1.9Gbps
11
Fiber-Like Wireless Ring Structure
Remote Base Stations
Remote Base Stations
Remote Base Stations
12
(No Transcript)
13
(No Transcript)
14
Pauls Request to Us
Lowest Cost of

• Equipment (on a cost per MBIT basis)
• OC-3 links loaded
• Installation
• One install serving multiple customers
• Ongoing operation
• All on net

15
Real Solutions What Can Industry Offer?

• Cost-effective High Capacity
• Customer Trend
• Shared and Dedicated 45 Mbps to OC-12
• Star, Trunk, Ring Network Configurations
• Modular Capacity Chunks T1 and up
• In-Building Interface and Distribution
• Proactive Network Management
• Multiple Access Over-the-Air
• Feature of High Capacity Systems
• Probably lower frequencies
• Maybe optical

16
Wireless Filling the Bandwidth Gap
Sources FBW DMC Stratex Networks
17
(No Transcript)