EBS WiMAX 101 Bill Johnson

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EBS / WiMAX 101Bill Johnson
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Overview

• Describe EBS environment
• Comment on a large number of licenses held by
  schools across the region.
• Explain how a college got an IT Wireless license
  without the knowledge of the CIO
• Provide the otherwise uninformed licensee about
  background, value and offer some guidance on
  leases.

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Glossary

• ITFS - old nomenclature implied Instruction
  Televised
• TV station TV set technology
• Education ITFS
• Entertainment MMDS
• EBS - new nomenclature implies Education and
  Broadband but omits Televised and Fixed. Mobile
  I.T. services are implied.
• Access Point Mobile technology
• Excess Capacity Lease to MMDS operators. This
  could allow MMDS operators up to 33 channels of
  video allowing them to compete with wired CATV
  systems.
• GSA Geographic Service Area 35 miles in radius
  minus half the overlaps (split the football).
• MHzPOP Standard Unit to determine value of
  license

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1963 ITFS - TV
Broadcast Bureau (47 CFR Part 74) Shared spectrum
with MMDS 6MHz channels with 6MHz Guard Bands
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2008 WiMAX Worldwide Interoperable Microwave

• Wireless Bureau (47CFR Part 27).
• (can do 30 yr lease. Must prove services)
• Re Banded 15.5MHz blocks. Better for Digital
  Services
• WiMAX Forum - 2.5-2.7 GHz spectrum (802.16e)
• Sprint/Nextel 2.5-2.7GHz will be G4!
• Similar spectrum in Europe,
• Manufactures Samsung Intel Motorola Nortel
  NextNet hundreds more

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Value of a License

• Megahertz (roughly 2.5 Mb/sec)
• GSA (Geographic Service Area)
• 35 mile radius minus half of each overlap
• Pop
• Youll need help getting this
• Megahertz-POP MHz X POP MHzPOP.
• 22.5 MHz X 100,000 Pop 2.25 Million MHzPOP
• /MHz-Pop. Deals range from .03 to 2.00

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Possible Campus Deployment
Non-Leased Campus Deployment Users device can be
served by Sprint OR Campus system
Virtual Campus Calling System
Mobile Switching Office
T-1
WiMAX Campus system

• WiMAX In-building system

Seamless roaming off-campus
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Bill Johnson

• bjohnson_at_onenet.net
• 405-919-1718
• http//www.onenet.net/bjohnson/whitepapers/EBS_Wh
  itepaper_Draft_2008.doc