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- 1. Superfast Wireless Roadshow Hosted by Purdicom With MLL Telecom, Siklu, Ceragon & Cambium Networks #SuperfastWireless
- 2. Purdicom: Brief History Founded: January 2005 Future: Continued growth and disruptive technology Focus: Wireless Infrastructure & Hardware #SuperfastWireless
- 5. MLL Telecom: Brief History Founded: 1992 USP: Own 32GHz spectrum & advanced services team Focus: Network Solutions & Professional Services #SuperfastWireless
- 6. MLL Telecom: Success Stories Enabled North Lanarkshire Council to support 30 mobile CCTV Cameras Partnered with O2 WiFi to provide Westminster CC with fast, reliable WiFi Built a high speed fibre optic core network for Suffolk CC connecting 700 sites
- 7. MLL Telecom: Exclusive 32 & 40GHz spectrum, NOC services Purdicom & MLL Telecom Purdicom: Best of breed wireless products & channel partners #SuperfastWireless
- 8. MLL Telecom Purdicom & MLL Telecom Purdicom Unique value add + #SuperfastWireless
- 9. Urban Wireless by John Speakman (Purdicom) & Andrew Westerman (Siklu) #SuperfastWireless
- 10. Urban Wireless: History 1997 Mid 2000s Now onwards ##SuperfastWireless
- 11. Urban Wireless: Challenges Wireless Interference Listed Buildings Urban Landscape #SuperfastWireless
- 12. Urban Wireless: Technology Advances cost of wireless speed and performance of wireless Unjustifiable Justifiable We are here! #SuperfastWireless
- 13. Urban Wireless: Technology Advances 5GHz Unlicensed 2.0 Millimetre Wave Licensed Microwave #SuperfastWireless
- 14. Urban Wireless: The Funding #SuperfastWireless Version 1 Funding Allocation
- 15. Urban Wireless: Connection Vouchers #SuperfastWireless • You are asking for a connection to your business premises. If your main work base is at home you can have a connection there, but not if you just work from home occasionally • You are willing to sign up for a minimum 6 month contract with your supplier • You select a service that delivers a speed or performance improvement – there are some detailed requirements on speed that you should check before applying • You have not received more than approx £120k in grants in the last three years
- 16. Urban Wireless: Metronet UK Who: Manchester based ISP Revenue: £1million per month (50% yearly growth) USP: Unique wireless-fibre hybrid services #SuperfastWireless
- 17. Urban Wireless: Metronet UK Metronet chose Siklu to deliver 100s of gigabit E band links Primary focus on the Siklu EH1200TL E band link Metronet UK connected over 100 voucher customers to date #SuperfastWireless
- 18. Urban Wireless: Siklu Field proven quality: Carrier grade performance: Over 7000 links installed worldwide Used by tier-1 carriers as well as enterprise MTBF >70 years Survived monsoon season in India and Hurricane Sandy Rich feature set: 1Gbps over the air TDD & FDD Embedded powerful L2 switch (VLAN, QoS etc) Advanced security encryption #SuperfastWireless
- 19. New Product: Siklu EtherHaul-600T Operating in 57-66GHz license-exempt band 1000Mbps (1Gbps) throughput TDD technology Size: 15cm2 (66Mbps per cm2 or 169Mbps per inch2) Advanced modulation: QPSK – QAM64 @500MHz Super low latency: 350usec #SuperfastWireless
- 20. #SuperfastWireless Town Centre / Metro WiFi Patrick Haynes, MLL Telecom (Manchester) Darrin Chadwick, MLL Telecom (Birmingham) Rob Hayward, MLL Telecom (Marlow)
- 21. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: The Problem Councils want to generate revenue No (or bad) Mobile Signal Individual Rural Homes #SuperfastWireless
- 22. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: The Solution MESH Backhaul Option Phased Projects Capable Wireless Access Points #SuperfastWireless
- 23. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: The Funding Economic Development: Councils seeking to improve the “Digital Divide” Projects fall into either Funded or Concessions Rush for Cash: Councils selling use of street furniture Mobile operators only interested in large footfall areas (London, Manchester etc) Business model based on long term use / rental from sales of sites #SuperfastWireless
- 24. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: Market Direction People need to use it! Better, faster, stronger WiFi Share the backhaul #SuperfastWireless
- 25. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: MLL (Tendring) Who: MLL Telecom for Tendring Council Revenue: 15 minutes free Wi-Fi & pay-as-you-go service Project Scale: 1st phase in August 2013 for Clacton air show #SuperfastWireless
- 26. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: MLL (Tendring) #SuperfastWireless
- 27. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: MLL (Tendring) #SuperfastWireless
- 28. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: MLL (Tendring) #SuperfastWireless
- 29. Town Centre / Metro WiFi: MLL (Tendring) #SuperfastWireless
- 30. Ruckus Wireless 7782 #SuperfastWireless Tech Specs: Industrys most powerful outdoor access point 3x3:3 MIMO 802.11n 30°, 120°, omni directional, or external antenna options for very high-density deployments in arenas, stadiums, airports, etc
- 31. #SuperfastWireless Rural Wireless Patrick Haynes, MLL Telecom (Manchester) Darrin Chadwick, MLL Telecom (Birmingham) Rob Hayward, MLL Telecom (Marlow)
- 32. Rural Wireless: The Problem Forgotten Rural Business Parks Slow Speeds Individual Rural Homes #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 33. Rural Wireless: The Funding Commercial: E.g. BT’s Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) rollout Many Wireless ISPs across the country operation in rural areas State-Aid: Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) Rural Communities Broadband Fund (funded by DEFRA) Superfast Extension Programme “Last 5% / Innovative Solutions” Super-connected Cities #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 34. Rural Wireless: The Pitfalls Need for [more] Speed Long Decision Making Process Time is Running Out #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 35. Rural Wireless: Technology & Approaches Mobile 4G (and 5G) Networks Fixed Wireless Access Local Fibre (FTTC) Whitespace Frequency #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 36. Rural Wireless: The Future #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 37. Rural Wireless: Airband Who: Worcestershire based ISP Coverage: Urban & rural (Total coverage 672 sq miles) Funding: £700,000 from Worcestershire County Council #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 38. Rural Wireless: Airband Airband chose Cambium Point to Multipoint & Point to Point Delivering 30Mbps to 14 parishes accounting for 2000 residential and 200 business connections Future expansion of rural network for High Speed Business & connection vouchers #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 39. Rural Wireless: Airband Ewhurst – a Surrey County Council Intervention Area #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 40. Rural Wireless: Cambium Networks Field proven quality: Other Notable Deployments: 60oc to -40oc temperature range 2.2billion field hours logged Survives wind speeds up to 202mph Dundee City Council Total Oil & Gas rigs AllPay Broadband (Wireless ISP) Aberdeenshire Council Superior 5GHz performance: 450Mbps PTP 125Mbps per sector PMP Line of sight and non-line of sight Long distances (up to 30km+) #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 41. Cambium Networks PMP 450 High Spectral Efficiency GPS Sync OFDM & 2x 2 MIMO enables nLOS / NLOS Triple Play Data, Voice & Video V Low Latency & QoS Sector capacity of 125+Mbps DL of 60-65Mbps 3.5, 3.6, 5.4 & 5.8 GHz In 5, 10 & 20MHz channels #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 42. Cambium Networks PMP 450 Quick and simple to install MTBF of 141 years CCTV SC Backhaul Last Mile access DR Low cost, reliable and secure broadband and backhaul #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 43. Cambium Networks PTP 650 Carrier Grade Reliability IP66 & 67 50 year MTBF Rural & Urban Broadband CCTV & WiFi backhaul Enterprise Less time to deploy Minimal disruption to environment #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 44. Cambium Networks PTP650 High Spectral Efficiency 10Bs / Hz Max 450Mbps aggregate in channel sizes from 5 to 45Mhz Wide band 4.9 to 6.05GHz V High link reliability with DSO to enable 99.999% Secure with FIPS 197 and FIPS 140-2 #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 45. #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow CCTV & Surveillance by John Speakman (Siklu)
- 46. CCTV & Surveillance: History The Past The Present The Future #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 47. CCTV & Surveillance: Challenges Wireless Interference (Again) Changing surroundings Flexible Architecture #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 48. CCTV & Surveillance: Future of Backhaul Licensed Technologies Mobile Architecture 5GHz Ain’t Dead #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow
- 49. #SuperfastWirelessRoadshow MLL Professional Services by Stuart Wallis (MLL Telecom)
- 51. MLL Professional Services • UK Tier 2 Network Operator • Radio backhaul specialist • Over 22 years experience • Solutions: – Managed radio and fibre mobile backhaul solutions – PtP / PtMP Microwave radio – Fixed wireless access – Fixed access (EFM, NGA, fibre) – IP/MPLS network solutions – E2E professional services • National UK spectrum owner – 32GHz & 40GHz – High availability , Reliable and Interference free – 10-1000Mbps – Upto 10km – Low latency – MLL Telecom controlled and assigned
- 52. MLL Professional Services 1: Network Design • Full Design Capabilities – PtP & PtMP • Above 80% success DLoS to LoS (55% MNO average) • MLL Telecom and OFCOM controlled spectrum • 50,000+ database of sites • Hybrid Design expertise - Bringing fibre and Microwave together • Access to Openreach products, national fibre providers and wholesale resellers
- 53. MLL Professional Services 2: Site Acquisition • Full Turnkey service & Professional services – Site owner negotiations – Planning applications – AONB specialist • Code Powers Tier 2 operator (OFCOM “Electronic Communications Code”) • Experienced in Multiple site types – Arqiva, WIG etc – MNO – Community – Streetworks / Greenfield • Linked and RAG’d against design options
- 54. MLL Professional Services 3: Site Enablement, Installation & Migration • Chosen partner for MNOs & Rural Broadband • 20-50 LoS/I&C a week • Experience in 20+ vendor hardware includes – Microwave – Ethernet – Outdoor WiFi – EFM/FTTC – MPLS
- 55. MLL Professional Services 4: Project Management • Prince 2 & PMI certified Project managers • ITIL Processes • ISO 9001 / 27001 • Service Assurance + Project governance
- 56. MLL Professional Services 5: Network Operation Management • UK on-site 24/7/365 – 126 contracts, – 33 customers, – 1,743 UK wide sites and – Average 3.5 hours incident resolution – 250+ incidents managed by NOC each month • Marlow Based • 35+ different vendors on-boarded • In and out of band management • Dedicated SPOC
- 57. MLL Professional Services 6: Field Maintenance • MLL Telecom in-house resource • Fully UK Mainland coverage • Standard 4+4 service • Multi skilled – Microwave – Ethernet/IP – Climbers + Rooftop • Annual service or Ad-Hoc callout
- 58. MLL Professional Services • Access to national spectrum below Ofcom rates • Bespoke or turnkey solutions in partnership with Purdicom – Network Design – Site Acquisition – Site Enablement, Installation & migration – Project Management – Network Operation Management – Field Maintenance
Editor's Notes
- Welcome everyone to the Superfast Wireless Roadshow, brought to you by Purdicom and MLL Telecom, and thanks to the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society for hosting us. Great venue, hopefully we won’t get carried away sampling the goods at lunchtime or this afternoon could get very interesting….Thanks to everyone for attending, it is great to see so many of our existing customers here as well as lots of new facesEvent oversubscribed so there is clear demand in Scotland for the type of solutions we are here to discussHousekeeping – FacilitiesFirst break in a hour, so bear with us! Strong coffee will be available at around 11amWe aim to finish around 12:30 for some lunch and the second group will be joining us, more food will be out at 1pm so there should be enough for everyone!Fire exits, no fire drill are plannedPlease set mobiles to stun!We’ll have a Q&A session to round the event off, but if anyone has a burning question before then please feel free to ask.Today we plan to talk about Purdicom and MLL and why we have entered into this formal partnership, discuss the latest developments in wireless technology for Urban, Rural, Town Centre Wifi and CCTV. MLL Telecom will then present their wide range of services that can be procured through Purdicom, including lots of interesting stuff that can be done through code powers.
- Founded in 2005 by Hugh Garrod and Rob Mortimer, both long serving professionals in the wireless marketBoth had some experience in distribution and saw a gap in the market for a purely wireless focussed specialist distributor – trade only, no reseller, no ISP.Focussed 100% on wireless infrastructure and hardware – now have dedicated teams for outdoor and WIFIIn the last three years we have increased turnover from £5.7m to £9.3m to £13m – which is a lot of wireless KITThe future for Purdicom – targeting £20m within the next two years, continuing to lead the way in hi-tech wireless product distribution
- Last year recognised by the Sunday Times as one of the fastest growing Tech companies in the UK.We have also been the largest Ruckus Wireless distie in EMEA for the last two years running – a significant achievementUnder Motorola we were recognised as the best Wireless Broadband Partner in 2011 – the last time this was awarded! Our pedigree is outdoor wireless solutions.
- Purdicom’s portfolio of outdoor wireless solutions fall into four categories….Point to Point – Licensed, unlicensed, 10Mbps to 4Gbps, 10Gbps comingPoint to Multipoint – licensed AND UNLICENSED – more on this later, up to around 100Mbps but developing all the timeCCTV – secure, reliable connectivity that is future proofed against interferenceMesh – the BEST WiFi from Ruckus Wireless for town centre type deployments
- So why have Purdicom and MLL formed this formal partnership?Discuss and explainPurdicom – unique set of market leading products and expertise. Over 600 channel partners covering a wide range of market sectors such as ISP, Energy, Retail, Security, Military, Blue Light, public sectorMLL have traditionally only worked with carriers and on very large projects. Developed a wide range of skills and capabilities, as well as private spectrum, that is now available to the channel for the very first time. You’ll find out more about exactly what these include and what they mean for the channel partners in the room in our final session just before lunch.
- The resultA UNIQUE VALUE ADD PROPOSITION THAT NO ONE ELSE IN THE UK CAN OFFER
- We’ll start by taking a look at Urban Wireless, a potted history, the challenges associated with deploying in urban areas, current opportunities for funding and then finally a look at a case study and a new product from Siklu
- First licence free wireless IP systems started to appear in around 1997 from vendors such as Breezecom and Proxim. These utilised a slow (by today’s standards) technology called FHSS – 1.6Mbps – but VERY reliable. Bear in mind most people were on dial up in those days, a 2Mbps leased line would have cost a fortune.Alternative was microwave which was not yet IP based (STM, E1 etc) and VERY expensivePeople very quickly started using these early FHSS system for linking buildings together as well as for wireless local area stuffThe BIRTH of what we no know as WIFIThis early standard became 802.11, then b, then a, then g, then n and now ac. These are all WiFi standards that increased speed and capacity for moving data wirelessly. Wireless local networks moved from being a ‘nice to have’ to very much a ‘need to have’. More and more devices don’t have Ethernet port at all.1.5 billion Wi-Fi enabled devices were sold in 2012The mid 2000s saw more spectrum become available, particularly the 5GHz bands, which provided more capacity and higher power limits, this increased the range a performance of PTP and PMP solutions. Advances in technology from pioneers such as Orthogon Systems – now Cambium Networks – pushed the boundaries of near/non line of sight performance using proprietary based technology in licence free bands. – NOT WIFIThere is an every increasing demand for spectrum and Ofcom is looking to release more ‘Sub 6Ghz’.However there is huge amounts of unused spectrum above 50GHz – known as MMW. The last few years have seen this market really take off and price come down. There is a vast amount of spectrum completely unused – the path is there for systems that could deliver 10Gbps within a couple of years.World’s largest vendor of MMW is Siklu – you’ll hear from them shortly. Disruptively priced product.Purdicom MMW sales gone from 5/6 links per month to 50/60 per month in 1 year
- InterferenceThe BOOM of WIFI enabled devices such as the iphone have lead to massive increased in the amount of WiFi transmission in urban areas – more and more systems deployed, lower and lower cost = tragedy of the commonsThe tragedy of the commons is an economics theory by Garrett Hardin, according to which individuals, acting independently and rationally according to each one's self-interest, behave contrary to the whole group's long-term best interests by depleting some common resource.Interference is an issue for designers of ANY urban wireless network. The temptation is to go for the cheapest kit but with radio you GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. Poor processing, terrible antenna design and RF protection, standards based. Always amazes me that people use a £50 radio to try and connect a business and then wonder why it doesn’t perform – ‘wireless doesn’t work’ – POOR DESIGN DOESN’T WORK.Listed BuildingsEdinburgh has no shortage of beautiful listed buildings.Represent the big challenges but this is not completely impossible. We have partners that have equipment installed on Grade 1 listed buildings such as Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire and Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, Leeds Town Hall in Yorkshire All kinds of methods can be used to disguise the antennas such as painting them, vinyl wrap etc. Coupled with the fact that antenna size is coming down as technology improves, such as the new Cambium 650S, PMP450 SM and Siklu MMW equipment. Important to work WITH the planning department of councils as some have a ‘fear’ of antennas, visualise a mobile phone base station!!Show new Siklu 1Gbps system and pass around – You will hear more about this amazing product shortlyThe challenge of urban clutter – as radio planners call it!The new wave of urban service providers are installing high speed, multi-gigabit rings of MMW and MW links in towns and cities, utilising existing high sites as points of presence, doing deal with landlords for the provision of internet in exchange for roof access. The equipment installed is not obtrusive, asdiscussed, in fact it is quite the opposite. <Show Siklu 1ft system>MMW & MW needs line of sight, but well chosen sites can provide excellent coverage to other rooftops.Near and Non line of sight is possible with the right equipment but generally uses 5GHz band, avoid WiFi based equipment which is not capable of operating reliably in ‘harsh’ environments (interference etc), AGAINif you pay £50 for a radio expect to £50 worth of performance. We do offer these systems, just don’t recommend them in urban areas
- In 1997 a 1.6Mbps link would have cost around £6000 list price, about £9,300 in todays termsAdvances in technology mean the cost of wireless capacity continues to fall. In 5GHz, system such as the PTP650 from Cambium squeeze more and more data out of less and less radio bandwidth.MMW – Five years ago this technology would have cost £20-30k a link, now a gigabit is less than £5k for TDD Advances in technology have brought this about, coupled with release of spectrum by Ofcom and other regulatory bodies.Large amounts of unused spectrum above 60/70/80GHz, we fully expect new technology to utilise this available spectrum over the coming yearsCoupled with advances in how current MMW products operate mean that 2-10Gbps links are not far away.As more kit is sold the price comes down – Siklu are leading the way in this by pricing their kit disruptivelyRESULT = high speed links are more cost effective than every before
- New generation of licence free PTP systems from leading vendors such as Cambium networks.PTP650 from squeezes more and more data out of less and less radio bandwidth. PTP650 – 100Mbps ACTUAL DATA from just 10MHz of spectrum – compare to WiFi 3x the spectrum Advanced forward error correction, pioneered MIMO technology, proprietary MAC layer means unaffected by WIFI, secure approved AES encryptionWe have customer with licence free Cambium systems deployed over 12km across London – one of the most congested RF environments in the worldMillimetre Wave is leading the way in very high speed systems. 1Gbps is now easily achievable in 60 and 80GHz bands. 60GHz is fully licence free an available from Ofcom. 80GHz is divided by OFCOM– explainLicensed - again the misconception is that the equipment is BIG and EXPENSIVE. Historically this was true but again advances in tech mean kit is reducing in size all the time. CERAGON have just launched their new IP20 multicore radio which is a major advancement of technology. All developed in house, leading the way in next gen microwave tech. For gigabit MW wireless:Old – split mount, high power, dual outdoor radios, large antennas, difficult expensive cablingGigabit in a box – single radio unit, all outdoor, POE, low power, increased efficiency of performance = smaller antennas, increased spectral efficiency
- FUNDING FOR URBAN NETWORKSAs well as rural areas, BDUK recognised that there was a need to invest in the networks in urban areas. This was driven by the fact that there is often poor coverage in some of the most densely populated cities such as Manchester, Birmingham and London.BDUK allocated £150m into an ‘Urban Development Fund’. The original plan, known as Super Connected Cities, was to fund the build of brand new infrastructure. Nine cities were allocated an initial £100m, with a further 12 splitting £50m.The first City was Birmingham who announced in summer 2012 that they were going to spend £10m on a new fibre network in the city. This was state-aid approved by the EU but BT and Virgin mounted a legal challenge to this. Eventually the project unravelled and the whole Super Connected Cities program had to back track
- BDUK eventually re-launched the scheme as a ‘voucher scheme’ following consultation in June 2013 and trialled it in four cities in mid 2013. This has now been launched to 22 cities across the UK. Vouchers can be issued to help a business that lies within the project area achieve a ‘step-change’ in broadband connection speed – this has to be at least 30Mbps. This is a VOUCHER – not a loan – of up to £3000 per business.This was a definite milestone for us as for the first time on a BDUK scheme, wireless was EXPLICITLY written in as a qualifying means of connection and the voucher can be used to pay towards all wireless hardware and install costs.Landlords can apply as ‘agents’ and pool the vouchers that all tenants are eligible for, such as business centres or parks.These are limited pots of money, once they are gone that is it.
- Worcester based ISP, started in 2002. Operations in South Africa and UK.Operate across the Midlands and into South Wales, have partaken in the Welsh Assembly Voucher Scheme - £1000 per property connected, now in troubleHave a health mix of business and residential customers, stared with leased line alternatives in to business – good moneyProvide Aston Martin with a 1Gbps resilient wireless connection. Have been building residential networks with their own money, mainly around business parks making use of the high capacity backhaul at ‘off peak’ times.Increasing number of public sector customers, including many schools and council offices. Over 3000 customers in total.The top residential package is 30Mbps with a 100GB download limit for £35 per month, extra £5 for 10GBBusiness customers can receive up to 1GbpsIn early 2013 they won £700,000 from Worcester County Council to deliver 30Mbps to 14 parishes across rural Worcestershire, accounting for around 2000 residential and 200 businesses customers. This was funded by a ‘Community Pathfinder’ fund – again another example of other sources of funding outside BDUK.In August 2013 Worcestershire council announced a £20m Intervention project in partnership with – you guessed it – BT. The big issue that part of this project will over-build on areas already served by Airband. Many have questioned this as surely this contravenes state aid guidelines, coupled with the fact that the council itself is funding both projects. – This may yet end up in court so watch this space.Wireless was often seen as the poor relation of fibre based services, not any more. Recognised by BDUK as a vital method of connecting the final 10%Anyway, a bit more about the project!
- Headline requirement was to deliver 30Mbps to 14 parishes across rural Worcestershire, accounting for around 2000 residential and 200 businesses.This required significant investment in backhaul and access network technology, there was no suitable internet backbone connectivity so a complete wireless backbone infrastructure was required in order to reach these remote areas.Geographically challenging area, the only city is Worcester itself – famous for Worcestershire sauce! There are a few market towns but mostly rural with small villages, a total of 672 sq miles.Some of the villages were still on dial up, with other on sub 1Mbps ADSL. The council needed to act as many areas were unlikely to be covered by the BT BDUK project and they couldn’t risk leaving them behind.They needed a reliable backhaul and access technology that could deliver the bandwidths required, over distance. They selected the Cambium Networks PMP450 and PTP600 to deliver access and backhaul, together with Ceragon Networks for longer distance licensed links. More from Cambium in a few momentsInvested in building new mast locations, doing deals with landowners for broadband connectivity, shared existing locations where viable although this can be expensive. Even the local pub can be used. Site sharing current sites can be very expensive. Used OFF GRID power as this can be a massive cost. BT are finding this in many of the BDUK intervention areas. Involved the community at all stages.Also heavily promoted the use of SIP services from Vonage, this encouraged users to ditch their phone line which served two purposes: Reduces the cost of comms for the home user, removed BT line rental Makes the customer more ‘sticky’ to Airband The result is that even in areas where BT have a reasonable ADSL service Airband are being successful.Future – further expansion. Connection Vouchers around Birmingham. Starting some fibre based services as well, such as Rotherwas.
- In comparison – VDSL (FTTC technology) delivers 30Mbps at around up to 1200m then starts to decrease due to attenuation of the copper cable – this is physics. Airband are delivering 30Mbps reliably at 10km via the PMP450 system, this simply cannot be done with FTTC. Future technology upgrades will improve this even futher.A major challenge in rural areas due to the lack of BT cabinets, installing new ones becomes very expensive and time consuming (Superfast Scotland runs until 2017/18). Superfast North Yorkshire is a well publicised project outside of the BDUK framework and they recognise that it is simply not economically or technically viable to deploy fibre based services everywhere. Massive problems with collapsed ducts (20km in one case), badgers and installing power. The cost of connecting to FTTC shoots up as you approach the final 10%.Ewhurst – Surrey – Connected to Surrey County Council’s BDUK Intervention Project provided by BT. 226 of the 942 in Ewhurst cannot access 24Mbps. These are the ‘forgotten customers’. They have to wait for BT to connect them, no other sources of funding are available as this would contravene state aid. This is a problem for government & BDUK.Airband can provide ‘wireless infill’ at a very low cost, ensuring genuine 100% coverage.Most Airband customers are receiving 40-50Mbps.In November 2013 BBC Hereford and Worcester ran a speed test comparison across Worcestershire live on air, the fastest connection was an Airband customer in the village of Little Witley
- IntroduceCambium Networks history and pedigreeWhy did Airband select Cambium?Field proven, proprietary tech resistant to interference, reliable, efficient UK based support on the groundUp to 125Mbps per sector, with an upgrade path to PMP470 new platform which will support over 360Mbps per sector using MU-MIMO, around 100Mbps per subscriber. Reliable data rates over distance, enhanced with a range of additional enhancements such as Lens and Reflectors. Suitable for real time applications, voice video and data, SIP servicesPTP600/650 - facts and figures/by the numbers
- IntroduceCambium Networks history and pedigreeWhy did Airband select Cambium?Field proven, proprietary tech resistant to interference, reliable, efficient UK based support on the groundUp to 125Mbps per sector, with an upgrade path to PMP470 new platform which will support over 360Mbps per sector using MU-MIMO, around 100Mbps per subscriber. Reliable data rates over distance, enhanced with a range of additional enhancements such as Lens and Reflectors. Suitable for real time applications, voice video and data, SIP servicesPTP600/650 - facts and figures/by the numbers
- IntroduceCambium Networks history and pedigreeWhy did Airband select Cambium?Field proven, proprietary tech resistant to interference, reliable, efficient UK based support on the groundUp to 125Mbps per sector, with an upgrade path to PMP470 new platform which will support over 360Mbps per sector using MU-MIMO, around 100Mbps per subscriber. Reliable data rates over distance, enhanced with a range of additional enhancements such as Lens and Reflectors. Suitable for real time applications, voice video and data, SIP servicesPTP600/650 - facts and figures/by the numbers
- Historically many councils have used RS1000D fibre based services from providers such as BT. Pre-recession when is seemed money was no object there was a massive roll out of these networks, many of which councils simply cannot afford any more. High OPEX of leased circuits is making these systems unviable economically.Wireless systems were considered inferior, again the poor alternative to fibre, unable to support the data rates and reliability required for CCTV.Heavy reliance on copper or fibre, largely due to the poor quality of IP based CCTV systems. Codecs were expensive.Advances in IP technology means that more IP based systems are now deployed than traditional. Cameras are more reliable, move to Full HD systems and lower cost of data storage means that more images are recorded in full resolution at all times. Cloud access makes the systems much easier to deploy and manage.Many of the challenges experience in deploying wireless in rural and urban areas as already covered are applicable to CCTV networks. Proper design and an acute understanding of the technology and risks are CRITICAL to the long term success of wireless CCTV systems.
- Wireless CCTV, Urban Superfast Wireless and City Centre WiFi projects go hand in hand and can all increase the risk of the ‘tragedy of the commons’ as mentioned before. A profliferation of WIFI devices and networks is congesting the usable spectrum.There is a desire by local authorities save as much money as possible and we have seen a few vendors entering the market with very low cost WIFI based systems apparently targeting the CCTV market. Using WIFI saves money on R&D, they can buy a low cost reference design AP, modify at a very low cost, attached an antenna in a IP enclosure and away you go. The BIG risk here is using WIFI for CCTV. If you read the specs and you see 802.11n, or even worse 802.11ac – FREE ADVICE – do not use this for CCTV. Purdicom supply WIFI based systems as well, OK in the right scenario. NOT for CCTV. The big risk is STANDARDS BASED. Explain about WIPS and standards based systemsBenefits of using wireless are huge if done correctly:Lower TCORapid deployFlexible architectureMobility OverlayAdded services such as WIFI – combine projects!!! (police, traffic, tourism, digital inclusion, 3G offload (explain))Metranet have deployed an extensive wireless network with Reading Council.Serving Reading Borough Council’s Transportation Department, Metranet provides a wireless network over Reading to connect CCTV, Bus Lane Enforcement, ANPR, VMS, SCOOT junction control. Also work alongside partners to integrate their CCTV and traffic solutions with Reading Bough Council Urban Traffic Management Control (UTMC) Suite.
- What does the future hold for wireless and CCTV? The desire to save cash is not going to diminish. However the risk of interference is not going to go away.Purdicom are currently trialling a licensed 32GHz PMP system that will be available to securely and reliably backhaul CCTV, WiFi, small cells etc – available through our channel partners that meet the technical requirements for deploying such systems. Street light mounting, small form, low power etc.Initially these systems are bound to be high cost, but this will come down over time.We are also seeing more requirements for mobile CCTV at high speeds. Rail projects, London Underground etc. New York waterways. Fluidmesh have developed Fluidity specifically for this type of application.Finally – 5GHz AINT DEAD. Used correctly this is still perfectly viable.