Smart Gigabit Communities Launch in Madison

1. Igniting Madison
through Paradrop
Smart Gigabit Communities
Launch
January 26, 2016

2. Community Overview
A Wireless Living Lab
A living lab for a smart wireless city
• New 4G infrastructure
• Intelligent 4G/WiFi base stations
• Edge computing
• Users across downtown
Madison’s advanced network(s) – 5NINES/UW WiMAX/LTE 4G
• 8-10 base stations (multi-sector antenna), 200+ Paradrop WiFi routers
• ~3 base stations online, Paradrop WiFi routers being trialed
• 5NINES and UW (under Madison-Ignite)
• GENI rack on UW campus + data center services in 5 NINES network

3. Introducing Paradrop
Paradrop: WiFi routers == iPhone: cellular phones
IoT
devices
Chute 1 Chute 2
Wireless backhaul
User
devices
ParaDrop workshop at
US Ignite June 2014

4. Key Local Partners
• Students at UW
• Exis/Paradrop team
• Independent
startups(?)
• 5NINES
• City of Madison
• City of Monona(?)
• Paul Krongberger
(CIO, Madison)
• Anton Kapela
(5NINES)
• Kathy Kramer
(Morgridge Public
Service Center)
• Dale Willis (CEO,
Exis)
PARTNERS
Sources of
DEVELOPERS
Community
LEADERS

5. Transit Analytics
How do riders use the Transit System
Analyzing transit behavior
Where are most popular origin-
destination pairs?
Popular times?
How long are wait times in bus stops?

6. Sector icon herePopulation Analytics
How is the city being used?
Brief description
Where are the people? What is the
busiest street corner
“Where is the party tonight?”

7. What we have to offer to other communities
List of unique community resources to share with other SGCs
Pararop WiFi routers --- will be available (at cost + labor) to any city
 Full access to Paradrop stack and development environment
 Technical support for use of Paradrop infrastructure, both remotely and
to setup local instances