WiMAX in the Enterprise: Access, Applications and Affordability

Content

• Introduction: WiMAX, Enterprise Telecommunications and The Next Telecom Boom
• XOHMTMThe Disruptor
  • The 3 A's of the WiMAX-enabled Enterprise
• Access
  • IMS Vision
  • The Impact of WiMAX on Enterprise Connectivity
  • Why WiMAX as access technology?
  • Objections to WiMAX
  • WiMAX is not Wi-Fi
  • WiMAX Components
  • WiMAX Base Stations
  • Outdoor CPE
  • Indoor CPE
  • USB, Laptop card or similar
  • Femtocells
  • Relationship of WiMAX Range and Throughput for Enterprise Applications
  • Link budget
  • Limitations of the laptop
• MIMO
  • MIMO as interference mitigating technology
  • Adaptive Antenna System (AAS) as Interference Mitigation Technology
  • Why 3G cannot compete with WiMAX
  • Fixed vs. Mobile WiMAX
  • Why backhaul is important
  • Wireless Backhaul Considerations
  • Comparisons with Fiber
  • Spectrum Considerations
  • Access Conclusion
  • Applications
  • Relationship of Connectivity and Productivity
  • Applications: Generic
  • T1/DS3 Substitute = converged voice + data
  • Voice (telephony): the killer app for WiMAX
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Combating high telecom costs and/or Building Diversity
• Applications: Specific-Industry Verticals
  • Retail
  • Banking
  • Healthcare
  • Transportation
  • Utilities
  • Case study: City of Corpus Christi
  • Agriculture
  • Construction
  • Petroleum/Energy
  • Applications Conclusion
  • Affordability: WiMAX in the Enterprise
  • Service provider or roll-your-own?
  • Savings on Existing Expenditures
  • Strategies: A) subscribe from WiMAX service provider or
  • B) Deploy own enterprise network
  • Custom Built WiMAX Network for Enterprise Private Use
  • Base Station and Enterprise Density
• Summary Affording WiMAX
• Conclusion and Projection
• Clearwire: a portent of things to come Assumptions
• Tables and Figures
  • Table 1 3G is technologically inferior to WiMAX
  • Table 2 Comparisons of wireless backhaul with other options
  • Table 3 Comparisons of wireless vs. fiber optic cable as backhaul solution
  • Table 4 WiMAX-related spectrum
  • Table 5 What enterprises buy for data solutions
  • Table 6 WiMAX prioritizes VoIP packets over data packets for maximum QoS
  • Table 7 What does it cost your business per hour to be down?
  • Table 8 Availability figures in terms of downtime per year
  • Table 9 Generic applications for enterprise WiMAX
  • Table 10 Cost comparisons of WiMAX and other forms of access for enterprise telecommunications
  • Table 11 Hypothetical comparisons of legacy telco servic prices to that of a XOHM-like WiMAX service provider
  • Table 12 OPEX savings XOHM-type service vs. legacy IT
  • Table 13 Hypothetical CAPEX for a WiMAX network to service 100 gas stations
  • Table 14 Hypothetical OPEX for gas station chain using WiMAX as substitute for telco services
  • Table 15 Telephone companies are losing 7% of their landline subscriber base every year
  • Figure 1 WiMAX offers a broad range of enterprise IT applications at highly competitive pricing and very flexible access
  • Figure 2 The 3 elements that comprise a telecommunications network: Access, switching and transport (backhaul)
  • Figure 3 Legacy stovepipe infrastructure cannot easily offer more than one service
  • Figure 4 IMS allows a subscriber to access any service on any device using any form of access
  • Figure 5 Progression of networking: from mainframe to WiMAX
  • Figure 6 WiMAX performance parameters make it an excellent enterprise technology
  • Figure 7 Wi-Fi serves a coffee shop or home. WiMAX serves a city
  • Figure 8 WiMAX nomenclature: base station and subscriber station
  • Figure 9 WiMAX base station and antenna combinations
  • Figure 10 Outdoor CPE provide a superior link budget and QoS for enterprise subscribers in office buildings
  • Figure 11 Some indoor CPE incorporate Wi-Fi access points and telephone ports
  • Figure 12 USB access devices make WiMAX access more convenient to use
  • Figure 13 Femtocells provide indoor coverage for WiMAX subscribers. This is especially important for use in RF unfriendly buildings
  • Figure 14 Line of sight offers better range and throughput than non line of sight
  • Figure 15 Link budget illustrated
  • Figure 16 On campus WiMAX delivers a throughput of multiple megabits per second
  • Figure 17 WiMAX extends employee access to the enterprise network enabling telecommuting, hoteling, disaster recovery and other enterprise enhancing practices
  • Figure 18 8x8 MIMO provides 8 times the data streams of a single antenna system
  • Figure 19 Another view of MIMO where multiple antennas enable a bypass of interference
  • Figure 20 By utilizing AAS and beam steering technologies, WiMAX mitigates interference
  • Figure 21 Backhaul supports WiMAX base stations, which in turn support home office internet/corporate intranet access
  • Figure 22 Networking and the work place: the geographic expansion of enterprise telecommunications services
  • Figure 23 WiMAX services negate the need for legacy telco T1 services
  • Figure 24 WiMAX supports enterprise voice and data
  • Figure 25 WiMAX as disaster recovery solution or alternative to telephone company T1 or DSL services
  • Figure 26 Destroyed telephone central office, 140 West Street, NYC, across from World Trae Center, September 15, 2001
  • Figure 27 WiMAX can enable shopping for best price on telecom services
  • Figure 28 Retail enterprise-wid adotpions of WiMAX could ad more intelligence in the enterprise making them more profitable
  • Figure 29 WiMAX can replace a number of disassociated telecommunications services providing savings to the retailer both in telecommunications and manpower
  • Figure 30 Use of WiMAX to network ATMs could save banks on networking costs while providing portability for those machines
  • Figure 31 Mobile health car vans or buses could be networked via WiMAX
  • Figure 32 The networked ambulance could boost life saving efficiencies for ambulance services
  • Figure 33 WiMAX in support of the delivery industry
  • Figure 34 WiMAX can be used to read a wide variety of utility meters
  • Figure 35 Farmers need real time information, literally
  • Figure 36 WiMAX may serve as a substitute for satellite based services for farmers
  • Figure 37 Agriculture implement dealer in Pomeroy, Iowa using pre-WiMAX broadband wireless services
  • Figure 38 WiMAX provides almost unlimited telecommunications services for job sites where ever they may be
  • Figure 39 Problem solving and solutions inverted pyramid
  • Figure 40 Potential telecom expenses for which WiMAX is a substitute and potentially reduces or eliminates some expenses
  • Figure 41 An oil company can save on telecommunications by deploying an in-house WiMAX network
  • Figure 42 Technology adoption curve
  • Figure 43 WiMAX as a substitute for telco landline, T1, DS3 services is an S-curve; it consumes telco market share
  • Figure 44 WiMAX will consume 7% of the per year of the US enterprise telecommunications market per year beginning in 2010