Commercial Rollout of White Spaces

Jim Carlson

CEO

Five Continents and Growing

Carlson’s White Space Projects around the Globe

Local Company, Global Presence• Carlson, located in Northern California• Innovative solutions for

rural communication since 1986• Microwave products

– Trailblazer & LongHaul

• Customers around the world– Public safety, utility, WISP, oil and gas– Global reseller network

• First mover in the white-space industry

TrailBlazer • Licensed and Unlicensed Microwave • Fractional T1 synchronous radio • Integrated DS0 channel bank • Point to point or Repeater• Drop and insert multipoint

LongHaul• Backhaul up to 60 miles • TDM – structure for fixed latency • Point to point or daisy chained• Migrate from T1’s to Enet packets• Remote and local alarms and IO controls

TVWS: The Game Changer for Community BB

• The signal that conquers the toughest terrain• The tech to help get broadband to the 5Bn unserved

TVWS: The Game Changer for Community BB

Prerequisites for Gen 2 TVWS• Teledensity less than 20 CPE’s per square mile• 2 to 10 mile radius depending on terrain and

foliage • Needs to be vacant TV channels available • Service level is between 2 and 12 Mb/s with

70% downstream and 30% upstream traffic

Opportunities for white space radios by app

• Market sizing is an aggregate of 2010-2018 projections

US Trials and Deployments46 FCC experimental licenses granted

sites chosen for diversity Low density rural Rugged terrain Heavy foliage Over Water Desert Med density suburban

Attention all users seeking NLOS solution!

Nomadic Operations with NLOS Conditions

• Gigabit Libraries Network, nationwide pilot program to expand the coverage provided to patrons of libraries

• First one online is Delta County Library District CO providing municipal WiFi to downtown patrons

Attention all users seeking NLOS solution!

GLN- Delta County CO – Base Antenna

View of Library showing base antenna

Attention all users seeking NLOS solution!

Delta County CO – CPE enclosure

This librarian is handy with a

drill and screwdriver

Attention all users seeking NLOS solution!

Delta County CO – gateway

No drill screws

Attention all users seeking NLOS solution!

Worldwide Deployments

BB: White Space Makes the Difference

• WISPs /Community BB– As expected, WISPs were the first

businesses to see the game-changing potential of white space

• Deployments on five continents– Commercial projects and experimental trials– North America, South America, Africa, Asia

and Europe

Vietnam

Bill Narin will talk about this project

South Africa

Arno Hart will talk about this project

Africa – Get the next billion on line• Drive mobile penetration higher

• Turn Not Spots into Hot Spots

• Cape Town, South Africa• Google sponsored a demonstration project

where we connected 10 schools in the poorer district to Internet for <$75k. Done in 3 months.

Northern California Wine Country• Cal.Net Project• Experienced WISP with 1000+ clients• They have existing clients in WiMAX and

900• 60% of clients can’t be served with

existing• Mix of orchard and vineyard owners

residential in the treed foothills of N. Cal

Northern California Wine Country

Multi band hybrid base site

Northern California Wine Country

Site choices – hidden base

Northern California Wine Country

Client location – heavy foliage

Northern California Wine Country

Client perf. – throttled 50%

Trials and Commercialization: Learning experiences:

• Need to improve our documentation• Added a local web based OMC • Customer can use help with planning• Additional bandwidth needed in next model• Sweet spot of pricing around $300 per client

Trials and Commercialization: Summary

• 1000 terminals/160 base stations deployed• 58 trial locations on 5 continents • FCC certified and ready to ship• Large projects now being funded

Carlson Wirelessjcarlson@carlsonwireless.com