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Alvarion Carrier-grade Wi-Fi Offering

Alvarion Carrier-grade Wi-Fi Offering. January 2013. Outline. Latest WBSn Release V1.3 – News!. New firmware v1.3.2 Market leading radio performance Up to double the capacity and the reach than competition Up-to 20Km with outdoor CPE New FCC p roducts CPEs WCPEn-5000-O – outdoor CPE

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Alvarion Carrier-grade Wi-Fi Offering

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  1. Alvarion Carrier-grade Wi-Fi Offering January 2013

  2. Outline

  3. Latest WBSn Release V1.3 – News! • New firmware v1.3.2 • Market leading radio performance • Up to double the capacity and the reach than competition • Up-to 20Km with outdoor CPE • New FCC products • CPEs • WCPEn-5000-O – outdoor CPE • WCPEn-2400-I – best-in-class, dual-zone indoor CPE • Enhanced service flexibility • Router / NAT-Router • Web Authentication • MAC Authentication 300m Competitor w/o BF Alvarion w/ BF

  4. Wi-Fi Market Dynamics Operator • Mobile • Fixed • Wi-Fi ISP • … • $0.6M (2012) • $4M (2015) Applications • Hot zones, offloading, rural access, wholesale,... Enterprise • Education • Oil and Gas • Smart City • Healthcare • … • $4M (2012) • $6M (2015) Applications • Intranet, video surveillance, M2M… Cleveland Research Company 1/2013

  5. Public Wi-Fi Expands Market size: $530M (2012), $2.1B (2016), 47% CAGR • Street coverage is seen as one of the areas of greatest deficit for Wi-Fi coverage. By 2013, the percentage of service providers planning to deploy Wi-Fi for street coverage jumps to 79%Global Service Provider Survey, April 2012, Infonetics Research • “…sales of outdoor APsdoubling over the past year”Mathias Machowinski, December 2012Infonetics Researchhttp://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/press-releases/infonetics-wireless-lan-gear-star-networking-industry-tops-1-billion-quarte • Next is 802.11ac, ~2014 • Additional capacity…

  6. Hot Zones and 3GO – PLDT Philippines Tier #1 Incumbent Carrier • Nationwide • Hot zones • Bundling, DSL + Wi-Fi • Web-portal authentication • 1,000 WBSn under deployment now • 80% Indoor & 20% Outdoor • 1:10 – One WBSn replaces10 Indoor Radios Network Architecture

  7. Performance At Customer Sites

  8. Colombo, Tier #1 Operator Point Measurements • Installation: 3 floor Building • Suburban, foliage • End device: Acer laptop

  9. Nepal, Wi-Fi SP, 11/2012 Site Survey • Sector radio comparison • Urban, narrow streets, foliage • 30% interference • End device: USB 11n dongle • Up to 36Mbps at 100m with WBSn Competitor Alvarion 300m

  10. 300m 300m Alvarion 200m 200m 100m 100m Pardes Hanna Israel, 12/2012 Site Survey • Omni radio comparison • Sub urban, foliage • Low interference level, 30% • End device: 11n CPE • Close to 70Mbps near the WBSn base station Alvarion Competitor

  11. Nesher Israel, 11/2012 Site Survey • Sector radio comparison • Urban, foliage • high interference level. ~75% • End device: dongle 11n CPE • Close to 90Mbps near the WBSn base station Alvarion Competitor 500m

  12. Naha Okinawa Japan, NTT-West, 12/2012 Site Survey, tier #1 carrier • Sector radio test • Urban, LOS and near-LOS, low interference • Base station at 1st floor height installation • End device: dual-stream laptop • Up to 200m while competition could do up to 50m 200m

  13. Multi Users Performance • Indoor test schenario • Office environment • 2.4 GHz • 110 ACTIVE users • Laptops • Handhelds • CPEs • WBSn outperforms • Higher capacity • Faster user rates • Better airtime fairness WBSn Ruckus WBSn Ruckus

  14. Alvarion Carrier-Wi-Fi Offering

  15. Alvarion Carrier Grade Wi-Fi Solution Industry’s first two-way Beamforming with 802.11n outdoor • WBSn – Wi-Fi base stations • Outdoor • WCPEn – Wi-Fi CPE • Outdoor and indoor • WavionNet – NMS • WCC – Wi-Fi Cloud Controller • Wi-Fi manager • Cellular GW • WSP – Service Provisioning • AAA and billing solutions

  16. Outdoor Wi-Fi Radio Challenges Outdoor Wi-Fi ≠ Indoor Wi-Fi • Reach, Non-Line-of-Sight • Heavy interference • Regulation power limits • High multi-path delay spread • Extremely dynamic • Foliage • Indoor penetration

  17. Beamforming Explained Two-way Spatially Adaptive Beamforming • Multiple radios • High Gain Diversely Polarized (HGDP) antenna array • Focus the energy, Tx and Rx • Track movements and noise variations – adaptable • Exploits multipath, coherently combine reflections HGDPAntenna Array Signal Strength 8 dB Beamforming gain and 12 dB HGDP antenna array gain

  18. Field Proven Interference Immunity Over a Decade of Outdoor Wi-Fi Experience • Essential for large scale Wi-Fi networks (Outdoor & Indoor) • Interference Immunity Suite • Beamforming inherent 5dB interference suppression • Dynamic Interference Handling (DIH) • Automatic Channel Selection (ACS) • Offline • Online with continuous scanning • Rate Adaptation (WARA) • Optimizes performance in noisy environments • Down Tilted Antennas (DTA) • Suppresses noise outside antenna field-of-view

  19. Indoor Penetration, 50% Less CAPEX/OPEX 50m

  20. Key Features and Specification Versatility • Concurrent operation in 2.4GHz & 5GHz • Flexible antenna field of View • AC and DC feeding • Total capacity of up to Gbps • 3x3:3 MIMO • Smart antenna • Beamforming 802.11n • High gain diversely polarized • Dual band • Down tilted • Up to 512 connected users Omni Capacity and Coverage Sector Sector & Omni

  21. WCPEn Family of CPEs Best-in-class Wi-Fi CPEs • The only Beamforming indoor CPE on the market • Extended reach • Highest speeds • Improved indoor signal penetration • Fast ROI for access services • Excellent user experience • Interoperable with any standard Wi-Fi certified devices in both 2.4 and 5 GHz USB Adaptor Outdoor CPE Indoor CPE

  22. Best “Wireless xDSL” Service • WCPEn-2400-I provides Wi-Fi and LAN access for indoor users • Extended coverage • Indoor penetration • High throughput CPE WWW WBSn WCPEn-2400-I

  23. Internet Efficient Indoor Building Coverage Internet

  24. Outdoor to Indoor Coverage Examples Mumbai, India 16 floor building covered with a single base station Abuja Nigeria, Sheraton Hotel Full wing coverage, two base stations Suihua, China 12 residence buildings, Indoor coverage

  25. Networking Features

  26. Main Networking Features Rich Set of Features for Core Integration and Private Networks • Quality of service (prioritization and classification) • Bridge and Router + NAT • Wholesale business model support (multiple SSIDs) • Built-in Access Controller • Security, encryption and authentication • RADIUS, core integration • PasspointTM (2013) • SNMP and web management

  27. Embedded Access Controller Distributed, Scalable, No Single Point of Failure • RADIUS Authentication • EAP-SIM/AKA, web portal • RADIUS Accounting, time and volume based • RADIUS Authorization, limit and disconnect • Per session traffic shaping at the base station (roadmap) • Effective SLA enforcement, near the users, minimized backhauling requirements • Web redirect • Walled garden • License required

  28. 3G / LTE Data Offloading Indoor and Outdoor Wi-Fi • Seamless authentication • 802.11u • AAA integration • Unified user profile • End-to-end security • 802.1x, EAP-SIM/AKA • Handover and mobility • PasspointTM * • Minimize backhauling and core load • Leverage on cellular core components *Road Map

  29. Hot-Zones and Cellular Offloading GW WCC-1000 Wi-Fi Cloud Controller * • Focal point of Wi-Fi control • RADIUS GW • Passpoint GW • Hides Wi-Fi complexity from cellular core • AP registration, Zero-IT (configuration and firmware), scalability • Wholesales business model support • In-band/out-band • 3rdparty integration • Aptilo, Aradial, Inventum, EliteCore, … *Road Map

  30. Case Studies

  31. Philippines Tier #1 Cellular Operator • 549 WBSn-2450 base stations • 183 cellular towers co-location • Dual-band access • Multiple services • SIM authentication • Web-portal authentication • Integration with NSN core Network Architecture

  32. Russia Tier #1 (CDMA) Cellular Carrier • Four cities coverage • Cellular offload • Wi-Fi service to existing customers • Authentication via SMS + portal • Above 500 WBSn-2400 base stations • Distributed Access Controller • Base station in Bridge mode • Wireless client isolation across base stations • NMS (WavioNet)

  33. China China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom • CAPWAP based architecture • 3rd party CAPWAP controller • Over 10,000 Wi-Fi base stations shipped, expending • Metro zones and 3G offloading • Campuses, railway stations, parks,airports and business districts • Co-location with cellular • Minimum costs China, numerous cities

  34. South Korea Tier #1 Cellular Operator • 27 Wi-Fi base stations, full airport terminals coverage • Multiple services • SIM authentication • Wholesale, 2nd operator • Terminal staff • Free Wi-Fi service, low speed Seoul International Airport - - - - - - - - - - Wi-Fi Base Stations - - - - - - - - - - -

  35. San Pedro Day, Philippines,11/2012 Free Wi-Fi Zone to Over 100,000 People • Excellent 2-3 Mbps user service • Blanket service with10 WBSn-2400-S Wi-Fi base stations • Down tilted 30 deg., reducing noise level • 100 Mbps fiber connection per AP • 80-100 concurrent users per AP • Mainly Apple and Android smart phones Cebu Island, Philippines

  36. Wrap-up Main Points • Carrier Wi-Fi market is growing tremendously fast • Hotspots and hot zones • Offloading • Backhauling • New services • … • Alvarion has a complete carrier-grade Wi-Fi offering - • Enhanced performance and throughput • Leading radio technology • Robust outdoor solution • 50% CAPEX and 50% OPEX savings • Rich and flexible core integration

  37. Thank You Collateral Catalog Lior.mishan@alvarion.com

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