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Why WiFi Offload? Dr. Mazlan Abbas MIMOS Berhad
Agenda •WhendevelopingaWiFioffloadstrategy,whatare thenecessarycomponents? •HowmuchWiFiisoutthere?
WhyOffload? Increasenetworkcapacity? Givecustomersthebest network? Retaincontrol? Reducechurn? Improveperformance? Seamlessconnectivity? Getvisibility? Improvenetworkreach? Improvenetwork coverage? Postponecapital investments? GiveCustomerextrabenefits?
SoLetsOffload! What? Where? How?
WhattoOffload? •Typicallyweseeupto45%ofdataisalready offloadedby‘casualoffload’athome,workand publicWiFi •Difficulttoassesshowmuchcanbeoffloadedasyou can’tcountwhatwouldhaveneverbeenoncellular HomeWiFi 20% WorkWiFi 20% Cellular Network 55% PublicWiFi 5% 5
WheretoOffloadTo? Home/Work KnownSSID CarrierWiFi UnknownSSID PartnerWiFi PublicWiFi(Portal) Intentional Clickthrough Unintentional Pre-registerfree Pre-registerpaid OpenWiFi(NoPortal)
WheretoOffloadTo? PublicWiFi OpenWiFi PartnerWiFi CarrierWiFi Home/Work 1k 10k 100k 1M 10M 100M NumberofAccessPoints
HowtoOffload-Necessary ComponentsofWiFiOffload
CONTEXT Explosionofmobiledatatraffic:x10from2011to2016 Toensureagooduserexperience,mobileoperatorsare obligedtoinveststronglyintheirnetwork.
CUSTOMERS’ EXPECTATIONS Wi-Fi 2G DSL GSM Bandwith FairUse 3G 4G LTE Fiber Whatdo customers hear? HSPA Easy to use Low cost Whatdo customers want?
Conclusion AsuccessfulWiFioffload strategycanonlybeachieved bydeployingasuccessfulWiFi managementsolution
References • “Devicescape – The WiFi Offload Company””, Paul Dansey, WiFi World Summit, Sept. 2012, Barcelona
Contact Dr. Mazlan Abbas @mazlan_abbas Email: mazlan.abbas@mimos.my