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Wireless Technology & Infrastructure

Wireless Technology & Infrastructure. What it is and how to get it in your projects. Agenda. Mobile Landscape All about Wi-Fi Tech primer How to get it Cellular Stuff Strategic Mobile Initiative Coverage & Discounts m.UW and mobile apps. Mobile Landscape. We’re not in Kansas anymore.

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Wireless Technology & Infrastructure

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  1. Wireless Technology & Infrastructure • What it is and how to get it in your projects

  2. Agenda • Mobile Landscape • All about Wi-Fi • Tech primer • How to get it • Cellular Stuff • Strategic Mobile Initiative • Coverage & Discounts • m.UW and mobile apps

  3. Mobile Landscape • We’re not in Kansas anymore

  4. Wireless = • Wi-Fi • Data • Voice • Cellular • Voice • Data • WiMax • Other Technologies

  5. Mobile Trends On the move... • Mobile communication is primary for many. • 20% of people replaced landline phone with cell phone • Wi-Fi enabled cell phones will surpass PCs by 2011 • Laptops out sell desktops • Texting, Facebook, IM, Twitter rapidly replacing voice/email

  6. All about Wifi • Usage, Infrastructure & Capability

  7. UW Wireless - Wifi ~ 300,000 unique network devices in 2008 Wired 63%

  8. Wifi Wired 63% ~ 110,000 unique Wifi devices in 2008 WiFi 37%

  9. Wifi What it means... • Usage doubling every 15 months • Used not only by laptops, but from: • iPhones to netbooks • from Playstations to vending vachines • from television to telephone • from printers to IV pumps • Robust wireless is expected Wired 63% WiFi 37%

  10. Wireless is now mission critical • no longer a network of convenience

  11. Wi-Fi Technology • an overview

  12. Wifi Tech Access Points

  13. Wifi Tech Back End Controllers

  14. Wifi Tech A lot of wires

  15. Wi-Fi for your projects • How do I get it?

  16. Process Overview INTAKE DESIGN INSTALL DOCUMENT

  17. Intake INTAKE • Discern Request • Route to Project Analyst • Gather Customer Requirements DESIGN INSTALL DOCUMENT

  18. Design INTAKE DESIGN • UW Tech Design Based on Customer Requirements • Submit to Contractor • UW Technology Review/Comment INSTALL DOCUMENT

  19. Design INTAKE DESIGN • UW Tech P.A. Purchase • UW Tech Edge Config • UW Tech L1 Install INSTALL • Contractor Purchase • Contractor Config • Contactor Install DOCUMENT

  20. Document INTAKE DESIGN INSTALL DOCUMENT • As-Builts • As-Builts • Post Site Survey

  21. Cellular • Coverage, Contract & Capability

  22. Cell Contracts Strategic Mobile Initiative • Bringing world class mobile to UW • Strategic partnerships • Carrier partners AT&T and T-Mobile • Coverage improvements, discounts, etc • m.UW iPhone/BB/Mobile web apps • More

  23. Cellular Tech Cell Sites

  24. Cell Coverage • $2M invested in infrastruture • T-Mobile added 4 cell sites - Haggett - Chemistry - Suzzallo - BB Tower • AT&T adds 3 new (4 total) - BB Tower (current) - Haggett - Mary Gates - Harborview

  25. Cellular Tech Alphabet Soup • CDMA • GSM • EVDO • HSPA • LTE • UMTS • 3G • 4G

  26. Cellular Tech The Essentials • Two incompatible technologies • Verizon/Sprint Nextel use one • AT&T/T-Mobile use the other • 2G, 3G, 4G • G stands for generation, 3G is the 3rd generation cell technology • 3G is the current state of the art • 4G arrives with... Wait for it • Two incompatible technologies

  27. Cellular • Contracts and Revenue

  28. Cell Contracts AT&T • Discounts • 21% University paid service (CRU) • 18% Employee, personal use (IRU) • 10% Students • 25% most phones and accessories • Funding back to UW • Key Selling Points • iPhone, iPhone, iPhone • Blackberry • Business Pooled plans

  29. Cell Contracts T-Mobile • Discounts • 15% University paid service (CRU) • 15% Employee, personal use (IRU) • 15% Students • Variable discount on most phones and accessories • Key Selling Points • $34 unlimited calling for UW paid accounts • $50 unlimited calling for employees/students • Voice over wifi • Android phones

  30. Wireless Technology & Infrastructure What it is and how to get it in your projects Questions? David Morton ............................. Vernon Wells ............................. dmorton@uw.edu wells@uw.edu

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