A National Wireless Network for HEI
Glenn Wearen
Terena TF-Mobility Meeting Dec’08.
Agenda
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Campus networks trends
Wireless strategy
Tender for national mobile broadband service
Statistics on NMBS use
Campus Networks are Changing
On Campus
– 4 Billion Mobile phones Globally
Sources WINLAB, Telegeography 2007, Mike Norris, Comreg & Fred
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– Wireless has already overtaken wired
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– Number of base stations
No of Unique Devices
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UCD Belfield Wirelss vs Wired Devices
Months 2007 - 2008
Q: What access network will your users use
to connect to your network in 2010?
• Access technologies
– Fixed network
– WiFi
– WiMAX
– 3G
– LTE(4G)
– Combination of all of the above?
– Other technologies?
Answer
• A1) Stick with WiFi only on
Campus
• A2) Negotiate 3G/4G service
and remove WiFi
• A3) Build, wholesale or
negotiate a WiMAX service
• A4) Combination of all of the
above?
• A5)...
A4) Combination of all
• Introduces issues:
– Roaming between WiFi/WiMAX/3G
– On Campus and off campus overlap
– Provision of services
• Mobile portal? More portals?
• Support – IT helpdesk, operator?
– Authentication – SIM, Passwords, Identity Management
– Spectrum issues, licensed, unlicensed
– Others?
Wireless Strategy Needed.
Two Choices;
1. Develop the strategy within HEAnet with consultation
from our clients
2. Engage consultants to develop a strategy
Consultants Brief
• Investigate nationally ubiquitous wireless access to
the HEAnet network for all HEAnet clients.
• Identify all potential options
• Identify & Investigate the most feasible options
• Recommend a Strategy
Strategy Approach
Wi-Fi
Peering
Widespread Consultation
13 Candidate Solutions
Initially Considered
5 Candidate Solutions
Investigated in detail
Strategy Findings
• Overwhelming
agreement - extend
campus cloud
• Quality of Service
• Price/Cost
• Ease of use
• Regulatory Viability
• Commercial Viability
– To deliver
– To maintain
• Mobility
• Ease of delivery
• Inability to fund
infrastructure from
existing HEI funds
Define the Strategy
• Campuses did not favour any particular
technology over another, provided the key
objectives were met.
• Strategy could be delivered in phases.
Split the strategy
Phase 1 - Mid 2008 - 2010
• Deliver a national high quality and affordable MNO wireless
service – Sept 2008
• Drive adoption – target - 10% of HEI market per annum
• DO NOT implement WiFi hotspot peering
• Rollout with emerging security middleware strategies
– National Sectoral Federation
– Eduroam
Split the strategy
Bridge to Phase 2
• Build sectoral expertise on next generation mobile wireless
(WIMAX or others) by supporting and assessing nominated
trials
• Apply to COMREG for sectoral Wireless licences (technology
agnostic)
• Conduct annual and mid term review
Split the strategy
Phase 2 - 2010 - 2013
• Mid Term Review – confirms technology selection
• Design, Procure and Deliver an on and off-campus WIMAX (or
other) solution for participating HEI’s to:
– Complement Campus WiFi services
– Augment or Replace MNO Service for off campus
• WIMAX Service may either be
– Sectoral built (HEI and HEAnet) OR Outsourced to Commercial provider
• Continue to drive adoption for near and off-campus – target
10% per annum
• Continue to drive middleware adoption.
Wireless Strategy
• Phase 1 (2008-2011)
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National Mobile Broadband Service
Continued rollout of eduroam
Implement existing middleware strategy to support mobility
Etc.
– Proceed to Tender for NMBS
Tender Objectives
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Provide national coverage
Price point at or below 15 Euro per month
Dongle must not be a barrier to entry
Different Contract options
Available to staff and students
Availability of service / Quality of service
Support for IPsec, IMAP, SSH, Voip etc
Ability to roam
Support
Reporting
O2 & HEAnet Offer
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O2 Clear
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- 9 month contract
- 30 days termination notice
- E220 Modem. 7.2Mbit/s down, 384kbit/s up
- 5GB limit/month, 0.02 Euro/MB over this
- Roaming possible but disabled by default
- Monthly cost 15 Euro, modem 20 Euro.
www.o2.ie/heanet
O2 Contract
- 12 month contract
- 30 day happiness guarantee
- E220 modem. 7.2Mbit/s down, 384kbit/s up
- 10GB limit/month, fair usage applies
- Roaming possible but disabled by default
- Monthly cost 13 Euro, modem 20 Euro.
O2 & HEAnet Offer
Insight into carriers view of mobile broadband
– Mobile Broadband traffic is growing rapidly
Social networking
iPlayer type traffic
– Subscribers are fickle
Social networking applications on devices can lead to long term customer
relationship
– Students are smart
15 day happiness guarantee
HEAnet/O2 Mobile Broadband User
Statistics
• Total number of users:
– September 1314
– October 571 (Mid October)
– Total today 2700 with approx 50 new/day
• Contract breakdown:
– 9 months 8%
– 12 months 92%
• Sales channel breakdown:
– Campus sales 37%
– Retail sales 63%
• Working with O2 to get statistics :
– Nationally, users experience average of 30-50% of maximum speed.
HEAnet/O2 Mobile Broadband User
Statistics
• Average calls per subscriber per month:
– NMBS 55
– General 64
– Corporate <
• Average number of minutes online per subscriber per month
– NMBS 4150
– General 5129
– Corporate <
• Average volume of traffic per subscriber per month
– NMBS 2.46 GBytes
– General 2.94 Gbytes
– Corporate <
• Applications declined
– Staff
– Students
Strategy next steps
• Federation - Identity management and Mobility
• User trials of WiMAX technology in early 2009
• Possible trial of LTE technology late 2009/2010
• Anything else we should be investigating?
Questions?
glenn.wearen@heanet.ie
www.o2.ie/heanet