software radio infrastructure solutions for caribbean carriers vanu bose july 16, 2008

Copyright © 2008 Vanu, Inc. 1

Software Radio Infrastructure Solutionsfor Caribbean Carriers

Vanu BoseJuly 16, 2008


Vanu has Pioneered Software Radio Technology

• History– Evolved from groundbreaking software radio research at MIT– Company founded in 1998 by Dr. Vanu Bose– 90 employees – Offices in Cambridge, MA, Bangalore, India & New Delhi, India

• Industry Awards– Top 25 Emerging Technology companies, SmartTechie, SiliconIndia, 2008– Mass NetComm Product of the Year, 2008– Chosen IEEE Spectrum Magazine’s 2006 “Wireless Winner”, 1/2007– GSM Association Technology Award for Most Innovative Infrastructure, 2005– SDR Forum Industry Achievement Award for 2005– Ten Coolest Companies Award by Telecommunication Magazine, 2005 – World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, 2004– Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards: Runner Up in the

Wireless Category, 2004 – Mass High Tech All Star Award, Oct. 24, 2003


Agenda

• Anywave Overview

• Multi-Standard Business Case

• Hosted Switching Service

• Reduced backhaul costs for remote and rural sites

• VoIP Core compatibility


Anywave has Unique Benefits and Capabilities

• Run multiple standards simultaneously– Dual mode (GSM/CDMA) product is deployed and operational– Only infrastructure product to support multiple standards

simultaneously

• Cost-effective solutions for remote or rural site deployments– Reduce OPEX for sites requiring satellite backhaul

• Standards upgrades are software downloads– Download new software, rather than forklift upgrade to new

standards

“…the first step in what may prove to be a radio technology revolution.”

-Michael Powell, FCC Chairman commenting on first ever FCC certification for a software-

defined radio granted to Vanu, Inc.


Technology Overview - The Vanu Anywave Solution

Vanu Anywave Radio Access Network (RAN)– Multiple cellular standards operating at the same time

– Add new wireless standards through remote software-only downloads

– Compatible with legacy circuit switched and IP-based core networks

Base Transceiver

Station (BTS)

Base Station Controller

(BSC/RNC)

Packet Control Unit/Function (PCU/PCF)

Mobile Switching

Center (MSC)

GPRS/Packet Data Service

Node (GSN/PDSN)

PSTN

IP


Anywave: Multi-Standards on a Single Network

RF Head per frequency band

Single BTS server can support multiple wireless standards in any frequency band

Single BSC server can support multiple wireless standards in any frequency band

Vanu’s open standards approach enables faster deployments while future-proofing the network for remote additions of new standards and additional capacity

Waveforms are digitized into IP packets and sent via GigE to be processed for any technology


Case Study: Mid-Tex Cellular

The Challenge:• Cost-effectively migrate existing analog subscribers to GSM while providing a migration path to CDMA & other future standards

The Solution:• Migrated TDMA subscribers to Vanu’s GSM voice & GPRS data• Added CDMA a year later via remote software downloads• Backhaul is ½ the cost of separate systems

Background:• 8,000 square miles of coverage w/100K POPs in rural Texas• Mid-Tex wanted to economically upgrade their cellular system from analog to digital• Long distances between cell sites makes site visits very costly• Needed a technology that could accommodate multiple standards to increase their roaming revenues

Key Business Driver:Multi-Standard to increase

roaming revenue


Multi-Standard Caribbean Roaming Revenue Opportunities

• Many GSM operators in the Caribbean are not capturing the CDMA roaming revenue opportunity… & vice versa

• New entrants can offer a combined GSM/CDMA service, using one standard as primary service for local subscribers & both for “roaming” tourists

• Additional standards (EV-DO, UMTS, etc) can be added to the existing Vanu platform

Source: Signals Telecom Consulting (San Juan Puerto Rico -2005)


GSM / CDMA Hosted Switch Service

Hosted Network ServicesSatellite

VSATHUB

Mobile Subscriber

Mobile Subscriber

ROAMEXNRTRDE(FRAUD)

VERISIGN(LI/CALEA)

OPTIONAL

BTS #1

BTS #2

PSTN

LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY

ROAMINGPARTNER

PSAP

ROAMINGPARTNER

HOSTED SOFTSWITCH

PSTN

ROAMEX(NRTRDE)

ROAMEXNRTRDE(FRAUD)

SYNIVERSE(SS7/GRX/CLEARING)

ROAMEXNRTRDE(FRAUD)

INTRADO(E911)

VPN BSC / IMG

BTS #3

Mobile Subscriber

A hosted core network enables operation of multiple technologies without the large upfront CAPEX


Vanu’s Satellite Backhaul Solution

Traditional Approach

Vanu Approach

Opportunity• Expand cellular service in rural areas

Challenges• Cost of Bandwidth – connectivity

• Satellite access : $US 2 - 5 K / month• Voice delay introduced by satellite

Traffic pattern• Up to 80% of the calls, originate and

terminate in same town

GSM (legacy)• If one mobile calls another mobile, it

requires all voice and signaling traffic to be routed back to the MSC for the duration of the call– very costly

• Up to 70% of monthly satellite cost eliminated• Improved voice quality without satellite latency


Case Study: GCI Communication

Background:• Alaska’s largest telecommunications firm, providing local, long distance, wireless, cable TV & Internet services• Deploying a Vanu GSM solution to bring wireless communications to over 200 remotely located villages across the state of Alaska– islands of coverage

The Challenge:• Need a cost-effective solution for remote sites where cellular coverage hasn’t previously existed• Cost-effective migration path to new technologies

The Solution:• Deployed Vanu’s GSM Software Radio at each cell site with the ability to add CDMA & other future standards• Capacity can be increased or moved to other sites remotely via software downloads• IP satellite backhaul


Vanu VoIP Core Solution

For Current VoIP providers: • Capitalize on existing network resources to provide new

services without large capital expenses• Leverage existing switch, billing system, and delivery

platform to support both wireline and wireless subscribers

For Greenfield Wireless Network Deployments: • VoIP switching infrastructure is significantly lower cost

than traditional circuit switching• Flexibility to add wireline service quickly and seamlessly


Network Architecture

Vanu GSM/CDMA BTS

Vanu GSM/CDMA BTS

Vanu GSM/CDMA

BSC/TRAU/PCU

Mavenir mOne Convergence

Platform VLR/HLR GW

MGW

VoIPSwitch

SGSN/GGSN/PDSN

AAA

HLR

SMSC

MMSC

WAP GW

PSTN

SS7

Internet


Thank You

One System – Multiple Standards – New Revenue Sources

software radio infrastructure solutions for caribbean carriers vanu bose july 16, 2008

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