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 LandscapeWe’re not in Kansas anymore

Wireless •Wi-Fi

•Data

• Voice

• Cellular

• Voice

•Data

•WiMax

•Other Technologies

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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

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All about Wifi Usage, Infrastructure & Capability

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~ 300,000 unique network devices in 2008

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WiFi WiFi 37%37%

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~ 110,000 unique Wifi devices in 2008

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WiFi WiFi 37%37%

•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

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now mission critical

now mission critical

no longer a network of convenience

Wireless isWireless is

Wi-Fi Technology an overview

Access PointsWifi TechWifi TechWifi TechWifi Tech

Back End Controllers

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A lot of wiresWifi TechWifi TechWifi TechWifi Tech

Wi-Fi for your projectsHow do I get it?

Process Overview

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• Discern Request• Route to Project Analyst• Gather Customer Requirements

Design

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• Submit to Contractor• UW Technology Review/CommentDESIGNDESIGNDESIGNDESIGN

• UW Tech Design Based on Customer Requirements

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Design

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• Contractor Purchase• Contractor Config• Contactor Install

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• UW Tech P.A. Purchase• UW Tech Edge Config• UW Tech L1 Install

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Document

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• As-Builts• Post Site Survey

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• As-Builts

Cellular Coverage, Contract & Capability

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

Cell ContractsCell ContractsCell ContractsCell Contracts

Cell SitesCellular TechCellular TechCellular TechCellular Tech

•$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

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Alphabet Soup

•CDMA

•GSM

•EVDO

•HSPA

•LTE

•UMTS

•3G

•4G

Cellular TechCellular TechCellular TechCellular 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

Cellular TechCellular TechCellular TechCellular Tech

Cellular Contracts and Revenue

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

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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

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Questions?

David Morton .............................Vernon Wells .............................

dmorton@uw.edu wells@uw.edu

What it is and how to get it in your projects