Railway Applications

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Railway Applications
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Safe Harbor
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of Alvarions management and are subject to a
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from those described in the forward-looking
statements potential impact on our business of
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global recession, the failure of the market for
WIMAX products to develop as anticipated
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the expected growth of the WIMAX market as
anticipated, due to, among other things,
competitive reasons or failure to execute in our
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achieve success for new products, services and
technologies increased competition and its
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inability to establish and maintain relationships
with commerce, advertising, marketing, and
technology providers and other risks detailed
from time to time in the Companys Annual Report
Risk Factors section as well as in other filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Agenda

• Railway Company Challenges
• Communication Network
• Answering the Challenge
• Connecting to and from the Train
• The Alvarion Offering

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Industry Overview
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Railway Company Challenges (1)
Safety and security

• Passenger safety
• Stations and facility security
• Track and crossing safety

Maintenance

• Preventative maintenance
• Carriage maintenance
• Connectivity for remote sites (storage, garage)
• Connectivity within large company premises (train
  yards, stations)

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Railway Company Challenges (2)
Commercial

• Increase efficiency
• Increase passenger and freight volumes

Passenger experience

• Passenger Information Systems (PIS) on and off
  board
• Internet access on trains
• E-tickets
• On and off board PA systems

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Railway Communication Network

• All trains have one or more operational
  communication systems onboard, to be used when
  the train is moving such as
• TETRA European standard for digital radio
  transmission 300, 400, 800 and 900 MHz
• GSMR GSM standard to address the demands of
  railway communications (900 MHz)
• Satellite connection
• Most of these systems are backed up by a regular
  VHF radio.
• All communication equipment on trains must comply
  with strict standards such as
• EN 50121-3-2 EMC immunity for railway rolling
  stock apparatus
• IEC 61373 - shock and vibration for railway
  equipment
• UL 2043 - fire and fumes standard

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Railway Communication Network

• Operational communication system requires an
  infrastructure alongside the tracks such as
  GSMR/TETRA base stations, signaling poles, track
  sensors, etc.
• Many railway companies have fiber or copper
  networks which using tracks as physical
  infrastructure
• Railway company properties are usually alongside
  tracks but out of reach of core network
  infrastructure
• There is a demand to connect remote company
  facilities to center

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The Network Paradox

• Operational network is mission critical,
  therefore it is not always
• possible to connect additional links at any
  required location

Crossing with traffic lights and Fiber entry
point (fiber switch)
Fiber
2 Km
Cameras within 2 km of crossing will be unable to
access core despite being physically on top of
fiber infrastructure
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Addressing the Challenge
Using wireless links to connect remote locations
to nearest available core network entry point

• PtP and PtMP to connect special security cameras
  alongside track and in road crossings
• PtP and PtMP to connect remote facilities such as
  storage and maintenance centers

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The Alvarion Offering
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BreezeACCESS VL

• Premium PtMP solution
• Ultimate versatility robustness and QoS for WISPs
  and vertical markets
• High capacity and performance
• Enables business class access services

Value Proposition

• Supreme range and capacity
• Versatility
• Superior robustness and security
• Fast deployment
• Superior QoS and VoIP infrastructure

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BreezeNET B
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CCTV in Railway Facilities

• Railway operations typically require large
  facilities such as train stations and train or
  classification yards
• Facilities require high level of security and
  safety equipment
• CCTV systems are essential and sometimes
  mandatory
• Wireless solutions can differentiate between
  simple and fast implementation to costly or no
  implementation

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BreezeACCESS VL SU-Video
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Train Data Upon Arrival in Terminal

• Several computers on board trains auditing
  information
• Engine performance
• Train speed and acceleration
• Video from internal CCTV system
• On-board ticket purchasing
• Data extracted by IT department is used for
  safety, security, maintenance or commercial
  analysis
• Extraction is usually performed manually, either
  by removing the DVR/Black box hard drive or by
  connecting physical cable to train

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Wireless Solution

• Wireless connection can improve data extraction
  process
• Wireless operational communication systems are
  not designed to transfer large amounts of data

• Deploying a Wi-Fi network enables downloading
  data from trains upon reaching terminal or
  maintenance depot

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Data Upload to Trains
Wi-Fi network communicating with train at
terminal can be used to upload data to train at
each station

• Data examples
• Updating passenger information system (PIS) with
  location-based advertisements, weather, news or
  travel information
• Updating automatic PA system onboard train

Sao Paulo Metro PIS updated by Alvarions WiFi
network
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The Alvarion Wi2 Solution
Central Office
Deployment
Wi2 AP
Wi2 Controller and NMS
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