Where Eagles Dare: Spectrum Policy

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Where Eagles Dare Spectrum Policy
Wireless Technology in Indian CountryTechnology
IssuesDewayne HendricksDandin Group
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Magic and Technology

• Clarkes Third LawAny sufficiently advanced
  technology is indistinguishable from magic

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Agenda

• FCC Perspective
• NSF Initiatives
• Tribal Wireless Project
• Questions

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Kennard Statement

• All of the new technologies -- mobile phones,
  faxed, wireless computers -- are consuming
  spectrum faster than we can make it available,
  and we are in danger of a spectrum drought. We
  need to find spectrum to build the web of
  wireless applications that will continue to fuel
  our economic growth. The demand for spectrum is
  simply outstripping supply.

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Kennard Proposals

• Establish as a goal that spectrum become like any
  other commodity that flows fluidly in the
  marketplace.
• Look to technology to provide better spectrum
  management tools, for example, ultrawideband and
  software-defined radios (SDR).
• Promote greater spectrum efficiency
• Changes in relationship to tribal governments

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NSF Past/Current Initiatives

• Sovereign nations on the Net
• Mongolia in 96
• Wireless Technology RD and Deployment
• Part 15, MMDS and LMDS projects
• HPWREN (High Performance Wireless Research
  Education Network)

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Regulatory Recap

• Regulatory issues are the biggest problem in the
  way of a paradigm shift for wireless!
• More technology available than we know what to do
  with!
• Need to find a place where wireless regulatory
  issues are absent!!

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AN-MSI Tribal Wireless Project

• Continue NSF initiative
• Help to clearly establish tribal sovereignty over
  radio spectrum
• Provide a testbed for new and innovative wireless
  technologies
• Establish a framework for new FCC spectrum
  management paradigm

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Project Steps

• Close collaboration with HPWREN project
• Work with tribal college to be staging entity
• Provide seed of tribal telecom utility company
• First deploy high-speed backbone (DS3)
• Next deliver services from backbone
• Assist tribal college and government with service
  development and deployment

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Wireless Network Model

• Wireless Multiservices IP Network
• Scalable, fully meshed network
• Emphasis on first mile
• Use of wideband wireless devices
• Spread Spectrum and Ultra-Wideband
• Support for new Internet appliances
• New PDAs (such as Palm Pilot)
• Sonys Playstation II
• Goal of CPE cost of about 300

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Services to be offered

• VoIP for telephony
• Internet data
• Video (two MPEG-2 streams)
• Deliver 30 Mbps symmetric to each home
• Wireless Mobility

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New Network Details

• Three level hierarchy
• Mesh routing at each level
• Every device in network routes
• Residential Gateway unit at each home
• Provides support for mobility
• Gateway for multimedia services

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Regulatory Approach

• Start with simple exceptions
• Power EIRP
• Frequency
• New Technologies
• Real Spread Spectrum
• UWB
• SDRs

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Questions?