dandin group Wireless Project Update Dewayne Hendricks Dandin Group

dandin group Magic and Technology Clarke’s Third Law “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”

dandin group Agenda NSF Initiatives FCC Perspective Wireless Project Update Questions

dandin group NSF Past/Current Initiatives Sovereign nations on the Net –Mongolia in ‘96 Wireless Technology R&D and Deployment –HPWREN

dandin group 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.”

dandin group 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. Promote greater spectrum efficiency Changes in relationship to tribal governments

dandin group 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!!

dandin group 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

dandin group New Wireless Network Model Wireless Multiservices IP Network –Scalable, fully meshed network Use of wideband wireless devices –Spread Spectrum and Ultra-Wideband Support for new Internet appliances –New PDA’s (such as Palm Pilot) –Sony’s Playstation II Goal of CPE cost of about $300

dandin group Services to be offered VoIP for telephony Internet data Video (two MPEG-2 streams) Deliver 30 Mbps symmetric to each home Wireless Mobility

dandin group 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

dandin group AN-MSI Wireless Project Four awards to date –Ft. Berthold –Turtle Mountain –Ft. Peck –Standing Rock

dandin group Next Steps Start deployment Continue to evaluate rest of applicants Develop legal strategy –Larry Lessig and Stanford Law Clinic Continue to push the wireless technology forward through open systems approach

dandin group Questions?