1. An NCNGN Update on What Fiber Broadband Can Do for Your Communities
West NGN Meeting
Asheville, May 21 Marc Hoit (NC State)

2. Collaboration a Benefit to Entire Community
Digital inclusion is necessary to realize the network’s full potential and maximize economic benefits
Requires concerted community effort
Providers can help by providing access to discounted services, but that’s not enough, also need partnerships to provide:
Additional support to lower cost of service
Free or discounted hardware
Training
Targeted awareness and outreach efforts
Relevant curriculum and content
No one size fits all strategy for digital inclusion

3. Leverage State R&E Networks
ATT CL 20 I2
100 G 20 I2
SDN L3
ATT L3 p CL 20 G N G A G A N p
Private peers <1G
CISP
Private peers >1G
CDN G 20 Z CL 20 I2
100
ATT
NCREN
External connectivity portfolio L3
Portfolio of external connectivity including Commodity Internet Service providers (ATT, Century Link, Level3, Zayo), Private peers (Google, TWC, etc), Content Distribution Network caches (Akamai, Google, Netflix)
Three major external connection points for NCREN
Each major provider connects at two or more locations
DDOS mitigation at all three major interconnect points
p – private peers
CL – Century Link
G – Google
Z – Zayo
I2 – Internet2
N – Netflix
L3 – Level3
ATT – AT&T
A – Akamai

4. Economic Development Community Approach
Premise: Develop connectivity initiative & use as launching pad for economic development
Approach:
Build leadership team
Launch regional kick-off & buy-in
Use share material for jump-start
Locally develop RFP/RTN
Select provider(s) and build network
Three key outcomes
connect municipal activities and reduce cost
foundation to leverage for FTTP
Leverage the connectivity to enable economic development!

5. FIBER IS HERE – Now What

6. NCNGN: Mission Accomplished
Fiber is being installed throughout the Triangle
AT&T Fiber
Residential and business services
Free to NCNGN member community centers
Will pass over 200,000 homes by end of 2017
Google Fiber
Residential services
Municipal and State Fiber
Smart cities
Schools, Transportation, Medical
We have achieved:
Lower Internet costs for everyone
Fiber available to many
Can do the same things faster
Can do more things at the same time
Have we achieved any transformative changes – NO

7. NCNGN Partnership with AT&T
Education and workforce development
Remote mentoring
UNC-CH Scholar’s Latino Initiative (SLI) - Health and Wellness
Telepsychiatry and dermatology
Winston-Salem Community Care Center Smart Cities
Traffic management, parking, transit, public safety
Town of Chapel Hill – AT&T Spotlight City

8. NCNGN Partnership with US Ignite’s SGC
US Ignite is a not-for-profit federally funded program with the mission to accelerate adoption of high-speed networks
SGC - Smart Gigabit Communities
Goal: Promote development of gigabit applications
Must have a dependency on high-speed networks
Is broadly portable to other communities
NCNGN is one of 15 SGCs across the US

9. SGC Reverse Pitch Program in North Carolina
What is a Reverse Pitch?
A challenge statement or a problem to solve
Developers submit ideas
Winners receive funding to develop their application
US Ignite and NCNGN’s Reverse Gig Pitch
Kickoff in 3 cities
Raleigh, Greensboro, Charlotte
Sponsors: NCNGN, NSF, US Ignite
Partners: NC RioT, New City Ventures, North State Communications, IBM
Pitch Ideas (from Cities)
Safer Road Intersections
Regional Sharing
Live Video Streaming
Digital Infrastructure for the Home

10. Reverse Pitch Challenges
Safer Road Intersections
Traffic management cameras are in-place in many urban areas for remote viewing. Analytics are available for identifying targeted content within streaming video. How can automation be used to initiate a wide-range of activities based on pre-defined conditions identified within the video stream that could reduce the number of accidents at intersections, assist pedestrians, or improve bicycle safety.
Regional Sharing
Issues like traffic management, environment, and public health are not aligned with municipal boundaries. What methods can be used to expand regionalism where large volumes of streaming video and real-time data can be shared on high-speed networks?
Live Video Streaming
Real-time collaboration between multiple participants in different locations is expensive and complex.   Enriching the experience with 3-D streaming video using VR/AR technologies is even more challenging with conventional methods.  Given the emergence of low-cost gigabit networks, commercially available VR technologies, and high-end Cloud computing resources, what new and innovative ways could be developed.   The ideal solution would enable mid-size businesses to afford remote collaboration as well as having potential for education and entertainment.
Digital Infrastructure for the Home
The number of devices that we manually monitor and maintain on a daily basis is increasing year over year.  Several strategies are available in the marketplace to help the consumer, but they also bring their own challenges.  Given the transformative effect that residential gigabit speeds will bring, are their new paradigms that would make possible a much simpler way to manage access to our content and disparate services.

11. NCNGN Reverse Pitch Winners
Held in Greensboro and simulcast to Raleigh and Charlotte. 
Two winners received $19,000 each for prototype applications.  
Both prototype applications are complete and met their objectives.
DroPark:  A mobile app was developed that can reserve and pay for a parking spot while on route to the destination.   The challenge was to develop a means of identifying vacant parking spots, determining that the spot is reserved and then occupied, and finally releasing the spot once it is vacated.   This was accomplished through a combination of streaming video and use of the IBM Watson AI platform.  
PanoVR:  This application demonstrates real-time collaboration between two or more participants within a 360-degree virtual space.  The full collaborative experience and add-on annotations can be recorded and played back along with the original content.  

12. US Ignite grants
NCNGN has been awarded two US Ignite grants: $10,000 each. 
Designated for development of innovative GIG apps
Rapid Updates of 3D City Base Maps Utilizing Unmanned Aerial Systems and Cloud Computing Services:  The Center for Geospatial Analytics at NCSU is partnered with the City of Raleigh to build a solution that can update 3D GIS base maps in a short period of time.  The solution uses drones, lidar and nadir imaging with gig networks and high-end processing to quickly update GIS maps
3D Drone Imaging for Emergency Management:  Drones will be used to stream real-time video at the incident location.   The video will be distributed real-time over gig networks to enable situational awareness and remote collaboration.

13. Drones and Local Government
Documenting Progress of City Construction Projects

14. Drones and Local Government
City Mapping/Modeling for GIS and Planning

15. Drones and Local Government
Utility Corridor and Infrastructure Inspections

16. Drones and Local Government
Accident Reconstruction and Crime Scene Documentation

17. Simulated Smart City Town Hall Campus Department Reps (SMEs)
Existing Facilities
Existing Infrastructure
Existing Smart City Tech
Central Location
Terry
Pilar of our Overall Smart Cities Strategy

18. SSC Smart Parking Problem Test Location Availability in Downtown
Determine Usage Stats
Test Location
Herb Young Community Center
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (Parking Deck)
Smart Parking – Availability in downtown, Usage

19. SSC Smart Lighting Problem Test Location
Balancing energy efficiency with safety
Test Location
Townhall Courtyard
Emily

20. SSC Smart Analytics Problem Test Location
How can we use data to improve facility operations?
Test Location
Townhall Campus Buildings and Grounds
Emily

21. Scada System Monitoring
Problem
Display real-time pump station data on ArcGIS map on mobile device
Test Location
Tier One Pump Stations
Terry

23. Hwy 55 Connected Vehicle Pilot
[DAVID]
Connecting vehicles to infrastructure is the next frontier of transportation
Wearable tech to connect cyclists and pedestrians to vehicles and infrastructure.
Improvements in safety – speed alerts, curve warnings, approaching drivers/cyclists/pedestrians.
SPaT Challenge and DSRC

24. Cisco/Salesforce Integration

25. SAS/Traffic Video Collaboration

26. Remember:
This is a county & municipal economic development effort and getting fiber is ONLY a first step!
Questions?