1. NREN’s Business Model for Wireless
Maurice van den Akker
Team Manager Mobility SURFnet

2. Join the real time survey NOW: Go to http://edu.nl/a

3. Our Mission statement Researchers, instructors, and students
seamlessly interconnect services, data, and tools
by encouraging and developing new ICT applications
Researchers, instructors, and students
work together simply and effectively
with the aid of ICT

4. High Quality Education and Research
10 Gbit/s connection is default, Lightpaths
Closed community network: safe & trusted
No filtering, transparent network
No datalimits
Flexibility
State-of-Art services
Figure: Cees de Laat, 2005

5. Learn and research with your own devices

6. Blended Learning becoming easier

7. This is NOT mobile education!

8. Reachers have specific demands for the network. Also mobile

9. So, what’s the holy grail then?
learn and research
any time,
any place,
any device
seamless

10. physical
Private LTE
DAS

11. Physical layer divided in blocks Auctions: 3.8 Billion euro’s in NL

12. Seamless mobile education and researching features...
Physical
Handovers between all types of radio cells
Efficient spectrum usage
Network
Integrated IP network
AAI
Secure and integrated AAI infrastructure
Application
Use Your Own Devices and switch between them
Economical
Business case for institutes + preventing bill shock

13. Join the real time survey NOW: Go to http://edu.nl/a
Please answer the questions on-line:
- Should NRENs focus on achieving high quality, seamless, internet access for their users within the mobile/wireless domain?
- What role?

14. Aspire study: NRENs need to prepare for mass mobile connectivity
roll out eduroam as wide as possible
Work with providers to integrate Wi-Fi and LTE
Work on close integration of fixed and various wireless technologies to provide a: Secure, economic and transparent service irrespective of location
Work closely with institutes to exploit capabilities within primary edu&res process
Source: aspire study, 2012

15. How?? What we don’t have X X X

16. What we do have

17. Scenario’s 0. NRENs only provide eduroam infrastructure (AAI)
NRENs focus on Wi-Fi
NRENs focus on LTE(-A)
NRENs focus on integration Wi-Fi and LTE
NRENs focus on mobile within primary process
Source: aspire study, 2012

18. Scenario's 0. NRENs only provide eduroam infrastructure (AAI)
NRENs focus on Wi-Fi
NRENs focus on LTE(-A)
NRENs focus on integration Wi-Fi and LTE
NRENs focus on mobile within primary process
Source: aspire study, 2012

19. Scenario 0: eduroam only (NRENs perspective)
Positive Aspects
Negative Aspects
Low operational costs and risk
Low income
eduroam roaming concept copied by other companies
Quality assurance of eduroam hard
Can have full focus, e.g. on fiber infrastructure
University budget will shift from fixed to mobile (commercial companies) to keep up with wireless demands:
Less relevancy and funds left for NREN
eduroam brand might be conflicting
Negative Impact on Quality education and research
Deliver expertise, form community
No interest in expertise through outsourcing, other priorities ICT-staff

20. Scenario’s 0. NRENs only provide eduroam infrastructure (AAI)
NRENs focus on Wi-Fi
NRENs focus on LTE(-A)
NRENs focus on integration Wi-Fi and LTE
NRENs focus on mobile within primary process
Source: aspire study, 2012

21. Scenario 1: focus on Wi-Fi
What NRENs can do:
Enable primary & secondary education
Enable or procure public areas
Operate Centralized Wi-Fi management
Operate Wi-Fi radio campus

22. Scenario 1: Centralized Wi-Fi management (NRENs perspective)
Positive Aspects
Negative Aspects
Economies of Scale: Institutes will shift budget from operational Wi-Fi management to NREN;
Higher operational work, costs, etc.
Quality assurance Wi-Fi & eduroam
Hard to align heterogeneous networks, proprietary equipment
Stronger band with institutes
Operational versus innovation role of NREN
Growing coverage
Potential high costs & bad service for 4G outside eduroam areas
Better roaming (Wi-Fi)
Better opportunities to integrate with fixed network

23. Scenario’s 0. NRENs only provide eduroam infrastructure (AAI)
NRENs focus on Wi-Fi
NRENs focus on LTE(-A)
NRENs focus on integration Wi-Fi and LTE
NRENs focus on mobile within primary process
Source: aspire study, 2012

24. Scenario 2/3: Incorporate LTE/4G
Integrate radius and IP infrastructure with providers; switch authorized 4G traffic towards campus VLAN
Research and develop session continuity while roaming 4G <> Wi-Fi
Use power of demand aggregation
Become (full) MVNO with own MNC; Europe-wide (GEANT) for challenge roaming costs and technology
Start, follow or join existing 4G eduroam trials together with institutes
Use white spaces (see report:
What NRENs
can do:

25. Scenario 2/3: Incorporate LTE (NRENs perspective)
Positive Aspects
Negative Aspects
Seamless roaming possible: anywhere, anytime, any device
Necessary cooperation of Telco, national governments, ITU
Budget shift from mobile subscriptions to NREN;
High operational costs due to sim card and device provisioning
In the lead for costs models
Risk of not fulfilling high expectations
Start point to develop innovative “data everywhere” NREN services

26. Scenario’s 0. NRENs only provide eduroam infrastructure (AAI)
NRENs focus on Wi-Fi
NRENs focus on LTE(-A)
NRENs focus on integration Wi-Fi and LTE
NRENs focus on mobile within primary process
Source: aspire study, 2012

27. 4. Focus on mobile within primary edu&res process
Aggregate demand for mobile service development for education & research
Organize contests to enable thinking of mobile education and research. “Outside the four walls”
Gather communities by organizing workshops, summer schools, etc
What NRENs can do:

28. Making the difference: the four mobile pillars of the business model for NRENs
Excellent wireless campus network
Seamless User Experience
Safe and trusted wireless access to infra
Affordable connectivity outdoor

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