Municipal wireless networks are generating a great deal of controversy lately, compelling some state legislatures to seek to outlaw them. The reason for the public policy power play at state houses? Powerful wireless service providers and cable companies are lobbying behind the scenes, in states like Florida, to stop the local governments from creating free wireless and WiFi networks when they have millions of customers who are still perfectly willing to pay for services.
"...the huge holes in the plan are how or whether wireless will work indoors." Why is it that analyst persist in misrepresenting what these Muni are trying to do. Where does it say in any of the major planned deployments that these Wireless Networks will be penetrating buildings? These are Outdoor networks providing secondary/incremental indoor coverage. The focus of most planned Metro Nets is to provide subscribers outdoor (best effort) coverage and if they want the service to penetrate their office building and provide quality service the Private entity running the service can easily provide these commercial and select residential customers a simple Wireless Bridge/Antenna package (low $$) and connect them to the service. This then becomes a Fixed service and will be provided at a premium fee. The design that will prevail is as follows: Metro/Wide Area Gateway Access to the Wireless Network will be provided by a combination of Fiber drops and a Central Base Station Broadcast (WiMAX 5Ghz) feed to a Mesh Node. The Mesh Node will be a multiple Radio system with 2.4Ghz (802.11b/g)providing (key to cost effectiveness)standards based Access to Nodes, 5Ghz Backhaul between Mesh Nodes and or to Base Station and specialty radio (4.9Ghz) for Police/Fire Homeland functions. If customers want higher bandwidth and SLA type services these can be delivered either directly for a Mesh Node to an AP/Bridge on Building or direct from Central Broadcast Systems (WiMAX-5Ghz Services). Jacomo
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Municipal Wireless Networks Generating Controversy
Posted by: Gene J. Koprowski April 26, 2005 05:00 AMMunicipal wireless networks are generating a great deal of controversy lately, compelling some state legislatures to seek to outlaw them. The reason for the public policy power play at state houses? Powerful wireless service providers and cable companies are lobbying behind the scenes, in states like Florida, to stop the local governments from creating free wireless and WiFi networks when they have millions of customers who are still perfectly willing to pay for services.
Why is it that analyst persist in misrepresenting what these Muni are trying to do. Where does it say in any of the major planned deployments that these Wireless Networks will be penetrating buildings? These are Outdoor networks providing secondary/incremental indoor coverage.
The focus of most planned Metro Nets is to provide subscribers outdoor (best effort) coverage and if they want the service to penetrate their office building and provide quality service the Private entity running the service can easily provide these commercial and select residential customers a simple Wireless Bridge/Antenna package (low $$) and connect them to the service. This then becomes a Fixed service and will be provided at a premium fee.
The design that will prevail is as follows:
Metro/Wide Area Gateway Access to the Wireless Network will be provided by a combination of Fiber drops and a Central Base Station Broadcast (WiMAX 5Ghz) feed to a Mesh Node.
The Mesh Node will be a multiple Radio system with 2.4Ghz (802.11b/g)providing (key to cost effectiveness)standards based Access to Nodes, 5Ghz Backhaul between Mesh Nodes and or to Base Station and specialty radio (4.9Ghz) for Police/Fire Homeland functions.
If customers want higher bandwidth and SLA type services these can be delivered either directly for a Mesh Node to an AP/Bridge on Building or direct from Central Broadcast Systems (WiMAX-5Ghz Services).
Jacomo