[Chapter-delegates] Looking to share NY Chapter events explaining Access networks

Tue Oct 24 22:57:12 PDT 2017

Folks

As a tech reporter for almost 20 years, I get to learn from some of the
best. There's a huge gap between what technologists know and what is
discussed in policy.

So I've put in the below proposal to ISOC for a series of six events,
webcast from New York, on the most important things to know about access
networks. The suggested speakers are very strong, from the Stanford
professor who invented MIMO to CTOs of African telcos. One session will be
special requirements to reach the last 5%.

*This is pending funding which I hope we will get.*

The material will be current enough to be interesting to active engineers
but I hope to translate the technospeak for a lay audience as well.

We'd like to work with any chapters interested. In particular, one of the
hosts would be delighted to answer questions live after your local
presentation of the video. Speaker suggestions welcome as well.

Better ideas welcome, but my thought is for chapters to show the video
(40-50 minutes) live or on tape, then do a live Q & A and audience
discussion. We'd hope ISOC would cover room rental and a tech if needed.

Access tech is moving incredibly quickly.
Jio and Bharti in India are tripling capacity at modest cost with Massive
MIMO. Think what tripling caps would do in countries dependent on wireless.
Thailand is using 4x4 MIMO for realworld wireless speeds of > 75 megabits.
These two upgrades in the last year have cheap enough they make sense even
in emerging nations. Where applied, they will make a big difference to
users and costs.

In addition, spectrum sharing works (think Wi-Fi plus) which means telcos
need less, not more, exclusive spectrum. Shared spectrum generally delivers
2X the capacity, again, important. Almost all spectrum policy needs
rethinking to deliver more capacity.

And so on.

Email me offlist if you're interested. I'm happy to discuss any of the
issues below on list as well. I care about connecting eberyone and have
discussed it with true experts.

Technologies of Access: How to build a great, affordable Internet

Proposal to present six programs on advanced broadband technology featuring
leading engineers, along with 18 interactive sessions, distribution over
community and non-profit networks and continued availability.

This series was inspired by a table at an ISOC event with people from six
countries interested in policy. What should the engineers and network
people be telling them to guide their policy work?

We'll present facts on the ground to prove what is practical today. We will
follow with world-class engineers to describe what's coming in the next few
years. Throughout, we’ll emphasize technologies appropriate throughout the
world, with a session dedicated to the special considerations for the last
5% often unserved.

What we know:

Networks in 2017 can deliver 75 megabits at consumer prices with the
capacity to watch plenty of HD video. Capacity will double by the end of
the decade. Those best practices set the goal for networks around the world.

In Paris, Jennie spent 20 euros for 100 gigabytes of high speed mobile.
Across India Ambani sells unlimited voice, texts, and ~20 gigabytes for $6.
Most Spanish and Portuguese homes can buy a hundred megabit fiber
connection for ~$30.

These are all commercial offerings, showing what’s practical. Network
building today is similar in cities around the world. The goal of these
sessions is to explain the technologies used in these networks, to allow
policy people to judge whether proposed networks meet today’s best
practices.

Team

Jennie Bourne, Producer and co-host

Dave Burstein, Host, writer, and executive producer

Ms. Bourne and Mr. Burstein have collaborated on numerous projects,
including video portraits of the “Father of DSL” John Cioffi and the
inventor of MIMO, A.J. Paulraj, for the Marconi Foundation. See their work
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjvzlYUz9Ro
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdjBU-FxUdE

They have co-authored two books, DSL (Wiley) and Web Video: Making It
Great, Getting It Noticed (Pearson). Dave is currently working on a book,
Gigabit Wireless: 5G, 4G, and Everything In-Between.

Ms. Bourne has taught at NYU and Rutgers, produced hundreds of videos for
the web, and anchored the Nightly News on WBAI-FM, New York. Full resume
available on request.

Mr. Burstein has reported broadband, now including wireless, since 1999 at
DSL Prime, Fast Net.news, & Wirelessone.news. His previous work included 18
years of live radio at WBAI-FM, where he won 7 awards from the COmputer
Press Association. He is a member of the executive committee of ISOC-NY

Joly MacFie, Line Producer,  is well known to everyone in ISOC, having
produced dozens of videos for ISOC. He is Chair of ISOC-NY. He produces at
the non-profit Manhattan Neighborhood Network ...

Stu Reid, co-host, has been active for thirty years in community networking
in Harlem and the South Bronx. He hosts a weekly show, Community &
Technology, at WHCR-FM, a non-profit station serving Harlem from the campus
of the City University.

Note: Both Bourne and Reid are African-American. I’ve included several
women, Africans, and Asians in the suggested speakers as well.

Community involvement:
We would broadcast on Non-profit MNN Cable TV & WHCR-FM.

We would seek technically knowledgeable speakers from all ISOC chapters.
Chapters would be welcome to present the shows, and one of the original
Hosts would do a live interactive session for that chapter, using Zoom or
similar.

In the budget, there is a line for outreach to attract more community and
media support.

Further audience: The information in the videos will be solid for 2-3
years, and we will promote for future audiences. (?YouTube and educational
outreach.)

Format:

Six 51 minute videos produced live to tape, each followed by three sessions
for follow up questions on Zoom or similar.

Session One

Facts on the ground and what's coming next

A review of the best commercial offerings around the world, both wired and
wireless. On wireless,a close look at India, France, and Myanmar, where
advanced 4G LTE has change the economics. On wireline why a gigabit is the
standard on any new network.

Suggested guests

Marconi Fellow Henry Samueli, Broadcom CTO, who chips are in many of the
most advanced wired and wireless networks

Wireline Tom Starr, Chair of the Broadband Forum and Distinguished Engineer
at AT&T, who has led written two textbooks. He has been the leader in
standards for 25 years. Marconi Fellow and Stanford Professor Emeritus,
“Father of DSL” and one of the early MIMO wireless pioneers.

Senior wireless network engineer, Africa or Asia

Session 2

Today's Gigabit Wireless

Introducing the four key factors in capacity: Antennas, Density, Spectrum,
and software.

Software includes open source/nfv/SDN.

Suggested guests

Stanford Prof Andrea Goldsmith, MIMO and Wi-Fi pioneer

Stanford Profs Sachin Katti or Guru Parulkar, Open Source pioneers

Session 3

Massive MIMO

A 10x capacity improvement is possible with more antennas. Thousand of
cells are being deployed in Japan and China already and Sprint has
committed to deploying in the U.S. in 2018.

Massive MIMO is particularly important where there are few wires,
especially Africa and most of South Asia. Currently, consumer priced
wireless plans usually have caps of < 25 gigabytes in those areas, and
often only 2-5 gigabytes. That allows very little video, a second-rate web
experience by today’s standards. Massive MIMO can raise that to 50-150
gigabytes without the expensive extension into millimeter waves.

Paulraj in 2014 pointed to Massive MIMO as the best way to deliver
capacity, especially in rural and suburban areas in less developed
countries. The equipment is now reaching the field.

Suggested guest:

Stanford Prof A.J. Paulraj, who won the Marconi Prize for the invention of
MIMO. He is deeply involved in technology policy in his native India, where
he was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his government work.

Sanyogita Shamsunder, Verizon's director of network planning, who supports
both Massive MIMO and mmWave.

Session 4

Millimeter Wave 5G for more spectrum

There is about 15 GHz of readily available spectrum in high frequencies,
about ten times as much as the total used today. Huawei and others have
demonstrated 20 gigabits (shared) and that could probably be tripled.
Verizon is currently testing in 11 cities and will go commercial with
mmWave fixed in 2018. Mobile will probably follow in 2019-2021.

Millimeter wave in most practical deployments has limited reach, requiring
a massive number of cells and backhaul for coverage. (The NY Times
estimates Verizon would need over a million cells to cover most of the
U.S.) Most deployments will only make sense where population is dense.
(MIMO has much greater reach at high speeds.)

Suggested guest:

Prof Ted Rappaport, NYU, whose tests convinced the world that Millimeter
Wave Will Work!

An engineer from one of the major Asian carriers now starting to deploy.
NTT DOCOMO CTO Seizo Onoe would be my first choice. He speaks English, but
we’d probably need to add subtitles as well.

Session 5

Sharing to bring down costs

One network is cheaper than two. Two networks are cheaper than four. Around
the world, sharing is rapidly becoming the norm for cost effective
deployment, especially in rural areas. Mexico is leading the way (Red
Compartida) and nearly all African planning assumes shared networks.

W-Fi has demonstrated shared spectrum can usually deliver 2-5 times as much
effectively capacity, particularly important where wires are few.

Suggested guests:

Prof Henning Schulzrinne of Columbia, recently chief technologist of the
FCC, who has predicted that almost all future spectrum will be shared.

Prof Bitange Ndemo, former Permanent Secretary of Kenya's Ministry of
Information and Communication, who offered an innovative plan.

Session 6

Special Considerations for the most rural 5%

Myanmar and India are soon to cover 95% with LTE, but that won’t solve the
problems of the remaining areas. Massive MIMO, inexpensive long range
Wi-FI, solar powered cell sites and other innovations can make a difference.

Suggested guests:

Thibaud Rerolle, CTO of Safaricom, Kenya

Alphonzo Samuels, CTO, Telkom South Africa.
(I’ve discussed this topic with both. They have innovative ideas.)

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Dave and Jennie have interviewed all the suggested guests, often on live
video, except Stanford Profs Sachin Katti and Guru Parulkar. We should
expect positive responses from almost all or a peer if the project is
approved.

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Editor, Fast Net News, WIreless One.news, Net Policy News and DSL Prime
Author with Jennie Bourne  DSL (Wiley) and Web Video: Making It Great,
Getting It Noticed (Peachpit)

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