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How VoWi-Fi Fits Into Wide-Area Mesh Networks
Join us for a panel discussion, moderated by Ted Stevenson, Executive Editor, Wireless Internet Channel, internet.com
Phil Belanger - Vice-President, Marketing, BelAir Networks
Scott Zumbahlen - Director, Marketing, Nomadix
Ben Guderian - Director of Marketing, SpectraLink
June 14, 2005
11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Located in Room 307 (Seats are limited - please rsvp for the BelAir Networks Sponsored Luncheon Seminar here: http://www.belairnetworks.com/wifiplanetrsvp/)
Worldwide demand for voice over Wi-Fi capability and dual mode Wi-Fi/Cellular equipment is projected to grow from a few hundred thousand subscribers to over 100 million by 2010. This growth will be driven by service providers, who will incorporate Wi-Fi into their networks because it is less expensive to support handoffs between cellular and Wi-Fi than to build more capacity in their cellular networks. Further demand for voice over Wi-Fi will be driven by municipalities and enterprises seeking to reduce connectivity costs.
The economic benefits of using Wi-Fi for voice traffic are even more apparent when utilizing a mesh network, due to the significant savings in backhaul costs. Not all mesh networks, however, are capable of handling high bandwidth services such as voice. This panel discussion will examine the network requirements necessary to support voice traffic over wide-area mesh networks, as well as potential benefits of such a network to the carrier, enterprise and municipal markets.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
8:30 am - 9:50 am
Room 307
Special Breakfast Panel: Breakfast sponsored by Tropos Networks
The Metro-Scale Wi-Fi Mesh Networking Facts: Creating Subscriber Capacity Using Superior Routing
Today, focus on last mile broadband is increasing on a number of fronts. Public safety agencies see mobile broadband as a means to increase officer effectiveness and efficiency by getting critical information in their hands on the street, saving as much as two hours per officer per day. Municipal governments are looking at broadband as a way to improve the efficiency and quality of services, foster economic development and close the digital divide. Incumbent ISPs, telcos and cable operators are looking to provide new, complimentary services that increase ARPU and reduce churn. Competitive service providers are looking for ways to offer broadband services while bypassing the traditional local loop. Regulators are looking for ways to increase competition for broadband services.
Tropos Networks is the proven leader in delivering truly ubiquitous, metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh network systems, with more than 200 customers and 40 resellers in eight countries around the world as of June 2005. Ours are the fastest, lowest cost and simplest wireless broadband solutions on the market, with the largest metro-scale Wi-Fi mesh customer list to prove it. Our innovative MetroMeshTM architecture featuring our patented Predictive Wireless Routing Protocol (PWRPTM) allows public safety agencies, municipalities and service providers to quickly and easily deliver city-wide fixed and mobile multi-megabit connectivity for IP-based voice, video and data applications.
Tropos President and CEO Ron Sege will show how the Tropos MetroMesh architecture, with the patented PWRP, creates the highest subscriber capacity at the lowest cost in the industry. Mr. Sege will also present a multitude of customer case studies, including real-world performance statistics from the world's most heavily-used metro-scale mesh networks, to support these claims.
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