Presented at MyBroadband 2008, Malaysia

1. Can WiMAX be the
Broadband
Solution for
Underserved
Areas ?
Dr. Mazlan Abbas
MIMOS Berhad
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2. Understanding the Digital Divide
••Barrier to entry due Social & economic
Barrier to entry due
Socio-economic value of ICTs
to literacy level and impact of ICTs
to literacy level and
language
language
••Complexity of Impact gap
Complexity of
computers
computers Intensity of
ICT adoption
Adoption gap
Social &
Social & Diffusion of
Economic
Economic ICT infrastructure
value of ICTs
value of ICTs
••Poor Value
Poor Value
realization due
realization due
insufficient value
insufficient value Access gap
creating content
creating content
•Connectivity
•High cost of
deployment
PHASE 1. Employ indicators of ICT diffusion
PHASE 1. Employ indicators of ICT diffusion
PHASE 2. Employ indicators of intensifying
PHASE 2. Employ indicators of intensifying
Time
adoption
adoption
PHASE 3. Employ indicators of
PHASE 3. Employ indicators of
socio-economic impact
socio-economic impact
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3. Why Internet Access is Essential?
 Internet became primary sources of news due to the
remoteness of the village.
 The nurses use the Internet to search for medical and
pharmaceutical information.
 Farmers use the Internet to find crop disease information.
 Tourists can send e-mail, update their travel blogs, and
upload photos.
 Tourist guides use e-mail to communicate with their clients
and to get referrals.
 Internet chat and VoIP to communicate with friends and
families.
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4. National Broadband Initiatives
 Zone 1 : High Speed Broadband (HSBB)
 High Impact Area (>10Mbps)
 Phase 1 RM11.3 Billion TM and Gov partnership
 Target to cover 50% of household (2.5 million)
by 2010
 Zone 1&2 : Broadband for General
Population (BBGP)
 Medium Impact Area (<2 Mbps)
 Zone 3 : Universal Service Provider (USP)
 Telephone and Broadband (>384kbps)
 Less than 80 people in 1 square km
 RM 2.5 Billion from Operators Contribution
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5. Current Challenges
Island Expanding national network to rural and
remote areas posed many challenges:
Rumah
Panjang
Kampung
Tourist
Areas
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6. Types of Issues and Challenges
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7. Identifying the Area
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8. Identifying the Technology
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9. Selecting the Technology
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10. WiMAX – The Proposed Solution
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11. IEEE 802.16j Relay Mesh
Going Beyond Mobile
WiMAX (802.16e)
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12. Expected 802.16j Benefits and Limitations
Improves Coverage, Capacity, QoS at Reduced Cost
Decreased Mobile Station power per
Decreased Mobile Station power per
RS
bit transmitted and received:
bit transmitted and received:
increases MS battery life!
increases MS battery life!
Flexible cell site placement:
Flexible cell site placement:
RS
speeds deployment, reduces
speeds deployment, reduces
site acquisition and backhaul
site acquisition and backhaul
costs!
costs!
RS
RS
RS  L
RS
RS
RS
RS MMR-BS
RS
Spectrally efficient architectures:
Spectrally efficient architectures:
reduces costly antenna
reduces costly antenna Load sharing and multi-
Load sharing and multi-
structures!
structures! path redundancy: reduces
path redundancy: reduces
infrastructure costs!
infrastructure costs!
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13. MIMOS WiWi – A Step Forward
•Integrated WiMAX/WiFi CPE
•IPv6-enabled
•2.3 GHz (802.16e WiMAX)
•2.4 GHz (802.11b/g WiFi)
•Indoor/Outdoor Unit
WiMA
WiFi
X
WiWi
Gen 1.5
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14. Deployment Scenario
WiWi
WiMAX
BS
Gen 1.5
Outdoor model
WiWi
Gen 1.5 Outdoor model
2.4 GHz
WiFi
Network
2.4 GHz
WiFi
Network

15. Thank You
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16. Speaker’s Biodata
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Speaker Area of Expertise; Address; Background
The
Dr. Mazlan Abbas need Director and Head oftheMalaysia,57000 KualaCluster
Senior
to sustain Wireless Communications Lumpur.
MIMOS BERHAD, Technology Park
Eco-System
 Focus Mazlan Abbas (PhD) is the Head of Wireless Communications Cluster at MIMOS BHD. Dr Mazlan
Dr.
on affordability and practicality
 Prepare the Senior Director of the Communications & Network Solutions technologyas the
is also
the community for adoption of new Laboratory asat Universiti
Wireless Technology & Architecture Laboratory. Prior to MIMOS BHD, He has worked
well
 EncourageMalaysia in economic to 1992 he was a Lecturer and Berhad in Professor onethe
Teknologi 1984. From 1984
local left the academiaprogress through
University. Dr. Mazlan and joined Celcom (Malaysia)
Associate
1993 i.e.
at
of
entrepreneurship developmentOperations, Technology & Technical Management,
Malaysia’s leading mobile network operator. He had served in many management positions
including as the Vice President of R&D, Billing
 Create awareness&through promotional andand Mobility Solutions.
Network Administration Management, Integrated Business Solutions marketing plans
Dr. Mazlan is also being appointed as the Adjunct Professor for Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
WiMAX as the Broadband technology
and Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). He has authored and co-authored over 40
research papers and technical reports on the subject of high-speed mobile broadband network,
multimedia, next generation networks for technology journals and conference proceedings, chaired
 IEEE 802.16e as a base technology. Compatible to the
or co-chaired many international conferences on these subjects. He was the Vice Chairman of
upcoming 802.16m
Working Group 2 of Asian-Info-Communications Council (AIC) from 1999-2007.
 802.16j for relay supportfrom Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (1984), MSC in Telematics
His qualifications include B.E.E (Hons) to extend and enhance coverage.
from University of Essex (1986) and PhD from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (1993).
 Cost Effective solution to reduce CAPEX. Plug & Play,
simple provisioning and less maintenance to reduce OPEX
 Wimax promises ALL-IP network architecture from day
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