| 170 | | |
| 171 | | The following campus purchased their own kit; |
| 172 | | Stanford [[BR]] |
| 173 | | |
| 174 | | In addition, the following additional GENI-related campuses and sites may separately purchase the necessary equipment to build their own WiMAX campus deployment kits, and then deploy them with aid from the GPO and Rutgers WINLAB: |
| 175 | | BBN Technologies [[BR]] |
| 176 | | University of Wisconsin, 2nd site? [[BR]] |
| 177 | | other?[[BR]] |
| | 174 | |
| | 175 | The following GENI-related campuses/sites are purchasing the necessary equipment to build their own WiMAX campus deployment kits, and then deploying them with aid from the GPO and Rutgers WINLAB:[[BR]] |
| | 176 | BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA [[BR]] |
| | 177 | University of Wisconsin, 2nd site [[BR]] |
| | 178 | |
| | 179 | The following campuses/sites have indicated an interest in obtaining their own WiMAX campus deployment kits: |
| | 180 | University of North Texas (Prof Kamesh Namuduri on 3/16) [[BR]] |
| | 181 | Florida International University [[BR]] |
| | 182 | |
| | 183 | Ray Raycaudhuir on 3/16: Would prefer to get existing deployment underway, and then consider a 2nd round of kits beginning in 5+ mo. [[BR]] |
| | 184 | New kits would be Profile C [[BR]] |
| | 185 | Expect NEC would like to see orders for 40-50, if possible [[BR]] |
| 181 | | |
| 182 | | === Clearwire Deployments === |
| | 189 | Each GENI WiMAX campus/site must have a valid FCC license to operate a WiMAX base station. In some cases, a campus/site plans to use an existing "educational license" already held by their institution. However, in most cases, the campus/site plans to apply for and use a new "experimental license" that, by and large, can be obtained just by requesting it from the FCC. This process has been successful in 4 cases for 3 campuses/sites. [[BR]] |
| | 190 | |
| | 191 | However, in almost all situations, there is a potential overlap with the ongoing national Clearwire/Sprint WimAX rollout. (See the list of current and planned deployments below.) This is true for several reasons. [[BR]] |
| | 192 | |
| | 193 | If a GENI WiMAX campus/site plans to use an existing "educational license" already held by their institution, which has not yet been leased to Clearwire/Sprint, there is a reasonable chance that the institution may yet pursue a lease with Sprint/Cleariwre, and thus the GENI WiMAX campus/site could lose their license.[[BR]] |
| | 194 | |
| | 195 | In the cases where the institution has leased their "educational license" to Clearwire/Sprint (which may or may not have started service), all is not lost. A new upcoming rule apparently requires that an institution that has leased their "educational license" must retain "at least 5%" for their own use, or else forfeit their license. So, a GENI WiMAX campus/site may gain partial access to an "educational license" even if it has alreasy been leased to Clearwire/Sprint.[[BR]] |
| | 196 | |
| | 197 | I the cases where a GENI WiMAX campus/site plans to apply for and use a new "experimental license", it has been found that most available spectrum has been leased to Sprint/Clearwire, although they are not yet using it in most locations (see below). So, the FCC will grant an "experimental license" that overlaps spectrum already leased (likely to Clearwire/Sprint), but they require: if the owner of the spectrum (i.e., Clearwire/Sprint) begins service, the holder of the "experimental license" must stop using the spectrum immediately.[[BR]] |
| | 198 | |
| | 199 | So, what does this all mean?[[BR]] |
| | 200 | 1) If a GENI WiMAX campus/site uses an "educational license" already held by their institution (or "5% of one", by the upcoming rule), they are OK (unless the institution decides to lease the license).[[BR]] |
| | 201 | 2) If a GENI WiMAX campus/site uses an "experimental license" that does NOT overlap a license holder, they are OK.[[BR]] |
| | 202 | 3) If a GENI WiMAX campus/site uses an "experimental license" that DOES overlap a license holder, they are OK UNTIL that license holder (i.e., Clearwire/Sprint) decides to start using that spectrum, and then they will have to shut down their WiMAX base station. This is a significant concern in major metropolitan areas, per the deployment plans listed below.[[BR]] |
| | 203 | |
| | 204 | However, this could change. An NSF effort is beginning to define a Wireless National-scale Test Bed (WiNTeB); this could possibly affect the allocation of spectrum to national testbed uses. [[BR]] |
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| | 206 | |
| | 207 | ==== Clearwire/Sprint Deployments ==== |
