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 About Iyad Tarazi

Iyad Tarazi joined Federated Wireless from Sprint Corp., where he served as Vice President of Network Development and led the Network Vision network modernization project. Responsibilities included overseeing the development and integration of new products and technologies within Sprint’s networks and managing Sprint-Nextel’s technology integration labs.
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The Start of Commercial Deployments in CBRS Shared Spectrum

Mature adult Caucasian women and mid adult African American man are celebrating and raising their arms in victory as they cross yellow finish line.

You know that feeling you get when you finish a marathon – or any big life task that brings all of your training and expertise and resilience into one moment of splendid accomplishment?  That’s the euphoria I feel today as we announce that over 20 customers and partners are poised to begin commercial deployments using shared spectrum for the first time in history.

Unlike a marathon, this is not an individual accomplishment.  From our founding scientists Charles Clancy and Bob McGwier to our unsurpassed Federated Wireless team to our esteemed partners and customers, this journey has been in the making for seven years with some of the best and brightest minds in the wireless industry. The path has not always been clear, and there have certainly been obstacles along the way, but together we’ve built an ecosystem like none I’ve ever seen in my career, in a very short period of time. I applaud all of you.  I sincerely thank each of you.

And like any marathon, when I finish, I start thinking about the next one.  Of course this is not the end of a journey – it’s the start of one.  These early pioneers like JMA Wireless at American Dream Mall and Landmark Dividend with their Dallas Area Rapid Transit deployment are just starting to show us the innovative solutions that shared spectrum makes possible.  Stay tuned as we start to tell their stories that will inspire the next wave of 4G/5G wireless solutions.

How Can Enterprises and Venue Owners Benefit from CBRS?

If you run an enterprise organization or venue and struggle to provide good cellular coverage to your users, it’s time to consider the many benefits of CBRS.

We are diligently in the thick of planning Initial Commercial Deployments and what better time to revisit the impact of CBRS on a variety of industries that rely on wireless technologies? Two of those industries include enterprises of all sizes and venues like universities, stadiums and convention centers. Monica Paolini, founder and president of Senza Fili, a consulting firm that provides advisory support on wireless technologies and services, along with CBRS Alliance President Dave Wright, started this conversation back in December with the release of their webinar – “CBRS: Should the enterprise and venue owners care?” It posed a great question, as many enterprise organizations and venue owners may not consider CBRS as an option for wireless coverage. As it stands, CBRS is not only an option, it’s an ideal choice for both private LTE and Industrial IoT.

Many in these industries struggle to provide cellular coverage that meets user demands. If you’ve ever been frustrated by the quality of service at a hotel, football stadium, even your own office, you know what I’m talking about. Don’t throw your phone against the wall just yet. In the past, enterprises and venue owners have either had to rely on mobile operators for good service or deploy their own Wi-Fi network. Today, they have a new choice – CBRS – which enables them to upgrade their communications networks with high-speed private LTE solutions that they can deploy themselves. It’s as cost-effective and easy to deploy as Wi-Fi. Here’s a case in point: American Tower and Ruckus Networks Announce First Commercial CBRS Deployment at ISM Raceway.

Following December’s webinar, Paolini had the opportunity to sit down with leaders from Westell, Nokia, Ericsson, Federated Wireless and the CBRS Alliance to discuss the impact and very real benefits of CBRS on enterprises and venue owners. Here’s why you are at the forefront of CBRS adoption and how it can greatly benefit your industry:

Download the report.

Download the transcript of my interview with Paolini.

Watch the webinar.

 

Industrial IoT and Machine Learning Applications over CBRS Spectrum

Live demonstration of Private Mobile Network for Machine Learning Application with Amazon DeepLens devices

This week at AWS re:Invent, Athonet, Ruckus Networks, Federated Wireless are launching a fully cloud-native private mobile network solution for developers, ISV’s, telecom operators, public sector, and enterprises for quick deployment of Industrial IoT applications, such as real-time surveillance, smart meters, and worker safety monitoring. The solution takes advantage of the CBRS shared spectrum to deliver high-performance, scalable, and secure IoT services powered by this private network.

Workshop Overview

AWS DeepLens is the world’s first deep learning-enabled video camera for developers. In a live, hands-on workshop at AWS re:Invent on November 29 from 3:15 – 5:30 p.m. PT, Amazon Web Services, Athonet, Ruckus Networks and Federated Wireless will set up an end-to-end Private LTE network with DeepLens cameras connected to band 48 compatible CPEs over CBRS. The DeepLens cameras run machine learning models for object recognition and leverage secure, reliable connectivity that can support a large number of devices in an interference-free environment. LTE over CBRS was the perfect choice to connect a large number of cameras in a single room without impacting throughput. Over 100 developers will set up their respective DeepLens devices by registering them to the AWS platform during the workshop, downloading the Object recognition model, and testing the application end-to-end.

Solution Overview

Athonet, Ruckus Networks, and Federated Wireless are enabling a solution for private connectivity that promises to vault the wireless industry into the future. The combined platform includes:

  • The Athonet BubbleCloud, an award-winning mobile core designed for private mobile networks
  • The Ruckus Q710, the industry’s first CBRS 3.5 GHz indoor LTE access point to achieve FCC Certification, covers approximately 10,000 square feet
  • The Federated Wireless Spectrum Controller enables access to massive CBRS shared spectrum for private 4G and 5G applications
  • Full integration with AWS IoT and plug-and-play experience that makes it easy to connect, monitor, and manage IoT assets at scale

AWS is the leading cloud IoT platform. From AWS IoT Core to AWS IoT Button, Amazon provides a full range of services that allow enterprises to streamline and automate their IoT applications. Adding private mobile connectivity on top of these cloud services ensures that an Industrial IoT solution can be cost-effectively and quickly deployed in any environment.

The Athonet BubbleCloud EPC platform on AWS allows users to deploy LTE networks with dramatic simplicity. It provides local bubbles or blankets of LTE coverage that are connected and controlled from the AWS cloud. Its hybrid architecture allows local on-premise segregation of traffic and data for security, analysis, low-latency, and computing while using the cloud for simplicity of network management and control.

Ruckus Networks enables organizations to easily deploy and manage a private LTE network with their FCC-Certified LTE portfolio, similar to deploying a Wi-Fi network today. From wide-area surveillance to mobile point-of-sale to remote data transfer to critical communications, private LTE networks enable the most challenging use cases to be realized.

Federated Wireless is at the forefront of shared spectrum technology, recently announcing plans to roll out initial commercial CBRS service in close to 16,000 nationwide sites starting in Q1 2019. The Federated Wireless Spectrum Controller delivers CBRS spectrum sharing as a cloud service for efficiency, scale, and ease of deployment.

This partnership represents a leap in private mobile networks by combining the leading cloud IoT platform with new wireless connectivity solutions to enable every developer to create that next transformational service. The workshop at AWS re:Invent this week shows what’s possible with this combined platform. Join us on November 29 from 3:15 – 5:30 p.m.

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