The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 allocates $4 billion for the BTOP for which job creation and economic development are key components. How will grant writers explain the connection between broadband, job creation and economic development?
 
This paper provides detailed explanations on the connections between WiMAX and applications that make industry verticals more efficient. Those projects alone create jobs while driving economic development.
 
Key Findings:

• Job creation is at the heart of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Public investments in broadband technology provide for immediate job creation but what about WiMAX applications that make industry verticals more efficient? The deployment of those networks creates jobs as does the integration of WiMAX into those industry verticals such as banking, retail, banking, construction, agriculture and transportation.
• The "killer app" of WiMAX is anything that can make an industry more efficient. This paper explores specific applications for specific industries and is intended to provoke thought with BTOP grant applicants as to WiMAX applications that will make their WiMAX network sustainable.

Audience:
 

    * Economic development agencies
    * Public sector IT directors
    * Incumbent telecom operators
    * WiMAX solution providers
    * Vendors for WiMAX and/or the enterprise industries
    * Enterprise personnel responsible for computing and communications
    * Investors in the WiMAX space and/or enterprise automation

 
Table of Contents:
 
Introduction 2
CLEARTMThe Disruptor 7
The 3 A's of the WiMAX-enabled Business 9
Access 10
IMS Vision 11
The Impact of WiMAX on Business Connectivity 13
Why WiMAX as access technology? 15
Objections to WiMAX 16
WiMAX is not Wi-Fi 17
WiMAX Components 18
WiMAX Base Stations 18
Outdoor CPE 19
Indoor CPE 20
USB, Laptop card or similar 21
Femtocells 22
Relationship of WiMAX Range and Throughput for Business Applications 23
Link budget 24
Limitations of the laptop 25
MIMO 27
MIMO as interference mitigating technology 28
Adaptive Antenna System (AAS) as Interference Mitigation Technology 29
Why 3G cannot compete with WiMAX 30
Fixed vs. Mobile WiMAX 31
Why backhaul is important 31
Wireless Backhaul Considerations 32
Comparisons with Fiber 33
Spectrum Considerations 34
Access Conclusion 35
Applications 36
Relationship of Connectivity and Productivity 36
Applications: Generic 38
T1/DS3 Substitute = converged voice + data 38
Voice (telephony): the "killer app" for WiMAX 40
Disaster Recovery 42
Combating high telecom costs and/or Building Diversity 44
Applications: Specific-Industry Verticals 46
Retail 46
Banking 49
Healthcare 51
Transportation 54
Utilities 57
Case study: City of Corpus Christi 58
Agriculture 60
Construction 63
Petroleum/Energy 64
Applications Conclusion 66
Affordability: WiMAX in the Business 67
Service provider or "roll-your-own"? 68
Savings on Existing Expenditures 68
Strategies: A) subscribe from WiMAX service provider or 70
B) Deploy own business network 70
Custom Built WiMAX Network for Business Private Use 71
Base Station and Business Density 72
Summary Affording WiMAX 73
Conclusion and Projections 74
"Landline migration" to "T1 migration" 74
Clear: a portent of things to come 75
Assumptions 78
 
Tables

Table 1 3G is technologically inferior to WiMAX 31
Table 2 Comparisons of wireless backhaul with other options 34
Table 3 Comparisons of wireless vs. fiber optic cable as backhaul solution 35
Table 4 WiMAX-related spectrum 35
Table 5 What businesses buy for data solutions 40
Table 6 WiMAX prioritizes VoIP packets over data packets for maximum QoS 42
Table 7 What does it cost your business per hour to be down? 43
Table 8 Availability figures in terms of downtime per year 43
Table 9 Generic applications for business WiMAX 46
Table 10 Cost comparisons of WiMAX and other forms of access for business telecommunications 68
Table 11 Hypothetical comparisons of legacy telco servic prices to that of a CLEAR-like WiMAX service provider 71
Table 12 OPEX savings CLEAR-type service vs. legacy IT 72
Table 13 Hypothetical CAPEX for a WiMAX network to service 100 gas stations 74
Table 14 Hypothetical OPEX for gas station chain using WiMAX as substitute for telco services 74
Table 15 Telephone companies are losing 7% of their landline subscriber base every year 76

    
Figures

Figure 1 WiMAX offers a broad range of business IT applications at highly competitive pricing and very flexible access 9
Figure 2 The 3 elements that comprise a telecommunications network: Access, switching and transport (backhaul) 11
Figure 3 Legacy "stovepipe" infrastructure cannot easily offer more than one service 12
Figure 4 IMS allows a subscriber to access any service on any device using any form of access 13
Figure 5 Progression of networking: from mainframe to WiMAX 15
Figure 6 WiMAX performance parameters make it an excellent business technology 16
Figure 7 Wi-Fi serves a coffee shop or home. WiMAX serves a city 18
Figure 8 WiMAX nomenclature: base station and subscriber station 19
Figure 9 WiMAX base station and antenna combinations 20
Figure 10 Outdoor CPE provide a superior link budget and QoS for business subscribers in office buildings 21
Figure 11 Some indoor CPE incorporate Wi-Fi access points and telephone ports 22
Figure 12 USB access devices make WiMAX access more convenient to use 22
Figure 13 Femtocells provide indoor coverage for WiMAX subscribers. This is especially important for use in RF unfriendly buildings 23
Figure 14 Line of sight offers better range and throughput than non line of sight 24
Figure 15 Link budget illustrated 25
Figure 16 On campus WiMAX delivers a throughput of multiple megabits per second 26
Figure 17 WiMAX extends employee access to the business network enabling telecommuting, hoteling, disaster recovery and other business enhancing practices 27
Figure 18 8x8 MIMO provides 8 times the data streams of a single antenna system 28
Figure 19 Another view of MIMO where multiple antennas enable a bypass of interference 29
Figure 20 By utilizing AAS and beam steering technologies, WiMAX mitigates interference . 30
Figure 21 Backhaul supports WiMAX base stations, which in turn support home office internet/corporate intranet access 33
Figure 22 Networking and the work place: the geographic expansion of business telecommunications services 38
Figure 23 WiMAX services negate the need for legacy telco T1 services 39
Figure 24 WiMAX supports business voice and data 40
Figure 25 WiMAX as disaster recovery solution or alternative to telephone company T1 or DSL services 44
Figure 26 Destroyed telephone central office, 140 West Street, NYC, across from World Trae Center, September 15, 2001 45
Figure 27 WiMAX can enable shopping for best price on telecom services 46
Figure 28 Retail business-wid adotpions of WiMAX could ad more intelligence in the business making them more profitable 48
Figure 29 WiMAX can replace a number of disassociated telecommunications services providing savings to the retailer both in telecommunications and manpower 49
Figure 30 Use of WiMAX to network ATMs could save banks on networking costs while providing portability for those machines 51
Figure 31 Mobile health car vans or buses could be networked via WiMAX 54
Figure 32 The networked ambulance could boost life saving efficiencies for ambulance services 54
Figure 33 WiMAX in support of the delivery industry 56
Figure 34 WiMAX can be used to read a wide variety of utility meters 59
Figure 35 Farmers need real time information, literally, "in the field" 61
Figure 36 WiMAX may serve as a substitute for satellite based services for farmers 62
Figure 37 Agriculture implement dealer in Pomeroy, Iowa using pre-WiMAX broadband wireless services 63
Figure 38 WiMAX provides almost unlimited telecommunications services for job sites where ever they may be 65
Figure 39 Problem solving and solutions inverted pyramid 67
Figure 40 Potential telecom expenses for which WiMAX is a substitute and potentially reduces or eliminates some expenses 70
Figure 41 An oil company can save on telecommunications by deploying an in-house WiMAX network 73
Figure 42 Technology adoption curve 77
Figure 43 WiMAX as a substitute for telco landline, T1, DS3 services is an S-curve; it consumes telco market share 78
Figure 44 WiMAX will consume 7% of the per year of the US business telecommunications market per year beginning in 2010 78