Blueprint for Building 5G Primed
Fiber Backhauled Telecom
Infrastructures
Angie Communications and its
Technology Partners, Fibrolan,
IgniteNet and Elva-1, Disrupting the
Fiber, Wireless and ISP Industries
For updated version of this document, please go to
https://www.angiewireless.com/blueprint-for-building-5g-primed-fiber-backhauledtelecom-infrastructure/
Authors:
Neal S. Lachman, Group CEO, Angie Communications – [email protected]
Shamir Stein, CEO, Fibrolan - [email protected]
Daniel Korneev, CTO, Elva-1 - [email protected]
Harold Bledsoe, President, IgniteNet – [email protected]
8 May 2017
Table of Contents
Notice and Disclaimer: .......................................................................................................... 4
1.
Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... 5
2.
Street Level Architecture ................................................................................................ 7
3.
40-80 Gbps Aggregation and 400 Gbps AP and Switching capacity – per Square Mile.. 8
4.
Ultra-dense fiber-backhauled deployment of 5G infrastructure ....................................... 9
5.
10-Gigabit Fiber Hubs for Wireless Extreme ................................................................ 12
7.
Construction of the world’s first Angie 10-Gigabit hub .................................................. 14
8.
10-Gigabit Circuit at the hub......................................................................................... 15
9.
10-Gigabit Ultra-Intelligent Switching – Fibrolan uFalcon-MX ....................................... 15
10.
10-Gigabit Elva-1 10-PPC Wireless Backhaul units .................................................. 21
11.
Speed Test Results – Wired to the Switch ................................................................ 23
12.
Speed Test Results – Wired to the IgniteNet Wi-Fi Gateway .................................... 25
13.
Speed Test Results – Mobile Wi-Fi........................................................................... 26
14.
Phase 2: Wireless Extreme – 1 Gigabit per User - City-wide Wireless Connectivity.. 30
15.
Angie’s 10-Gigabit Solution for Wireless Gigabit service .......................................... 31
16.
Further Reading ....................................................................................................... 31
17.
Contact ..................................................................................................................... 32
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Table of Figures:
Figure 1: FLAP underground laterals ...................................................................................................................... 7
Figure 2: FLAP areal laterals .................................................................................................................................. 8
Figure 3: Switching and DWDM Architecture – 40 FLAPs ...................................................................................... 8
Figure 4: 100 meter radius - 64 FLAPs ................................................................................................................... 9
Figure 5: 125 meter radius - 42-46 FLAPs ............................................................................................................ 10
Figure 6: 150 meter radius - 30-34 FLAPs ............................................................................................................ 10
Figure 7: 175 meter radius - 20-23 FLAPs ............................................................................................................ 11
Figure 8: 200 meter radius - 16 FLAPs ................................................................................................................. 11
Figure 9: Distance Fiber works - Het Bosch .......................................................................................................... 12
Figure 10: Multiple locations at Het Bosch ............................................................................................................ 13
Figure 11: Het Bosch fiber termination.................................................................................................................. 15
Figure 12: Fibrolan 10-Gigabit Switching Architecture at Het Bosch .................................................................... 16
Figure 13: Future upgrade to 40Gbps, with Fibrolan 10-Gigabit Switching w/ DWDM Architecture at Het Bosch 16
Figure 14: Fibrolan uFalcon-MX 10-Gigabit switch (on top of fiber termination point) .......................................... 17
Figure 15: Fibrolan uFalcon-SL switch inside the restaurant ................................................................................ 17
Figure 16: View of Fibrolan uFalcon-SL switch inside the restaurant - active ports .............................................. 18
Figure 17: Fibrolan uFalcon-SL Switch at the Waterfront Lounge......................................................................... 19
Figure 18: Fibrolan uFalcon-SL Switch at the Waterfront Lounge - active ports ................................................... 19
Figure 19: From main switch at equipment room to Switch 1 inside the restaurant .............................................. 20
Figure 20: From main switch at the equipment room to Switch 2 at the Waterfront Lounge ................................. 20
Figure 21: Underground fiber extended by Elva-1 wireless backhaul ................................................................... 21
Figure 22: An example of Angie's wireless backbone options with Elva's PPC-10G links .................................... 22
Figure 23: Elva-1's 10-inch PPC-10G unit - 10 Gigabit througput ......................................................................... 22
Figure 24: Speed test result - laptop connected to the uFalcon-SL switch at the restaurant ................................ 23
Figure 25: Speed Test result on May 6 –laptop wired to the uFalcon switch at The Waterfront ........................... 24
Figure 26: 2nd speed test result on May 6 - wired to the uFalcon switch at The Waterfront................................. 24
Figure 27: 3rd speed test result on May 6 - wired to the uFalcon switch at The Waterfront ................................. 25
Figure 28: speed test result on May 6 - wired to the IgniteNet Wi-Fi Gateway at The Waterfront ........................ 25
Figure 29: Angie Wi-Fi speed at 702 Mbps - Gateway 1....................................................................................... 26
Figure 30: Angie Wi-Fi Speed 650 Mbps - Gateway 2 .......................................................................................... 26
Figure 31: Angie Wi-Fi speed 260 Mbps - Gateway 3........................................................................................... 27
Figure 32: Angie Wi-Fi test on mobile - connected to IgniteNet Gateway 1 at the restaurant ............................... 27
Figure 33: : Angie Wi-Fi test on mobile - connected to IgniteNet Gateway 2 at the restaurant ............................. 28
Figure 34: : Angie Wi-Fi test on mobile - connected to IgniteNet Gateway 3 at The Waterfront Lounge .............. 28
Figure 35: Angie Wireless - Wi-Fi SSIDs at The Waterfront ................................................................................. 29
Figure 36: Angie Wireless - Wi-Fi SSIDs at Het Bosch ......................................................................................... 29
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Notice and Disclaimer:
I.
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B.V., Angie Communications USA, Inc., Fibrolan Ltd., Elva-1 Microwave Handelsbolag,
IgniteNet, Inc., and their affiliate firms, their technologies and strategies, and the solutions,
services and products that they plan to offer.
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1. Executive Summary
Angie Communications, the world’s largest telecoms startup with projects underway in USA and
Europe, and its technology partners IgniteNet, Fibrolan and Elva-1, has devised a groundbreaking
approach to launching the world’s fastest and most scalable Internet Service Provider, utilizing purposebuilt and jointly developed technologies and solutions. Angie intends to deploy the same technological
and design model in all its upcoming markets.
This consortium of next-generation communications expert technology firms have pushed the barriers
of telecommunications and technology to create a 5G Primed Infrastructure available to, and affordable
for, the masses — be they residents or businesses of all sizes — spanning and scaling buildings,
neighborhoods, cities, and nations.
The consortium partners are pioneers with ground-breaking achievements under their belts in their
respective fields. Their combined technological, engineering and R&D prowess has resulted in a unique
scalable design and deployment model that may well be the end game for fiber-optic build-outs in
neighborhoods as its combined average throughput could exceed 40 and even 80 Gbps and the
aggregated capacity could exceed 400 or 800 Gbps — per square mile. Such throughput and capacity
per square mile should be able to handle the future explosive usage of VR and other forms of Reality
applications.
This innovative infrastructure, organized for and with Angie Communications by the technology
consortium over the last 6+ months, is able to fully enable extremely demanding networked application
areas thus far only dreamed of, such as Networked High Definition Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, and
Augmented Reality. In essence, the Angie infrastructure is the “killer platform” for “killer initiatives” and
“killer applications” such as Microsoft’s HoloLens, Facebook’s Oculus, and Google VR - Daydream,
Cardboard, and Jump (VR film-making), Samsung Gear VR, TheWaveVR (a VR platform for music
lovers), InstaVR, 8th Wall, and Mindshow.
Simply put, thanks to the consortium’s customized and purpose-built technologies, Angie is the only
firm in the world able to build VR, AR, and Mixed Reality capable infrastructure on a huge scale. Without
Angie’s infrastructure, the dream of massive-scale Networked x-Reality will never be realized (due to
limitations of current systems and networks). As stated before, Angie’s Wireless Extreme network is,
among others, the killer platform for x-Reality – i.e., the future across any and all vertical sectors:
Education/Learning, Design Prototyping, Gaming, Architecture & Interiors, Simulation, Virtual Worlds &
Communities, Entertainment, Retail, etc.
With the Networked Virtual Reality Platform more than capably addressed, it follows that other emerging
— lesser demanding — 5G application platforms and areas such as Small Cell fiber backhaul, Smart
Cities-As-A-Platform, IoT, and Connected-Everything, are also easily catered for from the same
revolutionary infrastructure.
Angie has Wired Extreme & Wireless Extreme infrastructure Hubs imminent and already live in multiple
locations throughout the Netherlands, with more to follow closely in our other initial roll-out markets —
UK and US.
Some specifics on the Angie infrastructure, as devised with the technology partners:
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Extreme performance: 80Gbps backhaul capacity per sqm, that can even be further scaled
up, coupled with ultra-low latency
VR and AR ready: designed to support future needs of large-scale VR and AR applications
(as explained above)
Critical Infrastructure: with a combination of path and power diversity, as well as security, the
network is fit to be mission critical ready (e.g., when being a single ISP in certain areas)
Environmentally safe: all elements are compact (for pole mounting), require low power (much
less than a typical mobile base station) and emitting lower radio energy
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Ultra-Intelligent Switching: each pole is equipped with Fibrolan’s highly advanced, compact
and robust switching node, with multi-10G interfaces (the AngieBox), to serve all current and
future needs of wireless backhaul (including 5G)
High capacity Access Points: IgniteNet’s cutting edge Tri-band 60GHz and Wi-Fi Access
Points, with 10Gbps capability, each – customized APs for Angie.
Radio links: Elva-1’s revolutionary PPC-10G MM-wave links, capable of 10 Gbps per link, for
environment hurdles (e.g. rivers) and alternate backhaul paths
Redundant paths: using alternate fiber routes (the switching nodes are geared for high-speed
protection schemes) and 10G wireless links, path diversity and redundancy is easily achieved
Fiber partner independence: having multiple fiber chains, combined with radio links, allows
for flexible fiber partner selection and commercial terms, resulting in reduced operational costs
Terrain and landscape independence: using a combination of underground fiber, aerial fiber
and radio links, any area can be connected and any obstacle (such as a river, deep canyon,
etc.) can be crossed
5G ready: the switching nodes can provide backhaul services for LTE and 5G small cells,
including embedded timing support
Secured: the wireless access and radio links are highly secured, and the fiber links can easily
be enhanced to full line encryption
The utilization of the consortium’s technologies ensures that Angie’s fiber-backhauled access and
distribution network will have 40 Gbps throughput per square mile, and is quite easily upgradeable to
80 Gbps or even a multiple of that. Once this future-proof, multi-purpose ultra-intelligent, ultra-highcapacity infrastructure is built in neighborhoods, there will be no other last mile infrastructure needed
for decades to come.
In this blueprint, Angie Communications, Fibrolan, Elva-1 and IgniteNet describe the technology and
deployment strategy of fiber-wired neighborhoods, streets and locations.
About Angie Communications
Angie was founded by an international team of highly qualified technology professionals. Angie’s team
includes renowned visionaries and industry pioneers who have helped shape the 4G mobile, 5G
wireless and Fibre-To-The Premises industries. Angie’s founding team has a combined 500+ years of
experience in business; its executive team consists of industry pioneers and experts with a combined
300 years of telecom experience.
Angie is proud Partner Sponsor of the Broadband World Forum in Berlin, 24-26 October, 2017, where
the consortium partners will be present at Angie’s 100+ square meter information booth. Angie’s CEO
will be a keynote speaker on October 25.
For more information about Angie’s Gigabit Wireless Extreme projects, please check the Further
Reading section of this document or visit www.angiewireless.com/news or watch the explainer video
with NBA Hall of Fame legend and Angie angel investor Rick Barry, here.
About IgniteNet
Headquartered in Irvine, CA, IgniteNet is a wholly owned subsidiary of SMC Networks, Inc. IgniteNet
has a proven track record of producing powerful, reliable, easy-to-deploy, and innovative cloud
managed wireless solutions and the industry's lowest-cost 60 GHz wireless technology through channel
partners worldwide, focusing on Enterprises and Service Providers.
For more information, please visit http://www.ignitenet.com.
About Elva-1
Founded in 1993, ELVA‐1 is world renowned in the commercial industrial and scientific instrumentation
markets as a trusted supplier of components and systems for frequencies from 30 GHz to 1THz. Since
2000, ELVA‐1 has designed and manufactured ultra‐high speed radio links according to ECC and FCC
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requirements. Their available link operating frequencies include 40.5‐43.5 GHz, 71‐76 & 81‐86 GHz,
and 92‐95 GHz with emphasis on 71‐76 & 81‐86 GHz as the FCC has streamlined licensing rules for
E‐band. Similarly, the European CEPT channel plan regulations (ECC Recommendation(05)07) for 71‐
76 GHz and 81-86 GHz frequency band radios has opened EU wireless fronthaul, backhaul and network
extension markets for point‐to‐point fixed wireless systems (FWS).
For further information: www.elva-1.com
About Fibrolan
Founded in 1996, Fibrolan has broad experience in the development, production, delivery and longterm support of communication infrastructure systems. The company specializes in multiple key areas,
such as Intelligent Access Networks, Timing and Synchronization and xWDM. These enable Fibrolan
to deliver comprehensive solutions for a variety of applications and market verticals. One of the
company’s most important assets is its ability to deliver optimized solutions to its customers (including
dedicated development), in record time, thanks to its start-up attitude, combined with extensive and
solid infrastructure and knowledge, based on more than 20 years of experience.
For further information: www.fibrolan.com
2. Street Level Architecture
There are several crucial parts in Angie’s street level architecture for its Wireless Extreme network.
1. Fiber Linked Access/Aggregation Poles (FLAPs):either a street/stoplight, pole or structure
owned by the city, partners or Angie that is directly connected to the fiber network through
new purpose-built laterals (See Figure 1 and 2).
2. The Angie mix of custom-built equipment, software and solutions (10Gbps tri-band Access
Points, local multi 10Gig ultra-intelligent switching, IoT sensors, Smart applications, hosted
Small Cell, etc.), some of which are part of the Angie Box.
3. Angie’s proprietary 40-80 Gigabit switching and DWDM architecture (Figure 3).
4. Third party-owned Fiber Network(in all cases the Angie laterals are new and purpose-built,
and in a substantial part of the city new last mile fiber must be built).
Figure 1: FLAP underground laterals
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Figure 2: FLAP areal laterals
Angie requires fiber backhaul at each FLAP. In many cases, construction of (new) last mile fiber
infrastructure will be required. As such, Angie’s requirement will be on a per square mile basis:
1. Last mile infrastructure
2. On average 40 FLAPs per square mile (in some areas only 20 FLAPs will be needed, in some
square miles maybe 60 or 80 FLAPs will be required).
3. 40-80 Gbps Aggregation and 400 Gbps AP and Switching capacity – per Square Mile
Because each FLAP has 10 Gbps throughput (access point as well as switching wise), and because
we place an average of 40 FLAPs per square mile, the local combined capacity is 400 Gbps. The
actual throughput, however, is an average of 40Gbps(bi-directional)per square mile, upgradeable to
80 Gbps and even more if and when deemed necessary.
Figure 3: Switching and DWDM Architecture – 40 FLAPs
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4. Ultra-dense fiber-backhauled deployment of 5G infrastructure
While the (purpose-built/developed 10 Gbps) Angie tri-band Base Stations/Access Points can reliably
serve customers with individual Gigabit speeds within a radius of 250-300 meter per FLAP, we deem
it ideal to opt for a deployment model where the maximum radius in urban areas don’t exceed 100125 meters. This would allow pick-up of the signal over the air by customers on the move (roaming
around the city) as well as for customers inside buildings with their existing devices (smart TV,
smartphone, tablet, laptop, PC) without loss of speed, quality and service.1
The density of the network, combined with fiber backhaul and with technological improvements,
allows for very reliable Wi-Fi mobility, meaning that customers on the move don’t need to use their
mobile data when using video/voice apps such asSkype, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Facebook or
Facetime.
Below you can find five scenarios, as depicted in two square miles.
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Urban (High foot traffic/High density): 100 meter radius (200 meter diameter)
Urban: 125 meter radius (250 meter diameter)
Suburban: 150 meter radius (300 meter diameter)
Exurban: 175 meter radius (350 meter diameter)
Rural: 200 meter radius (400 meter diameter)
This allows for the maximum throughput in practically all scenarios. There are some propagation
restrictions, for example in rural areas, which can be discussed on a per FLAP location basis. The
diameter green circles depict the radius coverage of the FLAPs. The blue rectangles are roughly one
square mile, each. There are 64 FLAPS per square mile on the first image, because the radius
chosen is 100meter (with the next FLAP roughly 200 meters away).There are 16 FLAPS per square
mile on the fifth image, because the radius chosen is 200 meter.
Figure 4: 100 meter radius - 64 FLAPs
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For in-door connectivity, Angie also offers window- or wall-mounted solutions (tri-band) that further increases
the reliability for those requiring a higher QoS. These mounting options will be announced in May 2017 and do
not involve drilling of holes or laying cables. This option would be recommended for larger owner-occupied units.
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Figure 5: 125 meter radius - 42-46 FLAPs
Figure 6: 150 meter radius - 30-34 FLAPs
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Figure 7: 175 meter radius - 20-23 FLAPs
Figure 8: 200 meter radius - 16 FLAPs
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5. 10-Gigabit Fiber Hubs for Wireless Extreme
Pulling fiber to buildings has been done for decades now, but most buildings are served with 100
Mbps or a 1 Gbps service at most. Angie has taken a revolutionary approach that will disrupt the fiber
and telecommunications industry even further, allowing 10-Gigabit throughput per building. We seek
out partners that are in dire need of increased speeds or who like to be at the cutting edge of
technology.
6. Business case: Building of Restaurant Het Bosch in Amsterdam
• Problem: Customer had an average of 6 Mbps available to share among all staff and
hundreds of customers simultaneously.
• Construction and wiring: location of this 2-story restaurant and separate lounge is at an inlet
at a lake (figure 9).
• Solution: Horizontal Directional Drilling, fiber wiring, multiple ultra-intelligent switching entries,
high grade gateways
• Coming up in phase 2: 10-Gigabit mmwave backbone connection with Elva-1; 10-Gigabit
triband Access Points
• Total cost of complete project Het Bosch (non-recurring): €285,000: design, engineering,
consulting, Angie team hours, infrastructure construction, on-campus and inbuilding wiring,
installation, testing, configuration, Fibrolan equipment, Elva-1 10G-PPG units, IgniteNet
Gateways, Ignite triband Access Points, Data Center equipment/rack/installation etc., 10Gigabit IP transit, software and hardware purchases and licensing, other costs.
• Total cost of complete project Het Bosch (monthly): confidential
Figure 9: Distance Fiber works - Het Bosch
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Figure 10: Multiple locations at Het Bosch
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7. Construction of the world’s first Angie 10-Gigabit hub
An overview of the Horizontal Directional Drilling and further construction done at the site is available
online.2
Michel Verschoor, Neal Lachman and crew
Horizontal Directional Drilling in action for Angie
Ferry van Houten, owner Restaurant Het Bosch and
Angie CEO, Neal Lachman
Cable Jetting through fiber handhole
2Angie’s
Historic Milestones, March 23, 2017, Linkedin Blog (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/angies-historicalmilestones-neal-lachman)
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8. 10-Gigabit Circuit at the hub
Angie has realized Het Bosch as the world’s first restaurant with a 10-Gigabit fiber connection through
a 10Gigabit circuit, connected from the main equipment room at Het Bosch to the Equinix Data Center
in Amsterdam (AMS1).
Figure 11: Het Bosch fiber termination
9. 10-Gigabit Ultra-Intelligent Switching – Fibrolan uFalcon-MX
What we will show below concerns Phase 1 of the fiber switching part. Phase 2 architecture will be
based on a highly optimized switching and DWDM solution, which Fibrolan has developed specifically
for Angie and dubbed the Angie Box. This tailored pole mounted device is future proof, from both
capacity (delivering also 10G handoff) as well as functionality (flexible forwarding, IoT/NFV extensible,
etc).
Furthermore, since it is envisioned that Angie may be considered as a critical infrastructure provider,
the Angie Box is designed for Carrier Grade reliability, and multiple levels of resiliency and redundancy,
protecting the network from failures of fiber or power.
Fibrolan and Angie have put significant efforts into defining and designing this solution, with global scale
and futureproofing in mind. This fruitful cooperation has a strong foundation of the excellent and
synergetic working (and personal) relationship created between the two companies.
Below are the specs for the 10-Gigabit hub in Amsterdam.
Switching equipment:
1 x Fibrolan uFalcon-MX
2 x Fibrolan uFalcon-SL
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Figure 12: Fibrolan 10-Gigabit Switching Architecture at Het Bosch
A future upgrade of this site will be based on the general Angie architecture, with multi-10G trunks
connecting the site to the data center (using Fibrolan switches and DWDM gear). We can easily reach
speeds of 40Gbps and even 80Gbps with this robust, scalable and future proof architecture.
Figure 13: Future upgrade to 40Gbps, with Fibrolan 10-Gigabit Switching w/ DWDM Architecture at Het Bosch
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Figure 14: Fibrolan uFalcon-MX 10-Gigabit switch (on top of fiber termination point)
This uFalcon-MX 10-Gig switch aggregates the traffic from two separate Fibrolan switches
(uFalcon-SL), each with two 1G fiber links to the aggregation switch (using LAG).
Figure 15: Fibrolan uFalcon-SL switch inside the restaurant
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Figure 16: View of Fibrolan uFalcon-SL switch inside the restaurant - active ports
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Figure 17: Fibrolan uFalcon-SL Switch at the Waterfront Lounge
Figure 18: Fibrolan uFalcon-SL Switch at the Waterfront Lounge - active ports
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Figure 19: From main switch at equipment room to Switch 1 inside the restaurant
Figure 20: From main switch at the equipment room to Switch 2 at the Waterfront Lounge
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10. 10-Gigabit Elva-1 10-PPC Wireless Backhaul units
Angie has a long standing strategic 5G wireless technology partnership with Elva-1, the world’s
premier mmwave experts. Elva-1’s revolutionary 10-Gigabit wireless backhaul solution will be used for
quick and fast deployments of ultra-high-capacity rings, and as an interim solution or even as an
alternative for our local fiber backbone rings. In the case of the 10-Gigabit hub Het Bosch, where
Angie already has fiber in place, the company still wants to use at least two PPC-10G units to connect
to a few other locations at a distance.
Angie, Fibrolan and Elva-1 are jointly engaged in 5G research and development, and the 10-Gigabit
hub at Het Bosch -where Angie also has the rooftop, walls and pole rights- will serve as one of the 10Gigabit live labs for their joint efforts.
Figure 21: Underground fiber extended by Elva-1 wireless backhaul
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Figure 22: An example of Angie's wireless backbone options with Elva's PPC-10G links
Figure 23: Elva-1's 10-inch PPC-10G unit - 10 Gigabit througput
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11. Speed Test Results – Wired to the Switch
Below we posted the test results of a few of the four Angie Extreme connections at the Waterfront
Lounge and Restaurant Het Bosch in Amsterdam.
There are 4 IgniteNet Gateways installed (capable of 1 Gigabit line card speed per second each) at this
Angie 10-Gigabit hub. Phase 1 (at present) concerns 4 Gigabit combined throughput at the hub. Phase
2 (June 2017) will show 10 Gigabit combined throughput. This has never been achieved before at a
small commercial site.
As explained previously, the Angie physical fiber connection is a 10 Gigabit circuit, connected with the
latest generation 10 Gig uFalcon-MX switch (from Fibrolan), which connects to two separate
uFalcon-SL switches; one at the Waterfront Lounge, connected to two IgniteNet Gateways, and the
other uFalcon-SL switch at the restaurant, also connected to two IgniteNet Gateways.
This 10 Gig fiber-lit site is directly connected to the Data Center (Equinix AMS1) where we connect to
Cogent with a staggering uncontended 10 Gigabit IP transit. As you can see, the latency on the 1st test
(May 5) is 0 or 1 ms, and the upload is almost a Gig. The two test laptops on May 5 couldn't handle the
1 Gig download because the hard disk on the laptop couldn't write data fast enough to keep up with the
network connection. The May 11 resuklt shows ~1 Gigabit up/down.
NOTICE: These are the first ever tests on the Angie network. The local system and network
configuration and setup will result in greater throughput and results. Before Angie arrived, this location
had internet speeds of a mere 6 Mbps on average!
The combined throughput capability at this 10-Gigabit hub is currently to 4 Gigabit per second, as
explained split over 4 gateways. This would mean that people at the hub could jointly be using a
combined 4 Gigabit without any loss of speed and capacity.
Figure 24: Speed test result - laptop connected to the uFalcon-SL switch at the restaurant
This test was done on May 4, 2017 on the switch at the restaurant. The test laptop couldn't handle the
1 Gig download because the hard disk on the laptop couldn't write data fast enough to keep up with the
network connection. The download speed would otherwise be almost 1 Gigabit per second. The latency
is <1 ms.
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Figure 25: Speed Test result on May 6 –laptop wired to the uFalcon switch at The Waterfront
We did three test on May 6 on the switch at the Waterfront Lounge. Three with the laptop wired to the
switch, and one test with the laptop wired to the IgniteNet wireless gateway. The test laptop couldn't
handle the 1 Gig download because the hard disk on the laptop couldn't write data fast enough to keep
up with the network connection. The download speed would otherwise be almost 1 Gigabit per second.
The latency is practically non-existent at 0 ms.
Figure 26: 2nd speed test result on May 6 - wired to the uFalcon switch at The Waterfront
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Figure 27: 3rd speed test result on May 6 - wired to the uFalcon switch at The Waterfront
12. Speed Test Results – Wired to the IgniteNet Wi-Fi Gateway
Figure 28: speed test result on May 6 - wired to the IgniteNet Wi-Fi Gateway at The Waterfront
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13. Speed Test Results – Mobile Wi-Fi
We did some testing on May 4 and May 8, 2017. The Angie/IgniteNet/Fibrolan teams are reconfiguring the network for improvement tweaks. While the May 4 Wi-Fi results were impressive, the
May 8 results are truly impressive – after some further configuration changes.
At the time of testing, only three of the four gateways were functional. The three separate results are
shown below.
Figure 29: Angie Wi-Fi speed at 702 Mbps - Gateway 1
Figure 30: Angie Wi-Fi Speed 650 Mbps - Gateway 2
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Figure 31: Angie Wi-Fi speed 260 Mbps - Gateway 3
Some older mobile Wi-Fi results (May 4, 2017):
Figure 32: Angie Wi-Fi test on mobile - connected to IgniteNet Gateway 1 at the restaurant
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Figure 33: : Angie Wi-Fi test on mobile - connected to IgniteNet Gateway 2 at the restaurant
Figure 34: : Angie Wi-Fi test on mobile - connected to IgniteNet Gateway 3 at The Waterfront Lounge
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Figure 35: Angie Wireless - Wi-Fi SSIDs at The Waterfront
Figure 36: Angie Wireless - Wi-Fi SSIDs at Het Bosch
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14. Phase 2: Wireless Extreme – 1 Gigabit per User - City-wide Wireless Connectivity
Over the past few years, Angie has put the mechanisms in place, including partnerships and strategic
alliances with some of the world’s largest infrastructure and technology partners, that allows Angie to
make big, bold moves throughout the USA (and Canada) and Europe.
Over the past year or so, the company has been working, under stealth, with several Technology
Partners, including IgniteNet, Elva-1 and Fibrolan, to create unique, custom-built, tailor-made ultra-highspeed and ultra-high-capacity (fiber-front and backhauled) next-generations communications
infrastructure in its markets.
It took a team of full-timers more than three years to organize all this, but Angie’s most major
achievement may well be that it has developed the right investment and business model to minimize
upfront investments.
Almost simultaneously in most major markets, Angie is now set to start its rollout of next-gen wireless
networks, initially utilizing third-party owned assets. These assets serve as starting points for Angie’s
nationwide ultra-dense city-networks.
Angie’s infrastructure will be used to connect and serve citizens, businesses, institutions and
organizations in the Angie markets. The top objectives for Angie, as infrastructure owner and operator,
are to:
1.
Provide Gigabit speeds wirelessly through an outdoor, seamless network, starting with
your city, then your county, then your state, and ultimately nationwide. The access level
(outdoor equipment) is a unique, custom-built solution with 60GHz, 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios,
with a combined throughput of a staggering 10 Gigabit per second (read the IgniteNet/Angie
announcement here). We roll out 40, 50 and even up to 80 locations (usually on poles or
streetlights, but also building walls) per square mile, all fiber backhauled and with 10-Gigabit
local switching through custom-built ultra-intelligent switches (read the announcement). We call
this Virtual-Fiber To The Home.
2.
Offer quintuple play services: 1) Gigabit speed internet access, 2) telephony, 3)
TV/video/content services, 4) outdoor, seamless city-wide Wi-Fi connectivity, 5) Mobile services
(through Angie MVNO).
3.
Promote the long term economic and social interest of the end users, and the community
at large.
4.
Ensure wireless public safety communication (at prioritized access levels) and public
infrastructure monitoring capabilities.
5.
Deploy the most widely available and dense multi-purpose fiber-backhauled smart
sensor/IOT network throughout the markets as an open access “smart solutions” network
(open to third parties).
a.
Enable (commercial and public) smart home, smart office, smart building
solutions, outdoor digital screen updates and monitoring, etc.
b.
Enable Smart Grid/IoT/Machine-to-Machine (M2M or MTM) communications.
6.
Offer the mobile and enterprise industry access to Angie’s ultra-dense fiber-backhauled
hosted Small Cell service (Angie’s custom-built Small Cells will be installed at each location,
enabling us to serve all mobile operators through one device).
Angie is in the process of finalizing Right of Way agreements with numerous cities in the USA and
Europe.
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15. Angie’s 10-Gigabit Solution for Wireless Gigabit service
Angie has teamed up with IgniteNet to deliver ultra-high capacity Internet connectivity directly to end
users, using IgniteNet’s state-of-the-art mmwave technologies in purpose-built Access Points.
IgniteNet’s tri-band wireless solution, which is the first of its kind in the world and includes 60GHz
radios besides 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios, allows rapid, large scale deployments by Angie, and enables
secure internet delivery and throughput of connectivity at multi-gigabit speeds. Angie will be utilizing
IgniteNet’s new 10Gbps tri-band MetroLinq™ base stations that significantly improve coverage and
simplify deployment, allowing Angie to connect using three different worldwide unlicensed bands (read
the joint Press Realease here).
16. Further Reading
Angie Communications Library, Blog, Press Releases and Announcements
1. Historic Milestone (Rotterdam Edition) for Angie Wireless Extreme – May 7, 2017 (link)
2. Angie’s Project Books for New York and Los Angeles (link)
3. Revolutionary IgniteNet mmwave Technology to Power Angie’s 10Gbps Wireless Extreme
(link)
4. The Roller Coaster History and Incredible Future of the World's largest Telecoms Startup (link)
5. Angie's multi-purpose ultra-high-capacity networks: Small Cells, Gigabit Wireless Access,
Smart Cities, IoT, and Fiber Backhaul (link)
6. Smart City-as-a-Platform: Proposing an evolutionary blueprint-based partnership with Angie
Communications (link)
7. Angie's historic milestones (link)
8. Warning: Fiber to the Home industry is going to die! (link)
9. Building Ultra-Intelligent Cities (link)
10. Dallas (Texas) Among First Cities Abandoned by Google Fiber to Get Unique Ultra-Intelligent
Fiber Network (link)
11. Smart Homes and Smart Cities: Why Don’t They Exist Yet? An Analysis of “Smart” Paralysis
(link)
12. Cities Abandoned by Google Fiber are back in the Running to Become Gigabit Cities (link)
13. The Biggest Fiber News since Google Fiber: Nationwide Rollout of 10 Gigabit Fiber and
Wireless Gigabit (link)
14. Angie's Big Bold 10-Gigabit Fiber Challenge! (link)
15. Hello, we are Angie! The world's largest telecoms startup (link)
For Angie’s earlier press releases and announcements, please go to www.angiewireless.com/news
Elva-1 Library, Press Releases and Announcements
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Seminar in Velbert, Germany for local ISPs and Operators
ELVA Tested 4x 10 Gbps MMW Links Working Together
TWS Technologies Confirmed 10 Gbps for ELVA MMW Link on 6 km by RFC2544
4G+/5G Provides Great Opportunities for Last Mile 10+ Gbps Wireless
ELVA PPC-10G Link Selected for Trial in UK by Connexin
10Gbps MMW Link Installed on 10 km Distance by Moscow ISP
ELVA-1 at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona
76 GHz Drone Detection Radar
Revolutionary 10 Gig Wireless Technology Lands Angie Communications as Buyer
ELVA-1 announces promotion for 10 Gigabit Ethernet link
10Gbps in Air over River Thames
PPC-10G life demo In London
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Elva-1 at the exhibition
94 GHz Microwave Vibration Sensor
94 GHz & 130 GHz Microwave Transceivers for EPR ODMR Spectrometers
71-76 GHz Frequency Synthesizer for Ioffe’s ODMR Spectrometer
ELVA-1 successful ongoing pilot project at Leningrad railway station in Moscow
MM waves in wireless communications
What our customers are saying...
ELVA-1 was named strongest market-players by “Research and Markets”
Fibrolan Library, Press Releases and Announcements
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Fibrolan homepage
Fibrolan Backhaul solutions
Fibrolan Carrier Ethernet solutions
uFalcon-MX product page
uFalcon-SL product page
Falcon-MX product page
Fibrolan xWDM solutions
17. Contact
Mr. Kailesh Mistry, Chief External Communications Officer, email: [email protected]
Mr. Nirmal Gharial, Group Chief Engineering Officer, email: [email protected]
For business introductions, please use the form at http://ang.ie/contact-us/intro.
For news and updates, please visit www.angiewireless.com/news
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