LGfL Consortium ConferenceA Glimpse of the Future

Mary Sumner House14th July 2009

Ian Taylor & Arthur Bird

Overview

• Introductions• The LGfL and BT 21CN• A wireless, mobile secure LGfL• Demonstration and playing with toys• Q & A

Croydon

Purley

Merton

Bromley

BexleyHeath

Welling

Lewisham

Richmond

Hayes

Harrow

Park Royal

EarlsCourt

TeleHouse

Romford

BarnetHaringey

Newham

WalthamForest

Enfield

Lambeth

Core

Camden

Core 10Gbps Links

Nodal Loop 1Gbps

CORE

AP

Core Network Node

Aggregation Point (AP)

Existing Core & Access Topology

AP

AP

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AP

AP

AP

AP

APAP

AP

AP

AP

Core

AP

AP

AP

AP

Core

AP

Core

BT Serving Exchange

AP

AP LES/WES Aggregation Point

BT locate Aggregation Point

WES1000

WES100

Thus 1Gbps City Ethernet

Thus Open Fibre

Core Core Hosting/Internet Peering

KEY:

21CN Deployment within LGfL

AP

APAP

AP

AP

AP

Core

APAP

Kidbrook TE(1)(London)

SE18 4LH ref LSKID

Bermondsey TE(London)

SE1 5RN ref CLBER

Ryland House (Croydon SCC)

CR0 1SG ref LSCRFO

BT Tower West Block(London)

W1T 4JZ ref WEWBLOSouthall TE

UB1 3EY ref SWSOU

Colingdale House SCC

NW9 6LB ref LWCOL

Woodford ATEIG8 0BS ref LNWFD

Upton Park ATE(London)

E13 9AX ref LNUPK

AP

AP

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BT Serving Exchange

AP

AP LES/WES Aggregation Point

BT locate Aggregation Point

Core Core Hosting/Internet Peering

WES1000

WES100

Thus 1Gbps City Ethernet

Thus Open Fibre

OHP

EBD

WES1000 LA

OLO Backhaul

BT WES1000 (EAD)

Core

AP

Upgrade Existing WES100 to WES1000

AP

AP

AP5

AE

AP

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AP

AP

Core

Future requirementSouth Kensington TE

SW3 3AB ref WRSKEN

21CN Benefits

• Utilising 21CN products with exchange hosting will provide the following benefits:

• Migration path for LA hosted APs to BT exchanges

• Higher level of essential power provision (UPS + Generator)

• Potential to leverage 100Mb broadband at a lower cost base to ensure pricing of services remain competitive.

• Network Topology to accommodate edge site upgrade and migration

Camden Trial

Trial Overview

• Demonstrate wireless back-up connectivity to Haverstock School. The school will be able to use a small indoor wireless modem similar to a DSL modem

• Demonstrate 4G “SafeNet” connectivity to selected students from Haverstock School in the form of a 4G enabled laptop or dongle

 • Potentially demonstrate a mobile workforce solution for Camden Council

workers. Provide a 4G dongle to selected council workers that will work across a geographic area of the council centered around Denton House

Service offering

• Evolved from discussions on Wireless Back-up Connectivity (Schools)

– A wireless back-up service to Haverstock School

– Minimum of a 2Mbps service

– Fully diverse to the Internet

– Failure of the primary service will cause an automatic fail-over to the wireless connection

• Home Access (Students) & Workforce Mobility (BC Employees)

– Up to 4Mbps

– Unlimited usage

– Self Install USB Dongle

Camden Logical Connectivity

UK Broadband3 sector

Macro site UK Broadband Microwave link

Denton House

Crowndale Centre

Synetrix PoP

Telehouse

TelecityUKB

DataCentre

CPE

CPE

Synetrix Datacentre

TelehouseSynetrix

Datacentre

Janet &/or Internet

Camden Logical Connectivity

Wireless Back-up

Home Access & Mobile Workforce

USB Dongle Coverage from Denton House

London Zoo – National CLC 2009

• National CLC Conference 9th July 2009

• London Zoo

• 16Mbps secure wireless internet

• Delivered to over 200 delegates

• Using links from Camden– Denton House & Crowndale Centre

The Bridge Academy

Hammersmith

The Bridge Academy - trial scope and style

• Demonstrate 4G wireless broadband connectivity to selected students from the Bridge Academy School in the form of a 4G dongle and a 4G wireless modem

• Delivered by a base station sited on Charing Cross Hospital

• The build of this base station will commence circa 9th July with service activation in late July

• Service will take the form of “Home Access” to selected students and staff at The Bridge Academy

• Delivered via a 4G USB dongle and a 4G wireless modem (as shown below)

Wireless modem

Mobile Broadband Dongle Coverage from Charing Cross Hospital

Demonstration

• Mary Sumner House – Demo logistics

• Demonstration and play with the toys

• Followed by Q & A 

Today’s Demonstration - Logistics