Ruckus enabling Smart Cities Michel Lignon Global Account Director, Ruckus Wireless, EMEA November 18th, 2015
Ruckus enabling Smart Cities
Michel Lignon
Global Account Director, Ruckus Wireless, EMEA
November 18th, 2015
Smart Cities
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o Cities have complex challenges and needs
o Improve municipal services - lighting, utility, traffic, public safety, …
o Improve citizen’s quality of life and community benefits
o Attract commerce by enhancing services for commercial districts
o Limited budget
o Cities have valuable assets
o Right-of-way, power, fiber, transportation, outdoor advertisers, …
o San Jose has 62k light poles and 900 traffic lights
o New business model: Public-Private partnership
o Using wireless access as a “trade”
SF, LA, San Jose & others
oReduce congestion
oDemand based pricing
o Integrated billing
oReduce pollution
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Real-time Availability of Parking Spaces
SingTel & Singapore Land Transport Authority
How many commuters last
week?
443,794
Which day is the busiest?
Friday - 126,696 (busiest)
Sunday - 82.810 (least busiest)
Busiest time of day on Friday?
8pm with 14,976 commuters
6pm with 19,696 commuters
How long do I need to wait for
the train?
avg: 5.01 min
How long do I need to wait for
the train on Wednesday?
avg: 6.58 min
How many came back from
previous week?
44.18 %
Regular vs. new commuters per
day?
~ 70 : 30
More commuters vs. previous
week?
Yes, by 29,658
Weekday vs. Weekend
commuters
Daily avg (weekday) 111,159
Daily avg (Weekend) : 93.435
Last week of August @ Orchard Road station
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LinkNYC: Creating the Connected City
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LinkNYC Public-Private Partnership
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o Free high performance Wi-Fi
o Free calls to anywhere U.S.
o Free phone charger
o Touch screen for city services
o Funded by ad revenue from digital display
o $500M revenue to city over 12 years
o Community service
o Close digital divide
o Elevate city image
Inside a LinkNYC Kiosk
Ruckus Cloud-based solutions and APIs
vSPoTVirtual Smart Positioning Technology
SCI- Smart Cell InsightBig Data analysis and prediction
vSZ controllerVirtual SmartZone
Increasing Levels of Insight
Predictive
Analytics
Location
(LBS)Application
Recognition
Data Collection
& Reporting What
happened?
Where did it
happen?
What were they doing
when it happened?
What will happen?
Level
of Insight
Ruckus SmartCell Insight (SCI)
APs ZD, SCG FlexMaster
SCI Big Data Warehouse
NMS/OSS/BSS
APIs
Standard reportsCustom reports
orWhy?
• Network visibility and planning
• Troubleshooting
• Data retention requirements
What?
• Collects, correlates, and reports KPIs
• 19 standard reports (browser-driven)
• Easy-to-create custom reports
• Long term data retention
• Software-only solution
Future• App visibility
• Network health
• Predictive analytics
Thank You
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