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Communications Society [COM019]
7:00 PM, Thursday, 8 May
Zigbee, an Increasingly Pervasive Connectivity Infrastructure for Critical Application Solutions
Robert Heile, Chairman of the ZigBee Alliance
ZigBee is an open, global wireless standard for low power, low data rate applications based on IEEE 802.15.4. Through its strong rate of adoptions, ZigBee is the global language for connecting dramatically different devices. This versatility opens up a new world of opportunities to connect common, every day devices with improved efficiencies, comfort, convenience and cost savings.
The capabilities of ZigBee provide a broad range of applications and solutions with robust, secure, self-organizing and self-healing mesh networking that are ideally suited for connecting thousands of devices into a single network. ZigBee is rapidly becoming the pervasive infrastructure for the wireless sensors and control marketplace. The technology has a global presence with significant recognition and utilization across critical industries. The presentation will discuss and elaborate on these themes.
Bob Heile is a 25 plus year veteran in the field of data communications and wireless data. He is the Chairman and founding member of the ZigBee Alliance, chair and founding member of the IEEE 802.15 Working Group on WPANs, and is a founding member of 802.11. Before assuming the leadership of the ZigBee Alliance, Bob was doing Wireless Communications Consulting for several high profile companies. Before that Bob was with GTE/BBN responsible for Wireless Opportunity Business Development, with the mission of commercializing wireless ad hoc networking and wireless PAN technologies. In 1990 he was a co-founder of Windata, Inc., an early developer of WLANs. From 1980-1990, Bob was with Motorola Codex, as VP/GM of the company’s modem business. Bob holds a BA from Oberlin College, and an MA and Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. and the presentation soon after at the Verizon Labs, 117 West Street, Waltham. The meeting is preceded by dinner with the speaker at Bertucci's, Winter St, Waltham, at 5:30 p.m. Directions follow.
Directions to Bertucci's restaurant in Waltham: Take Exit 27B on I95/128, heading west on Winter Street. After exiting, stay all the way to the right and take the first right turn into the shopping plaza. Bertucci's is at the far end of the plaza. Please let Paul Zorfass know if you plan to attend the dinner at Bertucci’s. Paul can be contacted at Paul.zorfass@embeddedtrade.com.
New Directions to Verizon Labs, 117 West Street, Waltham, MA 02451 (the Sylvan Road entrance is now closed): Take Exit 27B on I95/128, heading west on Winter Street. Stay all the way to the right. Verizon Labs is 1/2 mile ahead. At the second traffic light, turn left onto WEST ST. and then take the first right (at the Verizon sign) which leads into the Verizon campus. The building and entrance for the meeting are on your right. After parking come into the building and follow the IEEE signs into the IEEE meeting area.
Communications Society
7:00 PM, Thursday, 12 June
Deploying Municipal, Town and Regional Wireless Internet Services and Networks
Robert A. Zakarian, President and CEO of Community WISP, Inc., StreamLine Networks, Inc.
The appetite for internet access is both a moving target and has significant requirements. There is the drive for ever more availability for cell phones and PDAs and the ubiquitous applications for email, voice, and text messaging. Cell phone operators are moving to upgrade the available bandwidth to their cell sites since simple T1 (1.544 Mbps) are marginally adequately for supporting voice, data and media content communications.
There has been growing development and deployment of community wireless internet service providers (WISPs) to deliver secure, reliable and cost effective wireless broadband solutions. These providers can quickly and cost effectively connect numerous locations with infrastructure to easily supports high demand technologies such as 802.11, Wi-Fi, VoIP and IP-based video surveillance.
Community WISP (CWISP) located in Waltham is a regional WISP that designs and deploys custom wireless WANS. The capabilities utilize Motorola's Canopy ™ fixed wireless broadband technology to extend and augment existing network services. Point-to-Point networks are constructed to connect buildings located up to 24 miles apart, and support high demand technologies. This provides wireless broadband Internet access (T1 to 100 Mbps) that supplements or replaces cable and T1 services.
The experiences of the Town of Bourne, Open Cape, wireless back haul and wireless DS3 in metropolitan Boston, private Telco networks to extend Fiber Optic Networks, Ocean Edge and the Boston Police Department are application examples that will be presented. As appropriate the related experiences of their sister company StreamLine Networks, that is a Hosted Voice Solution for VoIP and SoftSwitch services will also be discussed.
Robert Zakarian is co-founder and President of Community WISP, Inc., a Massachusetts Wireless Internet Service Provider deploying Motorola’s Canopy solution. Prior to Roberts’ current position he held senior positions at American Power Conversion, HarvardNet and Ionics. Robert’s diverse experience includes the facilities side of the financial services industry, electrical contracting, high-speed food processing and entrepreneurial ventures. Community WISP, Inc. was co-founded in 2002 by Dain Muller and Robert Zakarian as a culmination of their diverse financial service, facilities and technical backgrounds. In 2006 Community WISP started StreamLine Networks a “Hosted Voice (VoIP) Solutions Provider” in the greater Boston Area.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. and the presentation soon after at the Verizon Labs, 117 West Street, Waltham. The meeting is preceded by dinner with the speaker at Bertucci's, Winter St, Waltham, at 5:30 p.m. Directions follow.
Directions to Bertucci's restaurant in Waltham:
Take Exit 27B on I95/128, heading west on Winter Street. After exiting, stay all the way to the right and take the first right turn into the shopping plaza. Bertucci's is at the far end of the plaza. Please let Paul Zorfass know if you plan to attend the dinner at Bertucci’s. Paul can be contacted at paul.zorfass@embeddedtrade.com.
New Directions to Verizon Labs, 117 West Street, Waltham, MA 02451 (the Sylvan Road entrance is now closed):
Take Exit 27B on I95/128, heading west on Winter Street. Stay all the way to the right. Verizon Labs is 1/2 mile ahead. At the second traffic light, turn left onto WEST ST. and then take the first right (at the Verizon sign) which leads into the Verizon campus. The building and entrance for the meeting are on your right. After parking come into the building and follow the IEEE signs into the IEEE meeting area.
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