PAUL THOMPSON ASSOCIATES
                                               Consultants in Wireless Communication
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

• Provided consulting services to Earthlink, Inc. to assist them in evaluating wireless Internet Service alternatives. Specific activities included: assessment of the technical merits of various fixed and mobile wireless approaches, engaging in executive-level discussions about the implications of each approach to the Earthlink Internet services Business Plans, the technical evaluation of candidate vendors for these services and the evaluation of vendor testing of wireless products.

• Participation as a voting member of the IEEE 802.22 Working Group that is establishing an international Standard for a broadband,  fixed wireless access (FWA) system operating in the television bands. When completed, this Standard will  employ cognitative receiver techniques to define a point-to-multipoint FWA system capable of operating on a non-interfering basis to incumbent TV broadcasters.
  

• Provided consultation on fixed wireless access to the investment community as a part of the Councils of Advisors of the Gerson Lehrman Group. In that capacity, consultation was provided on the state-of-the-art of fixed wireless equipment, the viability of the industry's vendors and the nature of fixed wireless applications, all of which was relied upon by the clients to make investment decisions.

• Provided consulting services to the Engineering Services Directorate of Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) in their pursuit and execution of technical services contracts with the fixed wireless access and satellite communications communities. Services provided included assistance in positioning Telcordia products and services in the marketplace plus consultation with Telcordia customers on diverse topics ranging from spectrum auction strategy to detailed technical performance issues.

• Participation in the IEEE 802.16 Standards Committee which established the Interoperability and Coexistence Standards for broadband, 11-60 GHz point-to-multipoint fixed wireless access systems. Paul Thompson's IEEE 802.16 activities, jointly sponsored by Telcordia (formerly Bellcore) and Ensemble Communications, Inc., included technical background contributions as well as the crafting of portions of the Standards document.

• Provided Engineering Services to implement a GPS-based vehicle tracking system for a fleet of 600 taxis. The system employed a private radio network deployed over a 200 square-mile area to relay real-time location and charge meter information from each taxi to a central dispatching and map display Center. At the Center, the location and charge meter information was intended to optimize taxi dispatching, perform financial analyses of taxi operations and provide assistance to the taxi drivers in case of emergency.

• Performed a year-long Study for the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District of alternatives for providing wireless Internet access for the commuters riding the Ferries on San Francisco Bay. The Study included a market survey of commuter communications needs, technical evaluations of various Local Area and Wide Area solutions, conduct of demonstrations with multiple wireless Service Providers and a Report to Transportation District executives describing their options for providing service.

• Provided consulting services for the preparation of Requests for Information (RFIs) on behalf of the WCS Forum, a consortium of WCS Band license holders. The RFIs solicited information from equipment vendors appropriate to wireless local loop, point-to-point and point-to-multipoint applications. In subsequent activity, Paul Thompson Associates evaluated the point-to-multipoint RFI responses on behalf of one of the WCS license holders. That evaluation included drawing conclusions about the technical soundness of the responder's submission and the applicability of the submission to the license holder's business plan.

• Completed an RF design study for Ensemble Communications, Inc. a manufacturer of time division duplex LMDS point-to-multipoint radio equipment. This five month study determined candidate hub locations, frequency reuse plans and potential user counts for three urban and industrial cities in support of a larger capital investment study. To provide the needed information, Paul Thompson Associates developed post processing software for Telcordia's (formerly Bellcore) WinPlan RF Design tool to enable it to output volumetric user densities.

• Provided technical consulting services for the point-to-multipoint broadband fixed wireless access product development effort at Proxim Corporation. This activity includes participation in the product definition plus the conduct of a testing program to validate system performance both in the laboratory and in outdoor applications.

• Provided product definition and technical marketing services to Ubiquity Communication, Inc., a start-up developer of point-to-multipoint broadband multimedia MAN/WAN radio systems. Applications span from the WCS (2.3 GHz) to the U-NII (5 GHz) Bands. Activities focus on relating the technical attributes of the design to marketplace benefits and the subsequent identification of the most promising candidate customers for the product.

• Provided engineering services to ConvergeLabs, the developer of GPRS-like data applications for 2.5G GSM mobile wireless networks. Specific activities included technical analysis of new products, reviewing the product development schedules and tasks, advising on product positioning and assisting senior management on general matters related to the evolution of the company.

• Completed a Scalability Study for Network System Technolgies' (NST) high speed two-way wireless Internet offering. This study validated the number of users which can be supported using NST's MMDS/ITFS & UHF Bands forward and 2.4 GHz ISM Band return link architecture, operating in a variety of system configurations.

• Completed a High-speed Radio Study for Wireless Facilities Inc. of the commercial opportunities for a 45 Mbps unlicensed band radio. The study involved determining the technical attributes of the radio which influence its commercial viability, interviewing industry sources and prospective customers, and providing recommendations of the most promising marketplace candidates for the product as well as a plan for validating those recommendations.

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