 Articles written by Phil Belanger
Aligning Infrastructure and Applications
Where Do We Stand in the Muni Wi-Fi Hype Cycle?
At the Digital Cities Joint State Briefing in Tallahassee on March 26, 2008, Phil Belanger, a principal at wireless network testing firm Novarum, moderated the workshop “Aligning Infrastructure and Applications.” Belanger offered an autopsy of Philadelphia’s mesh network, took on muni Wi-Fi gloom and doom in the media and surveyed today's increasing body of knowledge around mesh planning and deployment. More
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Defining the Broadband-Wireless Networks User Experience
Understanding requirements, writing specs at the outset, and effectively educating multiple user groups are all key to appropriate expectation setting and project success. More
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Better Client Devices Improve Citywide Wi-Fi User Experience
Using a better client device may be the simplest way to improve the user experience on citywide Wi-Fi networks. A public-access network that supports any Wi-Fi client may need twice as many access points as a network used exclusively for public safety with high-power client devices. More
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Are You Dense Enough? 40 is the New 20 in Metro Wi-Fi Nodes
While Toronto OneZone's high access-point density may seem exotic — 105 nodes per square mile — cities planning a broadband-wireless network should begin with 50 nodes per square mile and adjust from there. More
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Comparing Service Availability in Philadelphia and Portland
RFPs and contracts for Metro Wi-Fi networks can benefit from more precise description of network requirements. This is illustrated using wireless network coverage as an example. More
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Setting Appropriate Expectations for Citywide Wireless-Network Performance
Commentary by Phil Belanger, Novarum, on the 2nd Wireless Networks User Experience Roundtable at the W2i Digital Cities Convention in Chicago, May 22-23, 2007. More
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Novarum hosting User Experience roundtable in Chicago
The Novarum team is pleased to be hosting our second Wireless-Networks User Experience Roundtable at the Digital Cities Convention in Chicago, Tuesday, May 22nd. The session will explore how local authorities, network providers, equipment makers, and systems integrators manage expectations appropriately among the clients and constituencies the network will serve. Understanding requirements, writing specs at the outset, and effectively educating multiple user groups are all key to appropriate expectation setting and project success. I’ll be blogging on the results — and our next steps in the discussion — after the session. More
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Novarum Compares Networks, Cuts Through Confusion
Novarum’s research aim is to "cut through the confusion of this overlapping range of broadband, IP-based, licensed and unlicensed wireless data technologies." More
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