Essentia S.p.

A
Corporate Presentation
&
Wifless ESS
Wireless Solutions Presentation
Fixed Wireless Broadband Access
Wi-Fi / HiperLAN2 & Mesh
16 January 2008

Gruppo Essentia Profile

Gruppo Essentia is an Italian privately owned group of European

companies
Essentia S.p.A. has been the first established company of the group
in 1996

Head Quarter located in Reggio Emilia (Italy)

R&D and Support Centers located in Reggio Emilia, Torino, Taranto
(Italy) and in Budapest and Veszprm (Hungary)
Logistic Center in Parma (Italy)

Essentia S.p.A. is a leading supplier of Innovative Wireless

solutions for Carriers, WISPs / ISPs and Enterprise

Owns 100% of IP (Intellectual Property) related to the products branded

under the Wifless trademark and for the OpenWifless system
software suite.
A total of 32 Employees (80 % MSEE degreed) dedicated to design and
development of the Wifless solutions.
Strong self investment in R&D ( 2M over the last 2 years )
Seamless operations with contract manufacturers and logistics to
support and guaranty the high-quality low-cost and lead time required
by partners and customers.

Essentia Experience

Executive Officers with 20+ years of Solid Experience in the

Professional and Carrier/TelCo telecommunications sectors

Strong R&D Teams (HW and SW) with 10+ Years Expertise in design
of Wireless systems and Embedded network Operating Systems

10+ Years of Corporate proven Operation with ISO 9001:2000 and

OS19 Certifications

20% Share of the Italian FWBA Products market, mainly with

Essentia Wifless product Range

#1 Designer of the widest 802.11abg wireless network in Europe

Manufacturing &
Technology Partners

Essentia Production & Logistic

A state-of-the-art fabless production and outsourced logistic

Essentia HQ, Logistic, R&D and QA (Italy and Hungary)

Silicon key technology providers (USA and Germany)
Electronic key contract manufacturers (China, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea)
Mechanic, Antenna and Assembly key contract manufacturers (Italy)

Strong manufacturing & logistic capacities

Up to 10.000 CPE or NODE per month and up to 2.000 ProNODE per month
All GA products on-stock for delivery within 2 to 4 weeks DRO

Main Partners for Manufacturing

Wifless ESS
Carrier-Class
Wireless Solutions

Wifless & OpenWifless

Carrier Class Flexible Solutions
True Open Platform Linux Based
Wifless is the brand created by Essentia to identify its new Wireless and
Wireline Flexible equipments, as well as OpenWifless is the brand that
identify the Embedded Operating Systems, based on the common basic
philosophy to get a Completely Open Carrier Class Integrated Platform,
spreading from Wireless to Wireline solutions, but always stay Open,
always be based on largely common and standard high quality and low
cost hardware and software, and, finally but most important, always having
in mind TCP-IP, VoIP SIP and Video Streaming/VoD services.
Wireless & Wireline Flexibility by Essentia is the statement behind the
Wifless and OpenWifless trademarks that will brand all the Essentias
products based on this True Open Platform Philosophy and its open
Embedded Linux based Operating System.

Vision & Strategic Choices

Strategic Vision

Towards and integrated Wireless & Wireline world

True Carrier Class and Low Cost Open Platform

The Carriers / TelCos and WISPs day by day ask for excellent professional products
at a low cost, as well as having a true open platform that can be easily customized
and improved with low TCO.

Strategic Products Deployment Roadmap

Wireless Equipments, ISM Bands (ESS Enhanced Spread Spectrum)

Wireless Equipments, Licensed Bands (MAX WiMax Solutions)

Wi-Fi / HiperLAN2 IEEE 802.11b/g & a/h (2.3-2.5 & 4.9-5.9 GHz)
WiMAX IEEE 802.16d-2004 / 802.16e-2005 (2.2-2.5, 3.4-3.8 GHz)

Wireline Equipments

Flexible L2 Switch, L3 Router with L4 Load-Balancing (FSR Flexible

Switch Router)
xPON (PON Passive Optical Network Solutions)
E-PON IEEE 802.3ah
G-PON ITU-T G.984

Strategic Production Choices

Standard Components from Leader Suppliers

Own Made True-Open Linux based Embedded Operating System

OpenWifless OS, Linux 2.6 kernel based

True Accessible and Writable File System

Total Control over Development
Full Source Availability (via TLA to selected customers)
Tool-chain Availability (via TLA to selected customers)

Total Control over the Software

Included Atheros HAL and Intel IXP 400 Core
Total Licensing Control for the own and 3rd party SW
Hardware SW Lock by OTP and Key Components
Software SW Lock by X.509 Certificates

Standard Oriented SW Development

IEEE Draft and Standard oriented
Volume Production based on Ratified Standard

Existing Development Partners and Communities

CSP (Software R&D Center, Torino, Italy)

OpenIXP (OpenSource Wireless Dev Community, Veszprm, Hungary)

Wireless & Wireline Integrated Vision

WiMax

WiMax

WiMax

Wi-Fi

EPON/GPON
EPON/
GPON

DM
CW

DWDM
Ring

Wi-Fi

HyperLAN2

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Key Features

Carrier Class Solution

Temp Range -50 a +75 C
IP68 + IK10 Aluminum Case
IP67 Connectors
2x ETH 10/100 BaseTX w/ Lightning
Protector, 1x RS 232, 1x RS 485
4 /2 /1 x Dual Band Radios

Operating System used

NPU multi-core

OpenWifless ESS ProNODE

Production

Q1 2008

Atheros AR5414 based

2.3-2.5 & 4.9-5.9 GHz
Up to +20 dBm RF output

Intel IXP 425 @ 533 /266 MHz

w/ 66 MHz mini-PCI BUS
CF Card Slot for Solid State HD
128 /64 MB DRAM, 2x16 MB Flash
RTC, 2nd Watch-Dog, OTP,
Thermometer, Power Sensors

Wifless ESS 24564

Key Features

Carrier Class Solution

Temp Range -30 a +70 C
IP68 Aluminum Case
IP67 Connectors
2 x ETH 10/100 BaseTX ports w/
Lightning Protector, 1 x RS-232
4 x Dual Band Radios

Operating System used

OpenWifless ESS ProNODE

NPU multi-core

Production

Now Available

Atheros AR5414 based

2.3-2.5 & 4.9-5.9 GHz
Up to +20 dBm RF output

Intel IXP 425 @ 533 MHz

128 MB DRAM
2x16 MB Flash
RTC, Watch-Dog and OTP

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Key Features

Carrier Class Solution

Temp Range -20 a +60 C
IP67 Stainless-steel Case
Integrated antenna

OpenWifless ESS CPE

1 x ETH 10/100BaseTX port

IEEE 802.3af PoE compliant
Atheros AR5414 m-PCI Radio

Operating System used

Now Available

Up to +18 dBm RF out @ 5 GHz

band

NPU multi-core

Production

22 dBi @ 4.9-5.9 GHz

Infineon 5120 @ 175 MHz

16 MB DRAM
4 MB Flash

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Key Features

Carrier Class Solution

Temp Range -20 a +55 C
IP67 Nylon Case
Dual Band Integrated Antenna

1 x ETH 10/100BaseTX PoE port

1 x Dual Band m-PCI Radio Atheros
AR5414 based

Operating System used

OpenWifless ESS CPE

Now Available

2.4-2.5 & 4.9-5.9 GHz

Up to +20 dBm RF out

NPU multi-core

Production

15 dBi @ 5.5 GHz

12 dBi @ 2.45 GHz

Infineon 5120 @ 175 MHz

16 MB DRAM
4 MB Flash

Wifless ESS Typical Applications

Fixed Wireless Broadband Access (FWBA) Point to Multipoint networks

Transport - Point to Point networks

Data (L2 Ethernet native and L3 IP)

Voice (Voice over IP)
Video (Video Streaming & Video on Demand over IP)
Wi-Fi Hot-Spot & HiperLan2 overlaid coverages

Ethernet & IP Backbone for Triple-Play (Data + Voice + Video)

Ethernet & IP Backhauling (Data + Voice + Video)
DVB-T over IP (DVB-T Video)

Security for Municipalities and Government

Videosurveillance

Carrier Class Triple-Play Transport &

Access Networks

Data, Voice and Video Broadband Access

Backbone and Backhaul
2.4 + 5.x GHz
Concurrent Coverages

Carrier
5.x GHz
Backbone and Backhauling

IEEE 802.11 bg
+
IEEE 802.11 a
Concurrent Coverage

Residential
Application
IPTV
CPE
IP Video Phone

Up to 75 Mbps UDP Traffic

per Sector
ProNODE
Network
AAA
Server

ProNODE

Eth L2 Switch
or L3 Router
CPE
Pstn
network

Voice Gateway

Centrino Wireless CPE

Notebook

CPE

Up to 50 Mbps TCP Traffic

per Sector

VoD
Servers
Internet

Eth L2 Switch

SoHo
Application

IP Phone
Business
Application

UMTS/HSPDA and GPRS/GSM with

IEEE 802.11 abg Service Integration
GPRS

GPRS

UMTS

UMTS

IEEE 802.11 abg

IEEE 802.11 abg

IEEE 802.11 bg
+
IEEE 802.11 a
Concurrent Coverage

IEEE 802.11 abg

Video Streaming
&
Video on Demand
Optimized
Up to 32 GB Integrated
Solid State Disk / Cache

Data, Voice and Video Broadband Access for IEEE 802.11 abg Users / CPEs
Integrated Solid State Disk/Cache for Video on Demand optimization

IEEE 802.11 abg

Enterprise / Campus Wireless Networks

Data, Voice and Video Wireless Network

Video-surveillance

CPE
IP Network Extension

IP Network Extension
CPE

2.4 + 5.x GHz

Concurrent Coverages

Wi-Fi / HiperLan2
coverage

Up to 8 Virtual Access
Points per Sector

Internet

Wi-Fi
PDA
CPE

ProNODE

Wi-Fi
VoIP Phone

Wi-Fi Centrino
Notebook

IP
Security Cam

Full Self-Healing Mesh Networks

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internet

IEEE 802.11 bg and / or IEEE 802.11 a

Concurrent Mesh Networks
Advanced OLSRD for Multi-homed Wireless Mesh Networks

lan

Public Safety and Security

Wireless Networks

Public Safety Special Wireless Networks

Metropolitan Video-surveillance for
Municipalities and Government
Large Enterprise Video-surveillance
4.8 Public Safety
or
Standard 5 GHz
Coverage

CPE

IP Security Cam

Public Safety
CPE

Standard IEEE 802.11 a

or
Special 4.8 GHz 802.11a
Public Safety
Coverage

Secure Internet

IP
Security Cam
ProNODE

Videosurveillance
Server and Storage

IP Security Cam

Public Safety 4.8 GHz

PDA Video monitoring

Public Safety
CPE

Advanced Point to Point

High Availability Applications

1+1 / 2+0 Radio Optimized for High Link Resilience and Throughput Doubling
2+0..N+1 Radio Aggregation (L2 IEEE 802.3ad and L3 OSPF)

Redundancy
Resilience
Aggregation
Internet + IP
Networks
Internet + IP
Networks

PSTN
Hybrid PBX

IP Phone

PC

IP PBX

IP Phone

Wifless ESS Positioning

Vs. WiMAX and other competitive wireless technologies

Time to Market

Spectrum and License

Wifless ESS solutions are today available and MP manufactured

WiMAX 802.16d-2004 is obsolete and WiMAX 802.16e-2005 is not yet really
stable and available
WiMAX 802.16e Wave2 and other solutions like the Intel Centrino WiMAX will not
be available before 2010
Wifless ESS uses a state-of-the-art radio module operating on multiple and wide
bands, so one hardware fits many applications and regulatory constrains
WiMAX requires Licensed Spectrum by default while Wifless ESS is an Unlicensed
Spectrum solution as well as Licensed one
Wireless Mesh Only solutions are intrinsically spectrum inefficient, low throughput
and costly, so have a very bad Performance/Price ratio

Price

Wifless ESS uses high volume and fine tuned standardized hardware for highest
performance and lowest pricing
WiMAX solutions do not have volume as well as do not have yet a real industrial
standard

Wifless ESS Positioning (2)

Vs. other Competitors

Performance

Wifless ESS solutions are today among the top 3 solutions available on the market

Wifless ESS devices are proven Carrier-Class products featuring all the needed Carrier-Class
features

Wifless ESS solutions deliver a throughput of up to 85 Mbps uni-directional UDP traffic (Iperf
2.0.2 tested) with outstanding low jitter and delay
Wifless ESS solutions have the today best QoS and WMM implementation
Wifless ESS uses and Open Architecture, Linux based, while quite all the other competitors
use proprietary OS solutions or closed Linux solutions

Spectrum and License

No need for in the middle Wireless Controller or any other hardware or software
Wifless ESS ProNODE devices are full NAS (Network Access Server) devices that can be placed in the
network and connected/controlled directly by standard Radius servers

Operating System Architecture

Cisco Aironet 15xx & 32xx, Alvarion VL and B, Motorola Canopy & Orthogon are the competitors

Wifless ESS uses a state-of-the-art radio module operating on multiple and wide bands, so one
hardware fits many applications and regulatory constrains
Wifless ESS radios are capable to operate over Unlicensed bands as well as over Licensed
bands
Full control over the Wifless ESS hardware allows for quick and low cost customization

Price

Wifless ESS uses high volume and fine tuned standardized hardware for highest performance
and lowest pricing

Our Clients

Our Clients
Clients successfully served with the Essentia solutions

Major TLC Vendors & System Integrators and VAD/VAR of wireless

and wireline telecommunications solutions
Nationwide Carriers and Telco operating wireline, wireless and
convergent networks
Regional and Local Carriers and Telco operating wireline, wireless
and convergent networks
Multi-utility and Local public organizations breaking through
telecommunications
Businesses requiring connectivity for data, video and voice
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Our Customer
References

Tecnofin - Trentino Network

The Today Biggest European IEEE 802.11 abg Wireless Network

Governmental Network and Business Network

100% owed by the Regional Government
Operated by the carrier Trentino Network
Wholesales Data-Voice services provided to:

Telecom Italia
Vodafone
British Telecom
Alpikom
BrennerCom

Key Technical Details

More than 13,600 square kilometers of complete coverage over the entire regional
landscape
About 1,200 PMP radio sectors provide a perfect Dual Band Wi-Fi abg service all over
the area
About 200 PTP radio links are used to make the secondary backbones and to connect
these to the main fiber CWDM 10 GbE backbone network
More than 700 Wifless ESS 2456x devices are used (PMP and PTP)
More than 2,000 Network Elements are currently managed via the Essentia NMS
More than 100,000 Wireless Users are expected during the next 2 years of operation

About 1,200 PMP radio sectors for a

perfect
Dual Band
802.11 abg
coverage

About 600 x
Wifless ESS 24562
ProNODE devices

Regione Piemonte, CSP and RAI

Piemonte Region and CSP Pilot Wireles Project

Designed by CSP (Laboratory of CSI Piemonte governmental ICT organization)

Developed with the RAI cooperation as a Pilot project for testing:

DVB-T over Wireless IP network

DVB-H over Wireless IP network
FWBA in Rural Areas

100% owed by the Regional Government

Operated by CSP

Key Technical Details

2 small mountains valleys complete PMP coverage with DVB-T standard stream distribution over
the IP wireless network
About 10 PMP radio sectors provide a good Wi-Fi 802.11a service all over the 2 areas
About 20 PTP radio links are used to make the wirless backbone up to the fiber POP (FP)
1 full DVB-T Transport Stream from RAI national television network is transported along the
wireless network up to the DVB-T transmitters of the valleys

DVB-T Transport Stream from RAI

COMESER
Among the today 4 biggest Italian IEEE 802.11 abg Wireless Network

COMESER is a Wireline + Wireless local carrier based in Fidenza, Italy

The Wireless Network has been developed day-by-day as per customers demand
location
Data and Voice services provided

Business only oriented

Key Technical Details

More than 1,000 square kilometers of complete coverage over the entire regional
landscape
About 50 PMP radio sectors provide a perfect 5 GHz 802.11a service all over the
Terre Verdiane areas
About 30 PTP radio links are used to make backbones where a direct connection (fiber
or copper) to the COMESER cabled network is not available
More than 1,000 Wireless Users today active and operated with a growing rate of 50+
new users per month
Some Wifless ESS 2456x PMP devices have more than 40 CPE per sector

More than 40 CPE

per sector operated

More than 1,000 Wireless Users/CPE connected

City of Rende
Complete solution for Video-surveillance

City of Rende is located in Calabria region, south of Italy

Owned by the Local City Government
Operated by the local Police Department

Key Technical Details

13 remote IP Cameras wireless connected

1 Control Room
PMP and PTP wireless mixed network

13
IP cameras
wireless
connected to
the control
room

1 Integrated PMP
and PTP wireless
access and
backbone network

City of Desenzano del Garda

Complete solution for Parking Management and Free Wi-Fi Public areas

City of Desenzano del Garda is located in Lombardia region, north of Italy

Owned by the Local City Government
Operated by the local Municipality

Key Technical Details

3 Variable Message Panels wireless connected

6 InfoPark (ATM) parking stations wireless connected
1 Parking Control Room
9 PMP Wi-Fi abg coverages and Hot-Spot areas
1 Mesh Wireless mixed network for backbone

OSPF L3 routed

Wi-Fi abg coverage

and infrastructures

Variable Message
Panels wireless
connected

Hot-Spot Areas

Laghetto sport area and park

Hot Spot
Covered Area

Why Customers Chose Essentia?

Outstanding Know-How and high operative flexibility
Excellent FEATURES/QUALITY/PRICE ratio
Excellent Post-sale services
Certified & Qualified HelpDesk

RMA management
L2 and L3 Remote Support

Warranty

Extensions Programs
Maintenance Programs
Training Programs
ISO 9001:2000 Certified Company

Our Partners for

Business

They Have Chosen Essentia

Why Customers Chose Essentia

Outstanding Know-How and high operative flexibility
Excellent FEATURES/QUALITY/PRICE ratio
Excellent Post-sale services
Certified & Qualified HelpDesk

RMA management
L2 and L3 Remote Support

Warranty

Extensions Programs
Maintenance Programs
Training Programs
ISO 9001:2000 Certified Company

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info@essentia.it

Phone:
Fax:

+39 0522 9483.11

+39 0522 9483.33

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