Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation

Ian Oppermann
Director CSIRO ICT Centre
April 2011
 Australia – A Services Economy
Services are the largest component of the Australian economy representing
more than 70% of GDP and 75% of the Australian workforce.

•Growth in the services sector of the economy (PMSEIC, 2008)

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Access
Leveraging A National Communications Infrastructure

The National Broadband Network is a game changer for

Australia that will transform the national economy, enabling new
services to be developed and delivered on the NBN from Cities
and Towns across the country, to all Australian enterprises and
citizens

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Example: the Health Services Challenge

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Health Services
A healthy life, a sustainable health care system
Source PHIAC, Medibank analysis 2006/07

$1,400M
Smart technologies
for healthy longevity
$1,200M 1,200k

$1,000M eHealth for efficient 1,000k

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What are we Doing?
ACBI - Innovating in Broadband

Initial
Partners
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National Impact Developed through State and National Partnerships

eGovernment and
eHealth focus

Tele-medicine
focus

Broadband
Comms focus

Headquarters

Terrestrial wireless based activity Future Phase

Smart-Grid and
Fibre based activity Future Phase Sensor nets focus

Initial
Partners
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Drawing on Strengths

Domain Areas
Infrastructure Entertainment /
eHealth eGovernment
Smart Grids education

Projects

“Broadband ready”

Production Network

Next generation technologies

Development Network
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Pilots and Test Activities – Armidale Region

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Example
CSIRO Rural Broadband Access (Ngara)
• CSIRO patented fixed wireless technologies
• Beamform using multiuser MIMO
• Use existing broadcasting infrastructure
• Operate in VHF/UHF bands
• Target @ 100Mbps data rate for towns of up to 1000 premises

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Project Example :
Smarter, safer homes for the aged

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Project Example :
Smarter, safer homes for the aged

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Project Example :
Smarter, safer homes for the aged

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Project Example :
Smarter, safer homes for the aged

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Project Example : SMART Farm

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Project Example : SMART Farm

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 Project Example : SMART Farm
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Project Example : SMART Farm

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 $50 Million Supporting Tasmania’s
Innovation Initiatives
“The Federal Government will commit $20 million
over five years – to be matched by the CSIRO – and
an investment of $5 million from the Tasmanian
Government to continue the Centre’s groundbreaking
work.

“The Tasmanian ICT Centre supports research

activities which increase our ability to understand and
respond to complex inter-related issues such as
water, coastal assessment, energy, climate and food
production in a water and energy constrained future.

•REF: Innovation Tasmania 2010

Senator the Hon Kim Carr – Minister for Innovation,
Industry, Science and Research

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CSIRO ICT Centre
Dr. Ian Oppermann
Email: Ian.Oppermann@csiro.au
Web: www.csiro.au

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