Wireless SuperCluster (WSC)

The GCTC Wireless SuperCluster is focused on development of best practices for the deployment of wireless systems. Wireless networks can be a tool for economic development, a lever for tackling the digital divide and homework gap, as a core infrastructure in IoT networks, and supporting smart city applications such as public safety, energy, lighting, transportation, and more.
The success or failure of wireless network deployments often hinges on a variety of factors and tradeoffs between public policy, physics, and economics. As a result, many municipalities have struggled to deploy and sustain these systems. The Wireless SuperCluster will address these issues by focusing annually on vertical segments within the wider wireless ecosystem, conduct analysis aimed at uncovering the best practices for successful deployments, and producing blueprints based upon that informed analysis. These analyses will be conducted in the form of interviews, workshops, and reviewed case studies. Our current roadmap for the Wireless SuperCluster is:

• 2017: Public Wi-Fi (Completed - Download The Blueprint above)
• 2019: Internet of Things (Completed - Download The Blueprint above)
• 2021: CBRS
• 2022: 5G

Chair(s)

Leadership Team

Content Team

City of Concord CA, City of San Leandro CA, County of San Mateo CA, Joint Venture Silicon Valley, Adaptable Security, Crown Castle, Oku Solutions LLC, Ruckus Networks (ARRIS), Smart Connections LLC, Strategy of Things, Verizon Smart Communities

Advisory Team

National Telecommunications and Information Administration, City of Schenectady NY, Carnegie Mellon University - Silicon Valley, Institute for Communications Technology Management (USC Marshall School, Civic Foundry LLC, Orange SV, T-Mobile, US Postal Service, Venture Smarter