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"' e e A wireless solution that may best seJVe these public users would consist of a central antenna system arid individual antennas at each users location. To make use of the unlicensed frequencies available, line-of-sight to approximately 8 km is required. Each end user would have an outside antenna pointed at the water tower. The expected bandwidth would be burstable to 25 Mbps for data networking only. Security would be limited though this could be expanded through the use of virtual private networking with VPN firewalls highly recommended at the center of the network and at each end site. II. Site Survey During the initially planning stages of the BEACON project where the wireless option was discussed, a site sUJVey became a necessity. A site sUJVey was conducted by the Consultant and the BEACON leadership team. Using simple optical means, two possible tower site locations from each identified user location was checked. The sUJVey suggested the city owned water tower was the best location over a light tower at the high school. III.System Management and Security System management of each connected user is an absolute necessity where each connection must be authenticated, bandwidth secured, and security established all based on a management table of values. It is assumed a central router/switcher will have each transceiver connected individually to a dedicated port using VLAN and VPN services. Future management capability should include bandwidth throttling. Even with point-to- point links, it is highly recommended that VPN be installed by end users to secure traffic traveling over this network such as where a point-to-point user connects and utilizes the point to multipoint system. IV. Acquisition and Installation It is anticipated an RFP will be developed that describes the entire system to be created, demands ofthe project, system installation and set up, management requirements and handoff to operational staff. V. Ongoing Operations BEACON expects to establish a set of operational requirements, which may result in day- to-day operations being transferred to a responsible entity.