Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of GENIExperimenter/GENIWebinars/PhantomNet

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05/26/16 14:13:42 (8 years ago)

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Ben Newton

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+Abstract:
+Mobile networking research has historical not benefited much
+from input from the academic research community. There are
+a number of reasons for this state of affairs. First, the mobile
+networking domain is inherently complicated and has historically been
+primarily driven by extended standardization efforts by telecom
+vendors and providers. Second the relative scarcity of practical
+research work in this space is the direct result of a lack of access
+to realistic experimental platforms to enable research and
+experimentation. Third, historically there has been a lack of
+open source mobile networking stacks, which effectively constrained
+research in this space to well funded industrial labs.
+
+We argue that mobile networking research is poised to break out of
+this traditional model: First, the impact on networking of the various
+“soft” technologies (software-defined-networking, cloud computing,
+software-defined-radio, network function virtualization) is likely to
+extend into the mobile networking space. Second, initiatives by funding
+and regulatory agencies, e.g., by the FCC [3] and the NSF [1], are attempting
+to enable more experimentation and innovation and the realization of
+new business models in the mobile networking space. Third, over the
+last couple of years, viable open source mobile networking stacks have
+emerged which enable experimental work in this space [4, 5]. Finally,
+experimental testbeds focused on enabling research in the area of
+mobile networking are available [1, 2].
+
+To help foster this breakout, in this Webinar we will introduce attendees
+to the PhantomNet testbed [2]. PhantomNet is a remotely accessible
+mobile networking testbed with a range of hardware and software
+components to enable a broad range of mobile networking research.
+We will describe the capabilities of PhantomNet and walk attendees
+through the realization of a basic 4G network in the testbed. Attendees
+will be pointed to material that would allow them to perform this
+on their own. We will also briefly cover our future plans as well as
+other PhantomNet features.
+
+[1] 5G Wireless Network Research at NSF. http://www.nsf.gov/cise/5G/.
+[2] PhantomNet - Mobility Testbed. https://www.phantomnet.org.
+[3] Report and Order on Significant Changes to Experimental Rules. https://www.fcc.gov/ document/report-and-order-significant-changes-experimental-rules.
+[4] OpenLTE. http://openlte.sourceforge.net/, 2015.
+[5] Mobile Communications Department at EURECOM. OpenAirInterface. http://www. openairinterface.org/, 2015.