Opened 14 years ago
Last modified 14 years ago
#533 new
Milestone S2.e completion
| Reported by: | hmussman@bbn.com | Owned by: | Ivan Seskar |
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| Priority: | major | Milestone: | COGRADIO: S2.e Stand-alone system available to GENI users |
| Component: | COGRADIO | Version: | SPIRAL2 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | hmussman@bbn.com | |
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Description (last modified by )
Per Seskar on 8/25:
Two nodes are available for remote access as part of ORBIT*.
The platform is also available for purchase from Radio Technology Systems.
Mussman on 8/31:
BUT, we need to understand the nature of the available systems, whether they are always available, and how they would be accessed via OMF in ORBIT.
Seskar on 8/25:
Main issue to date is the use of licensed software (namely Xilinx and Matlab) that is required for FPGA code development. This is especially troublesome for deployments in remotely accessible testbeds not only because it requires that each user have a valid license, but because most academic licenses require that the actual development be done on the machines that belong to the licensee (rather than on the infrastructure machines that the testbed provides). Same issue exists for other FPGA based solutions (like NetFPGA)
Specification tools like BlueSpec reduce some of these issues (matlab/simulink), but don’t get around basic Xilinx license issue
Outreach to Xilinx Research at Colorado to explore options
Mussman on 8/31: Need to resolve these issues!
