Cluster E and WiMAX Deployment Call on Feb 23, 2011

Attendees

BBN Technologies Harry Mussman, Tony Michel, Manu Gosain
NEC Laboratories America x
WINLAB Ivan Seskar
Columbia Univ Sung-Hoon Seo, Jan Janak
Polytechnic Institute of NYU Thanasis Korakis
UCLA Giovanni Pau
Colorado email from Dirk Grunwald
UMass Amherst Brian Lynn
Wisconsin Derek Meyer

Who will attend GEC10? Mussman; Gosain; Seskar; Korakis; Pau + 2; Corner; Meyer

Early GEC10 meeting agenda at: ​http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GEC10WiMaxCampusDeployment Suggested topics: installation status; range/throughput measurements; move to WImAX RF AggMgr; move to OMF/OML; how to serve experimenters

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Deployment Status (one slide from each campus)

Columbia University (1770) PI: Henning Schulzrinne Sung Hoon Seo and Jan Janak: slides​ Waiting for contract approval and installation; hope for early March.

Polytechnic Institute of NYU (1751) PI: Thanasis Korakis Thanasis: ​slides Have installed and are using WiMAX RF AggMgr.

UCLA (1797) PI: Mario Gerla, Giovanni Pau Giovanni: Antenna on 10th floor, -5deg tilt; Windows laptop with usb-connected 6250; seen 14Mb/s DL, 1 Mb/s UL;; connect to vehicle up to 230M; handoff WiMAX to WiFi; heavy rain doubled delay; $40k to install link to I2; isntalled WiMAX RF AggMgr, but not yet in use; will do range measurements by GEC10.

Colorado: (1768) PI: Dirk Grunwald Univ. of Colorado, Boulder

email from Dirk: We've changed the mounting location because we think the wind profile of the antenna makes the mounting system on top of the other building questionable. We regularly get 40-60mph winds this time of year.

We've already selected the new location. It's one of the two locations where our campus is installing their own WiMAX equipment. There is a spare pole & mount already in place, so that simplifies installation. We have to install the "IDU" in a weatherized metal enclosure. Installation starts next Monday. The parts have been ordered this week & installation is being done by our campus IT group and professional building maintenance people.

We also have a professional RF propagation survey done from this location. I've attached that as a PPT. This is for the (now) existing WiMAX system our campus has put up. Our antenna will be pointing due north. The existing propagation model doesn't include our system yet, and we're getting that done -- this will provide a model that we will calibrate using the signal analyzer and RF cards. [ slides]

UMass Amherst (1731) PI: Mark Corner, Brian Lynn Brian: [ slides] Have 6250 modem working with brick. Have data path working; have requested a second VLAN from IT.

Wisconsin (1724) PI: Suman Banerjee Derek Meyer: [ slides] Have 6250 modem working. Installation in progress.

BBN Technologies, Cambridge MA Manu Gosain and Tony Michel (see below)

Deployment Status Summary

On Feb 23:

Campus	Who	Indoors	Outdoors	Using Intel 6250 modem?	Using WiMAX RF AggMgr?	Access to GENI backbone?	Comments
Columbia University	Jan Janak	Yes	Hope for early March	Yes	x	?	Indoor testing started; received info request from Clearwire
Polytechnic Institute of NYU	Thanasis Korakis	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Working on mobile stations and measurements
University of California, Los Angeles	Giovanni Pau	-	Yes	Intel 5130 modem	Installed, but not using	Campus via CENIC to I2 for Internet; $40k charge	Outdoor testing starting
University of Colorado, Boulder	Dirk Grunwald	Yes	Installation starting Monday	x	x	Pricing campus tunnel to I2	Working with campus IT; outdoor testing started
University of Massachusetts	Brian Lynn	Yes	Plan March 2011	Yes, with USB, under Xen	x	Requesting 2nd VLAN	Facility plan revised; prelim shading analysis completed
University of Wisconsin, Madison	Derek Meyer	Yes	Installation underway	x	x	I2 is in next lab	Plant mgmt to install on Waisman Ctr
BBN Technologies	Manu Gosain	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	I2, NLR	Outdoor iperf testing underway
Rutgers University	Ivan Seskar	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	I2	Plan Bush Campus install by Feb 2011

Software Installation

Documentation and procedures (Manu Gosain) Review of process to move to new WiMAX RF AggMgr.

Mobile Stations

Linux PC with Intel WiMAX card (Tony Michel and Tom Cahill) Review of process to build an image from scratch.

HTC EVO handset (Giovanni Pau) Will get one in Europe, end of Feb, Vodaphone dealer, unlocked. How can we get more?

Experiments

Range and capacity at BBN (Tony Michel and Tom Cahill) Latest results

Established an experiment exchange and experimenter mailing list, at ​http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/WiMAXExper (Harry Mussman)

GENI WiMAX Licenses

Campus	Call Sign	Frequency [MHz]	Location	Comment
Columbia University	WF2XIU	2590	NL 40-48-34; WL 73-57-36
Polytechnic Institute of NYU	WF2XJM	2590	NL 40-41-41; WL 73-59-09
	WF2XJM	2610	NL 40-41-39; WL 73-59-10
University of Colorado, Boulder	WF2XJV	2572	NL 39-59-53; WL 105-15-07
	WF2XJV	2572	NL 40-00-24; WL 105-16-17
	WF2XJV	2572	NL 40-00-26; WL 105-15-47
	WF2XJV	2572	NL 40-00-29; WL 105-16-04
Universty of California, Los Angeles	WF2XLG	2572, 2590	NL 34-04-09; WL 118-26-36
	WF2XLG	2572, 2590	NL 34-04-19; WL 118-27-05
	WF2XLG	2572, 2590	NL 34-04-00; WL 118-26-31
University of Massachusetts	WF2XGQ	2590	NL 42-23-37; WL 72-31-55
BBN Technologies	WF2XHS	2512.5 (5 MHz)	NL 42-23-18; WL 71-08-57
	WF2XHD	2590	NL 42-23-18; WL 71-08-57
University of Wisconsin, Madison		2545
Rutgers University	WE2XWE	2590	NL 40-31-17; WL 74-27-40
	WE2XWE	2610	NL 40-28-05; WL 74-26-44