WiMAX Campus Deployment

WiMAX Campus Deployment Meeting

Wednesday, July 27, 2011, 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Room:
Session Leader: Harry Mussman (GPO, Raytheon BBN Technologies)

Summary

Description

The projects involved in deploying WiMAX base stations will review their current status and progress towards their Spiral 3 roadmap goals of completing a basic mobility experiment and using OMF/OML to support GENI experimenters.

Agenda

Introductions

3:30pm

BBN Technologies Harry Mussman, Manu Gosain, Hamed Soroush
NEC Laboratories America
WINLAB Ray Raychaudhuri, Ivan Seskar
Columbia Univ Sung-Hoon Seo, Jan Janak
Polytechnic Institute of NYU Thanasis Korakis
UCLA Giovanni Pau
Colorado Dirk Grunwald, Caleb Phillips
UMass Amherst Brian Lynn
Wisconsin Derek Meyer

Deployment Summary

3:35pm

On June 24:

Campus	Who	Indoors	Outdoors	Intel 6250 modem?	New WiMAX RF AggMgr?	Add OMF/OML?	Access to GENI backbone?	Comments
Columbia University	Jan Janak	Yes	Waiting for contract	Yes	Yes	x	?	Indoor testing started; received info request from Clearwire
Polytechnic Institute of NYU	Thanasis Korakis	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Outdoor measurements and experiments underway
University of California, Los Angeles	Giovanni Pau	-	Yes	Intel 5130 modem	Installed, not yet using	x	Campus via CENIC to I2 for Internet; $40k charge	Outdoor measurements underway
University of Colorado, Boulder	Dirk Grunwald	-	Ready to turnup	?	x	x	Pricing campus tunnel to I2	Working with campus IT on testing their network.
University of Massachusetts	Brian Lynn	Yes	Waiting for contract	Yes, with USB, under Xen	x	NA	Requesting 2nd VLAN	Facility plan revised; prelim shading analysis completed
University of Wisconsin, Madison	Derek Meyer	-	Yes	Windows dongle	Yes	x	I2 is in next lab	Outdoor measurements underway
BBN Technologies	Manu Gosain	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	started	I2, NLR	Outdoor measurements and experiments underway
Rutgers University	Ivan Seskar	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	I2	Plan Bush Campus install when?

WiMAX Range and Throughput Experiment and Measurements

Columbia University (1770) PI: Henning Schulzrinne, Sung-Hoon Seo and Jan Janak
3:40pm
Four slides: Base Station configuration; range and throughput experiment configuration; Mobile Station code/script; measurement results and conclusions

Polytechnic Institute of NYU (1751) PI: Thanasis Korakis
3:50pm
Four slides: Base Station configuration; range and throughput experiment configuration; Mobile Station code/script; measurement results and conclusions

UCLA (1797) PI: Mario Gerla, Giovanni Pau
4:00pm
Four slides: Base Station configuration; range and throughput experiment configuration; Mobile Station code/script; measurement results and conclusions

Colorado: (1768) PI: Dirk Grunwald Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
4:05pm
Four slides: Base Station configuration; range and throughput experiment configuration; Mobile Station code/script; measurement results and conclusions

UMass Amherst (1731) PI: Mark Corner, Brian Lynn
4:15pm
Four slides: Base Station configuration; range and throughput experiment configuration; Mobile Station code/script; measurement results and conclusions

Wisconsin (1724) PI: Suman Banerjee and Derek Meyer:
4:25pm
Four slides: Base Station configuration; range and throughput experiment configuration; Mobile Station code/script; measurement results and conclusions

BBN Technologies, Cambridge MA Hamed Soroush, Manu Gosain and Harry Mussman:
4:35pm
Four slides: Base Station configuration; range and throughput experiment configuration; Mobile Station code/script; measurement results and conclusions

Measurements and Experimenter Support Summary

4:40pm

On June 17:

Campus	Who	Site planning	Range and throughput measurements	Local experiments	Experimenter support	Comments
Columbia University	Jan Janak	Tall building, urban setting; have had to move site	-	-	-	-
Polytechnic Institute of NYU	Thanasis Korakis	Tall building, urban setting	Completed, up to 12Mbps DL, much less UL; many variations	ParkNet completed for GEC9; two more being planned	-	-
University of California, Los Angeles	Giovanni Pau	Tall building, urban setting	Completed, up to 14Mbps DL and 2 - 3 Mb/s UL; connections to 300M (0.xmi)	Handover WiMAX to WiFi completed	-	-
University of Colorado, Boulder	Dirk Grunwald	? story building, campus setting	-	-	-	Studying U Colorado private network, built by Airspan; starting data modeling using Anritsu MS2721B with WiMAX demodulator; acquiring propagation based model from Airspan deployment
University of Massachusetts	Brian Lynn	Both omni and sector antennas planned for top of 17-story building; prelim shading analysis completed; expect shading near building, but CS building not in shadow, approx 0.5 mi away	-	-	-	Would like coverage to busses in downtown Amherst, 1 mi away; can this be done?
University of Wisconsin, Madison	Derek Meyer	150 ft high, campus setting	Seen connectivity up to 300 yd	-	-	Existing Cisco system: Connectivity to buses, equipped with large client antenna, up to 500M, for coverage over 1.25 sq mi.
BBN Technologies	Manu Gosain	90 ft high, urban/suburban setting	Good throughput (up to 14Mb/s DL and 1 - 2 Mb/s UL) to 0.25 mi, but not yet further	Range and throughput, with scripts	For MIT and possibly Clemson	-
Rutgers University	Ivan Seskar	1 story building, suburban setting	RSSI measurements completed	ParkNet	Possibly Clemson	When will install be completed on Busch campus?

Local Experiments and Experimenter Support

Have established an experiment exchange and experimenter mailing list, at ​http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/WiMAXExper

Clemson experiments, using BBN and/or Rutgers BTS: evaluate DOS attack susceptibility

Two experiments being planned at NYU Poly:

​slides

MIT experiments, using BBN and UCLA sites: evaluate ARQ and HARQ changes to better support video streaming
Danail Traskov (MIT)
4:45pm
Four slides: Experiment goal; experiment configuration; Mobile Station code/script; measurement results and conclusions

Spiral 3 Roadmap

4:55pm

This roadmap shows the original and *current goals that apply to the GENI WiMAX projects:

1) Install and bring up WiMAX base station kit, including the ASN Gateway. (GEC10, or earlier) ALL COMPLETED

2) Evaluate range and thoughput of WiMAX base station kit and Linux PC with Intel WiMAX modem card and/or mobile station used for for experiments. (GEC10, or earlier) (GEC11) FIRST RESULTS NOW

3) Install and bring up an instance of OMF/OML. (GEC10, or earlier) (*GEC12) (except UMass)

4) Operate and maintain the WiMax BS and the related GENI controller, using ORBIT Management Framework (OMF), with support for remote access by GENI users. (GEC11) (*GEC12) (except UMass)

5) Present a mobility demo using WiMAX base station node, including the ASN Gateway, a Linux PC with Intel WiMAX modem card, or the dual-mode vehicular nodes, supporting both WiFi and WiMAX, required for your experiments, and a local instance of OMF/OML. (GEC10) (*GEC12)

6) Install and bring up experiment-controlled L2 (or OpenFlow) switch, to provide enhanced connectivity from the WiMAX testbed to the GENI backbone. (GEC11) (*?)

7) Install and bring up Virtual Base Station (vBS)server, to support multiple simultaneous experiments (slicing) on the GENI WiMAX base station node. (GEC11) (*?)

8) Present mobility and/or application demos/experiments, showing support for multiple simultaneous experiments (slicing) of the GENI WiMAX base station node, and remote access by GENI users, utilizing experiment-controlled L2 (or OpenFlow) switch, and Virtual Base Station (vBS) server. (GEC11) (*?)

Steps to Deploying OMF/OML in WiMAX Sites and Experiments

1) Use Cases Harry Mussman (BBN)
5:00pm

2) Features Harry Mussman (BBN)
5:05pm

3) Coded and Tested at WINLAB Ivan Seskar (Rutgers WINLAB)
5:10pm
Four slides

4) Integrated and Tested at BBN Manu Gosain (BBN)
5:20pm
Four slides

5) Questions
5:30pm

WiMAX Software Summary

Adjourn

5:45pm

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