70 | | Ivan Seskar (WINLAB) and Harry Mussman (GPO) [[BR]] |
71 | | |
72 | | |
73 | | a) Choice of Airspan to provide a WiMAX base station for new GENI WiMAX sites [[BR]] |
74 | | NEC is not able to provide a WiMAX base station for new GENI WiMAX sites [[BR]] |
75 | | WINLAB and the GPO have decided to purchase base stations from Airspan, a commercial company pursuing target customers such as universities and small carriers. [[BR]] |
76 | | For example, the Univ of Colorado at Boulder IT Dept has installed an Airspan system with 4 sectors, that covers the campus. They have been pleased with Airspan. [[BR]] |
77 | | WINLAB has a frim quote from Airspan for their MacroMAXe profile-C WiMAX base station unit, and related items. [[BR]] |
78 | | |
79 | | [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC12WiMaxDeploymentAndExperimentation/WiMAX_Brochure_Rev_J3.pdf Airspan brochure][[BR]] |
80 | | [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC12WiMaxDeploymentAndExperimentation/MacroMAXe%20Product%20Specification%20_Rel%209%200%201_%20Vx%5B1%5D.pdf MacroMAXe Product Specification] [[BR]] |
81 | | [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC12WiMaxDeploymentAndExperimentation/UoC%20-%20MacroMAXe%20RF%20Plan%20V1.1.pptx Airspan Deployment Plan for Univ Colorado at Boulder][[BR]] |
82 | | |
83 | | b) Rutgers will provide a kit including: [[BR]] |
84 | | Airspan MacroMAXe profile-C WiMAX base station unit, for outside mounting[[BR]] |
85 | | Choice of frequency: [[BR]] |
86 | | (2510 Lo: 2496MHz to 2570MHz) [[BR]] |
87 | | (2510 Mid: 2560MHz to 2630MHz) [[BR]] |
88 | | (2510 Hi: 2620MHz to 2690MHz) [[BR]] |
89 | | (3650: 3650MHz to 3700MHz)] [[BR]] |
90 | | |
91 | | NOTE: WINLAB needs to know frequency choices during November (or early December), so that they can place an order with Airspan for delivery late 2011 or early 2012! |
92 | | |
93 | | Sector antenna, with x4 RF jumper cables [[BR]] |
94 | | 2x4 MIMO, supported by base station and antenna [[BR]] |
95 | | GPS antenna, with surge suppressor and cable [[BR]] |
96 | | DC power cable, from base station unit (outside) to testbed (inside) [[BR]] |
97 | | Network management software license, 1 per base station [[BR]] |
98 | | |
99 | | |
100 | | c) Campus will need to provide: [[BR]] |
101 | | Pole for mounting [[BR]] |
102 | | DC power supply (-48v, approx 300W) [[BR]] |
103 | | Ethernet cable, from base station unit (outside) to testbed (inside); consider copper (may be a problem with lightning surge) or fiber (requires MM fiber cable, and fiber interface on switch) [[BR]] |
104 | | Windows server to host network management software [[BR]] |
105 | | Linux server to host OMF software [[BR]] |
106 | | Ethernet switches, and other network equipment, for access (configuration to be provided) [[BR]] |
107 | | |
108 | | d) Additional kits can be purchased from Airspan [[BR]] |
109 | | Price is approximately $15,000. [[BR]] |
110 | | |
111 | | e) It is expected that additional base stations kits will be purchased for some (or all) Sol 3 GENI sites in Spiral 5. [[BR]] |
112 | | Thus, campus site might be able to add additional sectors, at no cost. [[BR]] |
113 | | Planning for next year will be done later this year. [[BR]] |
114 | | Consider including additional sectors within your technical plan right away. [[BR]] |
115 | | |
116 | | f) Note: Airspan indicates that they expect to introduce a new base station unit within the next year. [[BR]] |
117 | | Somewhat reduced performance/range. [[BR]] |
118 | | Approximately half the cost [[BR]] |
119 | | |
120 | | g) Airspan indicates that their sector antenna provides:[[BR]] |
121 | | A 90degree pattern, which is consistent with proper coverage over a 120degree sector.[[BR]] |
122 | | Four internal elements, to support 2x4 MIMO.[[BR]] |
123 | | Airspan can provide provide x4 omni-directional antennas, but the cost is much higher, and the range is signifcantly reduced.[[BR]] |
124 | | |
125 | | h) Airspan shows that their profile-C base station unit can be configured to operate without an ASN GW and without a RADIUS (authentication) server.[[BR]] |
126 | | In this mode, a list of allowed base stations must be configured into the base station, and groups of these base stations are mapped to a VLAN on the ethernet port.[[BR]] |
127 | | This appears to be consistent with the current NEC base station unit operated with the ASN GW/WiMAX RF AggMgr code that has been provided by Rutgers/WINLAB[[BR]] |
128 | | [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC12WiMaxDeploymentAndExperimentation/CS%20Network%20Configuration%20Setup%20Guide.pdf MacroMAXe Configuration Guide][[BR]] |
129 | | |
130 | | i) Airspan shows that if handover operation is desired, an ASN GW must be provided, plus typically an associated RADIUS (authentication) server.[[BR]] |
131 | | In this case, the base station unit operates with IP at the interface. [[BR]] |
132 | | |
133 | | |
134 | | j) Airspan installation instructions [http://wimax.orbit-lab.org/wiki/WiMAX/01b link] [[BR]] |
135 | | |
136 | | |
137 | | |
138 | | * Suggest: add Netspan system at each site with Airspan base station [[BR]] |
139 | | * Requires: Windows server [[BR]] |
140 | | * Use: setup of Netspan base station to provide basic functions [[BR]] |
141 | | |
142 | | [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/GEC14Agenda/WiMAXDeploymentsAndExperiments/NetspanMgmtSystem%20%200710wimaxmeeting14gec.ppt slides] [[BR]] |
143 | | |
144 | | [http://wimax.orbit-lab.org/wiki/WiMAX/01b#a3.4NetspanInstallationInstructions installation instructions] [[BR]] |
145 | | |
146 | | * Coming: replace with new WiMAX RF AggMgr [[BR]] |
147 | | |
| 70 | 3:40pm [[BR]] |
| 71 | Manu Gosain (GPO) and Ivan Seskar (WINLAB) [[BR]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | * Airspan base stations successfully installed: |
| 74 | |
| 75 | * Airspan base stations with defects, and their current status: |
| 76 | * Michigan: returned for repairs; received back; installed? status? |
| 77 | * Clemson #1: ? |
| 78 | * Clemson #2: ? |
| 79 | |
| 80 | * Next steps: |