[[PageOutline]] = Cluster-E and WiMAX Deployment Meetings at GEC9, Agenda and Notes = Tuesday, November 2, 1pm - 4:30pm [[BR]] Room: Congressional B [[BR]] Meeting Chair: Marco Gruteser (Rutgers WINLAB)[[BR]] Co-chair: Tony Michel (Raytheon BBN Technologies)[[BR]] System Engineer: Harry Mussman (GPO, Raytheon BBN Technologies) [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/Gec9ClusterEAgenda/110210%20%20GEC9_Agenda_ClusterE_WiMAX.ppt Agenda][[BR]] === Introductions === All [[BR]] === 1) WiMAX Base Station Installation, Setup and Initial Operation === BBN Manu Gosain: [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/Gec9ClusterEAgenda/BBN%20%20Status%20%20GENI_WiMAX_11022010.ppt Slides], including these topics: [[BR]] WiMAX Build-out Essentials [[BR]] WiMAX Build-out Status [[BR]] WiMAX Base Station [[BR]] BBN Infrastructure [[BR]] BBN Mobile Stations (Clients) [[BR]] BBN OMF/OML Setup [[BR]] BBN Experiments [[BR]] Next Steps [[BR]] Wisconsin (1724) Suman Banerjee: [[BR]] Status [[BR]] Cisco base station up and running.[[BR]] Have the towers up for base station kit, but not on the air; campus getting AT&T cell overhaul has precedence[[BR]] Working on integration with NEC base station[[BR]] Plan to set up 3 stations to cover whole Madison campus[[BR]] Want vehicle connectivity, including Madison metro transit[[BR]] Also have a deal with regional bus using 3G[[BR]] Working on handoffs between 3G, WiMAX, WiFi[[BR]] See demo tonight[[BR]] Custom-built WiMAX station on busses[[BR]] Using Cisco modems, and external WiMAX antenna on the roof[[BR]] Get 1-1.5 mile range[[BR]] UMass Amherst (1731) Brian Lynn: [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/Gec9ClusterEAgenda/DOME-WiMAX.pdf Slides] [[BR]] Have our HW [[BR]] Not planning to use sector antenna; using an omni antenna [[BR]] Going in to 17-floor bldg [[BR]] Hope for Dec install [[BR]] Expensive $6000 for estimate to install [[BR]] Hope to have connectivity to the busses [[BR]] Now have 3G connection to busses, and don't expect to replace the 3G [[BR]] DOME SW (bus node) runs in new brick, but 6250 Intel modem doesn't work (Pau(UCLA) says 6250 works for me) [[BR]] Also ViSE stations 7 miles away; can these be served? [[BR]] Polytechnic Institute of NYU (1751) Thanasis Korakis: [[BR]] Status and Experience [[BR]] BS in downtown Brooklyn, many high blgs [[BR]] See ParkNet demo [[BR]] Installed in library network room, ODU on roof of ECE [[BR]] Two experimental licenses; would like to make one permanent [[BR]] OMF up and running for WiFi testbed [[BR]] Client working: [[BR]] Laptop with Beceem dongle [[BR]] EVO running with Sprint ID [[BR]] Linux with Intel 6250 card working best [[BR]] Columbia University (1770) Jan Janak for Henning Schulzrinne: [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/WIMXCOLUM/CUWIMAX Columbia University WiMAX Campus Deployment and Installation][[BR]] Received the kit 3 weeks ago [[BR]] Not operational; hope for 2nd week Nov operational [[BR]] Hope to cover plaza from Fairchild roof, 12 floors up [[BR]] Advice: keep the documentation simple to keep costs low [[BR]] Initial quote was $20,000 to install [[BR]] IDU in ham radio shack [[BR]] ODU outside antenna on short pole [[BR]] Two Intel Centrino cards working on laptop [[BR]] Colorado: (1768) Caleb Phillips for Dirk Grunwald: [[BR]] Status [[BR]] Have hardware except 48V supply [[BR]] Antenna at existing antenna site [[BR]] Some competition from another WiMAX service on campus [[BR]] UCLA (1797) Giovanni Pau: [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/Gec9ClusterEAgenda/UCLA-STATUS-ClusterE.ppt Slides][[BR]] Recvd all hardware, installed with student labor and scrap pipe [[BR]] Rely on adjacent bldg lightning protection [[BR]] Missing GPS coax [[BR]] Integrating OMF [[BR]] Break [[BR]] === 2) WiMAX Range and Throughput Measurements, and Site Planning === BBN Tony Michel: [[BR]] Measurements, initial conclusions, potential site planning tools [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/Gec9ClusterEAgenda/BBN%20%20RangeThroughput%20%20axmGEC9-pix.ppt Slides] [[BR]] Polytechnic Institute of NYU (1751) Thanasis Korakis: [[BR]] Meaurements and plans [[BR]] WiMAX base setup and measurements measurements are all RSSI only; not testing GRE, DHCP or data transport [[BR]] Indoor coverage is poor except near the windows that face the plaza [[BR]] WINLAB Marco Gruteser: [[BR]] Measurements [[BR]] Range to 200-300 meters, distance to Rt 1[[BR]] Linux PC with 5150/5350 has a lot of problems with connection setup, just like at BBN...worse in weak signal[[BR]] UCLA (1797) Giovanni Pau: [[BR]] Use of WiMAX Range Tools, Plans [[BR]] Software to assess your coverage: [http://www.cplus.org/rmw/english1.html Radio Mobile for Windows][[BR]] === 3) WiMAX Mobile Stations (Clients) === Current options: [[BR]] Windows PC with dongle based on Beceem chips [[BR]] Linux PC (e.g., Samsung NC10 and Dell Mini) with Intel WiMAX modem card [[BR]] Android HTC EVO handset [[BR]] Mobile (vehicular) node with WiMAX modem (various) [[BR]] BBN Manu Gosain and Tony Michel: [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/Gec9ClusterEAgenda/BBN%20%20MobileStations%20%20GENI_WiMAX_11022010.ppt Slides][[BR]] Windows PC with dongle based on Beceem chips [[BR]] Linux PC with Intel WiMAX modem card; and Android HTC EVO handset [[BR]] Wisconsin (1724) Suman Banerjee: [[BR]] Mobile Access Router, with Cisco WiMAX modem [[BR]] With external WiMAX antenna on roof, ahve seen 1 - 1.5mi range [[BR]] UMass Amherst (1731) Brian Lynn: [[BR]] C1270CW motherboard, miniPCIe slot, WiMAX modem [[BR]] Not yet working; have sent card back to board vendor [[BR]] UCLA (1797) Giovanni Pau: [[BR]] Dual-mode vehicular node [[BR]] === 4) Demos/Experiments Planned for GEC9, GEC10 === Rutgers WINLAB and NYU Poly Marco Gruteser and Thanasis Korakis: [[BR]] ParkNet demo for GEC9 Plenary [[BR]] BBN Manu Gosain and Tony Michel: [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/Gec9ClusterEAgenda/BBN%20Experiments%20%20GENI_WiMAX_11022010.ppt Slides][[BR]] Basic Internet access, now[[BR]] Range and throughput measurements using Linux PC, and iperf, for GEC10 [[BR]] Wisconsin (1724) Suman Banerjee: [[BR]] Continuous Vehicular Connectivity through Multiple Wide-area Interfaces demo for GEC9 [[BR]] Have no mobile handoff going yet[[BR]] Using mobile station that does cellular+WiFi+WiMAX[[BR]] Plans for after GEC9: [[BR]] More work with bus network. Bus company wants to hook up on-bus cameras. Would WiMAX let them test and maintain the cameras more cheaply/easily?[[BR]] Increase campus coverage; install BS on bus company property, grow coverage in Madison[[BR]] GEC10 demo: [[BR]] Users on bus in motion, handoff working, between Cisco and NEC[[BR]] (Ivan comment: next base stations will be different. R6 protocol is different between these and original base stations, and is not compatible)[[BR]] UMass Amherst (1731) Brian Lynn: [[BR]] Plans [[BR]] Get WiMAX available to all interested researchers/grad students[[BR]] Want to use WiMAX in their new architecture grant [[BR]] Polytechnic Institute of NYU (1751) Thanasis Korakis: [[BR]] Plans: [[BR]] More measurements and get OMF working[[BR]] WiFi/WiMAX integration[[BR]] Start some research use WiMAX[[BR]] Colorado: (1768) Dirk Grunwald: [[BR]] Plans: [[BR]] Get up and running[[BR]] Columbia University (1770) Henning Schulzrinne: [[BR]] Plans: [[BR]] Get up and running[[BR]] GROUP DISCUSSION: [[BR]] Tony Michel (BBN) suggest that everyone should do a standardized test,including IPERF results [[BR]] Giovanni Pau (UCLA) doesn't like IPERF...funny buffer behavior [[BR]] Brian Lynn (UMass) says this is a lot of work. Let's think about it [[BR]] Suman Bannerjee (Wisconsin) we should do a "cross-campus" demo (intercampus) [[BR]] Ivan: we will do something, maybe UMass-WinLAB. [[BR]] Brian: could we set up inter-campus VLAN like UMass-BBN? [[BR]] Ivan: we could tunnel the ASNGW [[BR]] Ivan: what is the default slice? [[BR]] === 5) Spiral 3 Roadmap === [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/WiMAXRoadmapSpiral3 WiMAX Deployment Roadmap for Spiral 3] [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/Gec9ClusterEAgenda/110210%20%20GEC9_Roadmap_ClusterE_WiMAX.ppt Slides] [[BR]] As reviewed by GPO with projects [[BR]]