Project Number

1751

Project Title

Campus deployment of an open GENI WiMAX 802.16e Testbed in Polytechnic Institute of NYU
a.k.a WIMXNYUPT

Technical Contacts

PI: Thanasis Korakis ​korakis@poly.edu

Participating Organizations

​Polytechnic University of NYU, Brooklyn, NY

Related Projects

Open GENI WiMAX Base Station Kit for Campus Deployments

GPO Liaison System Engineer

Harry Mussman ​hmussman@geni.net

Scope

This project builds an open/programmable WiMax testbed on the campus of Polytechnic University of NYU. It utilizes the "Open GENI WiMax Base Station Kit for Campus Deployments" provided by an associated project (Rutgers and NEC). It provides for the installation, maintenance and integration of the WiMax base station kit with existing experimentation facilities at the university.

Current Capabilities

Milestones

Spiral 4

• MilestoneDate(WIMXNYUPT: S4.a Demonstration at GEC12 and Experimenter Outreach)?
• MilestoneDate(WIMXNYUPT: S4.b Documentation and Code Release)?
• MilestoneDate(WIMXNYUPT: S4.c Demonstration at GEC13 and Experimenter Outreach)?
• MilestoneDate(WIMXNYUPT: S4.d Documentation and Code Release)?
• MilestoneDate(WIMXNYUPT: S4.e Demonstration at GEC14 and Experimenter Outreach)?
• MilestoneDate(WIMXNYUPT: S4.f Final report and code release)?

Campus Installation Checklist

Polytechnic University of NYU

Contact(s):
PI: Thanasis Korakis ​korakis@poly.edu

Step	Description	Planned	Started	Completed	Comment
1	Identify Outdoor Site on Campus	-	Started	Completed	Roof of the ECE building
2	Obtain FCC License	-	Started	Completed
3	Identify Indoor Equipment Room on Campus	-	Started	Completed	Networking room of the Library in the ECE building
4	Install Wiring at Outdoor Site and to Indoor Equipment Room	-	Started	Completed
5	Install Pole at Outdoor Site and Ground	-	Started	Completed
6	Install Antenna at Outdoor Site	-	Started	Completed
7	Install Base Station Outdoor Unit	-	Started	Completed
8	Complete Wiring at Outdoor Site and to Indoor Equipment Room	-	Started	Completed
9	Install Indoor Equipment Racks and Ground	-	Started	Completed
10	Install 120VAC and -48VDC Power Feeds and/or Supplies	-	Started	Completed
11	Install Base Station Indoor Unit	-	Started	Completed
12	Complete Wiring of Base Station Indoor Unit	-	Started	Completed
13	Initial Check-Out of Antenna and Base Station Outdoor and Indoor Units	-	Started	Completed
14	Install Ethernet (VLAN) Switch, or Identify Existing Capacity	-	Started	Completed
15	Install Linux Server(s) and Software	-	Started	Completed
16	Connect Backbone Network	-	Started	Completed
17	Provide Reference Client Platform	-	Started	Completed
18	Initial Check-Out of Campus WiMAX Testbed	-	Started	Completed

Status Reports and Demos

​Spiral 2 Review

​ParkNet demo at GEC9 (video)

Project Technical Documents

Software Releases

Connectivity