Project Number

1724

Project Title

A Programmable Facility for Experimentation with Wireless Heterogeneity and Wide-area Mobility
a.k.a WIMXUWI

Technical Contacts

PI: Suman Banerjee ​suman@cs.wisc.edu
co-PI: Sateesh Addepalli ​sateeshk@cisco.com

Participating Organizations

​Wisconsin Wireless and NetworkinG Systems (WiNGS) laboratory
​Cisco Systems

Related Projects

Open GENI WiMAX Base Station Kit for Campus Deployments

GPO Liaison System Engineer

Harry Mussman ​hmussman@geni.net

Scope

This project will integrate the currently operational, heterogeneous WiNGS-outdoor testbed spanning 60 square miles in and around Madison, WI, called MadBed, into GENI, and provide systematic low-level access to PHY/MAC features using the ORBIT Management Framework (OMF). It will add a “GENI WiMax Base Station Kit”, provided by an associated proposal, to the testbed to complement an existing Cisco/Navini WiMax base station. It will add a mobility services engine to the testbed, and enhance the user nodes, to allow the testbed to support a wide range of wireless experiments. It will provide a unique trial mechanism for opt-in users in the broader Madison area.

Current Capabilities

Visit ​http://cs.wisc.edu/wings/projects/geni/ for more information

Milestones

Spiral 4

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

Campus Installation Checklist

University of Wisconsin

Contact(s):
PI: Suman Banerjee ​suman@cs.wisc.edu

Cisco Base Station
Step	Description	Status	Comment
1	Identify Outdoor Site on Campus	Completed	On top of the Computer Science building.
2	Obtain FCC License	Completed	Have license owned by Educational Communications Board, using it with Cisco base station.
3	Identify Indoor Equipment Room on Campus	Completed	-
4	Install Wiring at Outdoor Site and to Indoor Equipment Room	Completed	-
5	Install Pole at Outdoor Site and Ground	Completed	-
6	Install Antenna at Outdoor Site	Completed	-
7	Install Base Station Outdoor Unit	Completed	-
8	Complete Wiring at Outdoor Site and to Indoor Equipment Room	Completed	-
9	Install Indoor Equipment Racks and Ground	Completed	-
10	Install 120VAC and -48VDC Power Feeds and/or Supplies	Completed	-
11	Install Base Station Indoor Unit	Completed	-
12	Complete Wiring of Base Station Indoor Unit	Completed	-
13	Initial Check-Out of Antenna and Base Station Outdoor and Indoor Units	-	-
14	Install Ethernet (VLAN) Switch, or Identify Existing Capacity	-	-
15	Install Linux Server(s) and Software	-	-
16	Connect Backbone Network	-	-
17	Provide Reference Client Platform	-	-
18	Initial Check-Out of Campus WiMAX Testbed	-	-

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

NEC Base Station 2
Step	Description	Status	Comment
1	Identify Outdoor Site on Campus	Planned	Currently planned on the Helen C. White building. Still waiting for approvals.
2	Obtain FCC License	-	May be completed. Will verify soon.
3	Identify Indoor Equipment Room on Campus	-	-
4	Install Wiring at Outdoor Site and to Indoor Equipment Room	-	-
5	Install Pole at Outdoor Site and Ground	-	-
6	Install Antenna at Outdoor Site	-	-
7	Install Base Station Outdoor Unit	-	-
8	Complete Wiring at Outdoor Site and to Indoor Equipment Room	-	-
9	Install Indoor Equipment Racks and Ground	-	-
10	Install 120VAC and -48VDC Power Feeds and/or Supplies	-	-
11	Install Base Station Indoor Unit	-	-
12	Complete Wiring of Base Station Indoor Unit	-	-
13	Initial Check-Out of Antenna and Base Station Outdoor and Indoor Units	-	-
14	Install Ethernet (VLAN) Switch, or Identify Existing Capacity	-	-
15	Install Linux Server(s) and Software	-	-
16	Connect Backbone Network	-	-
17	Provide Reference Client Platform	-	-
18	Initial Check-Out of Campus WiMAX Testbed	-	-

Status Reports and Demos

​Spiral 2 Review

​2011 Q1 Status Report
​2012 Q1 Status Report
​2012 Q1 Status Report

Technical Documents

Software Releases

​Data script written for getting WiMAX measurements

Connectivity

==============================  =========  ======  ======  ======================  =========  =======
**WiMAX Devices**
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Device Name                     Interface    NEC   Cisco   NEC Average Throughput  Cisco      Comment
==============================  =========  ======  ======  ======================  =========  =======
AWB US210                       USB          X       X       3-5 Mbps              ~3 Mbps    Have not tried the US211
Intel 6250 Advanced N + WiMAX   mini PCIe    X       IP      6-16 Mbps                IP      xx        
Teltonika UM62x1                USB          X       X       IP                       IP      Throughput seems about as good as the 6250.          
==============================  =========  ======  ======  ======================  =========  =======

​More information on configuring and setting up the Teltonika device.

Coverage

Using the Teltonika device mentioned above, these measurements were recorded using the python script also found on this page. The Teltonika device is able to connect to both base stations.

Experiment Setup:

• Dell mini 10 - Ubuntu 11.10
• Teltonika UM62x1
• Generic USB GPS device
• Madison Metro route 80

Cisco WiMAX Coverage (Route 80)

Waisman Center Coverage (Route 80)