[[PageOutline]] == Project Number == 1657 == Project Title == Open Virtualized WiMAX Base Station Node for GENI Wide-Area Wireless Deployments [[BR]] a.k.a. WiMAX, WIMAX === Technical Contacts === Principal Investigator: Dipankar Raychaudhuri WINLAB, Rutgers University ray@winlab.rutgers.edu http://www.winlab.rutgers.edu/docs/faculty/RayBio.html [[BR]] Co-Principal Investigator: Sampath Rangarajan NEC Laboratories America sampath@nec-labs.com http://www.nec-labs.com/research/broadband/broadband_mobile-website/staff.php [[BR]] Technical Staff: Ivan Seskar WINLAB / Rutgers University seskar@winlab.rutgers.edu http://www.winlab.rutgers.edu/~seskar/ [[BR]] === Participating Organizations === [http://www.nicta.com.au/ NICTA, Alexandria, NSW, Australia] [[BR]] [http://www.winlab.rutgers.edu/ WINLAB / Rutgers University, North Brunswick, NJ][[BR]] [http://www.nec-labs.com/research/broadband/index.php NEC Laboratories America, Princeton, NJ][[BR]] === Related Projects === [http://www.winlab.rutgers.edu/docs/focus/GENI.html GENI Projects at WINLAB][[BR]] [http://omf.mytestbed.net/ OMF (cOntrol and Management Framework)][[BR]] [http://www.orbit-lab.org/ ORBIT Testbed][[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/ORBIT ORBIT Design and Prototype] [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/WiMAX WiMAX Design and Prototype][[BR]] WiMAX campus deployment projects: [[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/WiMAXKit WiMAX Kit from WINLAB] [[BR]] [wiki:WIMXCOLUM WiMAX at Columbia University] [[BR]] [wiki:WIMXNYUPT WiMAX at Polytechnic Institute of NYU] [[BR]] [wiki:WIMXUCLA WiMAX at UCLA] [[BR]] [wiki:WIMXUCO WiMAX at University of Colorado at Boulder][[BR]] [wiki:WIMXUMASS WiMAX at UMass Amherst] [[BR]] [wiki:WIMXUWI WiMAX at University of Wisconsin] [[BR]] [wiki:WIMXBBN WiMAX at BBN Technologies] [[BR]] === GPO Liaison System Engineer === Harry Mussman hmussman@geni.net == Scope == The scope of work on this project is to leverage a commercial IEEE 802.16e WiMAX base station product to prototype an open, programmable and virtualizable base station node that could work over a metropolitan area and connect with off-the shelf WiMAX handsets and data cards. This includes the following steps: 1) Develop an open/virtualizable WiMAX base station with external control and data API’s. [[BR]] 2) Import a control framework from the Orbit project, and implement GENI-specific software on an external Linux-based PC controller for the WiMAX base station, demonstrating basic GENI compliance: virtualization, slice setup & resource management, L2/L3 programmability, and opt-in for off-the shelf terminals. [[BR]] 3) Integrate the GBSN with backhaul options to validate and demonstrate the total access networking solution, including VLAN connections to a GENI backbone network. [[BR]] 4) Demonstrate the GBSN capabilities in a phased manner, starting with controlled lab tests of each GENI feature and then migrating to a small-scale outdoor trial with off-the-shelf WiMAX terminal equipment. [[BR]] 5) Develop a deployment plan for multi-cell WiMAX services in GENI, including guidelines for site selection, frequency allocation, network backhaul and equipment/operating costs. [[BR]] == Operational Capabilities == (At end of Spiral 1) === Milestones === [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: 1a Delivery of two NEC Release 1 802.16e base stations)]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/ticket/23 status] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: 1b Validate open API capabilities of the WiMAX base station)]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/ticket/93 status] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: 1c Import a GENI-compliant control framework from the ORBIT project)]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/ticket/94 status] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: 1d First release v1.0 of GENI base station node software)]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/ticket/172 status] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: 1e Demo basic functionality of base station)]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/ticket/95 status] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: 1f VLAN connections to the GENI backbone network)]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/ticket/224 status] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.a Outdoor WiMAX available to GENI users)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.b Cluster plan for VLANs between testbeds)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.c Demo main base station functions)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.d Demo VLAN connection to backbone)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.e Federate with other cluster testbeds)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.f WiMAX client platforms study)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.g Integrate latest OMF code)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.h Demo experiments with multiple testbeds)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.i Testbed available to GENI users)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.j Release v2.0 of basestation code for first WIMAX kits)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.k GMOC access to WIMAX operating data)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.l POC to GENI response team)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.m POC to GENI security team)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S2.n Contribution to GENI outreach)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S3.a Demonstration at GEC9 and Experimenter Outreach)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S3.b Documentation and Code Release)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S3.c Demonstration at GEC10 and Experimenter Outreach)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S3.d Documentation and Code Release)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S3.e Demonstration at GEC11 and Experimenter Outreach)]] [[BR]] [[MilestoneDate(WiMAX: S3.f Final report and code release)]] [[BR]] === Status Reports and Demonstrations === [wiki:WiMAX-4Q08-status "WiMAX: 4Q08 Status Report"][[BR]] [wiki:WiMAX-1Q09-status "WiMAX: 1Q09 Status Report"][[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/WiMAX/GENI_WiMAX_QPR_2Q09.pdf WiMAX: 2Q09 Status Report][[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/WiMAX/WiMAX%20GENI%20Review%202009-06-28.pdf WiMAX: Review on June 28, 2009][[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/WiMAX/WiMAX%20D%26P%20%202010-09-01%20WIMAX%20Spiral%202%20Project%20Review.pptx Spiral 2 Review][[BR]] === Technical Documents === [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/WiMAX/GENI_WiMax_System_Engg_v0.1.pdf GENI WiMAX Project: System Engineering Summary][[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/WiMAX/API_wimax_v1.0-3.pdf API Specification for Virtualized WiMAX Basestation] [[BR]] [http://www.winlab.rutgers.edu/WMPG "D. Raychaudhuri and Editors M. Gerla, “New architectures and disruptive technologies for the future internet: The wireless, mobile and sensor network perspective” Report of NSF Wireless Mobile Planning Group (WMPG) Workshop, August 2005"] [[BR]] [http://www.obsai.org/ "Open Base Station Architecture Initiative"] [[BR]] [http://code.google.com/android/ “Android: An Open Handset Alliance Project" ][[BR]] [http://www.neceurope.com/PDF/NEC_Mobile_WiMAX_WhitePaper_Ver-D1.4_060513-2.pdf "”NEC’s broadband wireless access products”, NEC Corporation Technical White Paper"][[BR]] [http://groups.geni.net/geni/attachment/wiki/OldGPGDesignDocuments/GDD-06-17.pdf "“Wireless virtualization in GENI”, GDD-06-17, 2006"] [[BR]] S. Paul, R. Yates, D. Raychaudhuri and J. Kurose, "The Cache-and-Forward Network Architecture for Efficient Mobile Content Delivery Services in the Future Internet", to appear in ITU-T Next Generation Networks (NGN) Conference, Geneva, May 2008. [[BR]] === Software Releases === === Connectivity === (see [wiki:ORBIT] connectivity section.)[[BR]]