Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, WPI, Worcester, MA CWINS Overview Worcester...

CWINS

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, WPI, Worcester, MA

http://www.cwins.wpi.edu

CWINS Overview

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Presentation Outline

Center for Wireless Information Network Studies

IntroductionCapabilities

History of CWINS

Current Personnel

Project Sponsors

Recent ProjectsHome RF Networks with Geolocation

Urban Geolocation System Analysis and Demonstrator

Wireless LAN for UMTS (WiLU)

An Experimental Wireless Testbed for ATM Connectivity

Performance Evaluation and Deployment of Wireless LANs

Facilities

Contact Information

Capabilities


CWINS is an internationally renown compact wireless research laboratory with a successful history of research alliances with other groups in the industry and academia. Prominent features of CWINS include:

•Close ties with the world leading wireless industry of Finland, that includes Nokia

•Experience in technology and regulatory issues for commercial and military applications

•Experience in development of testbeds and tools for design and performance monitoring

•Experience as a corporate consultant in establishing wireless programs in several companies

•Experience in on-sight training programs in several companies

•Being a center for information exchange among different sectors of the wireless industry by publishing an international journal and organizing several international conferences

History of CWINS


• 1985 Started as the first research program in the wireless field in the US

• 1986 Was awarded the first NSF grant in wireless indoor networks

• 1989 Founding member of the IEEE PIMRC at UK

• 1989 Founding member of the IEEE ISSSTA at UK

• 1991 Organized the first IEEE workshop in wireless LANs at WPI

• 1992 Organized the third IEEE PIMRC in Boston

• 1994 Started IJWIN, the first journal in wireless communications

• 1995 Published the first graduate level textbook in wireless networks

• 1996 Started the WLRL as an industrial research alliance

• 1996 Organized the second IEEE workshop in wireless LANs at WPI

• 1997 Started WILU project with Nokia and other Finnish agencies

• 1997 Started design of Geolocation-Telecommunication networks with DARPA

• 1998 Organized the ninth IEEE PIMRC in Boston

• 1999 Received a Nokia fellowship to initiate an educational program with U. of Oulu, Finland

Current Personnel


Full-Time StaffKaveh Pahlavan, Ph.D., Director of the Center

Jacques Beneat, Ph.D., Research ScientistXinrong Li, Ph.D. CandidateJeffrey Feigin, M.Sc. Candidate

Part-Time Affiliate Staff

Allen Levesque, Ph.D., Research ProfessorJames Matthews, Ph.D., Consultant in Radio DesignCraig Mathais, Farpoint Group, Consultant in Wireless LANsPratap Misra, Ph.D., MIT Lincoln Laboratories, Consultant in NavigationRobert Tingley, Draper’s Laboratories, Ph.D. Candidate

WPI Professors with CWINS Experience

ECE department: Jin-Fa Lee (Antenna and Propagation), John Orr (Communication and Signal Processing), Peder Pedersen (Biotechnology), John M. Rulnick (Networking), Christof Paar (Cryptography)CS Department: Isabel Cruz (Vizualization), Bob Kinicki (Networking), David Finkel (Networking)

Project Sponsors


Government Agencies: National Science Foundation, DARPA

Local Industry GTE Laboratories, TASC/Litton, Bell Atlantic Mobile, BBN, Sierra Comm, Raytheon Company, DEC, Alta Group of Cadence

National Industry: Savi Technologies (CA), Apple Computers (CA), Radio LAN (CA), Hewlett-Packard (CA), Motorola (IL), Texas Instruments (TX), United Technologies Research Center (CN)

International: Nokia (FI), Elektrobit (FI), Sonera (FI), TEKES (FI), Finnish Air Force (FI), NTT (JAPAN), Jolt (ISRAEL)

WLRL Alliance: Aironet, Cushcraft, Harris Semiconductors, Persoft, DEC

Corporate Consulting: Nokia, Mercury Computers, WINDATA, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, Honeywell, LK-Products, Finnish Academy, National Research Council

Training: DEC, Sierra Comm, WINDATA, Codex/Motorola, NTT, Nokia

Recent Projects


Home RF Networks with Geolocation



An Experimental Wireless Testbed for ATM Connectivity

Performance Evaluation and Deployment of Wireless LANs

Home RF Networks with Geolocation


PIs: Kaveh Pahlavan (CWINS) and Matti Lattavaho (CWC, U. of Oulu, Finland)

Personnel: Xinrong Li, Jeffrey Feigin, Mika Ylianttila, and Juha-Pekka Makela

Sponsors: Nokia Mobile Phone, Nokia Telecommunication, Finnish Air Force and TEKES

Duration: April 1999 to April 2000

Volume: $340K (shared among CWINS and CWC)

GCdatabase

Backbone

2D1D

LPS

GPS

Layered Geolocation Networks

PROGRAM

Smart Home Networks



PIs: Kaveh Pahlavan and James Matthews (CWINS), Paul Creamer and Joseph Pizano (TASC/Litton)

Personnel: Jacques Beneat, Prashant Krishnamurthy, Hamid Hatami, Yan Xu, and Mirela Marku

Sponsor: DARPA, SUO/SAS Project

Duration: June 1997 to January 1999

Volume: $1.2M (shared among TASC and CWINS)

Small Unit Operations Situation Awareness Systems

(SUO-SAS)

3-D Overlay of one 4-Block Area in Brooklyn, NY.

Power Coverage Prediction

Urban Radio Channel Coverage Predictions

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Fc = 1 GHz / BW = 200 MHzPeak value = -59.9 dB

Fc = 500 MHz / BW = 200 MHzPeak value = -59.0 dB



Local Wideband Radio Propagation Measurements



PIs: Kaveh Pahlavan (CWINS) and Jaakko Talvite (CWC, U. of Oulu, Finland)

Personnel: Ali Zahedi, Prashant Krishnamurthy, Hamid Hatami, Yan Xu, Jari Vallstrom, Mika Ylianttila, Juha-Pekka Makela, and Roman Pichna

Sponsors: Nokia Mobile Phone, Nokia Telecommunication, Sonera, and TEKES

Duration: April 1997 to April 1999

Volume: $560K (shared among the two labs)

Intra-tech handoff

Inter-techhandoff

Non-Homogeneous Wireless Networks

130.215.17.65

130.215.16.204

Backbone + Internet130.215. X .Y

192.168.253.1

130.215.16.232

Home AgentMH

MH

192.168.253.24

Roamabout AP

Mobile IP Testbed

An Experimental Wireless Testbed for ATM

ConnectivityCenter for Wireless Information Network Studies

PIs: Kaveh Pahlavan, Sidhar Pingali, Hemant Rotithor, and John Orr

Personnel: Ali Zahedi, Andrew Messier, and Jared Robinson

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Duration: August 1995 to January 1998

Volume: $258K ($158 from NSF and $100K matching fund from WPI)

ATWATER KENT LABORATORIES

Salisbury Laboratories

Gordon Library

Fuller

Olin Hall

Wireless Access Point

Electronic whiteboard

WirelessBridge

WirelessBridge

WirelessBridge

WirelessBridge

WirelessBridge

WirelessBridge

WirelessBridge

WirelessBridge

Laboratories

Switch

Router

Campus Backbone Network

Wireless Campus Testbed and Wireless Classroom

CWINS Wireless Backbone Network

Performance Evaluation and Deployment of Wireless

LANsCenter for Wireless Information Network Studies

PI: Kaveh Pahlavan

Personnel: Craig Mathias, John Rulnick, Jim Matthews, Jacques Beneat, Ali Zahedi, Yan Xu, Prashant Krishnamurthy

Sponsor: WLRL alliance (Harris Semiconductor, DEC, Aironet, Cushcraft, Raytheon)

Duration: June 1995 to June 1997

Volume: $200K

Radio Deployment Tool

Real-Time Wireless Benchmark Network Application Performance Monitor

Benchmark Parameters Window

Log Filter Window

PER/BER Performance Evaluation Testbed

PER/BER testbed TX interface board tothe PRISM wireless LAN adapter card

Maximum attainable data rate for different transmission techniques with no bandwidth

restrictions.

Minimum power requirements for different transmission techniques, 10 MHz system bandwidth.

Performance of Transmission Techniques for Wireless LANs

PROPSim+Channel Simulator

• SUO/SAS CWINSShort range (in and aroundbuildings) measurements andmodeling for telecom

• SUO/SAS SAICLong range (outdoor)measurements and modeling fortelecom

• GloMo program

• Other important DoD programssuggested by the DoD programmanager

Telecommunication Applications

Unit

• SUO/SAS CWINSShort range (in and aroundbuildings) measurements andmodeling for geolocation

• SUO/SAS SAICLong range (outdoor)measurements and modeling forgeolocation

• Other important DoD programssuggested by the DoD programmanager

Geolocation Applications

Unit• CWINSAngle-of-arrival measurements andmodeling

• GloMo programmeasurements with angle-of-arrivalcharacteristics

• Other important DoD programs suggestedby the DoD program manager

Smart Antenna ApplicationsUnit

Telecommunicationdevices

Geolocationdevices

Antenna-array-baseddevices

Test Unit

Real-Time Channel Simulation for Telecommunication and Geolocation Applications

Facilities


Item Number of Units

N o te b o o k C o m p ute r s 2 0

P e ntium C la s s P C s 8

H P 7 0 0 W o r ks ta ti o ns 2

P C M C IA W ir e l e s s LA N C a r d s 3 5

W i r e l e s s A c c e s s P o ints 6

P o int- to - P o int W i r e l e s s B r id ge s 6 P a i r s

E le c tr o ni c W hi te b o a r d 1

A T M A c c e s s S w i tc h w i th 1 F D D I a nd 1 2 E te r ne t P o r ts a nd R o ute r 1

H P O p e n V ie w N e tw o r k N o d e M a na ge r 1

H P LA N /W A N P r o to c o l A na lyze r 1

O P N E T N e tw o r k M o d e l ing a nd S im ula tio n S o ftw a r e 1 0 us e r l i c e nc e s

S P W C o m m unic a tio n S ys te m s S im ula tio n S o ftw a r e 1 0 us e r l i c e nc e s

H P E E S o ft's M ic r o w a v e S im ula tio n S o ftw a r e 1 0 us e r l i c e nc e s

6 G H z H P - 8 7 5 3 B N e tw o r k A na lyze r w i th S - P a r a m e te r s T e s t S e t 1

3 G H z T e ktr o nix 7 8 5 4 D igi ta l S to r a ge S c o p e 1

2 0 G H z H P 8 5 5 9 A S p e c tr um A na lyze r 1

1 0 M p s H P 3 7 8 0 A P a tte r n G e ne r a to r a nd E r r o r D e te c to r 1

E le c tr o M e tr i c s B r o a d b a nd B ic o ne A nte nna s ( 2 0 M H z - 3 5 0 M H z) 2

S c a l a E le c tr o ni c s D i r e c tio na l A nte nna s ( 9 4 0 M H z - 9 6 0 M H z) 2

V a r io us A nte nna s ( m o no p o le /d ip o l e / w hip - 2 0 M H z/5 0 0 M H z/1 G H z/5 G H z) > 1 0

Proprietary Software


Radio channel prediction and deployment softwarePlacetool radio deployment software (Windows)2D ray shooting ray tracing software (Windows and Unix)3D ray shooting ray tracing software (Unix)3D image method ray tracing MATLAB scripts (MATLAB)

Network performance analysis softwareReal-Time Wireless Network Application Performance Monitor (Unix)Real-Time Cellular Packet Data Network Application Performance Monitor (Unix)

Radio channel custom blocks for SPW

Contact Information


Professor Kaveh PahlavanDirector, CWINSECE DepartmentWPIWorcester, MA 01609Tel/Fax: (508) 831-5634/5491Email: [email protected]

For additional information on CWINS, visit our web site at

http://www.cwins.wpi.edu

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