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Full scale WiMAX Testbed for Multimedia Streaming

In full-scale testbed WiMAX base station, subscriber and ASN-GW hardware are procured form hardware vendors and only the application layer is built on top of it. Therefore some academia-industry consortia have ventured into this design path. The Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI), a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation, USA is a collaborative initiative for academia, industry and the public for facilitating innovation in emerging global networks. The project leverages a commercial 802.16e base station from NEC, replacing the standard WiMAX controller with an open GENI software implementation that supports layer 2/3 programmability. This open GENI base station node (GBSN) device is intended to support programmability at both radio link and network routing layers via an open API, and will work with off-the shelf WiMax handsets and data. NEC Release 1, 802.16e base station product is selected for the development of GENI specific open programmability features.

Some webpages for quick reference: [GENI-WiMAX project info], [OMF User Documentation], [GENI WiMax Platform API]

Progress Reports

19 March 2011: Report (on svn). Summary of changes if a few lines.
- Currently studying OMF(ORBIT Management Framework) to understand testbed workflow.
- Testbed report link.

Updates from Industry

Infovalue WiMAX TV (Dec 24, 2009) , H.264 based content streaming. Supports mobility, interactivity and PVR functionalities.

Yota WiMAX TV (June, 2009) , Yota TV offers more than 20 channels at (800x480) resolution on HTC MAX 4G Handset

Broadcom Mobile Multimedia Device ( Oct, 2007) , 720p HD Video, 12 Megapixel Camera and 3D Gaming Coming Soon to Your Cell Phone

Wimax360, Juniper Research: 50Million Wimax broadband users by 2014.

References and Links

[1] IEEE 802.16-2009 Consolidated WiMAX StandardMainly Section 6.3.14 : Quality of service (QoS), Section 6.3.20: Sleep Mode Operations, Section 6.3.22 : MBS Services, Section 6.3.2.3: MAC management messages(Only the required headers)

[2] WiMAX Forum White Paper on WiMAX Overview Part-1

[3] WiMAX Forum : Network Protocol Specifications (T33), MCBCS Specifications : WMF-T33-111-R015v01_MCBCS-Common.pdf, WMF-T33-112-R015v01_MCBCS-DSx.pdf, WMF-T33-113-R015v01_MCBCS-Applayer.pdf

[4] Multicast and Broadcast Multimedia Service in Mobile WiMAX Network: Etemad and Wang, IEEE Communications Magazine, Oct 2009.

[5] Performance of real-time Multicast/Broadcast Services over TDD-OFDMA: Chan et al, ICSPCS 2008.

DVB-H Testbed Code at NSL

DVB-H Base Station Design Document at NSL

Mobile TV Base Station Design Goals and design decisions are expleined.

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+In full-scale testbed WiMAX base station, subscriber and ASN-GW hardware are procured form hardware vendors and only the application layer is built on top of it.  Therefore some academia-industry consortia have ventured into this design path. The Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI), a project sponsored by the National Science Foundation, USA is a collaborative initiative for academia, industry and the public for facilitating innovation in emerging global networks. The project leverages a commercial 802.16e base station from NEC, replacing the
+standard WiMAX controller with an open GENI software implementation that supports layer 2/3 programmability. This open GENI base station node (GBSN) device is intended to support programmability at both radio link and network routing layers via an open API, and will work with off-the shelf WiMax handsets and data. NEC Release 1, 802.16e base station product is selected for the development of GENI specific open programmability features.
+* Some webpages for quick reference: [[http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/WiMAXInteg GENI-WiMAX project info]],  [[http://omf.mytestbed.net/projects/omf/wiki/OMF_User_Guide OMF User Documentation]],  [[http://wimax.orbit-lab.org/wiki/WikiStart GENI WiMax Platform API]]
+== Progress Reports ==
+* 19 March 2011:  Report (on svn).  Summary of changes if a few lines.
+** Currently studying OMF(ORBIT Management Framework) to understand testbed workflow.
+** Testbed report [https://cs-nsl-svn.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/nsl-projects/browser/MobileVideo/WiMAX/documents/techReps/testbed/wimax_testbed_report.pdf link].
+== Updates from Industry==
+* [http://www.infovalue.com/links/news%20room/press%20releases/2009/Press%20Release%20-%20InfoValue%20-%20IPTV%20over%20WiMax.pdf Infovalue WiMAX TV (Dec 24, 2009) ], H.264 based content streaming. Supports mobility, interactivity and PVR functionalities.
+* [http://www.yota.ru/en/htc_max_4g/media/ Yota WiMAX TV (June, 2009) ], Yota TV offers more than 20 channels at (800x480) resolution on HTC MAX 4G Handset
+* [http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=1057720 Broadcom Mobile Multimedia Device ( Oct, 2007) ], 720p HD Video, 12 Megapixel Camera and 3D Gaming Coming Soon to Your Cell Phone
+* [http://www.wimax360.com/profiles/blogs/wimax-broadband-subscribers-to Wimax360], Juniper Research: 50Million Wimax broadband users by 2014.
+== References and Links ==
 [1] [http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.16-2009.pdf IEEE 802.16-2009 Consolidated WiMAX Standard]Mainly Section 6.3.14 : Quality of service (QoS), Section 6.3.20: Sleep Mode Operations, Section 6.3.22 : MBS Services, Section 6.3.2.3: MAC management messages(Only the required headers)
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 * [https://cs-svn.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/nsl/browser/DVB-H/src/mtv DVB-H Testbed Code at NSL]
 * [https://cs-svn.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/nsl/browser/DVB-H/doc/design/mobileTV.pdf DVB-H Base Station Design Document at NSL]
 * [http://nsl.cs.sfu.ca/wiki/upload/4/4d/testbed.ppt Mobile TV Base Station Design] Goals and design decisions are expleined.