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'''WiMAX Testbed for Multimedia Streaming'''
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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
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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.
  
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* 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 ==  
 
== Progress Reports ==  
  
 
* 19 March 2011:  Report (on svn).  Summary of changes if a few lines.  
 
* 19 March 2011:  Report (on svn).  Summary of changes if a few lines.  
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** Currently studying OMF(ORBIT Management Framework) to understand testbed workflow.
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** Testbed report [https://cs-nsl-svn.cs.surrey.sfu.ca/nsl-projects/browser/MobileVideo/WiMAX/documents/techReps/testbed/wimax_testbed_report.pdf link].
  
A first draft is [http://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ssa121/personal/wtbreport.pdf here].
 
  
  

Latest revision as of 08:05, 21 March 2011

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.

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

  • 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.