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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
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
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
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
• 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
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
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
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
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
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
Home 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
Home RF Networks with Geolocation
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
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
Urban Geolocation System Analysis and Demonstrator
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
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
Fc = 90 MHz / BW = 100 MHzPeak value = -34.5 dB
Fc = 60 MHz / BW = 50 MHzPeak value = -31.3 dB
Local Wideband Radio Propagation Measurements
Wireless LAN for UMTS (WiLU)
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
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
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
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
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
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
Center for Wireless Information Network Studies
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