WiMAX Campus at Clemson: Highways, Commercial District, and Roaming/Federation KC Wang, Jim Martin, Jim Pepin, Reece Johnson ECE, CS, CCIT Clemson University Parmesh Ramanathan ECE University of Wisconsin, Madison
Project Status General Installation: – Server currently being installed with Windows Server 2008 R2 Awaiting CCIT to complete installation process – Additional machine ready to handle OMF/OML – Two VLANs created for client and management traffic – Tunnel established to Rutgers to enable temporary use of Netspan software Clemson campus location: – Base station installed – Both VLANs run to base station – Initial configuration performed using Rutgers’ Netspan installation Largely mirrored from Rutgers’ installation 10 MHz channel centered at MHz – One transmitter is reporting low output power due to RF fault – Unable to detect a signal from the base station in line-of-sight – Obtaining spectrum analyzer to verify signal output Wang, Martin, Pepin, Johnson, Ramanathan July
Project Status Greenville location: – Mounting equipment, electrical, and fiber installation estimated by July 10 th – One base station untested, one experiencing startup failure Startup failure: – One base station does not properly boot up – Upon applying power, a single UDP packet is transmitted to :6666 – This packet reveals a console session to an embedded Linux installation on the base station – No web interface is available for basic configuration – In communication with Airspan regarding repair Hoping that another working base station can be used to reimage Other observations – After configuration, base station needed to be reset after losing Netspan connection due to power failure Wang, Martin, Pepin, Johnson, Ramanathan July
FURTHER QUESTIONS CONTACT: Wang, Martin, Pepin, Johnson, Ramanathan July