1. WiMAX Prototyping in Metro Detroit: Current Status & Prospectus
Hongwei Zhang, Yuehua Wang, Yu Chen
Wayne State University
Project Team: Hongwei Zhang, TJ Giuli, Jayanthi Rao, Patrick Gossman, Jing Zhu, Xiangying Yang
Yuehua Wang, Yu Chen, Chuan Li, Xi Ju

2. Deployment site: Rooftop of the Maccabees building
Detroit cultural center: museums, DIA
I-75, I-94
New housing development
Low-income communities (further north)
WSU main campus
I-94, M-1, M-10
Student housing
Highway: I-75, I-94
Medical campus
Cultural center: museums, DIA
WSU campus, apartments
Developing centers
WSU Medical campus, DMC
I-75, M-1, M-10
Student housing
New housing development

3. System architecture Rooftop 2nd floor server room
Via switch at 15th floor
Rooftop
2nd floor server room

4. Current status (1) Spectrum loan from Clearwire: done
10MHz band: 2591MHz – 2601MHz (belongs to 2510 Mid band of 2560MHz~2630MHz)
Two WiMAX base stations up and running
Ready for the deployment of the third base station

5. Current status (2)
Measurement service development & measurement campaign
Initial coverage test: RSSI & CINR
Delay test: Ping
Throughput test: iperf, ftp
Tool developed: real-time GPS data sampler
GENI-fied OpenXC vehicular sensing & infotainment platform
Refine OpenXC and fix bugs
Sensed data visualization
Integrate with Ford car

6. Prospectus Configuring VLAN to GENI backbone
Deploy yellow nodes & the third base station
Integrate OMF & enable remote access
Deploy and customize handover/multi-homing services
Measurement service development & measurement campaign
Mobile-station-based measurement tools: channel status, modulation/coding, signal strength/CINR, integration with GPS etc
Spatiotemporal behavior in static & mobile scenarios: smart grid and smart transportation
ns-3 integration
GENI-fy OpenXC vehicular sensing and infotainment platform
Refine OpenXC, virtualization, etc
Integrate with OMF
Integrate with measurement tools
Integrate with V2V & V2I platforms in development (i.e., SDR)

7. Backup slides

8. Throughput (1) A Base Station B Purdy Kresge Library C AAB Building D
Police Department

9. Throughput (2)
B. Purdy Kresge Library

10. C. Academic Administrative Building
Throughput (3)
C. Academic Administrative Building

11. Throughput (4)
D. WSU Police Department