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1 CentMesh : a project to build a versatile, open source shared resource on campus Provide an active testbed to support research and instruction on wireless networks Part of NCSUs Living Laboratory vision Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

2 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

3 Multihop wireless Stationary backbone – mobile routers and clients Some nodes have Internet access – other share Advantages: Cheaper, less infrastructure, more agile deployment, more intelligence in network Potential: Metro area, municipal networks, tactical, vehicular, smartgrid, healthcare… Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

4 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu Homemade ! – Built by NCSU student researchers – Guided by NCSU faculty – Funded by Army Research Office and NCSU – Operationalized by Institute of Technology of Next Generation (ITng), NCSU

5 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

6 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

7 Commodity PCs and WiFi cards – no proprietary Open source community software Open source software designed and built by NCSU student and faculty researchers Currently at 14 poletop and rooftop nodes, 8 mobile nodes, 5 labbench nodes Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

8 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

9 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

10 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

11 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

12 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

13 Modular programming library Clear separation of data, control, management functions Easy to innovate in some or many parts, keep others unchanged Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

14 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

15 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

16 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

17 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

18 Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

19 Extensions to mimic wilderness, unpopulatd, vehicular (current is urban) Software Defined Radios, WiMax, 4G,MIMO… Airborne sensing nodes ! Federation with national resources like GENI Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed ! CoE Open House, March 2013 An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless network A teaching and research resource at NCSU Centennial centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu


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