1. High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network
National Science Foundation awards , and

2. NSF directorate areas benefiting from HPWREN
Biological Sciences
Computer & Information Sciences & Engineering
Education & Human Resources
Engineering
Geosciences
Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
Major related NSF programs benefiting from HPWREN:
EarthScope: USArray and Plate Boundary Observatory
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)
Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS)

3. Project partners and collaborators include:
Advanced National Seismic System
California Conservation Corps
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
California Institute of Technology
California Science Center (Los Angeles)
California State University Los Angeles
California Wolf Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
La Jolla Native American Reservation
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
NASA Satellite Laser Ranging Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service
Navajo Technical College
Pala Native American Reservation

4. Project partners and collaborators include:
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center (San Diego Balboa Park)
Rincon Native American Reservation
San Diego County Sheriff's Department
San Diego State University
Santa Rosa Native American Reservation
Tribal Digital Village Network
UNAVCO
United States Coast Guard
United States Forest Service
United States Geological Survey
United States Navy
University of California Riverside
University of California San Diego
University of California Santa Barbara
Yale University

5. HPWREN topology, December 2000
155Mbps FDX 6 GHz FCC licensed
155Mbps FDX 11 GHz FCC licensed
45Mbps FDX 6 GHz FCC licensed
45Mbps FDX 11 GHz FCC licensed
45Mbps FDX 5.8 GHz unlicensed
45Mbps-class HDX 4.9GHz
45Mbps-class HDX 5.8GHz unlicensed
~8Mbps HDX 2.4/5.8 GHz unlicensed
~3Mbps HDX 2.4 GHz unlicensed
115kbps HDX 900 MHz unlicensed
56kbps via RCS network
dashed = planned
Pala
Native American
Reservation
UCSD
Mount Laguna
Observatory
Backbone/relay node
Astronomy science site
Biology science site
Earth science site
University site
Researcher location
Native American site
First Responder site
approximately 50 miles:

6. HPWREN topology, October 2009
155Mbps FDX 6 GHz FCC licensed
155Mbps FDX 11 GHz FCC licensed
45Mbps FDX 6 GHz FCC licensed
45Mbps FDX 11 GHz FCC licensed
45Mbps FDX 5.8 GHz unlicensed
45Mbps-class HDX 4.9GHz
45Mbps-class HDX 5.8GHz unlicensed
~8Mbps HDX 2.4/5.8 GHz unlicensed
~3Mbps HDX 2.4 GHz unlicensed
115kbps HDX 900 MHz unlicensed
56kbps via RCS network
dashed = planned
WIDC
PSAP
KYVW
COTD
KNW
B081
UCI
BDC
GVDA
PFO
WMC
Santa
Rosa
RDM
AZRY
CRY
SND
BZN
KSW
FRD
SMER SO
DHL
P474
SLMS
MPO
LVA2
BVDA
SCS
GLRS
P478
P486
MTGY
MVFD
P510
P483
CRRS
WLA
GMPK
DSME
RMNA
CWC
USGC
P506
P499
P480
P509 CE
MONP
UCSD
70+ miles
to SCI
DESC
MLO
P497
P494
P473
IID2
SDSU
P500
Backbone/relay node
Astronomy science site
Biology science site
Earth science site
University site
Researcher location
Native American site
First Responder site
CNM PL
POTR
P066
NSSS
to CI and
PEMEX
approximately 50 miles:
Note: locations are approximate

7. Accomplishment based renewal
National Science Foundation support since inception:
2000
$2.3M
Original award
2003
$0.42M
Supplement
2004
$3M
ITR research award
(after two failed
proposals)
Total spent NSF investment: $5.72M
September 2009 to
August 31, 2011
$1M
Accomplishment based renewal
(after two failed
proposals)
Total awarded NSF investment: $6.72M

8. FY2010 budget (total: $501,555) Staff: Hans-Werner Braun Jim Hale
Kim Bruch (part time)
Ron Serabia (part time)

9. FY2010 budget (total: $501,555) approximate staff vs. non-staff
Green ($ ):
salary
benefits
M&S
SDSC fees
UCSD fees
Blue ($47600):
equipment
travel
tower rent

10. Issues Cannot “just leave network in place” tower rental
we are hosted by several agency towers
HPWREN may already not exist any more, had we not gotten the ABR just a few months ago - we probably would have had to dismantle the infrastructure
My personal priorities
funding for my time
staff funding
HPWREN network continuity
Equipment budget (repairs and continued development)
currently $20k/year, insufficient for repairs even today
original proposal allocated almost 20 times that

11. Bottom line
Is HPWREN of enough value to be retained after August 2011?
What is the network worth it to you?
Three possibilities:
Continue business as usual, hope for the best
Assume we dismantle the network, starting late-spring 2011
Find other means for long-term sustainability