A Wireless Networking Testbed for Low Latency Mission Critical Communications
Abstract
Major Goals: This project was for acquisition of equipment to establish the Wireless Networking Testbed in support of ARO's project W911NF-17-1-0508 entitled Low Latency Wireless Networks for Mission Critical Communications. The following equipment was acquired for the testbed: ten wireless radios USRP-2974, one LabVIEW Communications 802.11 application framework software with associated licenses, and computer servers. The Wireless Networking Testbed will allow us to demonstrate the performance of novel network control algorithms for real-time communications in a realistic operating environment. Real-time communications arise in many settings that are of importance to the Army's mission, including dissemination of targeting information, command and control, and surveillance. The broader impacts of this project include mentoring graduate and undergraduate students, as well as incorporating some of the insights acquired with the testbed into networking classes. Several students will be involved in this project and will learn to implement and deploy algorithms into the Software Defined Radios, to design and execute meaningful experiments using the testbed and, as a consequence, gain insight into the challenges of experimentation. Moreover, the equipment requested in this proposal will be incorporated into laboratory sessions of the course Communication Systems and Networks. Accomplishments: The testbed was completed with the acquisition of the eight standalone USRP 2974s, 3 USRP 2953R, and 6 USRP 310s, along with the necessary software (labview communications) and related equipment (CDA-2990 8 CHANNEL CLOCK DISTRIBUTION ACCESSORY). In addition, the testbed includes three lambda desktop servers, and a number of Raspberry Pis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 14, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1221373
Entities
People
- Eytan Modiano
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology