A Wireless Networking Testbed for Low Latency Mission Critical Communications
Abstract
This proposal is for acquisition of equipment to establish the Wireless Networking Testbed in support of AROÕs project W911NF-17-1-0508 entitled ÒLow Latency Wireless Networks for Mission Critical CommunicationsÓ. The testbed will consist of ten wireless radios USRP-2974, one LabVIEW Communications 802.11 application framework software with associated licenses, and four desktop computers. The Wireless Networking Testbed will be used 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 ArmyÕs 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 ÒCommunication Systems & NetworksÓ.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 20, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1910156
Entities
People
- Eytan Modiano
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- United States Army