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| ====== WING - Wireless Mesh Network for Next-Generation Internet ====== | ====== WING - Wireless Mesh Network for Next-Generation Internet ====== | ||
| - | WING is a 3 year research project on Wireless Mesh Networks, sponsored by the Italian Ministry of University and Research and led by [[http://www.create-net.org|CREATE-NET]] and Technion. The project aims at fostering the scientific cooperation between CREATE-NET and the Technion through the creation of a top-level international research team in the area of algorithms and protocols for wireless networking, able to stay at the forefront of technological and scientific research through the integration of the different competences owned by the two proposing institutions. At the research level, the main project target is the development of novel algorithms and protocols for enabling wireless mesh networks as the standard access architecture for next generation Internet. | + | WING started as a 3 years research project on Wireless Mesh Networks, sponsored by the Italian Ministry of University and Research and led by CREATE-NET and Technion. The project aimed at fostering the scientific cooperation between CREATE-NET and the Technion through the creation of a top-level international research team in the area of algorithms and protocols for wireless networking, able to stay at the forefront of technological and scientific research through the integration of the different competences owned by the two proposing institutions. |
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| + | Part of the developed software is built on top of [[http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/roofnet/doku.php|Roofnet]], an experimental 802.11b/g mesh network developed by the [[http://csail.mit.edu/|MIT CSAIL]]. WING extends the original project by adding support for multiple radio interfaces, WCETT routing metric, and autonomic channel assignment. All the developed software modules have been released under a BSD License and are made fully available to the research community. | ||
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| + | * [[design:testbed|System design and features]]. A detailed description of the system architecture and components. | ||
| + | * [[software:embedded|Wing for embedded devices]]: How to build and run WING on an embedded platform using [[http://openwrt.org/|OpenWRT]]. | ||
| + | * [[software:notebook|Wing for Linux]]: How to build and run Wing on a generic Linux machine (e.g. your laptop). You will need a set a PCs each of them equipped with a WiFi card and supported by either the [[http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Compatibility|madwifi]] driver or the [[http://linuxwireless.org/|mac80211]] driver. | ||
| + | * [[software:screenshots|Screenshots]]. The Wing web-based management dashboard (Cinder) | ||
| + | * [[software:click|Click modular router]]. Packages for the click modular router. | ||
| + | * [[software:openwrt|OpenWRT]]. Packages for OpenWRT (kamikaze branch). | ||
| + | * [[software:downloads|Downloads]]. Software released by the Wing project. | ||
| + | * [[links|Links on wireless mesh networking]]. Misc links on wireless mesh networking. | ||
| ===== Main Features ===== | ===== Main Features ===== | ||
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| * **Webcam.** Basic indoor video surveillance deployments can be easily implemented by equipping one or more mesh routers with an USB based webcam. The video stream can then be accessed from anywhere in the network using a web browser. | * **Webcam.** Basic indoor video surveillance deployments can be easily implemented by equipping one or more mesh routers with an USB based webcam. The video stream can then be accessed from anywhere in the network using a web browser. | ||
| * **NTP.** System time can be kept in sync with an external NTP Server. Mesh router can also be configured to act as NTP server in order to distributed a common reference time thorough the entire network. If a GPS module is available, then the GPS is used as reference time. | * **NTP.** System time can be kept in sync with an external NTP Server. Mesh router can also be configured to act as NTP server in order to distributed a common reference time thorough the entire network. If a GPS module is available, then the GPS is used as reference time. | ||
| - | ===== Competitive Advantages ===== | + | ===== Scenarios ===== |
| * **Increased coverage in outdoor WiMAX networks.** An hybrid WiMAX/Wi-Fi mesh architecture can decrease the number of WiMAX base stations needed to obtain good coverage. | * **Increased coverage in outdoor WiMAX networks.** An hybrid WiMAX/Wi-Fi mesh architecture can decrease the number of WiMAX base stations needed to obtain good coverage. | ||
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| * **Embedded VoIP service.** WING supports out of the box VoIP functionalities that can be exploited by the end-users using any VoIP client (mobile handsets with WiFi capabilities are also supported, e.g., Nokia E-Series, RIM Blackberry, and Apples iPhone). | * **Embedded VoIP service.** WING supports out of the box VoIP functionalities that can be exploited by the end-users using any VoIP client (mobile handsets with WiFi capabilities are also supported, e.g., Nokia E-Series, RIM Blackberry, and Apples iPhone). | ||
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| ===== Research directions ===== | ===== Research directions ===== | ||
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| * [[directions:channel_assignment|Multi-radio]]: An interference and traffic aware channel assignment scheme. | * [[directions:channel_assignment|Multi-radio]]: An interference and traffic aware channel assignment scheme. | ||
| * [[publications|Publications]]: Papers describing the achieved results. | * [[publications|Publications]]: Papers describing the achieved results. | ||
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| - | ===== Testbed ===== | ||
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| - | WING aims at providing an open platform for both researchers and practitioners and in that it has been designed and implemented using off-the-shelf hardware components and open-source software. All the developed software modules have been released under a BSD License and are made fully available to the research community. | ||
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| - | * [[design:testbed|System design and features]]. A detailed description of the system architecture and components. | ||
| - | * [[software:embedded|Wing for embedded devices]]: How to build and run WING on an embedded platform using [[http://openwrt.org/|OpenWRT]]. | ||
| - | * [[software:notebook|Wing for x86 desktop machines]]: How to build and run Wing on a generic x86 machine (e.g. your laptop). You will need a set a PCs each of them equipped with a WiFi card based on the Atheros chipset (you can find a list of supported devices [[http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Compatibility|here]]). | ||
| - | * [[software:screenshots|Screenshots]]. The Wing web-based management dashboard (Cinder) | ||
| - | * [[software:click|Click modular router]]. Packages for the click modular router. | ||
| - | * [[software:openwrt|OpenWRT]]. Packages for OpenWRT (kamikaze branch). | ||
| - | * [[software:downloads|Downloads]]. Software released by the Wing project. | ||
| - | * [[links|Links on wireless mesh networking]]. Misc links on wireless mesh networking. | ||
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| - | ===== Howtos ===== | ||
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| - | * [[directions:Running_roofnet|Running Roofnet]]: How to get Roofnet up and running on a generic x86 machine (e.g. your laptop). | ||
| - | * [[directions:Device_driver_agnostic|Making Roofnet device driver agnostic]]: How to run Roofnet in ad hoc mode. | ||
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