WEIRD Testbeds with Fixed and Mobile WiMAX Technology for User Applications, Telemedicine and Monitoring of Impervious Areas

Silvano Mignanti; Gabriele Tamea; Ilaria Marchetti; Mario Castellano; Antonio Cimmino; Fausto Andreotti; MariaRita Spada; Pedro Miguel Neves; Giada Landi; Paulo Simoes; Kostas Pentikousis

4th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks & Communities

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WEIRD Testbeds with Fixed and Mobile WiMAX Technology for User Applications, Telemedicine and Monitoring of Impervious Areas

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/tridentcom.2008.3157,
    author={Silvano Mignanti and Gabriele Tamea and Ilaria Marchetti and Mario Castellano and Antonio Cimmino and Fausto Andreotti and MariaRita Spada and Pedro Miguel Neves and Giada Landi and Paulo Simoes and Kostas Pentikousis},
    title={WEIRD Testbeds with Fixed and Mobile WiMAX Technology for User Applications, Telemedicine and Monitoring of Impervious Areas},
    proceedings={4th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks \& Communities},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={WiMAX QoS Research Networks GEANT2 testbed},
    doi={10.4108/tridentcom.2008.3157}
}

Silvano Mignanti
Gabriele Tamea
Ilaria Marchetti
Mario Castellano
Antonio Cimmino
Fausto Andreotti
MariaRita Spada
Pedro Miguel Neves
Giada Landi
Paulo Simoes
Kostas Pentikousis
Year: 2010
WEIRD Testbeds with Fixed and Mobile WiMAX Technology for User Applications, Telemedicine and Monitoring of Impervious Areas
TRIDENTCOM
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/tridentcom.2008.3157

Silvano Mignanti¹^,*, Gabriele Tamea¹^,*, Ilaria Marchetti¹^,*, Mario Castellano²^,*, Antonio Cimmino³^,*, Fausto Andreotti⁴^,*, MariaRita Spada⁵^,*, Pedro Miguel Neves⁶^,*, Giada Landi⁷^,*, Paulo Simoes⁸^,*, Kostas Pentikousis⁹^,*

1: Sapienza University of Rome Italy
2: INGV Osservatorio Vesuviano Italy
3: Alcatel Lucent Italy
4: Italtel Italy
5: Wind Italy
6: Portugal Telecom Inovacao Portugal
7: Centro Pisa Ricerche Italy
8: University of Coimbra Portugal
9: VTT Finland

*Contact email: silvano.mignanti@dis.uniroma1.it, gabriele.tamea@dis.uniroma1.it, ilaria.marchetti@dis.uniroma1.it, castellano@ov.ingv.it, antonio.cimmino@alcatel-lucent.it, fausto.andreotti@italtel.it, mariarita.spada@mail.wind.it, est-p-neves@ptinovacao.it, g.landi@cpr.it, spsimoes@dei.uc.pt, kostas.pentikousis@vtt.fi

Abstract

Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks based on IEEE 802.16d/e standards are soon to be deployed in several countries. However, there is lack of published literature with results from actual testbeds. This paper introduces the work done in the EU Sixth Framework Programme Project WEIRD to design and set up WiMAX testbeds in four EU countries. We describe the methodlogy followed, detail our implementation and present results from the testbeds, as deployed in the first phase of WEIRD. The testbeds are used to demonstrate how WiMAX technology can be used to extend the connectivity of the pan-European data communications network (GEANT2) to isolated and impervious areas and, furthermore, to assure end-to-end quality of service to novel applications.

Keywords: WiMAX QoS Research Networks GEANT2 testbed

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ICST
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/tridentcom.2008.3157