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WiMAX Network in UNT

Shengli Fu

Dept. of Electrical Engineering

University of North Texas

A Proposal to GENI Solicitation 3

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About UNTg UNT

n 36,000+ studentsg College of Engineering

n Starts in 2002n Five departments

g EE Departmentn Starts in 2004n 11 faculty membersn 200+ undergraduaten 50+ graduate

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Why WiMAX in UNT

UCLA

Colorado

Wisconsin

Amherst

Rutgers

Columbia

NYU-Poly

UNT

Complimentary: Temperature, Humidity, Terrain, Users behavior

Stanford

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Why WiMAX in UNTg Support from EE

n During the project’s development and beyondn PIs’ expertise

g Local collaborationn Texas Woman’s University (TWU)n UT Dallas, UT Arlington, SMUn Cisco, RIM, Alcatel-Lucent, TI, Ericsson, Nortel, etc.

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The Proposed WiMAX Network

2.4 miles

3 miles

UNT DP

TWU

UNT

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The Proposed WiMAX Network

GENI

Internet 2

Base StationASN Gateway

VLAN

VLAN

Fixed client

Fixed client

Fixed client

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Site Survey

Site Option 1: Discovery Park Site Option 2: EESAT

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Research Enabledg RF Channel Measurement and

Characteristicsg Adaptive Modulation and Channel Allocationg Cooperative Communicationsg Geo-location in WiMAX Networksg Designs for Secure Mobile Networks

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Personnelg Dr. Shengli Fu

n Coding and information theoryn Wireless communications and networks

g Dr. Kamesh Namudurin Information securityn Ad Hoc Networks

g Dr. Xinrong Lin Statistical signal processingn Radio channel measurement and modelingn Wireless sensor networks