CentMesh : a project to build a versatile, open source shared resource on campus Provide an active...

What is CentMesh ?

• CentMesh : a project to build a versatile, open source shared resource on campus

• Provide an active testbed to support research and instruction on wireless networks

• Part of NCSU’s “Living Laboratory” vision

Welcome to the Centennial Mesh Network Testbed !CoE Open House, March 2013

An extensible, programmable, open, real outdoor wireless

networkA teaching and

research resource at NCSU Centennial

centmesh.csc.ncsu.edu

NCSU’s Centennial Campus – a “Living Laboratory”

What is a “Mesh Network”?

• Multihop wireless• Stationary backbone – mobile routers and clients• Some nodes have Internet access – other share• Advantages: Cheaper, less infrastructure, more agile

deployment, more intelligence in network• Potential: Metro area, municipal networks, tactical,

vehicular, smartgrid, healthcare…

Who Built CentMesh ?

• Homemade !– Built by NCSU student researchers– Guided by NCSU faculty– Funded by Army Research Office and NCSU– Operationalized by Institute of Technology

of Next Generation (ITng), NCSU

First (shoestring) attempt at mobile nodes – didn’t work too well !

CentMesh carts re-charging between experiments

What is CentMesh made of ?

• Commodity PCs and WiFi cards – no proprietary• Open source community software• Open source software designed and built by NCSU

student and faculty researchers• Currently at 14 poletop and rooftop nodes, 8

mobile nodes, 5 labbench nodes

Current location of 14 poletop and rooftop nodes

Poletop nodes – design visualization, and reality

CentMesh mobile pushcart in action

There’s a node right above us !

Architected for modular innovation and instruction

How did we design CentMesh ?

• Modular programming library• Clear separation of data, control, management

functions• Easy to innovate in some or many parts, keep

others unchanged

Management tools like Google Earth visualization

Experimenting with CentMesh

CentMesh in the News

CentMesh Futures

• Extensions to mimic “wilderness”, “unpopulatd”, “vehicular” (current is “urban”)

• Software Defined Radios, WiMax, 4G,MIMO…• Airborne sensing nodes !• Federation with national resources like GENI

CentMesh : a project to build a versatile, open source shared resource on campus Provide an active...

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