The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Horizon 2020 Programme under grant agreement n°645274 (WiSHFUL project).

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ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

Ingrid Moerman – iMinds

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¨  Wireless Software and Hardware platforms for Flexible and Unified radio and network controL

¨  Call: H2020-ICT-2014-1 ¨  Topic: ICT-11-2014 (FIRE+) ¨  Type of action: RIA ¨  Budget: 5.171 M€ ¨  Duration: 36 M ¨  Partners

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Motivation

•  closed radio drivers •  limited functionality •  minor tweak or adaptation may require huge effort and cost

‘OFF-THE-SHELF’ HW AND SW ARE NOT FLEXIBLE

•  lack high-level specifications and programming tools •  low performance in terms of time control

SDR PLATFORMS ARE FLEXIBLE, BUT…

•  are located in fixed environments often limiting validity of results •  real-life prototyping and/or involvement of users is hard •  steep learning curve

MANY WIRELESS TEST FACILITIES EXIST, BUT…

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Objectives

•  by building open, flexible & adaptive software platforms with unified programming interfaces for intelligent radio and network control

•  by offering these software platforms in wireless test facilities that follow the de facto standards for testbed interoperability set by the Fed4FIRE project

REDUCE THRESHOLD FOR EXPERIMENTATION in view of stimulating wireless innovation 1

•  to offer portable testbeds that can be deployed at any location allowing validation in the real world and involving real users

TO INCREASE THE REALISM OF EXPERIMENTATION 2

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Objectives

•  validating innovative wireless solutions •  using WiSHFUL software platforms and interfaces •  using (portable) facilities and hardware supported by WiSHFUL

TO ATTRACT 3RD PARTIES FOR EXPERIMENTATION 3

•  new software functionality for the WiSHFUL software platforms •  new hardware (e.g. mmWave, full duplex radio, smart antennas…)

•  compliant with WiSHUL software platforms, at least supporting the WiSHFUL unified programming interfaces

•  new testbeds (e.g. IoT, 5G…) •  compliant with Fed4FIRE tools and interfaces for testbed access and

experiment control •  offering WiSHFUL software platform / interfaces

TO ATTRACT 3RD PARTIES FOR EXTENSIONS 4

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¨  TODAY ¤ many radio devices, each of them with specific HW and

SW platform ¤ many implementations of protocol stacks ¤ non-unified, limited or no control of radio and network

WiSHFUL software architecture

APP

NET

MAC

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TRANSPORT

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WiSHFUL software architecture

Local Control

Program

Local Monitoring & Configuration

Engine

APP

NET

MAC

PHY

TRANSPORT

Global Control Program

Global Monitoring & Configuration Engine

UPIG

UPIN

UPIR Local

Control Program

Local Monitoring & Configuration

Engine

APP

NET

MAC

PHY

TRANSPORT

UPIN

UPIR

Remote UPI usage

UPIHC UPIHC

Radio platforms

… SDR custom

Device specific (HW & SW platform), implemented by WiSHFUL Device independent (within device class), implemented by experimenter

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Backbone

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Experiment  Management  ServerExperiment  Management  Server

Wireless  Backbone  Network

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Experiment

¨  Portable testbed architecture ¤  replace wired backbone by wireless backbone ¤  same experiment control features as fixed FIRE test facilities

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Portable testbed 2

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¨  Deployment options of backbone network ¤  integrated WiFi card

n  ISM band n High bit rate

¤ USB powered node n outside ISM band n  low bit rate?

¤ external device n dynamic configuration

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Portable testbed 2

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Wireless backbone link

Wireless backbone link

Wireless backbone link

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¨  Flight case ¤  transportation ¤ charging ¤ PLC setup

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19V circuit

PLC PLC PLC PLC PLC PLC

Flight case

Internet/secondary  flight  case

Internet/secondary  flight  case

EMSEMS

AC power supply

AC/DC

Ethernetbackbone

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¨  Experimentation ¤  5 calls

n  First call: December 2015 n  4 monthly calls

¤  Budget 900 k€ (180 k€ / call) n  At least 50% fot individuals and SME

¤  Typical budget for a single experiment: 60 k€ ¨  Extensions

¤  2 calls: December 2015 & December 2016 ¤  Budget: 450 k€ (225 k€ / call) ¤  Typ. budget for a single extension: 120 k€

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Open Calls

Calls for experimentation

Calls for extension

Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Jan 15

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¨  Goals ¤  identify willing participants using WiSHFUL platforms ¤ determine current practices and limitations ¤ determine desired capabilities

¨  Two questionnaires ¤ one targeting Industry (12 questions) ¤ one targeting Academia (10 questions)

¨  Maximized quantifiable results ¤ multiple choice and ranking questions over short answer

¨  Distributed through partner connections, FIRE dissemination channels, NetFutures…

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Community Surveys 4

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¨  Responders 13

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¨  Responder interests: academia 14

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Academic research areas

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¨  Responder interests: industry 15

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Industry areas Target markets

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¨  Interesting communication technologies 16

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Academic technologies Industry technologies

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¨  Development/research methods 17

Community Surveys 4

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¨  PHY Top 3 1.  Transmission Power 2.  MIMO Settings 3.  Modulation Scheme

¨  Higher Top 3 1.  Radio Multi-use 2.  Localization 3.  MAC Frame Size 4.  Exact Timing (tied)

¨  PHY Top 3 1.  Transmission Power 2.  Modulation Scheme 3.  Bandwidth

¨  Higher Top 3 1.  Radio Multi-use 2.  Exact Timing 3.  TDMA Settings

Constructing a wish-list for Control

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Community Surveys

Academia

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¨  PHY Top Pick ¤ Channel Conditions

¨  MAC Top Pick ¤ RSSI ¤ Frame Loss Statistics

¨  Network Top Pick ¤ End-to-End Delay

¨  PHY Top Pick ¤ SNR

¨  MAC Top Pick ¤ LQI

¨  Network Top Pick ¤ End-to-End Reliability

Academia Industry

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Community Surveys

Constructing a wish-list for Monitoring

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Community Surveys 4

•  If you plan to participate to an open call, filling out the survey is highly recommended!

•  Pick a flyer with open call info at the WiSHFUL stand (No. 8)

TOPICS FOR OPEN CALLS will be determined through community surveys

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¨  Contact ¤  Ingrid Moerman - iMinds ¤ Phone: +32 9 33 14 925 ¤ Mail: ingrid.moerman@intec.ugent.be

¨  Website ¤ www.wishful-project.eu

¨  Open calls ¤ First open call will be launched in December 2015 ¤ More info will be posted on the website

¨  Visit us at EuCNC exhibition! ¤ Stand No. 8

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