WiMAX and LTE Tutorials

Wide area network experimentation in ORBIT currently supports two types of wireless technologies: ​WiMAX and ​LTE. Both technologies, in addition to devices deployed in various domains of the testbed, are also deployed on two Rutgers University campuses as part of ​GENI 4G deployment addressing the two key research issues:

1. providing campus-wide GENI wireless coverage for opt-in users;
2. offering programmable wireless networking capabilities

While initial focus was on developing and deploying wide-area wireless experimentation services with WiMAX technology, subsequent efforts were concentrated on introducing LTE. At the core of both types of deployment are technology kits typically consisting of a commercial basestation and PC-based controller running custom software that manages the basestation and performs layer 2 and layer 3 processing of client packets. More details on the 4G deployments can be found at ​GENI 4G pages. The most recent addition to the LTE experimentation capabilities are fully software-based (SDR) open (and closed) source implementations.

A wide variety of wireless experiments and tutorials are available for the GENI community. To try them out, please follow these ​Steps to access Wireless resources via GENI