[wsfii-discuss] CUWiN/UIUC Partnership Awarded $500, 000 NSF Grant To Develop High-Performance Open Source Mesh Wireless Technologies.

Thu Jul 20 14:41:37 UTC 2006

Sascha,

Congratulations - I can't think of anyone who has worked harder or 
deserves it more than you.

Ken

Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thought this would interest folks...
>
> --Sascha
>
> ***
>
> July 20, 2006
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Contact:
>
> Sascha Meinrath, CUWiN Executive Director
> 217-278-3933 x30 sascha at cuwireless.net
>
> Ross Musselman, CUWiN Outreach Coordinator
> 217-278-3933 x31 rgmussel at cuwireless.net
>
> ***
>
> CUWiN/UIUC PARTNERSHIP AWARDED $500,000 NSF GRANT TO DEVELOP NEXT 
> GENERATION
> OPEN SOURCE MESH WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES.
>
> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign partners with CUWiN to build
> high-performance, robust open source wireless mesh networking 
> technologies.
>
> The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $500,000 in grant 
> funding to
> support a research and development partnership between the 
> Champaign-Urbana
> Community Wireless Network (CUWiN) and the University of Illinois,
> Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).  This initiative, "Toward building a
> Performance-Predictable Wireless Mesh Network", focuses on the 
> development of
> wireless routing protocols, network testing systems, and gateway 
> discovery in
> open-source technology.  The grant, part of the Network Technology and 
> Systems
> Program of the NSF, provides support over a three-year period.
>
> "CUWiN is building the next generation of mesh wireless technologies.  
> Most
> importantly, CUWiN is releasing our software under an open source 
> license --
> allowing communities, municipalities, organizations, and individuals 
> around the
> world to deploy low-cost alternatives to current proprietary systems." 
> stated
> Sascha Meinrath, CUWiN Executive Director.
>
> Community and municipal wireless networks have gained tremendous 
> attention in
> recent years. The ultimate objective of this CUWiN/UIUC partnership is to
> incorporate research results and system prototypes into production 
> code to be
> widely distributed by CUWiN. With the help of CUWiN, the research to 
> be carried
> out by UIUC researchers will make a real impact and effect 
> high-throughput,
> cost-effective broadband access both for the U.S. and worldwide.
>
> "I am extremely pleased with the fact that NSF recognizes the 
> importance of
> carrying out research on a real multi-hop wireless network. CUWiN 
> provides us
> with a city-wide research testbed to understand how, and to what extent,
> wireless links are affected by PHY/MAC attributes and other environmental
> factors.  All the measurements we make on CUWiN will help characterize 
> the
> behavior of wireless links and identify control 'knobs' in the MAC/PHY 
> layers
> with which the network capacity can be optimized." Principal 
> Investigator,
> Jennifer Hou, stated.
>
> CUWiN's mission is to help bridge the digital divide by developing 
> low-cost,
> open source, wireless technologies and making them available to 
> community and
> municipal networks around the world. CUWiN networks have been 
> established in
> urban settings like Chicago, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., as well 
> as rural
> places like the Mesa Grande Indian Reservation near San Diego, 
> California,
> and Apirede, Ghana.  CUWiN continues to expand its development testbed in
> Urbana, Illinois in partnership with the City of Urbana and the 
> University of
> Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
>
> "The wireless technologies being developed by CUWiN as a part of this 
> initiative
> hearken back to the innovation and vibrancy of early Internet 
> development."
> stated Ross Musselman, CUWiN Outreach Coordinator. "With a focus on 
> maintaining
> Internet freedom, these new technologies support digital inclusion 
> around the
> globe."
>
> For more information on this initiative, contact the CUWiN team at:
> E-mail: cu-wireless-support at cuwireless.net
> Phone: +1 217 278-3933 x31.
>
> Sign up for the once-a-month CUWiN e-mail news list at:
>
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>
>
>

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