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

[Phuntsok Dorjee]

Congratulations Sascha Meinrath !! I wish you all the best in your
project. And hope this recognition encourages you to work more harder
towards bridging the digital divide by your innovations.

Sincerely,

Phuntsok Dorjee
Dharamsala, INDIA


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.
>
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