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Sam LeIIler
Errno Consulting
sam@errno.com
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Sam LeIIler
Errno Consulting
sam@errno.com
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Story in a Nutshell
Story in a Nutshell
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YaIe QUEST Project moving their camera
from USA to ChiIe
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Need to move nightIy capture data to
researchers in USA (and eIsewhere)
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Network transit from La SiIIa too
expensive
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FreeBSD to the rescue!
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Project QUEST
Project QUEST
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Quasar Equatorial Survery Team (QUEST):
! What is the Universe made of?
! What is its mass?
! What is its future?
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Organized in 1995 as a collaboration of:
! Venezuelan Center for Research in Astronomy (CIDA)
! Yale University (Physics and Astronomy)
! University of Illinois (Astronomy)
! University of the Andes (Astronomy)
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Project QUEST (cont)
Project QUEST (cont)
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Continuous image capture of the night sky with large
format driftscan camera
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Conducting surveys for:
! Quasars
! Supernovae
! Accreting compact objects
! RR Lyrae variables
! Pre-main sequence stars
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Project QUEST Camera
Project QUEST Camera
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ESO La Silla
ESO La Silla
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European Southern Observatory (ESO)
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La Silla, Chile
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Southern part of the Atacama desert:
600 km north of Santiago de Chile
at an altitude of 2400 meters
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Operates three major telescopes:
3.6-m telescope,
New Technology Telescope (NTT), and
2.2-m Max-Planck-ESO telescope
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QUEST Data Transport
QUEST Data Transport
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La Silla - Cero Tololo
La Silla - Cero Tololo
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La Silla Wireless
La Silla Wireless
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Quest project asked HPWREN (High Performance
Wireless Research and Education Network) for help
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HPWREN offered 5.8GHz ~Tsunami backhaul gear
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5GHz band is licensed in Chile, need 2.4GHz solution
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No available commercial solutions for band and
distance
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La Silla Wireless (cont)
La Silla Wireless (cont)
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David Rabinowitz (Yale) found story about UC
Berkeley TIER Project long distance trial in Venezuela
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Led to Intel Research Laboratory in Berkeley and
Kevin Fall (Intel)
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Kevin enlisted Sam Leffler (Errno Consulting)
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La Silla Wireless (cont)
La Silla Wireless (cont)
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Five day expedition to Chile:

Erect antennae at each end

Setup wireless bridge (align antennae)

2+ days traveling (no time for mistakes)

1ames Hale (HPWREN), Sam Leffler, David
Rabinowitz
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Wireless Equipment
Wireless Equipment
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8` solid parabolic antenna
retrofit for 2.4GHz band
(new feed horns)
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Wireless Equipment (cont)
Wireless Equipment (cont)
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Wireless Equipment (cont)
Wireless Equipment (cont)
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Gateworks Avila MB`s and
outdoor enclosures
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Ubiquiti XR2 high power
radios
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FreeBSD 8.0 wireless support
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Gateworks System
Gateworks System
Gateworks AviIa 2348:

533MHz IXP425

64M DRAM

16M FIash Memory

2x 10/100 Ethernet

4x MiniPCI

Compact FIash IDE

POE (both ports)

-40 to 85 C operation
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FreeBSD 8.0 Wireless
FreeBSD 8.0 Wireless
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FreeBSD 8.0 pre-reIease
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Net80211 TDMA wireIess support
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Atheros device driver
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Gateworks board support (IXP4xx)
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Results
Results
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>30 dB signaI in each direction
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>18 Mb/s bandwidth in each direction (24Mb/s
fixed transmit rate on 40MHz channeI)
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Headroom to increase transmit rate for more
bandwidth
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You can do this too!
You can do this too!
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PIanning is criticaI:
! Link budget caIcuIation
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Bench setup+testing
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Communication when aIigning antennae
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Understand IocaI reguIatory constraints
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Link auto-configuration
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BuIk ACK's
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Dynamic bandwidth aIIocation
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802.11n parts:
! MCS transmit rates
! Higher resoIution timers
! PCU packet kiII (eIiminates guard intervaI)
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Antenna tuning/aIignment tooI
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
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James HaIe, Hans-Werner Braun (HPWREN)
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David Rabinowitz (YaIe/QUEST)
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Hugo, Armando (La SiIIa)
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Eduardo Figuero, Ron Lambert (Cero ToIoIo)
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Kevin FaII, AIan Mainwaring (InteI)
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Ron Eisworth (Gateworks)