An independent, low cost and open source solution for the realisation of wireless links over huge multikilometric distance

Author

Trinchero, Daniele ; Galardinr, A. ; Stefanelli, Riccardo ; Guariso, Enrico ; Cambiotti, Fulvio ; Troisr, F. ; Baldaccr, L. ; Monica, Deborah Della ; Ragno, Enrico ; Moriondo, Roberto ; Ancillr, M. ; Schiavr, S.

Author_Institution

iXem Labs, Turin

fYear

2008

fDate

22-24 Jan. 2008

Firstpage

495

Lastpage

498

Abstract

The paper describes the results obtained from a research activity aimed to realise very-low-cost wireless transmitters for the realisation of high capacity point-to-point radio-links over huge distances. The transmitters were obtained from recycled PC hardware components and low- cost radio boards for IEEE 802.11a and IEEE 802.11 h applications. The manufactured hardware was used to implement a topology network made of links ranging from 100 to 300 kms. Performance analyses were run for about six months, showing extraordinary stability and reliability and excellent data transport performance..

Keywords

radio links; radio transmitters; telecommunication network topology; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11a network; IEEE 802.11h network; multikilometric distance; network topology; point-to-point radio-links; radio board; recycled PC hardware component; wireless links realisation; wireless transmitters; Costs; Hardware; Laboratories; Linux; Manufacturing; Media Access Protocol; Mesh networks; Open source software; Radio transmitters; Wideband; IEEE 802.11; Long distance Wi-Fi; Point-to-point wireless communications; Wirelees networks; Wireless Lan;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio and Wireless Symposium, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1462-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1463-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RWS.2008.4463537

Filename

4463537