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โข Actors
โ CSP: Italian ICT research centre
โ Environment Park: Technology Park
โข The mean idea is realizing a WLAN network as
โ Real test-bed for research activities on WLAN technologies
โ Experimental field for end-user services to prototype after R&D
results
โข Why Technology Park
โ Competence dissemination
โ Promote the adoption of wireless technologies among local
communities and enterprises (SMEs, PA)
โข Key issues
โ State-of-the-art technology
โ Multiple service scenarios
]Wireless Campus project
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โข Technology is 802.11b compliant
โข Architecture includes
โ Access points + centralized management server for network
infrastructure
โ Security servers
โ Add-on services devices (e.g. e-mail, multimedia, ecc.)
โข Two phases for network deployment
โ Phase 1
Access points, management server, security servers and base
services activation
โ Phase 2
Advanced services and coverage extension plan according to
Phase1 results
]The network
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CSP Enviroment Park
SMEs LABs
External networks
(other hot-spots)
WLAN access network
WLAN management
Security
Shared services
Intranet services
Service
centre
Telco
network
Wireless Campus extensions
]Architecture
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โข Basic
โ E-mail
โ Web navigation โ redirection to specific web pages
to promote initiatives and locate offices in the park
โ Intranet access
โข Advanced
โ Video-surveillance from wireless webcams
โ Instant messaging
โ Presence services
โ Streaming (radio, video)
]Services
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โข A single network infrastructure providing
โ Dedicated network access for some entities
โ Shared environment in common places
โข Services
โ Targeted to different types of terminals (PDA, laptop, PC)
โ Tailored on the user privileges (web access, intranet resources
availability)
โข Challenges
โ User mobility
โ Security
โ QoS
โ Interoperability
]Issues
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โข WEP
โ Well known WEP vulnerabilities
โ Just consider wardrivingโฆ
โข 802.1x to provide
โ strong and mutual authentication between users and WLAN elements
โ access control and key management
โข Wireless Campus
โ actually with 802.1x clients on terminals
โ later using Aps as clients towards RADIUS server
]Security
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โข From network perspective
โ mobility among AP on the same WLAN
โ seamless handover
โ mobility among different WLAN
โ planning to deploy Mobile IPv4 on some areas
โ LAB activity on Mobile IPv6
โข From service perspective
โ Studies about user localization on WLAN
โ Location Based Services
]Mobility
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โข CSP and Politecnico of Turin cooperate investigating on WLAN
mobile user localization techniques
โ Currently indoor coverage of WLAN can provide information about user
location on AP โCell-idโ : each access point is associated with a section
of the building
โ Poor accuracy
โ Localization can improve if the user is heard by a set of beacons, then
triangulation techniques can be used
โ Hybrid solutions can be found combining different pieces of information
available for the communication interface
]User Localisation
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โข At present
โ 802.11b client cards provided with SIM slot for GPRS connectivity
โ Users can connect through WLAN under Wireless Campus hot-spot
coverage and through GPRS when away
โข Next step: WLAN network connection to GPRS operator network
โ User moves out of WLAN coverage and keeps connected to Wireless
Campus through GPRS
โ Testing of WLAN-GPRS roaming features
โ Authentication
โ Services
]WLAN and GPRS
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โข Multimedia servicesโฆ
โ VoIP
โ Performance variable with
network conditions
โ Instant messaging
โ Video multicasting
โ AP not aware of open
multicast sessions
โ Videosurveillance systems
]Services
โฆ and challenges
๏ท QoS
๏ท Adaptive coding
๏ท User location aware system
๏ท Optimized use of bandwidth
๏ท QoS
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โข Open source tools
โ Useful to try and test new features as soon as they are
released through draft and proposals
โ Modify operational model of devices for testing purposes or to
prototype new features
โข Integration of open source with commercial systems as part of
interoperability studies
]Open Source
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โข Open access point (802.11b)
โ A linux laptop or PC works as AP
โ Drivers from open source project HostAP http://hostap.fi
โ LAB activities:
โ CSP and Politecnico di Torino project to work on QoS issues
โ Access to low levels of the 802.11b interface to test efficacy
for LBS techniques
โข Freeradius
โ RADIUS server based on Open Source software
http://freeradius.org
โข Open 802.1x client
]Open Source tools