Portland Network Receives Grant for Multiple Radio Unit Project

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Subject: [ptp-general] Portland Network Receives Grant for Multiple
RadioUnit Project
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:18:27 -0700
From: "Nigel Ballard" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>

Portland Network Receives Grant for Multiple Radio Unit Project

Northwest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC) provides grant to pilot
project to build mesh/backhaul/longhaul box: The project is backed by the
Portland Research and Education Network (PREN) which is working with
JoeJava's Nigel Ballard to develop the MRU. This grant brings their total
research money to $30,000, which is enough to build out and test a
significant network.

There are many facets to the idea, which combines three radios: a WiMax one
for long-haul (currently being provided in a similar-but-pre-WiMax state),
one for mesh backhaul among devices using 802.11a, and one that supports
802.11b/g for local client access. Nigel's goal is a self-contained
environmentally protected NEMA4 case.fed by internal deep-cycle batteries, a
photovoltaic solar panel, with the main feed being AC power.

Ideally, this could become the way in which the less-developed world unwires
itself for data, voice, and media.

http://wifinetnews.com/

Nigel Ballard
[email protected]
http://www.joejava.com

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