Summary

In this project CWINS, WPI and CWC, University of Oulu Finland received funding from TEKES, Nokia, and Finnish Air force to work on traffic engineering and architecture of IGT-WIN systems.

This project was focused on practical telecommunication aspects in the design of PHY and MAC layers and in the general architecture of the network. Design of system architecture and traffic engineering for IGT-WIN networks were in its infancy. A good solution for this problem involves understanding the worldwide evolution of products and standards. For this reason CWINS-CWC team that has interaction with Nokia and other leading commercial wireless companies is an ideal team to pursue this design.

The specific goals of this project were to study the architecture of the existing geolocation products, study the progress in PHY and MAC layer design for Bluetooth and Home RF projects, design PHY and MAC layers to support both geolocation and telecommunication applications, and design an architecture for the Vo-IP network. The project resulted in several graduate theses in the US and Finland.

Principal Investigators

• Kaveh Pahlavan (CWINS)
• Matti Latva-Aho (CWC/U. of Oulu, Finland)

Sponsor

TEKES, Nokia and Sonera, Finland

Duration

January 1997 - December 1998