High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network
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The High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) is a network research program, funded by the National Science Foundation, which also functions as a collaborative cyber infrastructure for research, education, and first responder activities.
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[edit] Network
The program includes the creation, demonstration, and evaluation of a non-commercial, prototype, high-performance, wide-area, wireless network in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial counties.
[edit] Backbone nodes
The network includes backbone nodes located at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and San Diego State University (SDSU) campuses, as well as a number of “hard-to-reach” areas in remote environments.
[edit] Operations
The HPWREN backbone itself operates primarily in the licensed spectrum and project researchers use off-the-shelf technology to create a redundant topology. Access links often utilize license-exempt radios.
[edit] Topology
The network spans from the Southern California coast to the inland valleys, on to the high mountains (reaching more than 8700 feet), and out to the remote desert. The network’s longest link is 72 miles in distance – reaching from the San Diego Supercomputer Center to San Clemente Island.
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