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TEST SCOPE
The Project will procure and install in both rural and urban
environments a range of wireless devices which have been connected to
networks, computers, and peripherals, at both user and service provider
ends. They will be operated at varying ranges, and under varying loads
and types of data. It will systematically measure with test instruments
and software, and log, throughput, reliability, and interoperability of
interactive transmission of text, graphics, sound, and video. It will
particularly focus on the devices, topologies, technical connectivity
and interoperability for equipment which operates in the unlicenced FCC
allocated Part 15 ISM bands (902-928Mhz, 2400-2483.5Mhz, 5700-5850Mhz),
including spread spectrum. At rates from 9.6kbs through 2mb/sec.
It will seek the usability limits imposed by issues of allowable
range and radiated power, urban and rural electromagnetic, geographical,
and building environments, (interference, scatter, line loss)
availability of field power sources (where retransmission is required),
data types, and interoperability of wireless with wired networks using
the ubiquitous general network protocols such as TCP/IP, local LAN,
serial and ethernet connectivity.
The data collected over the one year period of the Project will
be analyzed and placed in a publically accessible network, as rapidly as
significant findings are reached.
The significance of this research Project is that the Project
will produce widely needed objective analysis of wireless as a general
connectivity solution for public education beyond highly controlled,
costly, commercial-service or limited environments. There currently is
no such collected data. The accessible reports issuing from this Project
will serve the needs of those considering wireless - educators, public
spectrum policy makers, developers, designers, researchers, and
scientists.
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