Changes between Version 39 and Version 40 of Old/WiMAX/02

Timestamp:

Dec 9, 2010, 6:18:00 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

hmussman

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Old/WiMAX/02

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 = 4.  Software =
 
+A detailed view of the WiMAX base station configuration for Case 1, including software, is shown in Fig 2b.
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+A detailed view of the WiMAX base station configuration for Case 2, including software, is shown in Fig 1b.
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 == 4.1  NEC BTS ==
 
-The NEC BTS comes with firmware that sets its function;  it does not need to be installed.  The current version is (version).
+The NEC BTS comes with firmware that does not need to be installed.  The current version is (version).
 
 However, that are many parameters that must be configured; see (reference below).
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  + opens a TCP port and listens; provides a well-defined API
 
- + see (pdated document) for details of the API
+ + see (udated document) for details of the API
 
  + controls epctrl to setup data path
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 The currently supported Data Path Module is the Click Modular Router, v1.6;  later, this is planned to be replaced with v1.8.
 
-The functionality of the CLICK Modular Router is shown in Fig 4.  It is based on a dynamically configurable L2 learning switch.
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-Both UL and DL data paths are automatically created and installed when MSs associate.  Dataflows are:
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- * DL from GENI Access Network:  classifier, switch, tunnels
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- * UL from Clients: ARP lookup, switch, GENI Access Network
+The functionality of the CLICK Modular Router is based on a dynamically configurable L2 learning switch, and its configuration is shown in Fig 4. 
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+Both Up Link (UL) and Down Link (DL) data flows are automatically created and installed when MSs associate.  Data flows are:
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+ * Down Link (DL) from GENI Access Network:  classifier, switch, tunnels
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+ * Up Link (UL) from Clients: ARP lookup, switch, GENI Access Network
 
  * DHCP allocations: learned by the parser, which populates entries in a ARP manager
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  * ARP Requests from GENI Access Network: handled by ARP manager
 
-Data paths are setup by the CLICK configuration file;  see (reference below).  This configuration file is initialized and then updated by the Control Module.  With the current v1.6 implementation, the CLICK modular router must be restarted after the configuration file is updated.
+Data paths are setup by the CLICK configuration file;  see (reference below).  This configuration file is initialized by the Control Module, and then updated whenever data flows are added or deleted.  With the current v1.6 implementation, the CLICK modular router must be restarted after the configuration file is updated.
 
 === 4.3.2  Open Flow Switch ===
 
-=== 4.3.3  GENI Access Network ===
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-The GENI Access Network provides one or more subnets, each identified by a VLAN tag.
+=== 4.3.3  Access Network ===
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+The Access Network provides one or more subnets, each identified by a VLAN tag.
 
 A group of MSs, each identified by its MAC address, is associated with a particular subnet/VLAN tag.  Typically, each subnet/VLAN tag is associated with a particular "slice".