From IMLab@LASHP

UCLA/Cisco Metropolitan WiFi Research Network

UCLA, with the help of Cisco Systems, created a new high-speed research network with urban-scale wireless connectivity at the Los Angeles State Historic Park in Downtown Los Angeles. This system enabled two areas of exploration:

1. Long-term technology research on how networks can support individuals and communities in documenting their own environments as part of creating healthy and livable cities;
2. Collaborative work with local communities that investigates how emerging technologies can be employed now to express their own identities and histories in today’s mediatized society.

Features:

• 20 Cisco 1510 Access Points: 802.11B/G

• 9 surrounding LASHP, 11 across campus UCLA as a testbed.

• Downtown streetlight access rented from LA City Bureau of Street Lighting.

• Mesh network with 802.11A backhaul and two root APs on Chiparaki.

• Part of $470k+ in-kindand cash donation by Cisco.

• Four Cisco 3845 integrated services routers

• UCLA REMAP, UCLA CENS, LASHP, Portable/Test

• High-speed DS3 Connectivity to UCLA

• 44 Mbps private line by Qwest to CENIC, $2400/mo.

• CENIC shared gigabit link to UCLA, in-kind.

• Four ‘class C’ subnets: 1024 static IP Addresses

• UCLA Computer Science address allocation.

• VPN connectivity to park extends UCLA’s campus network.

• UCLA Voice over IP pilot

• Campus phone service extended to Chiparakifacility via network.