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BART (Broadband Access Research Testbed)
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Introduction - The BART Testbed Overview
One of the three research areas at CAIA is the development of next
generation broadband
IP access architectures. The primary goal of the BART testbed is to
provide a platform whereby new network applications and protocols can be
evaluated in a realistic home-user broadband access scenario. Within the
testbed we can simulate a variety of virtual ISP scenarios upon which
experiments can be run.
The BART testbed is applied to all aspects of research undertaken at CAIA,
including:
- ICE3 - To
evaluate the current Internet user experience and trial traffic measurement
techniques in the home Internet scenario. This will allow for a more detailed
comparison against the network model proposed by ICE3
- GENIUS - To evaluate the
performance of current broadband home Internet architecture in supporting the
latest multiplayer networked games
- LIFE - To experiment with
different lawful interception techniques that can be deployed at the ISP in
order to legally comply with the requirements of Law Enforcement Agencies
- MAGIC - To empirically
determine both the performance and viability of mobile access technologies
when deployed in a home Internet scenario
- IP/Link Layer Protocols - To empirically measure the
performance of new IP and Link Layer Protocols in a broadband access environment
- Billing Techniques - To develop and test new billing models that more
accurately reflect the consumer experience, and methods for deploying and
managing differentiated service qualities over shared links
Equipment
The BART testbed
consists of a number of DOCSIS-based cable modems on a single co-axial
cable, a number of ADSL modems connected to a single DSLAM, and 802.11
access networks. For more details including a network diagram please see
here.
Capabilities
For further information of what we can do with the BART testbed, please
see here.
If you wish to utilise the BART testbed for your research, please
see here.
Support
The BART testbed would not exist without the valued support of Cisco Systems (Australia/New Zealand).
Program Members
Alumni
- Sebastian Zander
- Mai Banh
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