UMassDieselNet Brief Overview Amherst KU Resilinets Meeting March 16 th, 2007
DTN Testbed 40 buses fitted with off-the-shelf hardware Sparsely covering approximately 150 square miles Uses numerous external third-party APs Throwboxes increase connectivity
Routes Traveled
Hardware Onboard Bus HaCom Open Brick computer (577Mhz, 256MB Ram) b AP b usb interface GPS Device MaxStream XTend 900Mhz radio
Throwboxes Completely untethered Can be hailed by buses Act as stationary routers
In-Motion Bus Transfers
Generated Traffic Patterns
Perspective Future Features Introduce novel bus commuter services –Cached web pages –Risk-like board game
Useful References MaxProp: Routing for Vehicle-Based DTNs ss.infocom2006.pdf ss.infocom2006.pdf Live Bus Tracking - dieselnet.admin.umass.edu/ dieselnet.admin.umass.edu/ Short DieselNet summary - oneering.html oneering.html