WiNEST provides new and unique opportunities for experimentation across client devices, edge devices and in-network compute resources in a large, city-wide geographical area typical to a mobile network operator or wireless ISP. In cooperation with our industry partner, 5Nines Data, we expect to cover an area as large as 60 square miles within the City of Madison, as well as some nearby suburban and semi-rural areas.

WiNest is focused on building infrastructure to provide computing resources in the Madison area. These compute resources are highly flexible and programmable for supporting research in many disciplines.

To provide high speed and low latency to each of the computing resources, we are deploying LTE to South Park St. The map below identifies potential locations identified where power and network connectivity are present in the city.

• Faculty
  • Dr. Suman Banerjee
• Staff
  • Derek Meyer
  • Lance Hartung
• Students
  • Peng Liu

• Partners
  • 5nines

http://research.cs.wisc.edu/wings/winest

Here we will cover the basic idea of how to access ParaDrop resources.

• Step 1
  • Login or Signup on the ParaDrop website.
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• Step 2
  • Get a router claim number(s) by emailing info@paradrop.org
    • Please include your intended purpose so we may assign you a proper resource(s)!
• Step 3
  • Claim your resource(s) by putting in the claim number at the bottom of the routers page on paradrop.org.
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• Step 4
  • Deploy a chute (ParaDrop Application) to your resource(s).
    • Public Chutes
      • Under the Chutes tab of paradrop.org,