CRC II

Collaborative Research and Teaching Testbed for Wireless Communications and Networks-Phase II (CRC II)

Funded by National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA)

  • Project Duration: August 2017 – July 2019 (24 months)

  • Project Budget: EGP1.5 Million

  • Project Collaborating Universities: Alexandria University, Cairo University, EJUST, and Assiut University.

  • Project Executive Summary:

The goal of CRC II is to build a number of remotely accessible testbeds distributed among number of Egyptian universities. The implementation of this project aims to allow 24/7 remote access to the available resources at the Egyptian universities for the research and teaching purpose and reduce the cost of purchasing new equipment which is available at other universities. The different testbeds are federated with a unified architecture to allow new sites to integrate with the federated testbed with a fixed steps. The federation allows users from different sites to access other testbeds and allow the sharing of the testbeds’ resources. The project duration is 21 months fully supported from National Telecommunication Regulation Authority (NTRA). The currently involved universities are:

    • Alexandria University (USRPs Testbed)
    • Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (EJUST) (USRPs Testbed)
    • Cairo University (FPGA Testbed)
    • Assiut University (IoT Testbed)

 

  • Project Published Papers:
  1. A. Mohsen, M. Gad, Z. Mahmoud, G. Alshaer, M. Asy, and H. Mostafa, “Remote FPGA Lab for ZYNQ and Virtex-7 Kits”, IEEE International Mid-West Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2019), Dallas, Texas, USA, In Press.