FALL 2007 FINAL PRESENTATION ECE 191/291 ENGINEERING ROUP DEIGN PROJECTS. FRIDAY DEC. 14TH, 7:00-10:00 PM WARREN LECTURE HALL 2111 PROJECT OF HUGO GROENING AND ZACHARY WILSON. FACULTY ADVISOR:PROFESSOR PANKAJ K. DAS AND PROFSSOR CHARLES TU. THIS PROJECT WIN: POWER REDUCED, RANGE-EXTENDED, AD-HOC TACTICAL LINK (PRATL) (SPONSOR: SPAWAR, MENTORS: CHRIS MEAGHER, RANDALL OLSEN, CHRIS CIRULLO)OBJECTIVE: TO CONFIGURE TWO LINUX BASED COMPUTER TO USE LONG RANGE 802.11 RADIOS, MONITOR LINK STATUS AND SIGNAL STRENGTH, AND CONTROL A SWITCHED DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA, ESTABLISH A 5.7 MI LINK. BACKGROUND: SPAWAR HAS DEVELOPED A WIRELESS SYSTEM THAT CAN MAINTAIN LONG RANGE CONNECTIONS. THE CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION USES HIGH POWER, EXPENSIVE, COMMERCIL, WIRELESS EUIPMENT. APPROACH & METODOLOGY: CREATE A PLAN FOR WORK TO FOLLOW - ACQUIRE ALL PARTS NECESSARY FOR PROJECT - BEGIN FAMILIARIZATION LINUX - UNDERSTAND UTILITES OF LONG-802.11 RADIO - MAKE A CONNECTION IN THE LAB SETTING - RUN LAB TESTS TO CONFIRM...