= Welcome to the '''FlexNets Initiative''' =
'''FlexNets''' '''(Flexible Wireless Communications Systems and Networks)''' is an open-source research initiative that explores new means for leveraging the flexibility in radio communications. It provides a platform for collaborative research efforts on software-defined radio (SDR), cognitive radio, and similar concepts that promote flexibility in wireless communications.

The '''mission''' of FlexNets is easing the design, development, and deployment of flexible radio communications systems and networks. FlexNets provides software tools for sharing hardware and software resources. It facilitates introducing real-time computing resource management approaches and testing them in different SDR scenarios.

== News ==
 * '''A new version of ALOE is coming...'''. In the framework of the [https://sites.google.com/site/osldproject/home OSLD Project] supported by the [http://www.nlnet.com NLNET FOUNDATION], the new ALOE++ is being designed. It will dramatically improve the signal processing performance reducing even more the introduced overhead. The new framework is much easier to use for the end-user and better specified, encouraging cooperative development. 
   * Check out the ALOE++ new github site https://github.com/flexnets/aloe

 * '''Download the latest ALOE version with included OFDM Demo [wiki:ALOEOFDMDemo has been relased!]. Features: improved performance, reduced overhead, USRP support, improved GUI signal visualization, OFDM demo application 2-20 MHz bandwidth (128-2048 FFT size) and many more. '''

 * We will be on the COST-TERRA [http://www.cost-terra.org/summer-school-2012 summer school] in Dublin, on June 25

 * We just created a google groups at https://groups.google.com/group/flexnets. Sign up to receive ALOE updates and news.

 * New ALOE release coming at the end of July 2012. Please [http://flexnets.upc.edu/trac/register register] or [https://groups.google.com/group/flexnets Join our GoogleGroup] to receive notification.

 * Check out our latest [wiki:Publications publications]

== '''Project''' ==
 * [wiki:ALOE]: '''Abstraction Layer and Operating Environment''' (former PHAL-OE - Platform and Hardware Abstraction Layer Operating Environment) is a lightweight middleware that eases the deployment and portability of waveforms on multiprocessing platforms. => Go to QuickStartGuide to download and install ALOE latest version

 * FlexWaves: '''Flexible Radio Waves''' is a software repository containing waveform modules. UMTS and WiMAX are currently available.

 * [wiki:ResourceManagement FlexCRM]: '''Flexible Computing Resource Management''' develops a flexible computing resource management framework for managing the distributed and limited computing resources of multiprocessing platforms and the real-time computing requirements of waveforms.

 * [wiki:aloeUI]: '''Graphical User Interface for ALOE''' provides a user-friendly control interface for loading and executing waveforms, displaying real-time signal evolution, capturing execution time statistics, etc.

 * [wiki:ALOEedu]: '''ALOE Education''' offers educational material on flexible wireless communications, including self-explanatory laboratory sessions.

 * '''SDR Cloud Simulator''' is a tool for rapid evaluation and analysis of computing resource management for SDR clouds. Download at http://flexnets.upc.edu/downloads/sdrcloud.tar.gz. Uncompress the file and run gui.m from Matlab to launch the GUI (in the uncompressed directory).

== Mailing list ==
 * https://groups.google.com/group/flexnets

== Contact ==
We are continuously updating FlexNets. If interested, please register to the mailing list or send us an email and we will inform you about new contents available for download.

 * [wiki:People]
 * flexnets.pmt@upc.edu

== Related publications ==
 * [wiki:Publications]

This work was supported by the ODISSEY'09 project (CYCIT Grant TEC2006-09109), which was partially financed from the European Union through the FEDER program.