Pueblo Nations Wireless Tribal Broadband Network

Wireless Research in and around Indian Country is at its high point. Wireless has always been a viable option, but has had limited applications in the past. Today, there are high-speed wireless options backbones, high-speed access options, and community-wide node methods being explored, researched and tested, that provide broadband Internet solutions to remote areas of the country.

The Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center of the University of New Mexico has been initiating work with the Pueblo Tribal Nations of New Mexico and the Bands of Mission Indians in California to be testbeds for a Statewide Wireless Tribal Broadband Network proof of concept. The AHPCC's Education, Outreach & Training Department has been working with the Tribal Colleges over the last three years to get high-speed internet Broadband technology to the 32 Tribal Colleges. (See the EOT poster - "Distributing Grid Technologies Across the Southwest" ) The identified wireless methods will be a way to create models for a "Statewide Wireless Tribal Broadband Network" so that initial funding can be identified to create a pathway for providing high speed Internet access to Tribal Communities. The approaches will help identify various models, according to specific Tribally defined requirements.

All Indian Pueblo Council requested a sustainable design concept: Identifying current wireless projects affecting Indian Country and utilizing the various approaches to create broadband (high-speed) Internet solutions. Conduct Tribal Community Technologies Assessments with the19 Pueblo Nations in New Mexico that are/could be affected by the Wireless Access options and Wireless Community Nodes options, as a way to access broadband (high-speed) Internet access. Onsite Technology Assessments of their 19 Pueblo Nations. Technology Compilations to create a "Statewide Wireless Tribal Broadband Network Plan." Virtual Servers setup & hosted to create a set of Collaborative Servers for an "eCommerce Pueblo Store." The resulting design & implementation of a broadband (high-speed) wireless network, consisting of a 100 Mbs duplex wireless backbone with 10 Mbs duplex throughput (two way) access points, will become the proof-of-concept to create "Wireless Grid Nodes" by utilizing a "Statewide Wireless Tribal Broadband Network." The "Wireless Access Grid Nodes" (community nodes) will be able to implement Education Outreach & Training (EOT PACI) programs, from both Alliance & NPACI, on an enabled technology for the both groups to collaborate and implement EOT PACI programs across the groups.

Education, Outreach & Training Contact
	Evans Craig, EOT Manager Albuquerque High Performance Computing Center University of New Mexico 1601 Central, NE Albuquerque, NM 87131 (505) 277-9544 voice (505) 277-8235 fax