WARP: Wireless Open Access Research Platform

About the Project

Rice University's WARP is a scalable and extensible programmable wireless platform, built from the ground up, to prototype advanced wireless networks. The open-access WARP repository allows exchange and sharing of new physical and network layer architectures, building a true community platform. Xilinx FPGAs are used to allow programmability of both physical and network layer protocols on a single platform, which is both deployable and observable at all layers.

Hardware is available for purchase (​see details).

Using the Harware

1) Use our Getting Started guide for assistance with installing tools and setting up hardware.

2) Which of the following best describes your intended use?

• I am interesting in physical layer research (PHY?)
• I am interesting in medium access layer research (MAC?)

Papers and Presentations

See our papers and presentations about the platform.