Aside from serving as office space, the Cyber Physical Networking (CPN) Lab in the Schorr Center also serves as an indoor wireless sensor network (WSN) testbed for different purpose. The ceiling could be used to hold a mesh of TelosB motes, as seen below.
Photograph of several TelosB motes on the ceiling of the Schorr Center
Each mote is connected to a server via USB for programming and monitoring. The status of each of these nodes can be seen by clicking here, a preview is shown below.
Screenshot of the webpage that shows the status of these mote. Of the 10 shown, 5 are online, 5 are not.
The ceiling could also be utilized as power supply platform for experiments based on motes like beaglebone black (BBB), which can be seen in follow photograph.
Photograph of several BBB motes on the ceiling of the Schorr Center
Though the ceiling configuration allows for quick deployment and testing of code, it suffers from surface reflections. This frame (below) is suspended from the ceiling; when the motes transmit a low powers, the reflected signals are minimized. It also allows for specific placement of motes. It is made of wood and fishing line.
The suspended frame with motes hanging from it.
This is a link to the outdoor, underground testbed at Clay Center, NE.