About
ARA is an at-scale platform for advanced wireless research, being deployed across the Iowa State University (ISU) campus, City of Ames (where ISU resides), and surrounding research and producer farms, as well as rural communities in central Iowa, spanning a rural area with a diameter of over 60km. It serves as a wireless living lab for smart and connected rural communities, enabling the research and development of rural-focused wireless technologies that provide affordable, high-capacity connectivity to rural communities and industries such as agriculture.