CAREER: Exploiting Antenna Capabilities in Wireless Mesh Networks: Theory, Protocols, and Practice

职业：在无线网状网络中利用天线功能：理论、协议和实践

• 批准号: 0747206
• 负责人: Romit Roy Choudhury
• 金额: $ 43.74万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-02-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0747206&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Exploiting; Antenna; Capabilities; Wireless

The edge of the internet continues to grow rapidly over the wireless medium. Sustaining this growth rate is not trivial. The vagaries of the wireless channel, in conjunction with the distributed nature of large scale networks, raises diverse challenges in capacity, scalability, reliability, and security. Every new opportunity has to be maximally exploited to cope with the escalating end-user demands. Emerging antenna capabilities offer one such opportunity. Crucial advances have been made in antenna systems, as well as in the wireless protocol design community. Early evidence shows that significant end to end performance benefits can be extracted by effectively integrating antenna-awareness into the network protocol stack. However, such inte- gration is not trivial, and entails a rich set of research challenges. This project, named Spotlight, is oriented to achieve this goal, through theory, protocols, and a prototype demonstration. Instead of attempting all- encompassing solutions, the project categorically targets wireless mesh network architectures. Spotlight takes an active step towards integrating independent innovations from diverse research disciplines. Specifically, it brings the two communities of antenna systems and wireless networking closer to each other. Research results is being disseminated through technical publications, seminars, and tutorials. Moreover, the project is committed to tightly integrate research and educational plans. Techniques from Electrical Engi- neering is being unified with algorithms from Computer Science, and presented in new courses for graduates as well as undergraduates. Hands on experiences are integral components of these courses, enabling stu- dents to appreciate the translation of theory to real life systems. PI: Romit Roy ChoudhuryECE, Duke University

互联网的边缘在无线介质上继续迅速增长。维持这种增长速度并不是微不足道的。无线渠道的变化，结合了大规模网络的分布性质，提出了各种挑战，可扩展性，可靠性和安全性。必须最大程度地利用每一个新的机会，以应对不断升级的最终用户需求。新兴的天线功能提供了一个这样的机会。在天线系统以及无线协议设计社区中已取得了关键的进步。早期的证据表明，可以通过将天线意识纳入网络协议堆栈中来提取显着的端到端性能益处。但是，这样的整体并不是微不足道的，并且需要一系列研究挑战。这个名为Spotlight的项目是通过理论，协议和原型演示来实现此目标的。该项目没有尝试全面解决解决方案，而是针对无线网络网络体系结构。 Spotlight朝着整合来自各种研究学科的独立创新迈出了积极的一步。具体而言，它使天线系统的两个社区和无线网络彼此接近。研究结果通过技术出版物，研讨会和教程传播。此外，该项目致力于紧密整合研究和教育计划。电气工程的技术已通过计算机科学的算法统一，并在毕业生和本科生的新课程中介绍。动手体验是这些课程不可或缺的组成部分，使学生能够欣赏理论向现实生活体系的翻译。 PI：Romit Roy Roy Choudhuryece，杜克大学