II-NEW: Versatile Hardware Emulator for ISM-band Network Management

II-新：用于 ISM 频段网络管理的多功能硬件仿真器

基本信息

批准号：
0855200
负责人：
Jiang Linda Xie
金额：
$ 25.41万
依托单位：
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-08-01 至 2013-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0855200&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
II NEW Versatile Hardware Emulator

项目摘要

Experimental investigations are important in the development of wireless network protocols. While the widely used simulation approach for experimental investigations is good for studying large-scale network-level performance, simulators cannot represent the real physical environment and hardware implementation precisely. On the other hand, the testbed approach can address the realism drawback of the simulation approach, but faces serious repeatability and control issues. A recent trend on evaluating wireless network protocols is to use wireless emulators. Emulators can achieve both a high degree of realism and fine-grained repeatability. This project develops a versatile hardware-based emulator supporting controllable, repeatable, and scalable experiments over a wide range of ISM-band wireless networks (2-6GHz), including IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n, IEEE 802.15.4, and Bluetooth networks. The hardware emulator is a particularly convenient research tool for investigating the unique interference issue in ISM bands by providing a controllable interference environment. It enables experimental investigations in a number of research projects, including wireless network protocol development, interference mitigation techniques, and resource management. This project impacts the implementation, evaluation, and development of next-generation wireless networks. The designed emulator from this project has general applicability to many commercial and civilian applications. The emulator also provides a natural tool for instructional use, assisting effective classroom teaching and inductive learning.

实验研究在无线网络协议的开发中很重要。尽管广泛使用的实验研究模拟方法非常适合研究大规模网络级别的性能，但模拟器不能准确地代表真实的物理环境和硬件实现。另一方面，测试床的方法可以解决模拟方法的现实主义弊端，但面临严重的重复性和控制问题。评估无线网络协议的最新趋势是使用无线模拟器。模拟器可以实现高度的现实主义和细粒度的重复性。该项目开发了一个基于多功能硬件的模拟器，该模拟器支持多种ISM波段无线网络（2-6GHz），包括IEEE 802.11 A/B/G/N，IEEE 802.15.4和蓝牙网络，支持可控，可重复和可扩展的实验。硬件模拟器是一种特别方便的研究工具，用于通过提供可控的干扰环境来研究ISM频段中独特的干扰问题。它可以在许多研究项目中进行实验研究，包括无线网络协议开发，干预缓解技术和资源管理。该项目影响下一代无线网络的实施，评估和开发。该项目的设计模拟器对许多商业和平民应用具有一般适用性。模拟器还提供了一种自然的教学工具，可以帮助有效的课堂教学和归纳学习。