NetSE: Large: Collaborative Research: Platys: From Position to Place in Next Generation Networks

NetSE：大型：协作研究：Platys：从下一代网络中的位置到地方

• 批准号: 1430064
• 负责人: Romit Roy Choudhury
• 金额: $ 21.68万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-16 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1430064&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NetSE; Large; Collaborative; Research; Platys

This project develops a high-level notion of context that exploits the capabilities of next generation networks to enable applications that deliver better user experiences. In particular, it exploits mobile devices -- always with a user -- to capture key elements of context: the user's location and, through localization, characteristics of the user's environment. What matters for the user experience is the user's place: a location in conceptual terms such as "at home," "jogging," or "grocery shopping" -- descriptions that combine positions with activities, environmental properties, and the activities of other nearby people. Realizing this notion of place requires that information from devices and infrastructure flow in ways unanticipated in current network architectures. It presumes enabling opportunistic interactions while preserving the users' privacy and designing incentive mechanisms to promote cooperation without exploitation of any. The above architectural concerns lie far beyond traditional network topics such as routing.This project will develop, demonstrate, and evaluate a novel network architecture that gives primacy to user experience. It will lead to theoretical advances in semantic context modeling, mobility tracking at multiple levels of abstraction, collaborative localization, and incentive mechanisms. Networked applications offering enhanced user experience will have significant payoffs for industry and the productivity and quality of life of citizens. A prototype system will implement and evaluate context-aware services in university settings with prospects of expansion to K-12 schools and public facilities.

该项目开发了一个高级上下文概念，该概念利用了下一代网络的功能，以启用提供更好的用户体验的应用程序。特别是，它利用移动设备（始终使用用户）来捕获上下文的关键要素：用户的位置以及通过本地化用户环境的特征。对于用户体验而言，重要的是用户的位置：概念术语的位置，例如“在家”，“慢跑”或“杂货店购物” - 将职位与活动，环境特性和其他附近人的活动相结合的描述。意识到这个地方的概念需要从设备和基础架构流以当前网络体系结构中的意外方式流动的信息。它假定实现了机会主义的互动，同时保留了用户的隐私和设计激励机制，以促进合作而无需任何剥削。上述建筑问题远远超出了传统网络主题，例如路由。该项目将开发，演示和评估一种新颖的网络体系结构，从而赋予用户体验至关重要。这将导致语义上下文建模的理论进步，在多个抽象级别的移动性跟踪，协作定位和激励机制。提供增强用户体验的网络应用程序将为行业带来巨大的回报以及公民的生产力和生活质量。原型系统将在大学环境中实施和评估上下文感知服务，并扩展到K-12学校和公共设施。