NeTS: A Geo-Distributed Global Name Service Community Infrastructure to Spur Next-Generation Internet Applications

NeTS：促进下一代互联网应用的地理分布式全球名称服务社区基础设施

• 批准号: 1823131
• 负责人: Arun Venkataramani
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: University of Massachusetts Amherst
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2020-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1823131&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NeTS; Geo; Distributed; Global; Name

This project aims to develop a next-generation Global Name Service (GNS) infrastructure for broad community use. The GNS is analogous to the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) or the Internet's so-called "telephone directory" but is significantly more powerful in its support for mobile applications and network functions in a trustworthy manner. The GNS is an outcome of the MobilityFirst Future Internet Architecture (FIA) project, but the research and development thus far has focused on its use within the context of MobilityFirst, not for the broader networking or FIA research community. Our position is that there is value in preparing the GNS for broader community use. To this end, this grant focuses on software development of the existing open-source GNS codebase to make it available to the broader community as well as a strong outreach program to FIA and other networking researchers.The scientific position, namely that a logically centralized GNS is critical for or can significantly benefit seamless mobility support in any Internetwork architecture, has been detailed in previous research conducted as part of the MobilityFirst FIA project. For example, XIA like MobilityFirst implicitly relies on a GNS to translate self-certifying endpoint identifiers to self-certifying network location identifiers. Information-centric network architectures such as NDN can benefit from the GNS for more efficient support for mobility of a content producer. Our position is that these and other network architectures including the existing TCP/IP Internet can further benefit from the GNS's other capabilities such as programmable resolution policies, contextual communication, assisting the routing layer, etc. This broader use potential has not been previously validated, especially not in active consultation with other researchers in the FIA or broader networking community. This project will undertake preliminary development and community education and feedback gathering activities aimed at establishing the value of a GNS for the broader networking research community.The broader impact of this project is to serve national and societal interest by helping develop a next-generation Internetwork. NSF has made a investment in the Future Internet Architecture program and in closely interrelated research and testbed development activities over the past decade. However, much of the work funded to date has been done in the context of specific FIA projects, and there is little precedent of key architectural components being seen as reusable and valuable to the broader networking community. Validating the GNS as a reusable and valuable architectural component is therefore opportune.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在为广泛的社区使用开发下一代全球名称服务（GNS）基础架构。 GNS类似于Internet的域名系统（DNS）或Internet所谓的“电话目录”，但以可信赖的方式支持其对移动应用程序和网络功能的强大功能明显更大。 GNS是MobilityFurst Future Internet体系结构（FIA）项目的结果，但迄今为止的研发集中在移动性刚开始的背景下，而不是更广泛的网络或FIA研究社区。我们的立场是，为更广泛的社区使用准备GN具有价值。为此，这项赠款专注于现有开源GNS代码库的软件开发，以使其可用于更广泛的社区以及针对国际汽联和其他网络研究人员的强大外展计划。科学的立场，即逻辑集中的GNS对任何Internet Workswork Anderctection的逻辑集中式GN是至关重要的，或者可以显着使FISS型互联网架构中的无缝迁移率在研究中详细构成了Fipitia的一部分。例如，像MobilityFirst一样，Xia隐含地依靠GN将自我认证的端点标识符转化为自我认证的网络位置标识符。以信息为中心的网络体系结构（例如NDN）可以从GNS中受益，以更有效地支持内容生产者的移动性。我们的立场是，这些和其他网络架构在内，包括现有的TCP/IP Internet可以进一步受益于GNS的其他功能，例如可编程的分辨率策略，上下文沟通，协助路由层等。这种更广泛的使用潜力尚未得到验证，尤其没有在FIA或更广泛的网络社区中与其他研究人员积极咨询。该项目将开展初步发展，社区教育和反馈收集活动，旨在建立GNS对更广泛的网络研究社区的价值。该项目的广泛影响是通过帮助开发下一代互联网工程来为国家和社会利益提供服务。在过去的十年中，NSF对未来的互联网架构计划以及紧密相互关联的研究和测试开发活动进行了投资。但是，迄今为止资助的许多工作都是在特定的国际汽联项目的背景下完成的，几乎没有任何关键的建筑组件被视为可重复使用且对更广泛的网络社区有价值。因此，将GN验证为可重复使用且有价值的建筑组成部分是很合适的。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。