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.

该项目旨在开发下一代全球名称服务（GNS）基础设施以供广泛社区使用。 GNS 类似于互联网的域名系统 (DNS) 或互联网所谓的“电话簿”，但在以可信赖的方式支持移动应用和网络功能方面要强大得多。 GNS 是 MobilityFirst 未来互联网架构 (FIA) 项目的成果，但迄今为止的研究和开发主要集中在 MobilityFirst 背景下的使用，而不是更广泛的网络或 FIA 研究社区。我们的立场是，让 GNS 为更广泛的社区使用做好准备是有价值的。为此，这笔赠款重点关注现有开源 GNS 代码库的软件开发，以使其可供更广泛的社区使用，以及向 FIA 和其他网络研究人员提供强大的外展计划。科学立场，即逻辑上集中的 GNS对于任何互联网架构中的无缝移动支持至关重要或可以显着受益，这一点在作为 MobilityFirst FIA 项目一部分进行的先前研究中已详细说明。例如，像 MobilityFirst 这样的 XIA 隐式依赖 GNS 将自认证端点标识符转换为自认证网络位置标识符。以信息为中心的网络架构（例如 NDN）可以受益于 GNS，从而更有效地支持内容制作者的移动性。我们的立场是，这些和其他网络架构（包括现有的 TCP/IP 互联网）可以进一步受益于 GNS 的其他功能，例如可编程分辨率策略、上下文通信、辅助路由层等。这种更广泛的使用潜力之前尚未得到验证，尤其是没有与国际汽联或更广泛的网络社区的其他研究人员积极协商。该项目将进行初步开发以及社区教育和反馈收集活动，旨在为更广泛的网络研究社区确立全球导航卫星系统的价值。该项目的更广泛影响是通过帮助开发下一代互联网来服务于国家和社会利益。在过去的十年中，NSF 对未来互联网架构计划以及密切相关的研究和测试台开发活动进行了投资。然而，迄今为止资助的大部分工作都是在特定的 FIA 项目背景下完成的，并且几乎没有关键架构组件被视为可重用且对更广泛的网络社区有价值的先例。因此，将 GNS 验证为可重用且有价值的架构组件是恰当的。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。