SBIR Phase I: Adaptable Ad Hoc Network Architecture for Rapid Infrastructure Development in Disaster Zones

SBIR 第一阶段：用于灾区快速基础设施开发的适应性 Ad Hoc 网络架构

• 批准号: 2136602
• 负责人: Mateo Abascal
• 金额: $ 25.09万
• 依托单位: BEAMLINK, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-03-15 至 2023-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2136602&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Adaptable; Ad; Hoc

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is reducing the cost of getting people online and connecting people in emergency situations such as natural disasters. Natural disasters often destroy cellular networks, exactly when people need communication the most. The influx of users on the limited remaining infrastructure often overwhelms existing resources, making it impossible for first responders to coordinate, for families to call their loved ones, and for volunteers to help. In other potential markets, the technology seeks to provide cellular phone access to parts of the world where it is now prohibitively expensive. This project seeks to develop small, portable cellular base stations that can provide access in both emergency and hard to reach and poorly resourced locations.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project researches and implements a small, portable cellular base station. The technological focus for the base station utilizes Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) / General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) (or 2G and 2.5G) radio for communicating with a high density of cell phones in a computationally cheap manner while utilizing WiFi for local, high bandwidth applications. The technology implements many “micro-cells” in lieu of the current macro cell approach to cellular coverage, blanketing the area with a high number of towers. This decentralized approach provides high reliability even if one or several nodes fail. This project will develop the algorithms necessary for interconnecting large numbers of base stations together and mesh the networking capabilities that provide radio links between each base station. Finally, this project will finalize the mechanical design and make the base station manufacturable at large scale.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.

该小型企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是降低人们在自然灾害等紧急情况下上网和连接的成本。自然灾害经常会在人们需要通信时破坏蜂窝网络。大多数情况下，有限的剩余基础设施上的用户涌入往往会压垮现有资源，导致急救人员无法协调、家人无法给亲人打电话，也无法让志愿者在其他潜在市场提供帮助。电话访问部分该项目旨在开发小型便携式蜂窝基站，能够在紧急情况、难以到达和资源匮乏的地区提供接入。该小型企业创新研究 (SBIR) 第一阶段项目研究并实施了一项小型便携式蜂窝基站 该基站的技术重点是利用全球移动通信系统 (GSM)/通用分组无线服务 (GPRS)（或 2G 和 2.5G）无线电与高密度的手机进行通信。计算成本低的方式同时利用 WiFi 进行本地高带宽应用，该技术实现了许多“微蜂窝”来代替当前的宏蜂窝方法来实现蜂窝覆盖，从而用大量塔覆盖该区域。该项目将开发将大量基站互连在一起所需的算法，并网格化在每个基站之间提供无线电链路的网络功能。最后，该项目将完成机械设计并使基站可制造。规模宏大。本次获奖通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，NSF 的法定使命被认为值得支持。