Cooperative and self-organizing wireless networks for machine-to-machine communications

用于机器对机器通信的协作和自组织无线网络

• 批准号: RGPIN-2015-05187
• 负责人: Cai, Lin
• 金额: $ 2.7万
• 依托单位: University of Victoria
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=646675
• 关键词: Cooperative; self; organizing; wireless; networks

The growth of the Internet will accelerate in the following decades thanks to the demand of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. Wireless networking technologies are a key enabler for future M2M networks. There are still several critical challenges of the growth of M2M wireless networks, including the scalability, reliability, complexity and efficiency concerns given the ever-increasing demand, limited wireless resources, limited energy and computing power of wireless devices, and unsustainable energy costs. ******To tackle these challenges, the proposed research is aiming to exploit new cooperative networking opportunities both horizontally and vertically, and develop scalable, flexible, reliable, efficient, and robust network solutions with self-organizing network (SON) functionalities for large-scale, high-density M2M wireless networks. With SON functionalities, wireless devices can automatically recognize the network environment, exchange information with other devices, adjust and optimize their protocol configurations and parameters to ensure coverage, service quality, and energy and spectrum efficiency in a cooperative fashion. Horizontal cooperation is among multiple communicating peers and vertical cooperation refers to a cross-layer approach to designing and optimizing reconfigurable protocols in various layers of the network protocol stack. The SON architecture facilitates advanced cooperative networking solutions, and the combination of them will lead to a new paradigm of how future wireless networks will be built, managed and used. ******Specifically, we will investigate and develop new solutions in (a) cooperative and topology-aware modulation and physical-layer network coding supporting self-optimization, (b) cooperative and adaptive topology control and routing supporting self-organization, and (c) reconfigurable medium access control (MAC) for high-density, cooperative M2M networks. During the research, in addition to the widely-employed queueing theory and stochastic optimization tools, we will leverage and further develop analytical tools in stochastic geometry, percolation theory, modern control and optimization. Experiments will be conducted using a combination of simulation, emulation, and prototyping testbeds to validate the analysis and investigate the feasibility and performance of the proposed solutions.******The proposed multi-disciplinary research will provide a rich environment for the students and researchers involved to learn and further create new knowledge and networking research tools that will be useful by other researchers and engineers. The proposed cooperative and self-organizing networking solutions will contribute to the success of future machine-to-machine networks that can underpin many new services and applications, and thus improve the competitive edge of the Canadian economy.**

由于机器对机器（M2M）通信的需求，互联网的增长将在接下来的几十年中加速。无线网络技术是未来M2M网络的关键推动力。 M2M无线网络的增长仍然存在一些关键挑战，包括鉴于需求不断增加，无线资源有限，无线设备的能源和计算能力的有限能力和计算能力以及不可持续的能源成本，包括可扩展性，可靠性，复杂性和效率问题。 ******为了应对这些挑战，拟议的研究旨在在水平和垂直方面利用新的合作网络机会，并通过自组织网络（SON）功能来开发可扩展，灵活，可靠，高效和强大的网络解决方案，以用于大型，高密度，高密度M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2M2。使用SON功能，无线设备可以自动识别网络环境，与其他设备交换信息，调整和优化其协议配置和参数，以确保以合作方式的覆盖范围，服务质量以及能源和频谱效率。水平合作是多个交流的同行之一，垂直合作是指在网络协议堆栈各个层中设计和优化可重构协议的跨层方法。儿子体系结构促进了先进的合作网络解决方案，它们的组合将导致新的范式，即如何构建，管理和使用未来的无线网络。 ******具体而言，我们将研究并开发（a）（a）合作和拓扑感知的调制和物理层网络编码，支持自我优化，（b）合作和自适应拓扑控制和支持自组织的路由控制，以及（c）可重新配置的中型访问控制（MAC），以实现高密度，合作，合作，合作，M2M M2M M2M。在研究期间，除了就业的排队理论和随机优化工具外，我们还将利用并进一步开发随机几何学，渗透理论，现代控制和优化的分析工具。实验将使用模拟，仿真和原型测试床的组合进行，以验证分析并研究拟议的解决方案的可行性和性能。拟议的合作和自组织的网络解决方案将有助于未来的机器对机器网络的成功，这些网络可以支持许多新的服务和应用程序，从而改善了加拿大经济的竞争优势。** **