STTR Phase I: Autonomous Undersea Systems Network (AUSNET)

STTR 第一阶段：自主海底系统网络（AUSNET）

• 批准号: 0060356
• 负责人: Charles Benton
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Technology Systems, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-01-01 至 2001-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0060356&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; Autonomous; Undersea; Systems

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will produce a network application programmer's interface (API) specification and related implementation, referred to as the Autonomous Undersea Systems Network (AUSNET), for the distributed control of robotic and/or sensor systems in a low bandwidth, dynamic network environment. AUSNET will allow expanded networking services specifically tailored to the unique acoustic environment. The proposed effort builds upon emerging ad-hoc (self-forming, self-maintaining) network protocols. Specifically, platform applications will gain access to network generated and propagated data, as well as enhanced control of the actual networking protocols. This will provide significant improvement both locally and network wide in the use of the acoustic band. It will also enable great adaptability to the harsh underwater environment. The AUSNET effort will examine and demonstrate the potential to greatly enhance application level functionality by exploiting network capability and infrastructure in previously unexplored ways. Phase I will result in a feasibility demonstration. The Phase I development environment will be a simulation testbed, with a transition to a live operational environment planned for Phase II.The market for tools that maximize the potential of flexible next-generation computer networks is significant and extends beyond the immediate oceanographic application into other domains.

该小型企业技术转让（STTR）第一阶段项目将制定网络应用程序员接口（API）规范和相关实施，称为自主海底系统网络（AUSNET），用于在低带宽、动态网络环境中对机器人和/或传感器系统进行分布式控制。 AUSNET 将允许扩展网络服务，专门针对独特的声学环境而定制。 拟议的工作建立在新兴的临时（自我形成、自我维护）网络协议的基础上。 具体来说，平台应用程序将获得对网络生成和传播的数据的访问，以及对实际网络协议的增强控制。这将显着改善本地和网络范围内声频带的使用。它还将对恶劣的水下环境具有很强的适应性。 AUSNET 的工作将检查并展示通过以以前未探索的方式利用网络功能和基础设施来极大增强应用程序级功能的潜力。 第一阶段将进行可行性论证。 第一阶段的开发环境将是一个模拟测试台，计划在第二阶段过渡到实时操作环境。最大限度地发挥灵活的下一代计算机网络潜力的工具市场非常重要，并且超出了直接的海洋学应用范围，扩展到其他领域。