NeTS-NBD: Future Internet Design (FIND) Architecture and Outreach Coordination

NeTS-NBD：未来互联网设计 (FIND) 架构和外展协调

• 批准号: 0626840
• 负责人: David Clark
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0626840&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NeTS; NBD; Future; Internet; Design

This proposal describes a set of tasks that fit within the larger context of the NSF FIND program, part of the current NeTS solicitation from CISE. The FIND program considers the question of what a future global network of 10 or 15 years should be, and what research is required to build it. A number of factors will differentiate the research funded in this networking focus area from more traditional NSF-supported research, including the need to bring a number of separately funded research teams together over the course of their projects, with an early goal of team building, and a final goal of convergence toward a small number of coherent proposals for network architecture. These special goals signal that some tasks will have to be undertaken that would not normally be proposed or funded in the context of the traditional solicitation process. This proposal is intended to assist NSF in achieving its overall goals for this project by addressing some of these special needs. In cooperation with NSF, I propose to take on the role of Architecture and Outreach Coordinator for the FIND project.The tasks proposed here offers NSF an opportunity to deal with the following issues: architecture framing and groundwork, working meetings and other tools for community building, outreach, ongoing program planning, identification of research priorities (and possible missing areas of investigation), integration of non-NSF funded parties into the coordination process, and linkage to the GENI program, a proposed MREFC project to support research such as FIND. This is not a proposal to define a new architecture, since that task should be undertaken later, and should be separated from the task of coordination.Intellectual merit: The intellectual merit of this proposal is the potential to shift the landscape of research in computer networking, and to define a broader and longer-range target for the research community. This work can lead to a more coherent articulation of long-range requirements for a future network, and a growing understanding in the community of the relationship between requirements and mechanism. This work can lead to a substantive shift in focus of specific sub-fields, such as security. It can lead to new understanding of Internet design alternatives. These outcomes will not be in consequence of this proposal alone, but this proposed work will increase the focus and coherence of the overall effort and assist the FIND program in meeting its long-term goals.Broader impact: The broader impact of this work will be measured by the success of theFIND project, both in the research community and, in the longer run, in the world at large. The goal of FIND is to offer to the world a better Internet: more secure, more predictable, and more relevant to tomorrow's needs. This initiative, if successful, will have a highly visible impact of major proportions. The goal of this proposal, in particular, is to nurture the process of turning research contributions from individuals and small teams into a larger, organized assault on the high-level goal. If the NSF is successful at this vision, the payoff of a better, more secure Internet, better aligned with the needs of society, is a powerful contribution by NSF and the research community.

这份提案描述了一系列适合NSF Find计划更大背景的任务，NSF Find计划是目前从CISE征集NETS的一部分。Find计划考虑的问题是，未来10年或15年的全球网络应该是什么，需要什么研究来建立它。许多因素将把在这一网络重点领域资助的研究与更传统的由NSF资助的研究区分开来，包括需要在项目过程中将多个单独资助的研究团队聚集在一起，早期目标是团队建设，最终目标是汇聚成少量连贯的网络架构建议。这些特别目标表明，将不得不开展一些任务，而这些任务通常不会在传统的招标过程中提出或得到资助。这项提议旨在帮助国家科学基金会通过满足其中一些特殊需求来实现该项目的总体目标。在与NSF的合作中，我建议担任FIND项目的架构和外联协调员的角色。这里提出的任务为NSF提供了一个机会来处理以下问题：架构框架和基础工作、工作会议和其他社区建设工具、外联、持续的项目规划、确定研究优先事项(以及可能缺失的调查领域)、将非NSF资助的各方整合到协调过程中，以及与GENI计划的联系，GENI计划是一个拟议的MREFC项目，用于支持FIND等研究。这不是一个定义新架构的建议，因为这项任务应该在以后进行，应该与协调任务分开。智力价值：这一建议的智力价值在于有可能改变计算机网络研究的格局，并为研究界定义一个更广泛、更长远的目标。这项工作可以使对未来网络的长期需求有一个更连贯的表述，并使社区对需求和机制之间的关系有越来越多的理解。这项工作可能导致安全等特定子领域的重点发生实质性转移。它可以带来对互联网设计替代方案的新理解。这些结果将不仅仅是这项提议的结果，但这项拟议的工作将增加整体工作的重点和一致性，并帮助FIND计划实现其长期目标。更广泛的影响：这项工作的更广泛影响将通过The Find项目的成功来衡量，无论是在研究界还是从长远来看，在整个世界都是如此。Find的目标是为世界提供一个更好的互联网：更安全、更可预测，更符合未来的需求。这一倡议如果成功，将产生非常明显的重大影响。这项提案的目标尤其是促进将个人和小团队的研究贡献转化为对高水平目标的更大规模、有组织的攻击的过程。如果NSF在这一愿景上取得成功，那么一个更好、更安全、更符合社会需求的互联网的回报，将是NSF和研究界的强大贡献。