Collaborative Research-NeTS-NOSS: AutoNomouS netWorked sEnsoR systems (ANSWER)

协作研究-NETS-NOSS：自主网络传感器系统（答案）

• 批准号: 0721523
• 负责人: Scott Midkiff
• 金额: $ 21.01万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0721523&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; NeTS; NOSS; AutoNomouS

Aggregations of massively deployed sensors are expected to create sophisticated sensing, computation, communication and control platforms called Networked Sensor Systems (NSS) that will pervade society, revolutionizing the way in which we live and work. In order to scale, these systems must be largely autonomous, decentralized entities whose corporate resources can be made available to authorized users. Such autonomous, geographically-dispersed NSS are increasingly recognized as key to numerous applications ranging from healthcare to smart homes and homeland security. For example, autonomous NSS can assist first responders, often in inhospitable environments, by locating survivors, identifying danger areas and enhancing user awareness of the situation The resource-constrained sensors, the wireless communication medium, the large-scale deployment, combined with the mobility of users, the close interaction with the physical environment and the highly sensitive nature of mission-critical operations pose formidable challenges to autonomous NSS design. The key inter-related technical contributions of this project are: (1) Dynamic task-based networking supporting application-level tasks and queries while hiding resource-level details; (2) Smart AFN mobility subject to changing application requirements and network conditions; and (3) providing secure ANSWER operation and multi-level secure interactions with in-situ mobile users. ANSWER prototype can serve as a tool to explore mobile user behavior in ubiquitous networks under varying environmental and network conditions. This project will leverage programs at VT, UMBC, and ODU to actively recruit and involve under-represented groups in innovative multi-disciplinary hands-on experiments in ubiquitous networking, security and sensor systems. The research results will be disseminated via the project's Web site (http://www.nve.vt.edu/cias/cycarenet/ANSWER).

大规模部署传感器的聚合有望创建复杂的传感、计算、通信和控制平台，称为网络传感器系统（NSS），它将遍及整个社会，彻底改变我们的生活和工作方式。为了扩展，这些系统必须在很大程度上是自治的、分散的实体，其公司资源可以提供给授权用户。这种自主的、地理上分散的NSS越来越被认为是从医疗保健到智能家居和国土安全等众多应用的关键。例如，自主NSS通常可以在恶劣的环境中通过定位幸存者、识别危险区域和增强用户对情况的认识来协助第一响应者。资源受限的传感器、无线通信介质、大规模部署，结合用户的移动性、与物理环境的密切互动以及关键任务操作的高度敏感性，对自主NSS设计构成了巨大的挑战。本项目的关键技术贡献是：(1)基于动态任务的网络，支持应用级任务和查询，同时隐藏资源级细节；(2)适应应用需求和网络条件变化的智能AFN移动性；(3)提供安全的ANSWER操作和与现场移动用户的多级安全交互。ANSWER原型可以作为一种工具，在不同的环境和网络条件下探索无处不在的网络中的移动用户行为。该项目将利用VT、UMBC和ODU的项目，积极招募并让代表性不足的群体参与到无处不在的网络、安全和传感器系统的创新多学科实践实验中。研究结果将通过该项目的网站（http://www.nve.vt.edu/cias/cycarenet/ANSWER）发布。