NeTS-WN: Wireless Network Health: Real-time Diagnosis, Adaptation, and Management

最近互联网的扩展，至少在地理覆盖方面，主要是利用无线技术实现的。 这项研究资助的目标是通过实时网络诊断和动态适应来部署具有服务能力和响应能力的无线网络。只有通过集成实时测量和分析（网络设备的本地化、自主适应，以及通过可视化和交互式分析进行管理），无线网络才能实现长期的实用性和稳定性，同时为日益复杂的服务提供支持。 该项目的研究分为五个方面：动态监测，包括提高监测数据的准确性以及进行有针对性的高保真监测的实时能力;网络健康诊断，试图确定各种指标的实时运行状态;动态供应，其使用状态信息来调整网络操作和协议参数，以便提高性能;交互式可视化，试图通过交互式和可扩展的显示技术来帮助网络理解;最后，管理和规划，其采用无线网络操作的较长期观点，并且集中于如附加资源放置的能力。 这些项目通过无线网络的新设计提供智力价值，致力于开发一套清晰的设计解决方案，调查每套方案中可能的替代方案，并评估拟议的解决方案。 该研究将对研究，工业，社会和教育产生广泛的影响。它将提供新的研究方向，影响无线网络设计和部署，并提高无线网络部署的鲁棒性。

Recent Internet expansion, at least in terms of geographical coverage, has largely occurred using wireless technology. The goal of this research grant is to enable the deployment of service-capable and responsive wireless-based networks through real-time network diagnosis and dynamic adaptation. Only through an integration of real-time measurement and analysis (localized, autonomous adaptation by network devices, and management though visualization and interactive analysis) can wireless networks achieve long-term utility and stability while also providing support for increasingly complex services. The research in this project is divided into five areas: dynamic monitoring, which includes work to improve the accuracy of monitored data as well as the real-time capability to perform targeted high-fidelity monitoring; network health diagnosis, which attempts to determine the real-time operational status of a variety of metrics; dynamic provisioning, which uses status information to adjust network operation and protocol parameters in order to improve performance; interactive visualization, which attempts to aid network understanding through interactive and scalable display techniques; and finally, management and planning, which takes a longer-term view of wireless network operations and focuses on capabilities like additional resource placement. These projects provide intellectual merit through new designs for wireless networks, work to develop a clear set of design solutions, investigation of possible alternatives within each set, and evaluation of proposed solutions. The research will have a broad impact on research, industry, society, and education. It will offer new directions in research, impact wireless network design and deployment, and improve the robustness of wireless network deployments.