NEDG: Featherlight Information Network with Delay-Endurable RFID Support (FINDERS)

该项目以轻薄的信息网络为中心，具有可延迟耐久的RFID支持(发现器)，由超轻、耐用和灵活的无源RFID标签组成，无需电源，可在严格的重量限制和恶劣环境下实现长时间使用。它扩大了RFID设备在无线网络建设中的使用，旨在发现感兴趣的事件并收集汇总信息。Finder由于其零星的无线链路、独特的非对称通信模式、间歇性计算能力和极小的标签存储空间，在通信和网络方面面临着前所未有的挑战。该项目的目标包括建立基本原理和原则，系统设计和优化，数学分析和建模，以及发现者系统的原型和实验评估。该项目的成功不仅将推动无线传感器网络和RFID系统的科学研究，而且将为在严格的权重限制和恶劣环境下的普适数据采集提供一个新的范例。该项目将开发的发现者技术和原型将立即惠及野生动物和生物研究项目。从长远来看，它将为未来的相关项目培育多学科的研究机会，有效加强UL老佛爷的研究竞争力。研究成果将通过会议报告、期刊出版物、一个专门的网站和我们研究生研讨会上的频繁讲座来传播。本项目中开发的研究问题和发现以及试验台将丰富课程材料，为学生提供实践经验，并吸引更多的研究生进入这个新兴领域。

This project centers on the Featherlight Information Network with Delay-Endurable RFID Support (FINDERS), composed of passive RFID tags which are ultra light, durable, and flexible, without power supply for long-lasting applications under strict weight constraints and harsh environments. It expands the use of RFID gear for wireless network construction, aiming to find events of interest and gather aggregate information. FINDERS faces unprecedented challenges in communication and networking, due to its sporadic wireless links, unique asymmetric communication paradigm, intermittent computation capability, and extremely small memory of tags. The objectives of this project include the establishment of fundamentals and principles, system design and optimization, mathematical analysis and modeling, and prototyping and experimental evaluation of the FINDERS system. The success of this project will not only advance the scientific study of wireless sensor networks and RFID systems but also serve as a new paradigm for pervasive data acquisition under strict weight constraints and harsh environments. The technologies and the prototype of FINDERS to be developed in this project will immediately benefit wildlife and biological research projects. In the long term, it will foster multi-disciplinary research opportunities for future relevant projects, effectively strengthening the research competitive edge of UL Lafayette. The research results will be disseminated through conference presentations, journal publications, a dedicated website, and frequent lectures at our graduate seminars. The research problems and findings and the testbed developed in this project will enrich course materials, provide students with hands-on experience, and attract more graduate students into this emerging area.