XPLR: Scheduling and Routing in Pigeon Networks

CNS？0832000Li，江华大学XPLR：鸽子网络中的调度和路由该项目将鸽子邮政的概念扩展到计算机网络中。这种网络被称为鸽子网络，是由模仿鸽子的自主移动无线设备形成的。这些设备中的每一个称为信使，专用于作为数据的最终发送者和/或接收者的一个或多个其他设备(称为家庭设备)。像鸽子一样，信使在家庭设备之间来回移动，携带和转发数据，但当它们之间进行通信并智能地缓存数据时，它们也可以做更多的事情。该项目的研究将集中在调度信使的移动、他们的数据拾取(来自家庭设备)以及两者之间的交互的算法设计上。这些概念和结果将被纳入霍华德大学CS系的相关课程，以教育学生(主要是少数族裔)有关计算机网络前沿的知识。鸽子网络的目标是在非常规条件下进行通信，例如在传统计算机网络无法工作的偏远广域地区进行灾难响应和监视。如果成功，这个模型可能会带来一种创新的方式来建立计算机网络体系结构，即使在最困难的环境中也能为人们提供通信。由于网络模型具有很少被研究的关键的独特性质，该项目将研究一些有趣而又具有挑战性的问题。其中一些问题与工业管理和交通运输有很强的联系。因此，该项目将受益于该领域以前的研究。更重要的是，它将为后者做出贡献，后者具有广泛的社会和工业应用。PI一直在进行计算机网络方面的研究，并一直在教授他所在系的大部分计算机网络课程。特别是，他的研究团队已经开始了这项研究，并产生了初步结果。更广泛的影响。该项目将有助于促进霍华德大学作为一所历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的计算机网络研究。目前，PI所属的系统与计算机科学系只提供硕士学位，该系的研究有待加强。在该系主持积极资助的网络研究项目将有助于吸引少数族裔学生进入网络，并为他们攻读更高级的研究生学位课程做好准备。这些活动也希望提高霍华德在计算机网络研究方面的声誉。在互联网时代，这不仅将吸引学生进入这一研究领域，而且最终还将有助于吸引学生进入计算机科学学科，该学科近年来的招生人数一直在大幅下降。该项目产生的所有成果将提交给学术会议和期刊，并在网上发布，供公众查阅。由于成果在工业管理和交通运输等其他一些学科中具有自然应用，因此还将向相关学科的会议和期刊提交文章，以进一步扩大该项目的影响。

CNS ? 0832000Li, JiangHoward UniversityXPLR: Scheduling and Routing in Pigeon NetworksThe project applies the concept of pigeon post with extension to computer networking. Such networks, called pigeon networks, are formed by autonomous mobile wireless devices emulating pigeons. Each of these devices, called messengers, is dedicated to one or more other devices (called home devices) that are the ultimate senders and/or receivers of data. Like pigeons, messengers move back and forth between home devices, carrying and forwarding data, but they can also do much more when they communicate between themselves and cache data intelligently. The research of the project will focus on the algorithm design for scheduling the movement of messengers, their data pickup (from home devices) and the interactions between the two aspects. The concepts and results will be brought into related courses in the CS Department at Howard University to educate students (mostly minority) about the forefront of computer networking.Intellectual Merit. Pigeon networks target communications under unconventional conditions such as disaster response and surveillance in remote wide areas where traditional computer networks cannot work. If successful, this model may lead to an innovative way of building computer network architectures that can provide people with communications even in the most difficult environments.Since the network model carries critical distinctive properties that have rarely been studied, the project will study a number of interesting and yet challenging problems. Some of the problems have strong connections with industrial management and transportation. The project will hence benefit from previous research in that area. More importantly, it will contribute to the latter, which has broad social and industrial applications. The PI has been conducting research in computer networking and has been teaching the majority of the computer networking courses in his department. In particular, his research team has already begun the study and produced preliminary results. Broader Impacts. The project will help foster computer networking research at Howard University as a historically black college and university (HBCU). At present, the Department of Systems and Computer Science (that the PI is affiliated with) only offers a Master degree, and the research in the department needs to be strengthened. Hosting active funded networking research programs in the department will help attract minority students into networking, and prepare them for more advanced graduate degree programs. The activities are also hoped to raise Howard's reputation in computer networking research. In the Internet era, that will not only attract students into this research area, but will eventually also help attract students into the computer science discipline overall, which has been experiencing significant enrollment downturn in recent years. All the results produced by the project will be submitted to academic conferences and journals, and be published online for public access. Since the results have natural applications in some other disciplines such as industrial management and transportation, articles will also be submitted to conferences and journals in related disciplines to further broaden the impacts of the project.