Design and Prototyping Risk Reduction

该项目将资助一套网络基础设施的端到端原型的Spiral 1的组件开发及其集成，这将使研究人员能够进行新颖的网络科学和工程实验，即，去做目前无法做到的科学研究。螺旋1号将尝试在多个国家骨干网上进行第一次试验性的组件集成和操作。将尽快开发螺旋1，以确定和减少方案和技术风险，并通过提供工作原型帮助研究界实现共同愿景。它将促进广泛的社区参与，并建立一个强大的学术和工业基础。29个项目，在五个团队的工作将在网络基础设施控制框架的设计和实施竞争。系统工程师将执行自上而下的集成规划和项目指导。虽然在Spiral 2或3之前可能无法实现良好集成的有序系统，但Spiral 1将朝着创建这种全新的实验基础设施迈出关键的第一步，该基础设施具有端到端，可虚拟化和可切片的功能，这是完全新颖的。一旦这个第一个螺旋存在，它将与社区共同进化？新兴的研究和教育议程。更大的影响可能是巨大的，允许在网络科学和工程领域进行前所未有的变革性研究。

This project will fund the development of components and their integration for Spiral 1 of an end-to-end prototype of a suite of network infrastructure that would enable researchers to carry out novel network science and engineering experiments, i.e., to do science that currently can not be done. Spiral 1 will attempt a first, trial integration and operation of components on multiple national backbones. Spiral 1 will be developed as quickly as possible to identify and reduce programmatic and technical risk and to help the research community achieve a shared vision by providing a working prototype. It will stimulate broad community participation and build a strong academic and industrial base. Twenty-nine projects, working in five teams will compete in the design and implementation of the network infrastructure control framework. System engineers will perform top-down integration planning and project guidance. While a well-integrated, orderly system may not be possible until Spiral 2 or 3, Spiral 1 will take the critical first step towards creating this radically new kind of experimental infrastructure with end-to-end, virtualizable, and sliceable capabilities, which are entirely novel. Once this first spiral exists, it will co-evolve with the community?s emerging research and education agenda. The larger impacts are potentially huge, allowing for transformative research in network science and engineering that has never been done before.