NeTSE: Large: NaNoNetworking: A New Frontier in Communications

NeTSE：大型：NaNoNetworking：通信新领域

• 批准号: 0910663
• 负责人: Ian Akyildiz
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-10-01 至 2010-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0910663&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NeTSE; Large; NaNoNetworking; New; Frontier

Nanotechnologies promise new solutions for applications in biomedical, environmental, industrial, military and other fields. At the nano-scale, a nano-machine can be considered as the most basic functional unit, which is able to perform very simple tasks. Nanonetworks, i.e., the interconnection of nano-machines, will expand the capabilities of single nano-machines by providing them a way to cooperate and share information. Traditional communication technologies are not directly applicable to nanonetworks and need to undergo a profound revision in order to meet the requirements of this new environment. Instead of electromagnetic or acoustic waves, the use of molecules to encode and transmit the information represents a new communication paradigm, which demands novel solutions, including the characterization of molecular communication mechanisms, the definition of physical channel models or the development of architectures and networking protocols for nano-machines. Intellectual Merit: With this planning effort for a larger NaNoNetworking (N3) project, the principal investigators (PIs) will undertake the first steps to address the above challenges toward the realization of this new communication paradigm. The research team will further develop their vision for a future nanonetwork paradigm and will determine concrete applications. The PIs will also incorporate new researchers with required areas expertise, of Experimental Molecular Biology and Theoretical Physics, into the project. Broader Impact: The envisioned N3 Project is expected to pave the way for research in nanonetworking and could have a significant impact on research in nanotechnologies and nanonetworks since the N3 Project would represent the entrance of the communications, computer science, and biology communities into this converging field. With this planning effort the researchers will take a first step toward the realization of the nanonetwork with initial research and the development of a large proposal on this topic.

纳米技术为生物医学，环境，工业，军事和其他领域的应用提供了新的解决方案。在纳米尺度上，纳米机器人可以视为最基本的功能单元，能够执行非常简单的任务。纳米网络（即纳米机器的互连）将通过为它们提供一种合作和共享信息的方式来扩大单个纳米机器的功能。传统的通信技术不直接适用于纳米网络，需要进行深刻的修订以满足这种新环境的要求。使用分子编码和传输信息的代替电磁波或声波代替了新的通信范式，该范式需要新颖的解决方案，包括分子通道机制的表征，物理通道模型的定义或建筑架构的开发和纳米机器的建筑协议和网络方案。知识分子的优点：通过为更大的纳米网（N3）项目进行计划工作，首席研究人员（PIS）将采取第一步，以应对以上挑战，以实现这种新的交流范式。研究团队将进一步发展他们对未来纳米网络范式的愿景，并将确定具体应用。 PIS还将将新的研究人员与所需领域的专业知识，实验分子生物学和理论物理学结合到该项目中。更广泛的影响：预计的N3项目预计将为纳米网络研究铺平道路，并且可能对纳米技术和纳米网络的研究产生重大影响，因为N3项目将代表通信，计算机科学和生物学社区进入这个融合领域的入口。通过这项计划的工作，研究人员将通过初步研究以及对该主题的大型提议迈出的第一步朝着实现纳米网络的实现。