NetSE: Large: Collaborative Research: Platys: From Position to Place in Next Generation Networks

NetSE：大型：协作研究：Platys：从下一代网络中的位置到地方

• 批准号: 0910868
• 负责人: Munindar Singh
• 金额: $ 70.62万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 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: 2009-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0910868&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NetSE; Large; Collaborative; Research; Platys

This project develops a high-level notion of context that exploits the capabilities of next generation networks to enable applications that deliver better user experiences. In particular, it exploits mobile devices -- always with a user -- to capture key elements of context: the user's location and, through localization, characteristics of the user's environment. What matters for the user experience is the user's place: a location in conceptual terms such as "at home," "jogging," or "grocery shopping" -- descriptions that combine positions with activities, environmental properties, and the activities of other nearby people. Realizing this notion of place requires that information from devices and infrastructure flow in ways unanticipated in current network architectures. It presumes enabling opportunistic interactions while preserving the users' privacy and designing incentive mechanisms to promote cooperation without exploitation of any. The above architectural concerns lie far beyond traditional network topics such as routing.This project will develop, demonstrate, and evaluate a novel network architecture that gives primacy to user experience. It will lead to theoretical advances in semantic context modeling, mobility tracking at multiple levels of abstraction, collaborative localization, and incentive mechanisms. Networked applications offering enhanced user experience will have significant payoffs for industry and the productivity and quality of life of citizens. A prototype system will implement and evaluate context-aware services in university settings with prospects of expansion to K-12 schools and public facilities.

该项目开发了一个高层次的上下文概念，利用下一代网络的功能，使应用程序提供更好的用户体验。 特别是，它利用移动的设备--总是与用户在一起--来捕捉上下文的关键元素：用户的位置，以及通过本地化，用户环境的特征。 对于用户体验来说，重要的是用户的位置：一个概念上的位置，比如“在家”、“慢跑”或“杂货店购物”--这些描述将联合收割机的位置与活动、环境属性和附近其他人的活动结合起来。实现这种位置概念需要来自设备和基础设施的信息以当前网络架构中无法预料的方式流动。 它假定在保护用户隐私的同时实现机会主义互动，并设计激励机制以促进合作，而不利用任何机会主义互动。 上述架构问题远远超出了传统的网络主题，如路由。这个项目将开发，演示和评估一个新的网络架构，给用户体验的首要地位。 它将导致语义上下文建模，在多个抽象层次的移动跟踪，协作本地化和激励机制的理论进步。提供增强的用户体验的网络应用程序将为工业和公民的生产力和生活质量带来巨大的回报。 一个原型系统将在大学环境中实施和评估上下文感知服务，并有望扩展到K-12学校和公共设施。