NetSE: Small: Collaborative Proposal: A Geometric Computational Approach to Efficiently Deploy and Manage Self-Organizing Wireless Communication Networks

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该项目将开发部署和管理无线自组织网络（WSONs）的有效机制。这些网络能够在很少或没有人为干预的情况下进行自我管理，因此可以部署在偏远、难以访问的地区，在不利条件下，和/或当用户很少或没有网络管理技能时。因此，WSON可以有重大的社会和科学的影响，作为众多应用的关键使能器，包括应急响应，救灾，社区网络，环境监测和surveillance.Intellectual优点：这项工作将开发基于几何计算和优化的有效WSON节点布局和轨迹控制的理论基础。 该技术方法探讨了各种学科之间的协同作用，包括无线通信，设施定位，几何和分布式优化，以及系统和控制理论。 该项目将（i）探索、开发和评估用于WSON布局、管理和控制的新型几何计算策略，以优化一系列应用的系统性能，以及（ii）在我们与生物学家和海洋学家持续合作的推动下，在现实环境中部署拟议的策略。在这项工作中开发的WSON部署和管理策略将成为具有相当社会和科学意义的各种应用的关键技术。 该项目还包括一个重要的教育部分。 它将产生令人兴奋的硕士和博士论文，将结果纳入研究生课程，并通过实地实验，高级设计项目和夏季雷乌斯吸引本科生。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Actof 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The project will develop efficient mechanisms for deploying and managing wireless self-organizing networks (WSONs). These networks are able to manage themselves with little or no human intervention and consequently can be deployed in remote, difficult-to-access areas, under adverse conditions, and/or when users have little or no network administration skills. As such, WSONs can have significant societal and scientific impact as key enablers of numerous applications, including emergency response, disaster relief, community networking, environmental monitoring, and surveillance.Intellectual Merit: This work will develop theoretical foundations for efficient WSON node placement and trajectory control based on geometric computation and optimization. The technical approach explores the synergy among a variety of disciplines, including wireless communications, facility location, geometric and distributed optimization, and systems and control theory. The project will (i) explore, develop, and evaluate novel geometric computing strategies for WSON placement, management, and control in order to optimize system performance for a range of applications, and (ii) deploy the proposed strategies in real-world environments motivated by our ongoing collaborations with biologists and oceanographers.Broader Impact: The WSON deployment and management strategies developed in this work will be key enabling technology for a variety of applications with considerable societal and scientific significance. The project also includes an important educational component. It will produce exciting MSc and PhD theses, incorporate results into graduate classes, and engage undergraduate students via field experiments, senior design projects and summer REUs.