NetSE: Small: Collaborative Research: 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(WSON)的有效机制。这些网络能够在很少或没有人工干预的情况下自行管理，因此可以在恶劣条件下和/或当用户几乎没有或没有网络管理技能时部署在偏远、难以访问的地区。因此，WSON作为应急响应、救灾、社区联网、环境监测和监视等众多应用的关键推动者，可以产生重大的社会和科学影响。智能优点：这项工作将为基于几何计算和优化的高效WSON节点布局和轨迹控制奠定理论基础。该技术方法探索各种学科之间的协同作用，包括无线通信、设施选址、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、管理和控制的新的几何计算策略，以优化一系列应用程序的系统性能；(Ii)在我们与生物学家和海洋学家的持续合作的推动下，在现实世界环境中部署建议的策略。更广泛的影响：在这项工作中制定的WSON部署和管理战略将是各种具有相当社会和科学意义的应用的关键使能技术。该项目还包括一个重要的教育组成部分。它将产生令人兴奋的硕士和博士论文，将结果纳入研究生班，并通过实地实验、高级设计项目和夏季REUS吸引本科生。

Abstract This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 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.