MRI: Development of Reconfigurable DWDM Multi-Mode Switching Platform for Supporting Telesurgery Telemedicine and Heterogeneous Applications

提案#：MRI 09-23481PI(S)：陈雨华机构：休斯顿大学，德克萨斯州77204-2015标题：MRI/开发：支持远程外科远程医疗和异质应用的可重构密集波分复用多模交换平台本奖项由2009年美国恢复和再投资法案(公法第111-5号)资助。项目建议：该项目开发密集波分复用多模交换平台仪器，通过允许应用程序中的不同类型的消息从三种交换模式中选择来支持远程外科手术、远程医疗和异类应用和光电路交换(OCS)。在使用EPS模式传输短机器人控制消息的同时，诸如远程外科的应用有望通过使用OBS模式或OCS模式来传输超高带宽多视点3-D高清(HD)视频而受益。多模交换平台将使用高性能可重构现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)系统和光交换节点来开发。开发的平台可以远程供网络研究人员和GENI基础设施使用。通过路由器架构实现的DWDM多模交换平台允许在同一路由器平台上支持上述三种交换模式(即EPS、OBS和OCS)，从而为应用程序提供最大的灵活性。光纤中的每个DWDM通道可以基于动态业务负载单独重新配置为不同的交换模式。此外，该方法允许使用最适合的交换模式传输单个应用程序或应用程序中的单个类型的消息，以实现最佳性能。广泛影响：这项工作可以改变提供优质医疗服务的方式。远程外科手术和远程医疗允许无法在当地获得此类资源的居民远程共享医疗专家和资源。在促进路由器设计、网络管理和应用设计方面的研究机会和合作的同时，正在开发的平台仪器可以为网络研究人员提供研究基础设施，并有可能统一两个经常分裂的研究群体：电子分组交换和光交换。这位女性研究人员在欢迎组织(女性工程学习社区追求卓越最大化)中担任导师，积极招募和留住工程领域的女性。她正在招待两名和谐科学学院的少数民族学生。

Proposal #: MRI 09-23481PI(s): Chen, YuhuaInstitution: University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-2015Title: MRI/Dev.: Reconfigurable DWDM Multi-Mode Switching Platform for Supporting Telesurgery Telemedicine and Heterogeneous ApplicationsThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Project Proposed:This project, developing a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) multi-mode switching platform instrument, supports telesurgery, telemedicine, and heterogeneous applications by allowing different types of messages within an application to choose from three switching modes: (electronic packet switching (EPS), optical burst switching (OBS), and optical circuit switching (OCS). While using the EPS mode to transfer short robotic control messages, applications such as telesurgery are expected to benefit from the approach by using the OBS mode or the OCS mode to transfer the ultra high bandwidth multi-view 3-D high definition (HD) video. The multi-mode switching platform will be developed using high performance reconfigurable field programmable gate array (FPGA) system along with optical switching nodes. The platform developed can be made available remotely to networking researchers and to the GENI infrastructure. The DWDM multi-mode switching platform enabled by the router architecture allows the three switching paradigms mentioned above (i.e., EPS, OBS, and OCS) to be supported on the same router platform, providing the greatest flexibility to applications. Each DWDM channel in an optical fiber can be individually reconfigured to a different switching mode based on the dynamic traffic load. Additionally, the approach allows individual application or individual type of messages within an application to be transported using the best-suited switching mode to achieve the best performance.Broader Impacts: This work can change the way quality medical services that can be delivered. Telesurgery and telemedicine allow medical experts and resources to be shared remotely by residents who do not have local access to such resources. While fostering research opportunities and collaborations in router designs, network management, and application designs, the platform instrument under development can provide research infrastructure to networking researchers and potentially unify the two often-divided research communities: the electronic packet switching and the optical switching. The female investigator serves as a mentor in WELCOME (Women for Engineering Learning Community for Maximizing Excellence), actively recruiting and retaining women in engineering. She is hosting two minority Harmony Science Academy students.