Collaborative Research: MRI: Development of mobileWARP - A Platform for Next-Generation Wireless Networks and Mobile Applications

提案号：CNS 09-23479 PI(s): Sabharwal, Ashutosh；Aazhang Behnaam;Joseph R. Cavallaro；爱德华·w·奈特利；机构：Rice University合作项目编号：CNS 09-23484项目负责人：Dacso， clifford机构：Methodist Hospital research institute标题：MRI/Dev移动WARP：下一代无线网络和移动应用平台该合同是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。项目建议：该合作项目为无线通信系统研究开发一个移动、开放和全层可编程平台，支持社区平台工具的设计、开发和传播，用于协作构建下一代无线网络和移动应用，包括医疗应用。无线开放存取研究平台（mobileWARP），目标是为下一代移动网络客户端进行基础性的新研究。这项工作涉及以下重点：可编程和上下文感知移动平台，真正的跨层设计流程，以及研究和教育的开放访问。移动WARP将在所有7层网络堆栈中完全可重新编程，并将支持基于触摸的用户界面，以开发最先进的应用程序。凭借电池供电的便携式外形因素，它将集成来自各种传感器（位置，运动，功耗和健康）的上下文测量，并在上下文感知网络和应用中实现根本的新想法。为支持新硬件，将开发两个新的设计流程，一个用于设计移动手持设备上的节能网络组件，另一个用于设计移动应用程序。每个设计流程的架构都将使每一层的研究人员不必学习他们传统上不使用的任何编程语言。最后，为了实现社区驱动的开发，mobileWARP的每一部分都将是开源的：硬件设计、传感器子系统和网络堆栈的所有层。还将开发学期课程、实验室练习、操作参考设计和动手移动warp研讨会。所有层的可重编程性确保干净的状态设计可以在现实的设计和测试环境中得到验证。该平台为探索合并应用领域提供了机会，这可能会彻底改变无线的使用。慢性病移动医疗的一个重要类别将作为一个具体的例子。重点将放在传感器、处理和无线子系统的始终可用、超低功耗设计上。更广泛的影响：该项目体现了一个大胆的融合概念，并有可能在无线网络和移动应用中发生革命性的变化，它直接影响了不同的研究社区，跨领域的多个领域和应用领域，包括慢性病的移动医疗保健。此外，课程开发，以及实验室练习，让学生探索无线无线电通信的各个层面。

Proposal #: CNS 09-23479 PI(s): Sabharwal, Ashutosh; Aazhang, Behnaam; Cavallaro, Joseph R.; Knightly, Edward W.; Zhong, LinInstitution: Rice University Collaborative withProposal #: CNS 09-23484 PI(s): Dacso, CliffordInstitution: Methodist Hospital Rsrch Inst. Title: MRI/Dev.: Mobile WARP: Platform for Next Generation Wireless Networks & Mobile ApplicationsThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Project Proposed:This collaborative project, developing a mobile, open, and all-layers programmable platform for wireless communication systems research, supports the design, development, and dissemination of a community platform instrument, for collaborative architecting next-generation wireless networks and mobile applications, including medical applications. Wireless Open-Access Research Platform (mobileWARP), targets fundamental new research for next generation mobile network clients.The work involves the following thrusts:- Programmable and Context-Aware Mobile Platform,- True Cross-Layer Design Flows, and- Open-Access for Research and Education.Mobile WARP will be completely reprogrammable at all 7 layers of the networking stack and will support a touch-based user interface to develop state-of-the-art applications. With battery-operatedportable form factor, it will integrate context measurements from a variety of sensors (location, motion, power consumption, and health) and enable fundamentally new ideas in context-aware networking and applications. Two new design flows will be developed in support of the new hardware, one for the design of energy-efficient networking components on mobile handsets and the other for the design of mobile applications. Each design flow will be architected such that researchers at each layer do not have to learn any programming languages that they traditionally do not use. Lastly, to realize community-powered development, every part of mobileWARP will be open source: hardware designs, sensor subsystems, and all layers of the networking stack. Semester-long courses, laboratory exercises, operational reference designs, and hands-on mobileWARP workshops will also be developed. Reprogrammability at all layers ensures that clean state designs can be verified in a realistic design and testing environment. The platform opens an opportunity to explore merging application domains that could revolutionize the use of wireless. An important category of mobile healthcare for chronic illnesses will serve as a concrete example. Emphasis will be placed on always-available, ultra-low power designs for sensor, processing, and wireless subsystems.Broader Impacts: Embodying a bold convergence concept, and with a potential for transformative change in wireless networking and mobile applications, the project directly impacts diverse research communities, cross-cutting multiple areas and application domains, including mobile healthcare for chronic illnesses. Furthermore, courses developed, as well as laboratory exercises, allow students to explore all layers of wireless radio communication.