EAGER: Collaborative Research: Towards a Unified Wireless Network Involving Reconfigurable Devices

这个探索性研究早期概念拨款（EAGER）项目考虑了未来无线网络的愿景，其中网络中的所有移动设备由一个或多个软件定义的无线电组成，这些无线电支持多种通信模式和访问方案，并且网络主动管理组成终端的访问模式。该研究试图通过结合网络架构、物理层问题和网络层问题方面的专业知识，并考虑跨层协同设计，来实现这一愿景。该项目旨在：(i)提高对下一代软件定义无线电对未来无线系统的作用和影响的理解；（ii）产生一个设备模型，准确地表示下一代软件定义无线电的能力和限制；（三）开发在这种统一无线网络中管理带宽的新技术。考虑到软件定义无线电的能力和局限性，该研究有可能产生一种新的资源分配方案，该方案在异构无线基础设施上提供一组服务。该项目将开发与这些方法有关的初步结果，以及整个系统框架的初步成本和性能模型。就更广泛的影响而言，该研究有可能影响未来无线通信网络的各种应用，包括应急响应、远程医疗和娱乐。如果成功，就会有一个更强大、更高效的长期前景，特别是在频谱、无线网络方面。该项目向学生介绍移动设备和无线网络的全面和集成视图，从而使他们准备处理复杂系统的设计。

This EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) project considers a vision of a future wireless network where all mobile devices in the network consist of one or more software-defined radios that support multiple communication modes and access schemes and where the network actively manages the access modes of the constituent terminals. The research seeks to realize this vision by combining expertise in network architectures, physical layer issues, and network layer issues and by considering cross-layer co-design. The project aims to: (i) improve understanding of the roles and impacts of next-generation software-defined radios on future wireless systems; (ii) produce a device model that accurately represents the capabilities and limits of next-generation software-defined radios; and (iii) develop new techniques for managing bandwidth in such a unified wireless network.With respect to intellectual merit, the research has the potential to produce a novel resource allocation scheme that provides a set of services over a heterogeneous wireless infrastructure considering the capabilities and limitations of software-defined radios. The project will develop preliminary results related to these approaches and preliminary cost and performance models for the overall system framework.With respect to broader impact, the research has the potential to impact future wireless communications networks with a variety of applications including emergency response, telehealth, and entertainment. If successful, there are longer term prospects of a more robust and a more efficient, especially with respect to spectrum, wireless network. The project introduces students to a comprehensive and integrated view of mobile devices and wireless networks, thus preparing them to deal with the design of complex systems.