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

这个早期概念的探索性研究（EAGER）赠款项目考虑了未来无线网络的愿景，其中网络中的所有移动的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接入方案，并且网络主动管理组成终端的接入模式。 该研究旨在通过结合网络架构，物理层问题和网络层问题的专业知识，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）制作一个准确表示下一代软件定义无线电的能力和限制的设备模型;以及（iii）开发用于在这样的统一无线网络中管理带宽的新技术。关于知识价值，该研究有可能产生一种新颖的资源分配方案，该方案考虑到软件定义无线电的能力和限制，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的无线通信网络，其各种应用包括紧急响应、远程保健和娱乐。 如果成功，则存在更稳健和更高效的长期前景，特别是在频谱方面，无线网络。 该项目向学生介绍了移动的设备和无线网络的全面和综合的观点，从而为他们处理复杂系统的设计做好准备。

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.