CNS-CRI: Unsolicited Community Infrastructure, Wireless National Scale Test Bed (WiNTeB) Workshop

CNS-CRI：主动提供的社区基础设施、无线国家规模测试台 (WiNTeB) 研讨会

• 批准号: 1029079
• 负责人: Mark Cummings
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Kennesaw State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-01 至 2011-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1029079&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CNS; CRI; Unsolicited; Community; Infrastructure

Researchers in US universities interested in working on wireless networks, both the technology and new applications, are currently unable to conduct national scale experiments. The creation of a National Wireless Test Bed using a public wireless carrier and a mechanism known as Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) may provide a suitable mechanism. A MVNO contracts with a public cellular network operator to gain access and buy time at wholesale rates. The MVNO then handles all the customer related tasks including usage contract, billing, and in some cases, provision of hardware. The concept here is to create a nonprofit MVNO aimed at supporting research. Potential benefits of a nonprofit MVNO for research include: a national scale testbed to experiment with mobile applications. There is also a possibility of the MVNO providing end-user devices, or base stations/femtocells bound to the MVNO's network to enable experimentation at lower layers. The first step to explore this concept is to hold a workshop in Washington DC attended by representatives from all the stake holders in a Wireless National Test Bed (WiNTeB). The purpose of this workshop is to define the research areas, implementation requirements, and to provide the foundation for planning a path toward realization of the concept.

美国大学的研究人员对无线网络的技术和新应用感兴趣，但目前无法进行全国范围的实验。使用公共无线运营商和称为移动虚拟网络运营商（MVNO）的机制创建国家无线试验台可能提供一种合适的机制。MVNO与公共蜂窝网络运营商签订合同，以批发价格获得接入和购买时间。然后，MVNO处理所有与客户相关的任务，包括使用合同、账单以及在某些情况下提供硬件。这里的概念是创建一个非营利性的MVNO，旨在支持研究。一个非营利性的MVNO对研究的潜在好处包括：一个全国性的移动应用测试平台。还有一种可能性是MVNO提供终端用户设备，或绑定到MVNO网络的基站/飞蜂窝，以便在较低层进行实验。探索这一概念的第一步是在华盛顿特区举行一个研讨会，由无线国家试验台（WiNTeB）的所有利益相关者的代表参加。本次研讨会的目的是确定研究领域、实施需求，并为规划实现该概念的路径提供基础。