FIA: Collaborative Research: MobilityFirst: A Robust and Trustworthy Mobility-Centric Architecture for the Future Internet

该项目旨在设计和实验验证一个全面的干净的未来互联网架构。提议的MobilityFirst架构的动机是从今天开始互联网使用的持续范式转变？固定PC/主机（客户端）？服务器模型到新兴的移动的数据服务和普适计算应用。该架构的主要设计目标是：移动性作为规范与动态主机和网络移动性的规模;相对于无线介质的固有属性的鲁棒性;可靠性的形式增强的安全性和隐私性;可用性功能，如支持上下文感知服务，可演化性，可扩展性和经济可行性。 MobilityFirst网络设计的关键组件包括：（1）命名和寻址分离，通过快速全局动态名称解析服务实现;（2）自认证公钥网络地址，以支持强身份验证和安全性;（3）具有传输中数据包的网内存储的通用延迟容忍路由;（4）具有公钥地址的平面标签网间路由;（5）在段上而不是端到端路径上操作的逐跳传输协议;（6）提供增强的可见性的单独的网络管理平面;（7）用于用户和位置数据的可选隐私特征;以及（8）支持可编程性的集成计算和存储层。项目？的范围包括体系结构设计，关键协议组件的验证，MobilityFirst体系结构作为一个整体的测试床原型，以及在GENI实验基础设施上的真实协议部署。该项目的成果将为蜂窝-互联网融合提供架构指导，并有望影响网络行业未来的技术标准。

This project is aimed at the design and experimental validation of a comprehensive clean-slate future Internet architecture. The proposed MobilityFirst architecture is motivated by the ongoing paradigm shift of Internet usage from today?s fixed PC/host (client)?server model to emerging mobile data services and pervasive computing applications. The major design goals of the architecture are: mobility as the norm with dynamic host and network mobility at scale; robustness with respect to intrinsic properties of the wireless medium; trustworthiness in the form of enhanced security and privacy; usability features such as support for context-aware services, evolvability, manageability and economic viability. The key components of the MobilityFirst network design are: (1) separation of naming and addressing, implemented via a fast global dynamic name resolution service; (2) self-certifying public key network addresses to support strong authentication and security; (3) generalized delay-tolerant routing with in-network storage for packets in transit; (4) flat-label internetwork routing with public key addresses; (5) hop-by-hop transport protocols operating over segments rather than an end-to-end path; (6) a separate network management plane that provides enhanced visibility; (7) optional privacy features for user and location data; and (8) an integrated computing and storage layer to support programmability. The project?s scope includes architectural design, validation of key protocol components, testbed prototyping of the MobilityFirst architecture as a whole, and real-world protocol deployment on the GENI experimental infrastructure. The results of this project will provide architectural guidance for cellular-Internet convergence, and are expected to influence future technical standards in the networking industry.