NeTS: Large: Collaborative Research:Network Innovation Through Choice

计算机网络，特别是因特网，代表了商业、政府、军事和个人通信的关键基础设施。最近在技术和网络使用方面的几个趋势已经推动了Internet所需的功能超出了当前部署的基础设施所能提供的范围。该项目为不久的将来的互联网开发了一种新的架构设计，代表了一种变革性的转变，以实现网络核心的持续创新，使用经济原则。这种新的网络体系结构的核心思想是支持选择作为体系结构的中心方面。建立在这些原则基础上的网络将能够适应针对当前和未来挑战的新兴解决方案。在这项工作中设计和原型化的网络架构旨在(1)鼓励替代方案，允许用户从一系列服务中进行选择，(2)让用户用钱包投票，以奖励卓越和创新的服务，(3)提供机制，以随时了解可用的替代方案及其性能。解决方案来自不同的方向，反映了团队？计算机网络、网络系统、管理科学和网络经济学等多学科专业知识。该项目的广泛影响有助于增强下一代互联网的功能和可用性，预计下一代互联网将成为基础设施的重要组成部分。该项目还将参与组织的研究生和本科生的研究和教育结合起来，在这些组织中，目前继续努力使代表性不足的少数民族融入社会。这项工作的结果以开源原型和出版物的形式传播。

Computer networks, in particular the Internet, represent critical infrastructure for business, government, military, and personal communication. Several recent trends in technology and network use have pushed the capabilities required of the Internet beyond what can be provided by the currently deployed infrastructure. This project develops a new architectural design for the Internet of the near future that represents a transformative shift to enable sustained innovation in the core of the network, using economic principles. The core idea of this new network architecture is to support choice as the central aspect of the architecture. A network built on these principles will be able to adapt to emerging solutions for current and future challenges. The network architecture designed and prototyped in this work aims to (1) encourage alternatives to allow users to choose from a range of services, (2) let users vote with their wallet to reward superior and innovative services, (3) provide the mechanisms to stay informed on available alternatives and their performances. Solutions are approached from different directions, reflecting the team?' multidisciplinary expertise in computer networking, network systems, management science, and network economics.The broader impact of this project contributes to enhancing the functionality and usability of the next-generation Internet, which is expected to become an important piece of infrastructure. The project also integrates research and education of graduate and undergraduate students at the participating organizations, where current efforts to integrate underrepresented minorities are continued. Results from this work are disseminated in the form of an open-source prototype and publications.