MRI: Development and Deployment of an Operational and Programmable Diverse-Spectrum Access Network

PI(s)：骑士，爱德华；威廉·里德；人力Ashutosh;钟,林;题目：MRI：可操作和可编程的多频谱接入网络的开发和部署项目建议：该项目SPAN是下一代部署的频谱可编程接入系统，提出了一种具有不同频谱范围无线接入的新型仪器和测试平台环境，该环境是开放的，破坏性的，不受任何标准的约束。该项目将产生三个关键的发展，包括SPANnode、SPANscope和SPANnet，其中分别包括无线节点、独特的网络规模监控系统和无线网络。SPANnode是一个可编程的宽带节点，具有独特的高性能水平，跨越100倍的频谱和聚合多个频段，产生比任何现有的开源平台大4倍的传输带宽。SPANnode会产生世界吗？S第一全双工传输节点和第一多用户波束形成网关。SPANscope是一种独特的网络尺度监测工具，跨越广阔的光谱、空间和时间尺度。最后，SPANnet是一个无线网络，包括spannode、SPANscope监视器、符合SPANscope的智能手机和社区拥有的传统802.11客户机。SPAN支持频谱聚合研究：该项目将开发并实验性评估一种算法工具包，使网络运营商能够聚合不同的频谱带，以最好地满足其服务目标。网络多天线服务：该项目将利用新型多天线特性开发新的通信模式，包括多用户波束形成回程、全双工传输节点以及通过管理空间足迹增强的安全性。-网络规模能源优化：该项目将研究动态频谱接入和多天线收发器带来的能效性能权衡，以降低高性能无线网络基础设施的运营成本，提高电池寿命。更广泛的影响：该项目的目标和预期结果是独一无二的，在频谱政策、标准、行业和研究界等领域具有更广泛的影响潜力。该项目收集的测量数据集将与更广泛的研究界共享。研究人员是潜在的变革者。SPANnet将主要为西班牙裔社区服务，该项目包括向服务不足社区的高中推广。项目团队积极招募了多名西班牙裔和代表性不足的博士生。所有的代码都将是开源的，社区活动将促进SPANnodes的广泛可用性，这些可用性将提供给研究社区。

PI(s): Knightly, Edward; Reed, William S; Sabharwal, Ashutosh; Zhong, Lin;Institution: William Marsh Rice UniversityTitle: MRI: Development and Deployment of an Operational and Programmable Diverse-Spectrum Access NetworkProject Proposed:This project, SPAN, a system for Spectrum-Programmable Access for Next-generation Deployments, proposes a novel instrument and testbed environment with wireless access in diverse spectral ranges, which is open, disruptive and unconstrained by any standard. This project will yield three key developments, including the SPANnode, SPANscope, and SPANnet, which include the wireless node, unique network scale monitoring systems, and a wireless networks, respectively. SPANnode is a programmable wide-band node, with a unique level of high performance, spanning 100 times more spectrum and aggregate multiple bands to yield 4 times greater transmission bandwidth than any currently available open-source platform. SPANnode will yield the world?s first full-duplex transit node and first multi-user beam-forming gateway. SPANscope is a unique network-scale monitoring tool across vast spectral, spatial, and temporal scales. Finally, SPANnet is a wireless network comprising SPANnodes, SPANscope monitors, SPANscope-compliant smartphones, and community-owned legacy 802.11 clients. SPAN enables research in- Spectrum Aggregation: The project will develop and experimentally evaluate an algorithmic toolkit that enables network operators to aggregate diverse spectral bands to best meet their service objectives. - Networked Multi-antenna Services: The project will exploit a novel multi-antenna features to develop new communication modes including multi-user beam-forming backhaul, full-duplex transit nodes, and enhanced security via a managed spatial footprint. - Network-Scale Energy Optimization: The project will study energy efficiency performance tradeoffs brought by dynamic spectrum access and multi-antenna transceivers to reduce the operational cost of high-performance wireless network infrastructure and improve the battery lifetime.Broader Impacts: This project, unique in its goals and expected results, carries potential for large broader impacts in the areas of spectrum policy, standards, industry, and the research community. The measured data sets collected by in the project will be shared with the broader research community. The researcher is potentially transformational. SPANnet will serve primarily Hispanic community, and the project includes outreach to high schools in the underserved community. The project team actively engages multiple Hispanic and under-represented Ph.D. students. All code will be open-source and proposed are the community events that will promote wide usability of the SPANnodes which will be made available to the research community.