SDCI Net: A Wireless AdHoc and Sensor Network Cyberinfrastructure for Emergency Response

鉴于灾害应对环境的复杂性和严重性，迫切需要一种无线特设和传感器网络网络基础设施，将响应者和支持网络整合在一起。网络基础设施必须增强综合网络的稳健性和效率，并提供动态修改网络行为以响应不断变化的条件的机制。类似的努力在监测、跟踪和医疗保健方面也做出了贡献，但未能解决灾难响应所需的规模、复杂性和健壮性。智力优势：该项目开发了一个网络基础设施，由一套新的协议、软件组件和分析组成，以支持灾难应对。网络基础设施是为交替拥堵和稀疏的环境而设计的，这些环境是常规基础设施不可用的灾难的典型特征。频谱感知的多通道MAC协议通过智能使用多个通道将拥塞降至最低，从而提高了压缩传感应用的能效。按需路由以最佳数据速率提供端到端延迟保证。自适应调优可提高性能并最大限度地减少负面交互。该架构提供了一个为灾难应对行动量身定做的强大、节能的框架。广泛的影响：该项目将提供第一个用于应急响应的网络基础设施，集成了在现实环境中部署的无线传感器网络和自组织网络。研究结果将增加目前研究生和本科生的课程设置。该项目将在当地一所高中举办一场关于灾难应对中的无线自组织和传感器网络的高中水平的展示和讲解讲座。最后，该项目将把拟议的网络基础设施与德克萨斯州第一特遣部队整合在一起，第一特遣部队是负责协调城市搜救的主要州机构，也是联邦应急管理局挑选的六个小组之一，负责对化学、生物、辐射/核和爆炸事件做出反应。

Given the complexity and seriousness of the disaster response environment, there is an urgent need for a wireless adhoc and sensor network cyberinfrastructure that integrates responders and supporting networks. The cyberinfrastructure must enhance robustness and efficiency of the integrated networks and provide mechanisms to dynamically modify network behavior in response to changing conditions. Similar efforts have made contributions in surveillance, tracking, and healthcare but fail to address the scale, complexity and robustness required by disaster response.Intellectual merit: This project develops a cyberinfrastructure consisting of a set of new protocols, software components and analysis to support disaster response. The cyberinfrastructure is designed for the alternately congested and sparse environments typical of disasters where conventional infrastructure is unavailable. A spectrum-aware, multi-channel MAC protocol improves energy efficiency of compressed sensing applications, by minimizing congestion through intelligent use of multiple channels. On-demand routing provides end-to-end delay guarantees at optimal data rates. Adaptive tuning improves performance and minimizes negative interactions. The architecture provides a robust, energy-efficient framework tailored to disaster response operations.Broader impact: The project will provide the first cyberinfrastructure for emergency response, integrating wireless sensor networks, adhoc networks deployed in a realistic environment. The research results will augment current course offerings at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The project will create a high school-level show-and-tell lecture on wireless adhoc and sensor networks in disaster response to be delivered at a local high school. Finally, the project will integrate the proposed cyberinfrastructure with Texas Task Force 1, the main state agency responsible for coordinating urban search and rescue and one of six teams selected by FEMA to provide response to Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear, and Explosive incidents.