NeTS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Enabling Cellular Services over Unplanned Femto-Cell Deployments: From Theory to Implementation

NeTS：媒介：协作研究：在计划外的 Femto-Cell 部署上实现蜂窝服务：从理论到实施

• 批准号: 1161490
• 负责人: Prasun Sinha
• 金额: $ 38万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1161490&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NeTS; Medium; Collaborative; Research; Enabling

The objective of the proposed research is to develop the foundations for resource allocation in femtocell networks, and evaluate the performance of the solutions using real testbeds. Wireless resource allocation in femtocell-based networks is particularly challenging due to four main reasons: (1) interference between femtocells and between femto- and macro-cells; (2) variable and unpredictable delays in signaling and data communication between each femtocell and the operator's network; (3) limited bandwidth for signaling over a wireless channel to a large number of femtocells; and, (4) involvement of three parties with differing priorities: the operator, the users, and the femtocell owners. The specific research tasks in this project are: (1) For legacy systems, develop distributed solutions for both downlink and uplink scheduling and handover under co-deployment of macro- and femto-cells that do not require any changes to existing hardware and standards; (2) Develop distributed, adaptive and self-organizing solutions (unconstrained by legacy requirements) for resource allocation by using a powerful tool from statistical physics, called Glauber dynamics; and (3) Design mechanisms to facilitate offline truthful auctions in practical settings involving the end-users, the femtocell owners, and the operator. The solutions will be implemented and evaluated on two testbeds under development at University of Michigan and at Ohio State University. The proposed research has the potential to significantly impact the cellular industry and end-users. Given the high penetration rates of cell-phones worldwide, this research has an immediate and widespread impact.

拟议的研究的目的是开发Femtocell网络中资源分配的基础，并使用实际测试床来评估解决方案的性能。 基于FEMTOCELL的网络中的无线资源分配尤其具有挑战性，这是由于四个主要原因：（1）femtocells和femtotocells和femtotocells之间的干扰； （2）每个fomtocell和操作员网络之间的信号传导和数据通信的变量和不可预测的延迟； （3）有限的带宽，用于在无线通道上发出信号传导到大量的femtocells；以及（4）三方具有不同优先级的参与：操作员，用户和fomtocell所有者。 该项目中的具体研究任务是：（1）对于旧系统，在宏观和FEM Tol-Cells的共同部署下，为下行链路和上行链路调度和移交开发分布式解决方案，这些解决方案不需要对现有硬件和标准不需要任何更改； （2）通过使用统计物理学的强大工具（称为Glauber Dynamics），开发了分布式，自适应和自组织解决方案（不受遗产要求的不受限制）来分配资源； （3）设计机制，以促进涉及最终用户，Femtocell所有者和操作员的实践环境中的离线真实拍卖。 该解决方案将在密歇根大学和俄亥俄州立大学开发的两个测试床上实施和评估。 拟议的研究有可能显着影响细胞行业和最终用户。鉴于全球细胞手机的渗透率很高，这项研究具有直接和广泛的影响。