SFB 1053: MAKI - Multi-Mechanism-Adaptation for the Future Internet

SFB 1053：MAKI - 未来互联网的多机制适应

• 批准号: 210487104
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Universität Mannheim
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research Centres
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2012-12-31 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/210487104?language=en
• 关键词: SFB; 1053; MAKI; Multi; Mechanism

How will the Internet of the future look like? Which forms of communications – as we know them today – will prevail, which novel forms of communications will emerge? What are the challenges faced regarding the constantly increasing mobile use of networks? To summarize: A grand challenge in communication systems stems from an increase in dynamics and variations of the conditions in which they operate, the constantly increasing amount of changes of use cases, and the growing quality re-quirements. The Collaborative Research Centre MAKI (Multi-Mechanism-Adaption for the Future Internet) addresses this challenge. In par-ticular, it investigates all kinds of mechanisms in communication systems, the adaptation, interaction, constant optimization, and evolution thereof. The term mechanism describes both, communication protocols and parts thereof – defining the func-tionality of communication systems – and the functional aspects of the distributed systems realized on top. We witness a con-stant development of novel mechanisms. Yet, mechanisms providing equivalent functionality under different conditions coex-ist, since an adaptation of legacy mechanisms to traffic conditions, bandwidth, etc. is limited. Particularly mobile usage induces highly fluctuating conditions, which would require the online adaptation of the communication system by means of transitions between functionally equivalent mechanisms – which is mostly impossible as of today. Interactions between mechanisms that jointly depend on each other are more complex still and require coordinated transitions in groups of equivalent mechanisms, so-called multi-mechanisms-adaptation.Goal of the CRC is to enable such automated transitions between functionally equivalent mechanisms in communication sys-tems at runtime. It includes the coordination of multiple concurrent transitions, which influence each other. We face this chal-lenge in the context of the international research efforts towards a “future Internet”. We consider the plentiful coexistence of mechanisms a great opportunity rather than a curse, stimulating innovation. However, significant advances in research are re-quired to enable individually as well as jointly coordinated (multi-) transitions between mechanisms at system runtime. We aim at a paradigm shift in the global Internet research. We believe that a targeted effort of the given CRC-scale size is required to deal with the ever increasing complexity, variability, and dynamics of the Internet that coincide with a deluge of novel applica-tions and constantly increasing quality requirements.

未来的互联网会是什么样子？哪种通信形式--正如我们今天所知道的--将占上风，哪种新的通信形式将出现？随着网络的移动的使用不断增加，面临哪些挑战？总结一下：通信系统中的一个巨大挑战源于它们运行的条件的动态和变化的增加，用例的变化量不断增加，以及不断增长的质量要求。MAKI（Multi-Mechanism-Adaption for the Future Internet）合作研究中心致力于应对这一挑战。特别是研究通信系统中的各种机制及其自适应、相互作用、不断优化和进化。术语机制描述了通信协议及其部分-定义了通信系统的功能-以及在其上实现的分布式系统的功能方面。我们目睹了新机制的不断发展。然而，在不同条件下提供等效功能的机制共存，因为传统机制对业务条件、带宽等的适应是有限的。特别是移动的使用引起高度波动的条件，这将需要通过功能等效机制之间的转换来在线适应通信系统，这在今天几乎是不可能的。相互依赖的机制之间的交互更加复杂，需要在多组等价机制之间进行协调转换，即所谓的多机制自适应，CRC的目标是在运行时实现通信系统中功能等价机制之间的自动转换。它包括相互影响的多个并发转换的协调。我们面临着这一挑战的背景下，国际研究努力走向“未来的互联网”。我们认为，各种机制的大量共存是一个巨大的机会，而不是一个诅咒，刺激了创新。然而，在研究中的显着进步，需要单独以及联合协调（多）在系统运行时的机制之间的转换。我们的目标是全球互联网研究的范式转变。我们认为，给定的CRC规模大小的有针对性的努力，需要处理不断增加的复杂性，可变性和动态的互联网，符合大量的新的应用程序和不断提高的质量要求。