NeTS: Small: Wireless Design for Fast M2M Control

NetS：小型：用于快速 M2M 控制的无线设计

• 批准号: 1321155
• 负责人: Anant Sahai
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1321155&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NeTS; Small; Wireless; Design; Fast

This project aims to explore the fundamental architectural considerations involved in designing/operating wireless networks for fast Machine to Machine (M2M) communication. Current ideas in the M2M space are fundamentally being driven by ``slow M2M'' applications like electricity-monitoring in the Smart Grid with their intellectual foundations coming from the now maturing field of wireless sensor networks. This project advances the field by addressing the high-performance case of industrial automation with tight real-time operating requirements and the demand for very high reliability. To do this, the project will be leveraging new mathematical and conceptual tools developed to understand decentralized control systems as well as modern approaches to doing multiterminal wireless networking that better exploit the full potential of the wireless medium. The techniques used in this project will span networking, control theory, information theory, wireless modeling, signal processing, and circuit implementation.Broadly speaking, the kind of "Fast M2M" technology that this project is developing has the potential to help invigorate the agile manufacturing sector of the economy. Easily reconfigurable wireless interconnection in the industrial setting could help high-skill manufacturing where the United States has a potential advantage over low-wage countries. In the course of developing this technology, the project will train students and postdocs in a way that encourages cross-fertilization of ideas between wireless communication, networking, circuit implementation, control theory, and information theory. These ideas will also be incorporated into courses, including new M.Eng. courses aimed at educating technical leaders for industry. This is the kind of non-siloed education that is essential for innovation in the future. The project will also broaden participation in the technical workforce by mentoring female graduate students.

该项目旨在探索设计/操作无线网络以实现快速机器对机器（M2M）通信的基本架构考虑因素。目前M2M领域的想法基本上是由“慢M2M”应用驱动的，如智能电网中的电力监控，其知识基础来自现已成熟的无线传感器网络领域。该项目通过解决具有严格实时操作要求和极高可靠性要求的工业自动化的高性能案例来推进该领域。为此，该项目将利用新的数学和概念工具来理解分散控制系统，以及更好地利用无线介质的全部潜力进行多终端无线网络的现代方法。该项目所使用的技术将涵盖网络、控制理论、信息理论、无线建模、信号处理和电路实现。总的来说，该项目正在开发的“快速M2M”技术有可能帮助振兴经济中的敏捷制造业。在工业环境中，易于重新配置的无线互连可以帮助美国在低工资国家具有潜在优势的高技能制造业。在开发这项技术的过程中，该项目将以鼓励无线通信，网络，电路实现，控制理论和信息理论之间思想交叉的方式培养学生和博士后。这些想法也将被纳入课程，包括新的工程硕士课程，旨在培养工业技术领导者。这是一种非孤立的教育，对未来的创新至关重要。该项目还将通过指导女研究生，扩大对技术劳动力的参与。