NeTS: Small: Wireless Design for Fast M2M Control

本项目旨在探讨设计/操作无线网络以实现机器到机器(M2M)快速通信所涉及的基本架构考虑因素。目前M2M领域的想法基本上是由“缓慢的M2M”应用程序推动的，如智能电网中的电力监测，其智力基础来自现已成熟的无线传感器网络领域。该项目通过解决工业自动化具有严格的实时操作要求和非常高的可靠性要求的高性能案例来推动该领域的发展。为此，该项目将利用开发的新的数学和概念工具来了解分散的控制系统，以及更好地利用无线介质的全部潜力的进行多终端无线联网的现代方法。该项目所使用的技术将跨越网络、控制理论、信息理论、无线建模、信号处理和电路实现。从广义上讲，该项目正在开发的那种“快速M2M”技术具有帮助振兴敏捷制造经济的潜力。在工业环境中，易于重新配置的无线互联可以帮助高技能制造业，在这些领域，美国相对于低工资国家具有潜在优势。在开发这项技术的过程中，该项目将以一种鼓励在无线通信、网络、电路实现、控制理论和信息理论之间进行思想交流的方式培训学生和博士后。这些想法也将被纳入课程，包括新的M.Eng。旨在为工业培养技术领袖的课程。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来扩大在技术工作队伍中的参与。

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.