EAGER: Collaborative Research: SciWiNet: a Science Wireless Network for the Research Community

PlanetLab和GENI等大型互联网测试平台被学术界广泛使用。不幸的是，支持无线网络系统的无线基础设施的研究并不普遍。Orbit和GENI/WiMAX等项目提供了一个有价值的服务框架，但这些无线测试平台在地理覆盖范围以及无线电接入和设备技术的多样性方面的规模有限。不仅网络社区，而且应用领域特定的研究社区，如环境传感和智能交通系统需要无线网络基础设施。 目前，设计和部署无线基础设施以支持“野外”研究所需的工作给项目带来了巨大的负担。拟议中的项目建立并试验了一个全国性的无线网络，支持学术研究团体，该网络被称为科学无线网络或SciWiNet。SciWiNet基于移动的虚拟网络运营商（MVNO）模型：SciWiNet（克莱姆森大学和罗格斯大学之间的合作）代表服务运营商; NVMO基础设施的运营商代表记录运营商和FCC许可证保持器;无线网络运营商（WNO）拥有底层频谱和网络基础设施。底层基础设施未接受调查。相反，该项目正在开发和评估一个可能的服务框架，可以支持广泛的学术研究人员，并可以集成校园提供的无线基础设施。更具体地说，该项目的目标是：1。评估MVNO模型的有效性，为学术研究社区提供无线测试平台; 2.整合并利用GENI社区提供的创新和资源; 3.为来自网络研究社区之外的SciWiNet用户社区提供适当的支持; 4.确定SciWiNet能够发展成为自我维持的国家资源的可行途径。该项目将使目前由于现有GENI/WiMax基站的覆盖范围有限而不可行的研究成为可能，包括电子健康，智能交通系统，智能建筑和结构，国土安全和物联网等领域的研究。 预计校园提供的无线接入和NVMO的组合将促进新应用程序的开发和部署，并有助于教育学生考虑在复杂的异构无线系统中理论与实践的结合。

Large scale Internet testbeds such as PlanetLab and GENI are widely used by the academic community. Unfortunately, wireless infrastructure to support wireless networking systems research is not as prevalent. Projects such as Orbit and GENI/WiMAX provide a valuable service framework, but these wireless testbeds are limited in scale in terms of geographic footprint as well as in terms of diversity of radio access and device technology. Not only the networking community but also application domain specific research communities such as environmental sensing and intelligent transportation systems require wireless cyberinfrastructure. Currently the effort required to design and deploy wireless infrastructure to support such research 'in the wild' imposes a significant burden on projects.The proposed project builds and trials a nationwide wireless network that supports the academic research community called the network the Science Wireless Network or SciWiNet. SciWiNet is based on a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) model: SciWiNet (a collaboration between Clemson University and Rutgers University) represents the Service Operator; the operator of the NVMO infrastructure represents the Carrier of Record and FCC license holder; the Wireless Network Operator (WNO)owns the underlying spectrum and network infrastructure. The underlying infrastructure is not under investigation. Instead, this project is developing and evaluating a possible service framework that can support a broad set of academic researchers and which can integrate campus-provided wireless infrastructure. More specifically, the objectives of this project are to: 1. Evaluate the efficacy of an MVNO model to provide a wireless testbed for the academic research community; 2. Integrate and build upon innovations and resources made available from the GENI community; 3. Develop appropriate support for the community of SciWiNet users that are from outside the networking research community; 4. Identify viable paths by which SciWiNet can evolve to become a self-sustaining, national resource.This project will enable research that currently not feasible because of the limited coverage of existing GENI/WiMax base stations, including research in areas such as eHealth, intelligent transportation systems, smart buildings and structures, homeland security, and Internet of Things. It is expected that the combination of campus provided wireless access and the NVMO will facilitate development and deployment of new applications and will be instrumental in educating students to consider the combination of theory and practice in complex heterogeneous wireless systems.