Workshop on Future Research Infrastructure for the Wireless Edge

GENI社区已经从部署在多个校园的IEEE 802.16 （WiMAX）基础设施中获得了巨大的价值。正在进行的使用WiMAX基础设施的项目包括公共安全项目、移动优先未来互联网架构项目、韦恩州立大学与福特汽车公司的合作项目以及克莱姆森智能河项目等。然而，随着LTE技术成为4G蜂窝标准，有必要探索未来的无线测试平台。该项目将资助一个研讨会，该研讨会将为规划可能的下一代无线测试平台提供社区意见，重点关注无线应用，特别是在该基础设施设计中正在探索的概念：-简化基站配置，将处理转移到分布式云计算资源上，例如与基站位于同一位置的GENI机架；-能够构建端到端的“切片”，将移动和固定网络、计算和存储资源相结合，提供新颖的服务；简单、可扩展的无线基础设施，理想情况下覆盖几个城市规模的高密度区域，并提供对分布式云的直接访问。为了确保研讨会的成果包括目前正在探索LTE和商用蜂窝技术使用的其他美国政府组织的观点和需求，研讨会将在华盛顿特区举行。暂定日期为2014年9月底或11月初。与会者将包括学者、企业研究人员、美国国防部等政府机构的官员以及手机运营商。

The GENI community has obtained significant value from the IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) infrastructure deployed at multiple campuses. Ongoing projects using the WiMAX infrastructure include ones in public safety, the Mobility First Future Internet Architecture project, a collaboration between Wayne State University and the Ford Motor Corporation, and the Clemson Smart River project, to name a few. However, with LTE technology becoming the 4G cellular standard, there is a need to explore future wireless testbeds. This project will fund a workshop that will provide community input into planning for possible next generation wireless testbeds focused on wireless applications, and in particular concepts that are being explored in the design of this infrastructure: - Streamlined base station configurations that shift processing onto distributed cloud computing resources, such as GENI racks, that are co-located with base stations; - Ability to construct end-to-end "slices" that combine the mobile and fixed network, computation, and storage resources required to provide new and novel services; and - Simple, scalable wireless infrastructure, ideally covering a few city-scale areas at high density and providing direct access to the distributed cloud.In order to ensure that workshop output includes the views and needs of other US Government organizations which are currently exploring the use of LTE and commercial cellular technologies, the workshop will be held in Washington, DC. Tentative dates include either late September 2014 or early November 2014. Participants will include academics, corporate researchers, officials from agencies of the US Government such as the Department of Defense, and cellular operators.