II-New: SC-CAN: South Carolina's Wireless Communication and Airborne Networking Collaboratory

在这个项目中，研究人员将利用一小批无人机(UAV)配置空对地网络，以进行两个目标的实验：(1)探索无线通信和网络的几个研究主题，以提高未来无线系统的可靠性和效率；(2)通过允许研究生/本科生进行实践课程项目，增强他们对无线通信和网络的各个组成部分的具体理解，从而增强他们的学习体验。这些目标的一个关键组成部分是使用无人机，其使用正在迅速增长，用于不断扩大的各种应用。该项目的成果将惠及各种社区，例如公共安全、商业用户、无人机制造商等。此外，该项目还将培训一批具有通信、天线和网络洞察力的本科生和研究生。最终，这些学生可以成为各种社区的重要劳动力。未来还将探索与其他可能使用无人机的大学和地方组织的合作。这个名为SC-CAN的项目为南卡罗来纳大学哥伦比亚分校的研究工作提供了必要的动力，以促进与无人机相关的无线通信和网络的各个方面的最先进水平。这包括(1)通过检测和定位干扰攻击，为机载网络开发新的信道模型，并提供高度可靠的无线服务的研究；(2)促进无线协议的重新设计，利用物理层知识来改善频谱使用，从而显著增加网络吞吐量；(3)分析和增强机载网络的隐私和安全；以及(4)为设计可重构天线系统的研究提供工具和评估平台。新的实验室设备和无人机将使这项研究成为可能，这将使在无人机通信和联网的广泛问题上进行各种实验成为可能。

In this project, the investigators will configure air-to-ground networks with a small fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to conduct experiments with two goals: (1) explore several research themes in wireless communications and networking in order to improve the reliability and efficiency of future wireless systems, (2) enhance the learning experience of graduate/undergraduate students by allowing them to conduct hands-on course projects to concretize their understanding of various components of wireless communications and networking. A key component of these goals is the use of UAVs, whose use is growing rapidly, for an ever-expanding variety of applications. Outcomes of this project will benefit a variety of communities, e.g., public safety, commercial users, UAV manufacturers, etc. In addition, the project will train a group of students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels with insights on communication, antennas, and networks. Ultimately the students can become important members of the workforce in a variety of communities. Future collaborations with other university and local organizations who may use UAVs will also be explored.This project, SC-CAN, provides the necessary impetus to research efforts at University of South Carolina at Columbia towards advancing the state of the art in various aspects of wireless communication and networking related to UAVs. This includes (1) enabling research in developing new channel models for airborne networks in various environments and for providing highly dependable wireless services by detecting and localizing jamming attacks, (2) facilitating redesign of wireless protocols that utilize physical layer knowledge to improve spectrum usage and consequently increase network throughput significantly, (3) analysis and enhancement of the privacy and security of airborne networks, and (4) providing tools and evaluation platforms for research on designing reconfigurable antenna systems. This research will be made possible by the new laboratory equipment and UAVs, which will enable a great variety of experiments on a wide range of issues in UAV communications and networking.