Workshop on Low Llatency Wireless Networks

无线网络已经无处不在，我们已经开始依赖于无线接入的广泛应用。然而，目前的无线网络在一个关键方面是非常不可预测的：通信延迟。众所周知，无论我们选择哪种类型的无线网络，在访问无线网络时产生的延迟都会有很大的不同。不可预测和经常高延迟的问题使无线网络无法在关键任务环境中使用。即使是常见的应用程序，如实时视频会议，由于这些延迟的不可预测性，性能也很差。提供一致的低延迟无线接入将进一步支持关键任务应用以及大量实时应用，如视频和音频。研讨会将汇集无线领域的思想领袖，并帮助制定该领域的研究议程。提议的研讨会将有助于确定低延迟无线网络的关键障碍。特别是，鉴于无线通信在过去十年中取得的巨大飞跃，研讨会将重新审视基本原则，确定现有架构，无线网络系统的设计和实践中的差距，以实现一致的低延迟无线网络，并指定该领域未来的研究方向。讲习班将是跨学科的，涉及从宏观卫星/蜂窝网络到微观片上无线网络的无线空间的研究人员和实践者，以及无线网络和通信的理论和系统方面的专家。该项目的结果将是一系列需要解决的关键技术问题和研究方向，以确保大量无线设备的低延迟无线接入。

Wireless networks have become ubiquitous and we have come to depend on wireless access for a wide-range of applications. However, current wireless networks are very unpredictable in one critical aspect: communication delay. It is well-known and widely observed that the delays incurred in accessing a wireless network, regardless of which flavor we choose, can vary widely. The issue of unpredictable and often high latencies precludes wireless networks from being used in mission-critical environments. Even common applications, such as real-time video-conferencing, suffer from poor performance due to the unpredictable nature of these delays.Providing consistent low-delay wireless access will further enable mission critical applications as well as a host of real-time applications such as video and audio. The workshop will bring together thought leaders in the wireless field and help shape the research agenda in this area. The proposed workshop will help identify key impediments toward low-delay wireless networks. In particular, given the huge leaps made in wireless communications over the past decade, the workshop will revisit foundational principles, identify gaps in existing architecture, design and practice of wireless networking systems to enable consistent low-delay wireless networks, and specify future research directions in this area. The workshop will be inter-disciplinary, involving researchers and practitioners from the wireless space ranging from the macro-scale satellite/cellular networks to the micro-scale on-chip wireless networks, as well as experts in the theoretical and systems aspects of wireless networks and communications. The outcome of this project will be a set of key technical issues that will need to be addressed and research directions to pursue in order to ensure low-delay wireless access for a large number of wireless devices.