EAGER: Collaborative Research: Lighting a Dark Fiber Experimental Research Network in Harlem

该项目追求一个新的和变革性的实验平台，结合智能和开放，“白色盒”的能力，跨越光学，无线和数据网络在哈莱姆，纽约部署的研究网络。因此，它将先进的网络研究带入了最密集的城市地区之一。该研究网络将与最近部署的LinkNYC网络并行存在，以便可以灵活地引入研究元素，并单独或一起进行研究。使用可编程无线，数据和光学接口的组合的两个不同的实验将研究该平台用于智能城市网络研究的性能。该项目将在密集的城市环境中进行智能城市网络的研究，这是最需要的。此外，通过在哈莱姆建立网络，该项目将朝着弥合数字鸿沟迈出一步。先进的网络技术将包括在哈莱姆千兆中心安装一个集线器，这是一个社区资源和创新中心。通过与Silicon哈莱姆合作，该项目将使哈莱姆社区参与该网络的开发，并为新的千兆中心、地区学校和教育机构提供教育机会。该项目的智力价值包括在智能社区和物联网的城域网研究方面取得变革性进展。该项目将揭示在现场实施和评估网络的新方法，包括基于光学、数据或无线网络的多种软件定义技术。波长交换的使用将在城域网规模上进行真实的实时研究，并响应应用和网络要求。 应用程序，涉及多节点多播无线和灾难响应光纤重新配置将使用多层白色盒网络在这个项目中开发的评估。 更广泛的影响包括：㈠开发一种新的试验平台方法，以调查智慧城市和白色盒网络应用的网络; ㈡通过在哈莱姆部署先进的网络技术，支持弥合数字鸿沟; ㈢让哈莱姆社区参与这一网络; ㈣丰富多个学生群体的教育经验。

This project pursues a new and transformative experimental platform that combines intelligent and open, 'white box' capabilities spanning optical, wireless, and data networking in a research network deployed in Harlem, New York. Thereby, it brings advanced network research into one of the most dense urban areas. This research network will exist in parallel with the recently deployed LinkNYC network such that research elements can be flexibly introduced and studied independently or together. Two different experiments using combinations of programmable wireless, data, and optical interfaces will investigate the performance of this platform for use in smart city network research. This project will enable research on smart city networks in a dense urban environment, where they are most needed. Furthermore, by placing the network in Harlem, the project will take a step toward bridging the digital divide. The advanced networking technologies will include a hub installation in the Harlem Gigabit Center, which is a community resource and innovation center. By partnering with Silicon Harlem, this project will engage the Harlem community in the development of this network and provide educational opportunities for the new Gigabit Center, area schools, and education organizations.The intellectual merits of this project include transformative advances in the study of metropolitan networks for smart communities and the Internet of Things. The project will uncover new ways to implement and evaluate networks in the field that include multiple software defined technologies based on optical, data, or wireless networking. The use of wavelength switching will be studied in real time on a metro network scale and in response to application and network requirements. Applications that involve multi-node multicast wireless and disaster response fiber reconfiguration will be evaluated using the multilayer white box network developed in this project. The broader impacts include (i) development of a new testbed approach to investigating networks for smart cities and white box networking applications, (ii) support of bridging the digital divide by placing advanced network technologies in Harlem, (iii) engagement of the Harlem community in this network, and (iv) enriched educational experiences for multiple student populations.