SBIR Phase I: MobIQ: A SIM-Based Solution To Software-Defined IoT Network Services

SBIR 第一阶段：MobIQ：基于 SIM 的软件定义物联网网络服务解决方案

• 批准号: 1843994
• 负责人: Yuanjie Li
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: MobIQ Technologies
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-02-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1843994&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; MobIQ; SIM; Based

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will result from advancing the application territory of Internet-of-Things (IoT) and 4G/5G/Beyond-5G ecosystems. If successful, the obtained results would directly benefit a large portion of the current 8.4 billion wirelessly "connected things" with an estimated $273 billion market. It will facilitate "always-on, anytime, anywhere" network services and further help enable many emerging IoT applications (e.g., safe driving, remote healthcare, smart city, wearables). The technology is expected to create new business opportunities for IoT vendors, service providers, and mobile virtual network operators. If successful, it will facilitate evolution from an operator-centric network ecosystem to a user/application-centric ecosystem.This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop a software-based solution to enabling dependable, software-defined network services for IoT applications. The objective for Phase I is to provide "always-on, anytime, anywhere" network service for billions of IoT devices and applications. Different from the current infrastructure-based solutions (using software-defined networking or network slicing), the proposed technology offers an in-device, SIM-based software solution without infrastructure upgrades or added device hardware. It enables in-SIM visibility to "black-box" mobile network operations, performs in-device optimizations using readily available mechanisms, and offers further value-added cloud services for network-wide optimization and management via crowdsourcing. The technology is readily deployable on today's IoT devices (both low-end and high-end) and provides "must-have" features for two customer segments (validated through NSF I-Corps interviews) - IoT mobile virtual network operators, and IoT application vendors.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将来自于推进物联网（IoT）和4G/5G/Beyond-5G生态系统的应用领域。如果成功，所获得的结果将直接惠及目前84亿个无线“连接的东西”中的很大一部分，估计市场规模为2730亿美元。它将促进“随时随地”的网络服务，并进一步帮助实现许多新兴的物联网应用（例如，安全驾驶、远程医疗、智能城市、可穿戴设备）。该技术预计将为物联网供应商、服务提供商和移动的虚拟网络运营商创造新的商业机会。如果成功，它将促进从以运营商为中心的网络生态系统向以用户/应用程序为中心的生态系统的演变。这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目将开发基于软件的解决方案，为物联网应用提供可靠的软件定义网络服务。第一阶段的目标是为数十亿物联网设备和应用提供“随时随地”的网络服务。与当前基于基础设施的解决方案（使用软件定义的网络或网络切片）不同，所提出的技术提供了一种基于SIM卡的设备内软件解决方案，无需基础设施升级或添加设备硬件。它实现了对“黑盒”移动的网络操作的SIM卡内可见性，使用现成的机制执行设备内优化，并通过众包为网络范围的优化和管理提供进一步的增值云服务。该技术可随时部署在当今的物联网设备（包括低端和高端）上，并为两个客户群（通过NSF I-Corps访谈验证）提供“必备”功能-物联网移动的虚拟网络运营商和物联网应用程序供应商。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。