Intelligent 5G Networks Designed and Integrated for Globalized Operations (INDIGO)

为全球化运营而设计和集成的智能 5G 网络 (INDIGO)

• 批准号: 49100422C0020
• 金额: $ 74.99万
• 依托单位: AT&T CORP.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Contract
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-15 至 2023-07-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=49100422C0020&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Intelligent; 5G; Networks; Designed; Integrated

There are numerous examples of societal challenges faced by AT&T and the larger ecosystem of which AT&T has always been an influential member. For example, plain old telephone service set a new standard for reliability and simplicity.  Then came the transistor, satellites, the Internet, and the wireless revolution. Today, AT&T is building upon its close partnerships within a new multidisciplinary, multicultural, multigenerational team to face challenges posed by Track G within a project dubbed INDIGO or, Intelligent 5G Networks Designed & Integrated for Globalized Operations.   In view of the parallels between NSF’s Convergence Accelerator and DoD’s Joint All Domain Command & Control, INDIGO is adopting a basic-building-blocks approach to meet the functional and security requirements of military missions and civilian first responder teams in near real-time through a system-of-systems/network-of-networks approach across focus areas (1) Planning and Composition, (2) Interoperability, and (3) Execution. This integrates a novel Artificial Intelligence Planner with a Service Management & Orchestration Framework and RAN Intelligent Controllers.    INDIGO ensures the timely transfer of information needed to connect every sensor and every actor despite the unique variations in network type, availability, traffic, and data across the lifecycle of a complex mission. The goal is to develop real-world solutions for securely operating through 5G infrastructures in allied, hostile, and contested areas, and also to develop new infrastructures and partnerships for future secure wireless solutions in pace with emerging 5G/6G standards. The latter’s importance extends beyond military applications into the civilian sphere given the integration of sensors and multi RAT (Radio Access Technologies) in Smart Cities initiatives, Internet of Everything, and the emerging metaverse, i.e., the fully realized digital world that exists beyond the one in which we live today.

美国电话电报公司面临的社会挑战有很多例子，而美国电话电报公司一直是这个更大的生态系统中有影响力的成员。例如，普通的老式电话服务为可靠性和简单性树立了新的标准。随后出现了晶体管、卫星、互联网和无线革命。今天，AT&T正在与一个新的多学科、多文化、多代人的团队建立密切的合作伙伴关系，以应对Track G在一个名为INDIGO（为全球化运营设计和集成的智能5G网络）的项目中带来的挑战。鉴于NSF的融合加速器和国防部的联合全域指挥与控制之间的相似之处，INDIGO正在采用一种基本构建模块方法，通过跨重点领域(1)规划和组成、(2)互操作性和(3)执行的系统/网络方法，在近实时地满足军事任务和民用第一反应小组的功能和安全需求。这集成了一个新颖的人工智能规划与服务管理和编排框架和RAN智能控制器。INDIGO确保及时传输连接每个传感器和每个参与者所需的信息，尽管在复杂任务的整个生命周期中网络类型、可用性、流量和数据存在独特的变化。目标是开发通过5G基础设施在盟军、敌对地区和有争议地区安全运行的现实解决方案，并根据新兴的5G/6G标准，为未来的安全无线解决方案开发新的基础设施和合作伙伴关系。后者的重要性从军事应用扩展到民用领域，因为智能城市计划、万物互联和新兴的元宇宙中集成了传感器和多无线接入技术（RAT），即完全实现的数字世界超越了我们今天所生活的世界。