Collaborative Research: CNS: Medium: Scalable Learning from Distributed Data for Wireless Network Management

预计向5G的过渡不仅会见证移动的增强现实和虚拟现实等新应用的出现，还会为已知和以前未知的威胁打开攻击面。因此，未来的无线网络将需要在不同的时间和业务聚合粒度（例如，如何分配频谱、如何隔离分布式攻击等）。 该项目旨在开发基于机器学习的可扩展分析，分析来自大量地理分布的无线核心网络实体（如基站）的数据。该研究将实现新的方法：（a）通过新颖的摘要和草图压缩原始数据，减少开销，同时实现高度准确的可扩展分析（B）可扩展但高度灵活的分布式学习方法，建立在新兴的联邦学习范式基础上，（c）灵活分配带宽，以支持控制平面分析，最大限度地减少对数据平面的影响。拟议的研究成果将是系统，算法和数据分析工作流程，这些工作流程将为下一代关键无线基础设施的设计和管理提供信息。所开发的方法将使互联网服务提供商能够更好地分配资源，并为新兴的增强现实应用提供更好的性能，以造福社会（例如，灾害应对和管理）。此外，这些方法可以发现和分析新的威胁，这将对国家安全产生重大影响。 拟议的教育活动预计将为学生提供网络，安全，系统构建和数据科学方面的全面培训。因此，在为国家需求领域的劳动力发展做出贡献方面，有很大的潜力产生更广泛的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。

The transition to 5G is expected to witness not only an emergence of new applications such as mobile augmented and virtual reality, but also opens up the attack surface to both known, and previously unknown threats. Thus, wireless networks of the future will need better control and management at different temporal and traffic aggregation granularities (e.g., how to allocate spectrum, how to quarantine distributed attacks etc.). This project aims to develop scalable, machine learning based analytics on the data from a large set of geographically distributed wireless core network entities such as base stations. The research will enable new approaches for: (a) compressing the raw data via novel summaries and sketches, that reduce overhead while simultaneously enabling highly accurate scalable analytics (b) scalable yet highly flexible distributed learning approaches that are built upon the emerging federated learning paradigm and (c) flexible allocation of bandwidth to support the control plane analytics that minimizes the impact on the data plane. The proposed research outcomes will be systems, algorithms, and data analytics workflows that will inform the design and management of next generation critical wireless infrastructures. The approaches developed will enable ISPs to better apportion resources and enable better performance for emerging augmented reality applications for societal benefit (e.g., disaster response and management). In addition, the approaches can enable the discovery and profiling of new threats, which will have significant implications on national security. The proposed education activities are expected to provide students with a comprehensive training in networking, security, system building, and data science. Thus, there is significant potential for broader impact in terms of contributions to workforce development in an area of national need.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.