Software Dependability for 5G Systems

该应用程序将与我们的行业合作伙伴思科-加拿大合作，研究适用于5G企业网络的可靠软件系统。5G是一种新兴的通信标准，承诺“极端移动宽带”--高数据速率、低延迟、高覆盖的无线通信。因此，5G将给通信系统带来革命性的变化，并对加拿大人的生活质量产生重大影响，特别是那些生活在偏远地区、目前的通信基础设施没有得到很好服务的人。此外，5G预计将成为提供新的规模化能力的基础，例如任务关键型服务和无线上的大规模物联网(IoT)。在这项申请的批准下，我们将调查一些科学和工程研究挑战，并在以下研究领域做出贡献：(1)5G企业网络的分布式软件系统的保证，(2)网络规划的有效方法，(3)软件层的可靠网络切片能力，以及(4)5G系统中出现的身份、信任和义务问题，特别是在企业环境中。在这笔拨款下，我们的研究广泛地解决了5G背景下的一个基本认识，即虽然底层物理通信技术对于实现其承诺至关重要，但这些更高层的软硬件堆栈也需要创新，因为提供商只能根据他们在这些更高层提供的产品来差异化自己，例如通过他们的云和分布式软件服务。由于5G将给无线通信带来革命性的变化，我们的研究对加拿大和加拿大人都具有很高的价值。加拿大不仅依赖于通信技术方面的这种创新，而且应该继续走在其发展的前沿。我们的行业合作伙伴思科-加拿大公司直接受益于此项研究的成果，并将能够在完成此工作后的2-3年内在其产品和服务中利用这些成果。我们的研究还将在软件和通信系统的交汇处培养一批高素质的人员，而加拿大在这方面严重短缺。

This application will research, in collaboration with our industry partner, Cisco-Canada, dependable software systems for 5G enterprise networks. 5G is an emergent communications standard that promises "extreme mobile broadband" - high data-rate, low-latency, high-coverage wirless communication. As such, 5G will revolutionize communication systems, and have a significant impact on the quality of living of Canadians, in particular, those who live in remote areas and are not well served by the current communications infrastructure. In addition, 5G is expected to be the foundation for providing new capabilities of scale, such as mission-critical services and massive Internet of Things (IoT) over wireless. Under the grant of this application, we will investigate a number of scientific and engineering research challenges, and make contributions in the following areas of research: (1) assurance in distributed software systems for 5G enterprise networks, (2) effective ways of programming the network, (3) dependable network slicing capabilities at the software layers, and, (4) issues in identity, trust and obligation that arise in 5G systems, in particular, in the enterprise setting. Our research, under this grant, broadly addresses a fundamental recognition in the context of 5G that while the underlying physical communications technologies are critical to realizing its promise, innovation is needed at these higher layers of the software-hardware stack as well, as providers will only be able to differentiate themselves based on their offerings at these higher layers, for example, via their cloud and distributed-software services. As 5G is set to revolutionize wireless communications, our research is of high value to Canada, and Canadians. Canada not only relies on such innovations in communications technologies, but also should remain at the forefront of their evolution. Our industry partner, Cisco-Canada, benefits directly from the outcomes of this research, and will be able to leverage them in their products and services in 2-3 years from the time of this work. Our research will also train a number of highly qualified personnel at the confluence of software and communications systems, in which there is severe shortage here in Canada.