ITR: Collaborative Research: Efficient Resource Management for Controlled-Mobility Wireless Networks

今天的嵌入式计算机越来越移动的和无处不在，能够与环境交互，并且可以通过可能巨大和普及的网络彼此通信。虽然大多数无线网络都不具备自主运动的能力，但新的技术正在为小型嵌入式设备提供推动自身运动的手段，其能量消耗与通信和计算的能量预算相当。移动性受控无线网络（CMWN）被定义为具有计算、通信和运动能力的嵌入式设备的网络。本项目的目的是发展一种新的概念框架，用于设计、开发和运行具有这些特性的高效可靠的网络。开发一个概念合理、一致和完整的框架，用于分析竞争计算、通信和运动控制需求之间的相互作用，并在CMWN的设计中发挥作用.分布式算法和通信协议的设计、分析和性能表征.用于部署有代表性的CMWN的软件、中间件和网络服务的规范、实现和验证。

Today's embedded computers are increasingly mobile and ubiquitous, arecapable of interacting with the environment, and can communicate withone another over possibly vast and pervasive networks. While most ofthe wireless networks are not expected to be capable of controllingtheir own motion, new technological possibilities are emerging toprovide small embedded devices with the means to propel themselves,with an energy expenditure that is comparable to the energy budget ofcommunication and computation.A Controlled-Mobility Wireless Network (CMWN) is defined as a networkof embedded devices endowed with computation, communication and motioncapabilities. The purpose of this project is the development of a newconceptual framework for the design, development and operation ofefficient and reliable networks with such characteristics.The overall objectives of the basic research proposed in this projectare:1. The development of a conceptually sound, consistent and completeframework for the analysis of the interactions between competingcomputation, communication, and motion control requirements, arisingin the design of CMWNs.2. The design, analysis, and performance characterization ofdistributed algorithms and communication protocols for provablyefficient and adaptive CMWNs.3. The specification, implementation and verification of software,middleware and networking services for the deployment ofrepresentative CMWNs.