Collaborative Research: NeTS - ProWiN: Programmable/Versatile Radio Platform for the Wireless Networking Research Community

net - prowin：无线网络研究社区的可编程/通用无线电平台这项工作汇集了加州大学洛杉矶分校的实验PHY研究人员、加州大学洛杉矶分校的网络研究人员和来自Umachines的工程专业知识，为网络社区开发了一个高度灵活的无线电平台。这样一个平台的可用性将在未来几年催生创新和突破性的网络研究。该提案的主要重点有两个方面：(1)规范、设计和开发一个具有完全定义的API和用户友好的GUI的多功能无线电平台。将开发两类无线电节点。第一种是完全基于DSP处理器的廉价平台。该平台可以处理几兆赫的带宽，并可以容纳一个或两个天线。第二个节点利用FPGA技术，将在25 MHz带宽下提供实时操作，并可支持多达4个天线元件。(2) UCI进行的网络研究，最终在开发的节点上实现所得算法。该工作将研究支持SISO和MIMO的节点的MAC增强功能，以便通过MAC层控制物理层参数以获得更高的整体性能（跨层设计）。除了提供社区非常感兴趣的研究成果外，这项工作还将推动节点达到其灵活性的极限，并推动MAC/PHY接口的定义和实现。

NeTS-ProWiN: Programmable/Versatile Radio Platform for the Wireless Networking Research CommunityAward 0434930Babak Daneshrad, UCLAAbstractThis effort brings together experimental PHY researchers from UCLA, networking research from UCI, and engineering expertise from Umachines to develop a highly flexible radio platform for the networking community. The availability of such a platform will spawn innovative and groundbreaking networking research for years to come.The main thrusts of this proposal are two fold: (1) Specification, design, and development of a versatile radio platform with a fully defined API and a user friendly GUI. Two classes of radio nodes will be developed. The first is an inexpensive platform built entirely on DSP processors. This platform can handle bandwidths of a few MHz and can accommodate one or two antennas. The second node leverages FPGA technology and will provide real time operation in 25 MHz of bandwidth and can support up to 4 antenna elements. (2) Networking research carried out by UCI culminating in the implementation of the resulting algorithms on the developed nodes. The work will investigate MAC enhancements for both SISO and MIMO enabled nodes such that the physical layer parameters are controlled through the MAC layer for higher overall performance (cross-layer design). In addition to providing research results of great interest to the community, this work will push the nodes to their limits of flexibility and drives the definition and implementation of the MAC/PHY interface.