MRI: Development of WARPnet - A Platform for Programmable and Observable Deployed Wireless Networks

该项目开发了一个平台，以克服高性能无线试验台的障碍，解决了实现普遍高速无线的共同追求中的一个关键挑战。这项工作探索了如何在真实环境中评估和部署创新的架构、算法和协议，而不会招致传统定制设计周期的高成本。无线网络开放访问研究平台(WARPnet)是从头开始构建的，使研究人员、设备供应商和网络运营商能够使用一组共享的工具来试验各种网络架构。WARPnet的主要特点如下：--部署的网络的可编程性：WARPnet能够在任何层对完全从头开始的设计进行编程，同时在每一层提供对丰富的研究和标准化算法和协议集的访问。此外，即使在部署之后，WARPnet节点也可以远程编程，这对于验证、改进和研究大规模网络中的新概念至关重要。-AT规模网络的深度可观察性：WARPnet提供在所有网络层观察、记录和收集网络中每个节点的准确状态信息的能力。收集细粒度测量的能力对于得出准确的网络模型、了解新协议对网络效率的影响以及对运行网络的基本了解以促进在线网络管理至关重要。-开放访问协作开发：WARPnet开放访问存储库为共享的、可互操作的组件的开发提供了统一的环境。通过一个通用的硬件和软件平台，研究人员可以在其本地部署中复制、比较和增强网络实例化。

This project, developing a platform to overcome the barriers to high performance wireless testbeds, addresses a critical challenge in the shared quest to achieve pervasive high-speed wireless. The work explores how to evaluate and deploy innovative architectures, algorithms and protocols in a real-world environment, without incurring the high costs of conventional custom design cycles. The Wireless Open-Access Research Platform for Networks (WARPnet), built from the ground up, enables researchers, equipment vendors, and network operators to experiment with a vast array of network architectures using a shared set of tools. Key features to be found in WARPnet follow.-Clean-Slate Programmability in Deployed Networks: WARPnet enables programming of completely clean-slate designs at any layer, while providing access to a rich set of both research and standardized algorithms and protocols at every layer. Furthermore, the WARPnet nodes can be programmed remotely even after deployment, which is crucial to validate, refine, and research new concepts in at-scale networks.-In-Depth Observability of AT-Scale Networks: WARPnet provides the ability to observe, record, and collect accurate state information at each node in the network at all network layers. The ability to collect fine-grain measurements is crucial to derive accurate network models, understand the impact of new protocols on network efficiency, and gain fundamental understanding of operational networks to facilitate on-line network management.-Open-Access Collaborative Development: The WARPnet open access repository provides a uniform environment for development of shared, inter-operable components. With both a common hardware and software platform, researchers can reproduce, compare and enhance network instantiations in their local deployments.