NEDG: Featherlight Information Network with Delay-Endurable RFID Support (FINDERS)

该项目的核心是具有延迟持久RFID支持的Featherlight信息网络（FINDERS），由超轻，耐用和灵活的无源RFID标签组成，无需电源，可在严格的重量限制和恶劣环境下长期应用。它扩展了RFID设备在无线网络建设中的使用，旨在找到感兴趣的事件并收集聚合信息。FINDERS由于其零星的无线链路、独特的非对称通信模式、间歇性的计算能力和极小的标签存储器，在通信和联网方面面临着前所未有的挑战。该项目的目标包括建立基本原理和原则，系统设计和优化，数学分析和建模，原型和实验评估的发现系统。该项目的成功不仅将推动无线传感器网络和RFID系统的科学研究，而且还将成为在严格的重量限制和恶劣环境下进行普适数据采集的新范例。该项目中开发的技术和FINDERS原型将立即使野生动物和生物研究项目受益。长远而言，这将为未来的相关项目提供多学科研究机会，有效加强UL Lafayette的研究竞争优势。研究成果将通过会议演示，期刊出版物，专门的网站，并在我们的研究生研讨会频繁讲座传播。该项目的研究问题和发现以及开发的测试平台将丰富课程材料，为学生提供实践经验，并吸引更多的研究生进入这一新兴领域。

This project centers on the Featherlight Information Network with Delay-Endurable RFID Support (FINDERS), composed of passive RFID tags which are ultra light, durable, and flexible, without power supply for long-lasting applications under strict weight constraints and harsh environments. It expands the use of RFID gear for wireless network construction, aiming to find events of interest and gather aggregate information. FINDERS faces unprecedented challenges in communication and networking, due to its sporadic wireless links, unique asymmetric communication paradigm, intermittent computation capability, and extremely small memory of tags. The objectives of this project include the establishment of fundamentals and principles, system design and optimization, mathematical analysis and modeling, and prototyping and experimental evaluation of the FINDERS system. The success of this project will not only advance the scientific study of wireless sensor networks and RFID systems but also serve as a new paradigm for pervasive data acquisition under strict weight constraints and harsh environments. The technologies and the prototype of FINDERS to be developed in this project will immediately benefit wildlife and biological research projects. In the long term, it will foster multi-disciplinary research opportunities for future relevant projects, effectively strengthening the research competitive edge of UL Lafayette. The research results will be disseminated through conference presentations, journal publications, a dedicated website, and frequent lectures at our graduate seminars. The research problems and findings and the testbed developed in this project will enrich course materials, provide students with hands-on experience, and attract more graduate students into this emerging area.