II-EN: Enhancing a Metro-Scale Vehicular Testbed for Flexible White Space Networking

最近，美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）允许未经许可使用超高频频谱的空闲部分，即电视空白频谱。该项目开发了一个基础设施，以促进对利用未经许可的电视空白频谱的新网络技术的研究。该基础设施将使研究下一代网络的可管理性、设计安全网络成为可能；透过快速连接，促进提供优质服务；并为移动用户提供端到端的互联网性能增强。空白网络通信技术非常重要，因为它们可能导致影响整个无线领域的颠覆性创新。利用新出现的电视空白空间的新网络协议和系统为实现新的无线服务提供了希望，并有可能创造出全新的行业；这对社会至关重要。该基础设施是首个专注于跨越大型城市区域和车辆的空白网络研究的基础设施。这一努力以重要的方式吸引了众多当地合作伙伴：麦迪逊地铁运输公司，负责麦迪逊及其周边公共交通服务的当地组织，正在支持各种车载互联网接入服务的实验。当地的四年制大学埃奇伍德学院参与了与教育活动相关的活动。两家技术合作伙伴，阿尔卡特朗讯和无线电技术系统公司，正在实施高带宽空白通信系统。通过以基础设施为中心的实验室课程，以及通过公共网站开发和传播的新课件，学生可以参与学习新的空白网络技术。

Recently the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made available for unlicensed use the vacant portion of the UHF spectrum known as the TV whitespace spectrum. This project develops an infrastructure to facilitate research into new network technologies that leverage the unlicensed TV whitespace spectrum. The infrastructure will make possible research into the manageability of the next generation of networks, designing secure networks; facilitating the provision of Quality of Service through fast-link; and enabling end-to-end Internet performance enhancements to mobile users. Whitespace network communication technologies are significant because they can potentially lead to disruptive innovations impacting the entire wireless landscape. New networking protocols and systems taking advantage of the newly available TV white spaces offer the promise of enabling new wireless services and potentially creating entire new industries; this is critically important for society. This infrastructure is the first-of-its-kind that focuses on whitespace networking research spanning a large urban area and vehicles. The effort is engaging numerous local partners in significant ways: Madison Metro Transit, the local organization responsible for public transit services in and around Madison, is supporting the experimentation of various vehicular Internet access services. Edgewood College, a local four-year college is involved is the associated with the educational activities. Two technology partners, Alcatel-Lucent and Radio Technology Systems, are implementing the high-bandwidth whitespace communication system. Students are involved in learning about the new whitespace networking technologies through a laboratory-oriented curriculum centered on the infrastructure, and through new courseware developed and disseminated through public websites.