II-New: SC-CAN: South Carolina's Wireless Communication and Airborne Networking Collaboratory

在这个项目中，研究人员将用一个小型无人机（UAV）编队配置空对地网络，以进行两个目标的实验：（1）探索无线通信和网络中的几个研究主题，以提高未来无线系统的可靠性和效率，（2）让研究生/本科生亲身体验以下活动，以增加他们的学习经验：课程项目，以具体化他们的无线通信和网络的各种组件的理解。这些目标的一个关键组成部分是无人机的使用，其使用正在迅速增长，用于不断扩大的各种应用。 该项目的成果将使各种社区受益，例如，此外，该项目还将培养一批本科生和研究生，他们对通信、天线和网络有着深刻的见解。最终，学生可以成为各种社区劳动力的重要成员。未来的合作与其他大学和地方组织谁可能使用无人机也将explored.This项目，SC-CAN，提供了必要的推动力，在南卡罗来纳州大学在哥伦比亚的研究工作，朝着先进的无线通信和网络有关的无人机的各个方面的艺术状态。这包括（1）能够研究开发用于各种环境中的机载网络的新信道模型，以及通过检测和定位干扰攻击来提供高度可靠的无线服务，（2）促进无线协议的重新设计，该无线协议利用物理层知识来改善频谱使用，从而显著增加网络吞吐量，（3）分析和增强机载网络的保密性和安全性;（4）为可重构天线系统的设计研究提供工具和评估平台。新的实验室设备和无人机将使这项研究成为可能，这将使无人机通信和网络方面的广泛问题的各种实验成为可能。

In this project, the investigators will configure air-to-ground networks with a small fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to conduct experiments with two goals: (1) explore several research themes in wireless communications and networking in order to improve the reliability and efficiency of future wireless systems, (2) enhance the learning experience of graduate/undergraduate students by allowing them to conduct hands-on course projects to concretize their understanding of various components of wireless communications and networking. A key component of these goals is the use of UAVs, whose use is growing rapidly, for an ever-expanding variety of applications. Outcomes of this project will benefit a variety of communities, e.g., public safety, commercial users, UAV manufacturers, etc. In addition, the project will train a group of students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels with insights on communication, antennas, and networks. Ultimately the students can become important members of the workforce in a variety of communities. Future collaborations with other university and local organizations who may use UAVs will also be explored.This project, SC-CAN, provides the necessary impetus to research efforts at University of South Carolina at Columbia towards advancing the state of the art in various aspects of wireless communication and networking related to UAVs. This includes (1) enabling research in developing new channel models for airborne networks in various environments and for providing highly dependable wireless services by detecting and localizing jamming attacks, (2) facilitating redesign of wireless protocols that utilize physical layer knowledge to improve spectrum usage and consequently increase network throughput significantly, (3) analysis and enhancement of the privacy and security of airborne networks, and (4) providing tools and evaluation platforms for research on designing reconfigurable antenna systems. This research will be made possible by the new laboratory equipment and UAVs, which will enable a great variety of experiments on a wide range of issues in UAV communications and networking.