Looking Beyond the Internet - A Planning Proposal

最近，很明显，全球互联网基础设施的基础正在经历一系列深刻的技术变革。软件定义基础设施（SDI）、软件定义交换（SDX）等技术，以及蜂窝技术与传统基于云的系统和SDX/SDI/切片范式的集成，有望为现有服务提供更具成本效益的解决方案，并实现新的应用。迄今为止，国家科学基金会的关键项目已经充分表明，这些领域的实验研究可以为美国社会和美国经济带来非常高的回报。实现这类实验研究过程的关键部分是开发社区驱动的所需基础设施描述，并映射到潜在的应用领域。该项目将组织三个重点社区研讨会，讨论中等规模研究基础设施的需求和机会，吸引学术和工业研究界的参与。研讨会参加者将根据所需的专业知识，通过公开电话和有针对性的邀请相结合的方式选出。这三个研讨会的主题是：a. SDX研究和原型。b.城市无线研究，调查下一代无线/云系统的潜力，着眼于城市规模部署的研究实验。c.在智能城市等环境中使用SDX和下一代蜂窝技术的新颖应用和服务。三次研讨会的报告以及最后的总结将向公众公布。

Recently, it has become apparent that the foundations of the global Internet infrastructure are undergoing a set of deep technological changes. Technologies such as Software Defined Infrastructures (SDI), Software Defined Exchanges (SDX), and the integration of cellular technologies with traditional cloud-based systems and the SDX/SDI/Slicing paradigm promise to provide more cost effective solutions for existing services and to enable new applications. Key NSF projects to date have made it abundantly clear that experimental research in these areas can bring very high payoffs for US society and the US economy. A key part of the process for enabling such experimental research is developing a community-driven description of the needed infrastructure with a mapping to the potential application areas.This project will organize three focused community workshops on mid-scale research infrastructure needs and opportunities, engaging both the academic and industrial research communities. Workshop attendees will be selected via the combination of open calls and targeted invitations based on required expertise. The three workshops will have as their themes: a. SDX Research and prototypes. b. City-Wireless Research to investigate the potential of next-generation wireless/cloud systems, with an eye towards research experimentation in city-scale deployments. c. Novel Apps and Services using the SDX and next-generation cellular technologies in contexts such as smart cities.Reports from the three workshops as well as the final summary will be publically available.