NeTS: A Geo-Distributed Global Name Service Community Infrastructure to Spur Next-Generation Internet Applications

该项目旨在开发下一代全球域名服务（GNS）基础设施，以供广泛的社区使用。GNS类似于互联网的域名系统（DNS）或互联网所谓的“电话簿”，但在以可靠的方式支持移动应用程序和网络功能方面要强大得多。GNS是MobilityFirst未来互联网架构（FIA）项目的成果，但迄今为止的研究和开发主要集中在MobilityFirst的背景下使用，而不是更广泛的网络或FIA研究社区。我们的立场是，为更广泛的社区使用准备GNS是有价值的。为此，这笔拨款的重点是现有开源GNS代码库的软件开发，使其可用于更广泛的社区，并为FIA和其他网络研究人员提供强有力的外展计划。科学立场，即逻辑集中式GNS对于任何互联网架构中的无缝移动支持至关重要或可以显著受益，已经在之前作为MobilityFirst FIA项目的一部分进行的研究中进行了详细说明。例如，像MobilityFirst这样的XIA隐式地依赖于GNS将自认证端点标识符转换为自认证网络位置标识符。以信息为中心的网络架构（如NDN）可以从GNS中受益，从而更有效地支持内容生产者的移动性。我们的立场是，这些和其他网络架构，包括现有的TCP/IP互联网，可以进一步受益于GNS的其他功能，如可编程解析策略，上下文通信，辅助路由层等。这种更广泛的使用潜力以前没有得到验证，特别是没有与FIA或更广泛的网络社区的其他研究人员积极协商。该项目将进行初步发展、社区教育和反馈收集活动，目的是为更广泛的网络研究界确立全球信息系统的价值。该项目的更广泛影响是通过帮助开发下一代互联网来服务于国家和社会利益。在过去的十年里，NSF已经在未来互联网架构计划和密切相关的研究和测试平台开发活动中进行了投资。然而，迄今为止资助的大部分工作都是在特定的FIA项目背景下完成的，并且很少有关键架构组件被视为可重用的和对更广泛的网络社区有价值的先例。因此，将GNS作为可重用的、有价值的体系结构组件进行验证是合适的。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project aims to develop a next-generation Global Name Service (GNS) infrastructure for broad community use. The GNS is analogous to the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS) or the Internet's so-called "telephone directory" but is significantly more powerful in its support for mobile applications and network functions in a trustworthy manner. The GNS is an outcome of the MobilityFirst Future Internet Architecture (FIA) project, but the research and development thus far has focused on its use within the context of MobilityFirst, not for the broader networking or FIA research community. Our position is that there is value in preparing the GNS for broader community use. To this end, this grant focuses on software development of the existing open-source GNS codebase to make it available to the broader community as well as a strong outreach program to FIA and other networking researchers.The scientific position, namely that a logically centralized GNS is critical for or can significantly benefit seamless mobility support in any Internetwork architecture, has been detailed in previous research conducted as part of the MobilityFirst FIA project. For example, XIA like MobilityFirst implicitly relies on a GNS to translate self-certifying endpoint identifiers to self-certifying network location identifiers. Information-centric network architectures such as NDN can benefit from the GNS for more efficient support for mobility of a content producer. Our position is that these and other network architectures including the existing TCP/IP Internet can further benefit from the GNS's other capabilities such as programmable resolution policies, contextual communication, assisting the routing layer, etc. This broader use potential has not been previously validated, especially not in active consultation with other researchers in the FIA or broader networking community. This project will undertake preliminary development and community education and feedback gathering activities aimed at establishing the value of a GNS for the broader networking research community.The broader impact of this project is to serve national and societal interest by helping develop a next-generation Internetwork. NSF has made a investment in the Future Internet Architecture program and in closely interrelated research and testbed development activities over the past decade. However, much of the work funded to date has been done in the context of specific FIA projects, and there is little precedent of key architectural components being seen as reusable and valuable to the broader networking community. Validating the GNS as a reusable and valuable architectural component is therefore opportune.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.