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CNS Division Of Computer and Network Systems |
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Initial Amendment Date: | January 30, 2014 |
Latest Amendment Date: | January 30, 2014 |
Award Number: | 1402594 |
Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
Program Manager: |
John Brassil
CNS Division Of Computer and Network Systems CSE Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering |
Start Date: | April 1, 2014 |
End Date: | March 31, 2018 (Estimated) |
Total Intended Award Amount: | $245,999.00 |
Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $245,999.00 |
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101 COMMONWEALTH AVE AMHERST MA US 01003-9252 (413)545-0698 |
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MA US 01003-9242 |
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NSF Program(s): | Special Projects - CNS |
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Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.070 |
ABSTRACT
Today's Internet connects more and more devices. It has been predicted that by 2020, 50 billion "smart" embedded devices will be connected to the Internet. As the address space is nearly exhausted, the increasing users, applications, services, and devices pose a great demand on the Internet. At the same time, Internet users expect to have any information/service available at their fingertips. This exacerbates the need for a highly available and scalable Internet.
The project aims to meet the scalability and reliability demands of diverse applications, services and trillions of devices. The proposed architecture, referred to as LOcation-based Routing and ID-based Forwarding or LORIF, supports data forwarding based on the ID of a destination host, while maintaining routes based on the topological locations of the end host. Each host may have multiple locations representing its topological identity. Through a novel service for mapping host ID to network location(s), LORIF enables the control plane to scaleably exploit path diversity, while at the same time, facilitating data plane to improvements in end-to-end reliability.
LORIF brings significant benefits to users and the society by enhancing the scalability and reliability of our communication infrastructure. This project brings together an international team of researchers from diverse and complimentary backgrounds. Such a collaboration enables the feasibility of deploying the testbed across the continents, and enhances the odds of adoption in the future. This project will train graduate and undergraduate students in network architecture design and testbed development.
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PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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The research in this project has led to a novel ID-based data forwarding mechanism and location-based routing. This project has produced a design and subsequent development of a series of address encoding and allocation schemes, as well as an automatic address configuration and distribution protocol to meet the scalability requirements of the proposed Internet architecture. Two testbeds have been developed to validate the performance of the developed solutions. Furthermore, this project has contributed various extensive service modules to reduce the end-to-end latency and support mobility capabilities and the authentication of the devices. The encoding algorithms and modules designed in this project provide insights on how address encoding and allocation can be utilized to provide better Internet service to end-users at a lower cost, and improve the efficiency of traffic flows in data center networks, IoT network and other wireless systems.
In addition to publishing over 11 journal and conference articles, we provided research opportunities for 5 undergraduate students at Liberty University, including a female undergraduate student. The students contributed to the research by implementing an FPGA-based hardware acceleration, and presented their work in an international conference. The students gained research, programming, and reporting skills in this project, and were well-prepared for the high-tech workforce. The project has integrated research and education through the participation of both undergraduate and graduate students in the project and by incorporation of research outcomes into undergraduate and graduate coursework.
Last Modified: 04/26/2018
Modified by: Lixin Gao
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