| NSF Org: |
CNS Division Of Computer and Network Systems |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | September 7, 2016 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | August 1, 2019 |
| Award Number: | 1650685 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Ann Von Lehmen
CNS Division Of Computer and Network Systems CSE Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering |
| Start Date: | October 1, 2016 |
| End Date: | September 30, 2019 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $80,969.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $116,969.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2018 = $26,000.00 FY 2019 = $10,000.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
615 W 131ST ST NEW YORK NY US 10027-7922 (212)854-6851 |
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| Primary Place of Performance: |
New York NY US 10027-6902 |
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Performance Congressional District: |
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| NSF Program(s): |
Special Projects - CNS, Networking Technology and Syst |
| Primary Program Source: |
01001819DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01001920DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.070 |
ABSTRACT
This project pursues a new and transformative experimental platform that combines intelligent and open, 'white box' capabilities spanning optical, wireless, and data networking in a research network deployed in Harlem, New York. Thereby, it brings advanced network research into one of the most dense urban areas. This research network will exist in parallel with the recently deployed LinkNYC network such that research elements can be flexibly introduced and studied independently or together. Two different experiments using combinations of programmable wireless, data, and optical interfaces will investigate the performance of this platform for use in smart city network research.
This project will enable research on smart city networks in a dense urban environment, where they are most needed. Furthermore, by placing the network in Harlem, the project will take a step toward bridging the digital divide. The advanced networking technologies will include a hub installation in the Harlem Gigabit Center, which is a community resource and innovation center. By partnering with Silicon Harlem, this project will engage the Harlem community in the development of this network and provide educational opportunities for the new Gigabit Center, area schools, and
education organizations.
The intellectual merits of this project include transformative advances in the study of metropolitan networks for smart communities and the Internet of Things. The project will uncover new ways to implement and evaluate networks in the field that include multiple software defined technologies based on optical, data, or wireless networking. The use of wavelength switching will be studied in real time on a metro network scale and in response to application and network requirements. Applications that involve multi-node multicast wireless and disaster response fiber reconfiguration will be evaluated using the multilayer white box network developed in this project.
The broader impacts include (i) development of a new testbed approach to investigating networks for smart cities and white box networking applications, (ii) support of bridging the digital divide by placing advanced network technologies in Harlem, (iii) engagement of the Harlem community in this network, and (iv) enriched educational experiences for multiple student populations.
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PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
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The project established a dark fiber smart city network testbed in the neighborhood of Harlem in New York City. Using dark fiber made available by the City of New York and ZenFi Networks, the testbed supports experimentation in the areas optical, wireless, and data networking. Testbed nodes include software defined networking (SDN) controllable disaggregated optical transmission and switching, radio, and data networking. These represent the latest technologies under development for 5G and beyond networks and smart city applications. The capabilities investigated here allow the network to be more flexible at handling the most demanding high speed, low latency applications. An SDN controller was developed and used for radio, optical, and data networking experiments including optical switching-based radio handover and full duplex radio experiments. This project advanced understanding of the use of more cost-effective disaggregated communication systems in heterogeneous technology environments, including RF and optical systems, under software defined networking control.
This project served as the pilot for the National Science Foundation COSMOS Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research testbed, successfully providing the following outcomes:
1) Proof of concept demonstration of whitebox SDN control of optical and wireless nodes communicating at distance over a dark fiber link in New York City.
2) Development of a SDN control plane for the control of optical system research in a smart city testbed and its integration into the COSMOS testbed.
3) Creation of a platform for developing machine learning algorithms using the testbed in New York City and its integration into the COSMOS testbed.
4) Integration of a second-generation open access full-duplex prototype with the optical network within the COSMOS testbed.
5) Education and awareness of smart city technologies and testbeds within the Harlem community through outreach activities with partner Silicon Harlem as well as within an extensive summer program for 20 teachers (where 4 teachers have been supported by supplements to this grant)
Integration and transfer of the groundwork technology development done in this project into the COSMOS testbed was fully completed.
Last Modified: 03/22/2020
Modified by: Gil Zussman
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