Foundations for a New Infrastructure
The NSF’s emerging effort to forge a clean-slate Internet architecture will draw on a wide body of existing research. Below is a sampling of major efforts aimed at improving everything from security to wireless communications.
PLANETLAB
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Focus:Creating an Internet “overlay network” of hardware and software–currently 630 machines in 25 countries–that performs functions ranging from searching for worms to optimizing traffic.
EMULAB
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Focus:A software and hardware test bed that provides researchers a simple, practical way to emulate the Internet for a wide variety of research goals.
DETER/University of Southern
California Information Sciences Institute
Marina del Rey, CA
Focus:A research test bed where researchers can safely launch simulated cyber-attacks, analyze them, and develop defensive strategies, especially for critical infrastructure.
WINLAB (Wireless Information Network Laboratory)
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
Focus:Develops wireless networking architectures and protocols, aimed at deploying the mobile Internet. Performs research on everything from high-speed modems to spectrum management.