NSF Ubiquitous Computing and Communication Budget Code:  
The focus of this program activity is basic research on technology for the transfer of information from one point in space to another (transmission and networking) and/or one point in time to another (information storage and retrieval) including multiple access techniques to enable effective collaborative access to information resources. Research issues include: the efficient utilization of spectral bandwidth for wireless and wired systems; new architectures and multiple access techniques for lightwave systems; optical technologies; reliable and secure transmission or storage of information in local and in multiple access environments; and fundamental aspects of the characterization, control, and management, of information networks.

Areas of currently funded research include:
  • Gigabit testbed research;
  • Design and analysis of gigabit switching systems;
  • Protocols and software structures for network management;
  • Resource discovery among collaborative information spaces in large, decentralized environments;
  • Network information theory;
  • Multi-sender and multi-receiver network security;
  • Modulation, detection, and coding of reliable information storage and retrieval;
  • All optical networks; and
  • Optical technologies for computing and communications.
Budget ($ M)
FY 95 Act 10.52
FY 96 Pres 14.80
FY 96 Est 14.44
FY 97 Rqst  
Program Component Areas
  FY 96 FY 97
HECC    
LSN 14.44  
HCS    
HuCS    
ETHR    
Agency Ties
DARPA Partner
NSF  
DOE User
NASA User
NIH  
NSA  
NIST  
NOAA  
EPA  
ED  
AHCPR  
VA  
Milestone Changes The name of this activity has been changed from Very High Speed Networks and Communications in the previous Implementation Plan to reflect the broader nature of the program.
FY 1995 Actual Milestones FY 1996 Estimated Milestones FY 1997 Agency Requested Milestones
Reported on the accomplishments of the gigabit testbed project,including lessons learned and the strengths and weaknesses of technologies deployed in the testbeds.

Sponsored a conference in November to discuss testbed results.

Held workshops on Wireless Access, Open Bearer Service, and Network Storage. 		Build on new gigabit research infrastructure by funding research aimed at more effective utilization of large information resources; specifically, enabling access to, distribution of, and effective interactions with these resources.

Hold competitive program solicitation and make awards for wireless access testbeds.

Continue collaboration with ARPA in 10 Gb/s testbed initiated under the Technology Reinvestment Program.

Continue basic research in coding and coded modulation relevant to challenges in wireless access such as mobility management and channels of widely and rapidly fluctuating capacity.

Examine convergence of computing, entertainment, and telecommunications from the standpoint of the Internet experience and the Open Bearer Service. 		This activity is now incorporated into the activity described under Networking, Communications and the Convergence of Computing and Communications.