Stationary Nodes

DISCOVER will provide access to programmable solar- and battery-powered stationary nodes that facilitate experiments with data collection, communication protocols, and multi agent-based edge computing in a heterogeneous networking environment. This enables research that investigates protocols and systems that are able to adapt to environmental challenges, such as network availability and capacity and node power/energy constraints. To meet the needs of experimentation for next-generation networks in rural and underserved areas, the DISCOVER infrastructure will (i) enable experimentation with a broad range of innovative software architectures and implementations; (ii) provide highly scalable computational power that supports sophisticated networking and computational algorithms; (iii) maximize energy efficiency, enabling low initial hardware and installation cost and energy-neutral operation; and (iv) provide flexibility and extensibility with open-source software and hardware designs, enabling evolution in computation, sensing, and communication.