The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a definitive cost-no-fee contract valued at $30.1 million to Stanford University to conduct research under the PRONTO Study. The goal of the PRONTO Study is to create, deploy, and operate the first 5G network under verifiable closed-loop control as an exemplar. Major subcontractors include Intel Federal LLC, Cornell University, Princeton University, and the Open Networking Foundation. The research will leverage programmable forwarding plane elements, in-band network telemetry capabilities, and commercially available hardware. Key areas of research include developing a machine-verified P4 compiler, combining static and dynamic verification techniques, extending expressive telemetry queries, and building closed-loop network control applications. There is no set-aside designation. The contract was awarded under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Information Innovation Office Broad Agency Announcement and will help advance the agency's goals in areas such as artificial intelligence, data science, and cybersecurity.
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