This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant award of $748,702 supports research under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop security services for 5G software-defined edge networks. The primary awardee, Sri International, will focus on creating an in-depth security architecture integrated into the 5G software-defined radio access network reference standard. This will introduce a cross-layer security approach leveraging the modularity of the new...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $749,999 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program. The grant will fund research to develop techniques enabling the Department of Defense to securely leverage commercial 5G wireless networks for mission-critical operations globally. The university will create three components. The first takes advantage of programmable data planes to facilitate path measurements and shift...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA #47.084) to develop secure solutions for 5G and beyond-5G wireless networks. The award period is from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2023. Under the grant, the University of Kansas will work with subrecipients Wichita State University, Purdue University, Iowa State University, and The Pennsylvania State University to...
This $599,995 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under the CFDA program "Computer and Information Science and Engineering". The award aims to advance the technology for identifying and assessing the impact of non-3GPP standardized elements on the performance and security of cellular networks. Key products and services to be delivered include: New techniques for identifying non-3GPP standardized...
The University of Michigan-Dearborn was awarded a $749,866 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop proactive end-to-end zero trust-based security intelligence for resilient non-cooperative 5G networks. Key products and services to be delivered through this July 15, 2022 award include software and tools to enable secure communications for military and critical infrastructure personnel over both...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant under the CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) to develop an open cloud-based "CTF5G" platform for cybersecurity training and workforce development focused on 5G network security. The key products to be delivered through this 2-year project are: Automating the workflow for setting up 5G network-based...
This three-year, $225,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) will support research to develop security and privacy solutions for 5G and beyond cellular networks. The Regents of the University of California at Riverside, in collaboration with researchers in Japan, will pursue technical tasks to design a heterogeneous data plane framework combining multiple programmable data plane devices for network...
This $750,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) funds research and development of a universal radio adapter to enable seamless and secure wireless connectivity for U.S. Department of Defense devices through non-cooperative 5G networks. Florida International University leads a consortium that includes Florida Atlantic University, Virginia Tech, and Pqsecure Technologies LLC to create a waveform-agnostic radio...
This $125,540 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support research to develop techniques that enable emerging cellular technologies like 5G/6G to meet the stringent connectivity requirements of innovative societal applications such as augmented reality, telerobotics, and Internet-of-Things. The key focus is on advancing Radio Access Network (RAN) slicing, a 5G feature that allows...
This $225,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will fund research at The George Washington University to develop security and privacy solutions for 5G and beyond cellular networks. Key activities include designing a heterogeneous data plane framework combining multiple programmable data plane devices for network function processing. Most...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $749,995 Project Grant to the University of Utah under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop an approach called Securely Operate through 5G Networks with Informed Control (SONIC). SONIC aims to securely operate through 5G networks by using intelligence to secure operational aspects and gracefully adapt to available mechanisms. The University of Utah will lead a partnership including Columbia University, Zylinium Research LLC, and L3 Technologies to advance architectural, structural, and mechanistic solutions enhancing security, availability, and resilience for operating through 5G networks. The award period is August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023.