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 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...
This Project Grant award, valued at $900,000.00 and funded by the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems under CFDA Program 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering, supports research at Northeastern University to enhance the security of next-generation cellular networks. The project studies security threats to machine learning algorithms used in open radio access network (Open RAN) architectures and develops solutions to protect them. Key project...
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 $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...
This $300,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research to improve wireless network security designs. The project aims to (1) create stronger, practical adversary models to understand the limitations of security for Internet of Things (IoT) systems that leverage wireless channel properties, and (2) design new defense strategies to advance the state-of-the-art in wireless 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...
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...
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 5G software-defined architecture.
Two subawards will support related work. Accuknox Inc. will provide a technical collaboration to develop a 5G control plane security service using its core technology. The Ohio State University Office of Sponsored Programs will assist with additional security services. The overall goal is to improve 5G user equipment edge security for critical infrastructure providers, the U.S. Department of Defense, and society on a national scale. The award period runs from July 15, 2022 to June 30, 2023.