The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Notre Dame's Notre Dame Research Division. The grant, titled "CIRC: NEW: SPECTRUM SHARING SANDBOX (S3) - A 6 GHz AND CBRS DATA PLATFORM FOR ADVANCING SPECTRUM COEXISTENCE," will fund the development of a data platform to enable measurements and experiments on deployed 6 GHz and CBRS wireless networks. This...
The University of Arizona was awarded a three-year, $375,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct collaborative research on coexistence and interference mitigation in mid-band radio frequency spectrum for wireless technologies. The research focuses on addressing coexistence challenges in the 3.7-3.98 GHz C-band, 3.55-3.7 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service band, and newly unlicensed 5.925-7.125 GHz...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $199,971 to the University of Notre Dame to conduct collaborative research on enabling dense and in-situ spectrum monitoring. The key objectives are to develop ultra-efficient analog cross-correlators (X-CORR) for ultra-low latency spectrum sensing, design protocol-aware X-CORR configurations to enable fine-grained in-band spectrum sensing, and optimize the deployment of a dense...
The University of Oklahoma will provide research services under a $279,833 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). Specifically, the University will conduct collaborative research to develop a machine learning framework and antenna design to enhance the ability of Environmental Sensing Capability sensors to detect naval radar pulses within concurrent 4G LTE and 5G signals in the Citizens Broadband Radio...
This $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund the development of a global spectrum observatory through mobile spectrum sensing kits and supporting software ecosystem. Specifically, the University of California, San Diego will receive funding from August 15, 2022 to July 31, 2025 to design, implement, deploy and make available low-cost kits that allow for spectrum sensing and measurement across diverse, wide...
This $399,947 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (CFDA Program 47.041 - Engineering) will fund research to develop a new paradigm for efficient and reliable wireless communication in congested and contested spectrum environments. The key objectives are to: 1) Enable computationally lightweight time-frequency signal alignment to mitigate unpredictable interference; 2) Improve ultra-reliable low latency communications...
This $190,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund research into spectrum sharing techniques from January 2023 through December 2025. The award supports development of a Zone Management System prototype to enable spectrum sharing across disparate wireless services, such as communications, scientific sensing, and radar systems, within an Innovation Zone...
This National Science Foundation project grant of $285,990 will fund research at Colorado State University from October 2022 through September 2025 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The university will develop a new mathematical framework for optimizing resilient spectrum coexistence between communication and radar systems using stochastic programming techniques. As demand for wireless connectivity and sensing capabilities increases, traditional deterministic constraints on spectrum...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $265,998 supports research conducted by Boston University, Northeastern University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop new methods for improving communication performance in shared, congested, and contested wireless spectrum bands. The key focus is leveraging the structured nature of interference, rather than treating it as indistinguishable noise, to enhance reliability and...
This $400,000 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), supports research by Michigan State University (MSU) to develop learning-based approaches for wireless devices to mitigate interference when signal-level interference information cannot be shared across networks. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year grant include: Designing supervisory learning algorithms to enable individual wireless devices to decode data...
This $375,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program supports collaborative research at the University of Notre Dame du Lac from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025.
The research focuses on addressing coexistence challenges in three mid-band radio frequency spectra recently made available for commercial wireless use—the C-band, the Citizens Broadband Radio Service band, and unlicensed 6 GHz bands. The University researchers will characterize interference between these bands and radar systems, develop machine learning techniques for interference detection and mitigation, and explore protocol-based and machine learning solutions for efficient shared use of these spectra. Outcomes will be shared with industry and regulators to inform future policymaking. The funding will also support related educational activities and broadening participation of underrepresented groups in the research.