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...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Award (CFDA 47.070) of $167,647 awarded on October 1, 2024 supports the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SWIFT: MEDUSA: MID-BAND ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING CAPABILITY FOR DETECTING INCUMBENTS DURING SPECTRUM SHARING" project at the University of Texas at Austin. The objective of this project is to develop advanced machine learning and antenna design techniques to enable Environmental Sensing...
This $299,555 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support collaborative research to develop a novel "Mixed Domain Design" (MD2) framework for designing energy-efficient wireless communications systems in the 7-24 GHz frequency range, also known as the FR3 spectrum band. The project aims to address the challenges of the fragmented FR3 spectrum by enabling joint...
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...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $472,060 project grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to the University of North Texas for the period of May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2026. The grant supports the development of an enhanced open networked airborne computing platform to facilitate design, implementation, and testing of integrated control, computing, communication, and networking capabilities for airborne applications. Key deliverables include...
This $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) wireless testbed and training curriculum at the Stevens Institute of Technology. The key products and services include: 1) Extending the abilities of wireless professionals by providing public and remote access to an O-RAN-based wireless cyberinfrastructure, which integrates...
The University of Oklahoma will provide research services under a $217,144 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Specifically, the awardee will use new phased array radar technology to study storm electrification and lightning initiation through dual-polarization observations of thunderstorms. High-resolution temporal and spatial data will characterize cloud structures influencing lightning development and explore interactions between lightning...
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 National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to the University of Oklahoma, through its Office of Research Administration, under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076). The grant, awarded on October 1, 2023, aims to create a comprehensive training program in artificial intelligence (AI) for 5G and next-generation (NextG) wireless network security. The project will develop two main educational components: (1) curriculum...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $175,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Odurf), a non-profit organization affiliated with Old Dominion University. The grant, titled "CRII: CNS: Towards Robust and Efficient Dynamic Spectrum Sharing with Knowledge Transfer," aims to develop novel transfer learning frameworks for dynamic spectrum sharing in next-generation...