Project Grant 2232456

This $190,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049), will fund research at Syracuse University to develop techniques for efficient spectrum sharing and interference management. The university will prototype an automatic Zone Management System to enable spectrum sharing within and among disparate wireless services, such as communications and scientific sensing systems, operating in the dense urban environment of New York City. Researchers will leverage systems available at the COSMOS testbed and NOAA Cooperative Science Center facilities located in an FCC Innovation Zone in West Harlem to conduct spectrum sharing experiments across various frequency bands. Outcomes will include algorithms using Spectrum Consumption Models and measurement feedback to achieve high spectrum efficiency at low complexity and scale. The project also aims to develop an adaptive framework for scalable spectrum sensing. Results from simulations and real-world experimentation are expected to validate a pathfinder prototype for broader Radio Dynamic Zones and contribute technology towards a potential national system.