This National Science Foundation project grant of $196,230 awarded to Villanova University on September 1, 2023 will support research advancing interference-aware constellation design for next-generation wireless networks through August 31, 2025. The funding falls under the NSF Engineering Directorate's CFDA program 47.041, which aims to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research and education nationwide.
Specifically, the university will conduct academic research developing novel learning-based digital modulation techniques to address inter-user interference in non-orthogonal multiple access systems. A focus will be designing new superimposed constellations that adapt to different interference levels during transmission. Additionally, the project will provide educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students engaged in related research topics. Findings will be shared with both the academic and industrial research communities. This work has the potential to improve spectral efficiency and reduce bit error rates in multi-user communication systems critical to technologies like 5G and the Internet of Things.
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