Project Grant 2312447

Award Date 10/1/23
Completion Date 9/30/26
Dollars Obligated $900K
Federal Grant Program
47.070
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Blacksburg, VA, USA
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  2. Designing machine learning (ML) algorithms for MIMO control within the near-real-time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) and establishing an optimization-based framework to generate high-quality training data.

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