This $200,000 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), supports a collaborative research project to develop new diagnostic testing methods for the Radio Access Network (RAN) subsystem of 5G and future mobile network technologies. The project aims to enhance RAN testing in three key areas: (1) improving test coverage by identifying dependencies and root causes, (2) enabling non-intrusive,...
This $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports research to develop new diagnostic testing methods for 5G and beyond mobile network infrastructure, particularly the Radio Access Network (RAN) subsystem. The project aims to address limitations in current RAN testing by: (1) enhancing test coverage through exploiting dependencies across RAN software procedures and interfaces, (2)...
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...
This $900,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research to enhance the performance, intelligence, and security of Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) technology. The project, led by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech), aims to address key challenges in O-RAN across three interconnected research thrusts: Developing a data-driven approach for real-time multi-user...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program, supports collaborative research at Michigan State University to enhance the performance, intelligence, and security of O-RAN (Open Radio Access Network) technologies. The project aims to address key challenges in O-RAN by developing data-driven beamforming techniques, machine learning algorithms for multi-user MIMO control, and safeguard...
This $150,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides funding to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to develop an Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) wireless testbed and training program. The project aims to train the next-generation wireless workforce by allowing trainees to access and operate advanced wireless communications equipment and instruments, including software-defined...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to coordinate a reference open-source system community for future-generation wireless networks. The $1,500,000 award to Northeastern University, with a project period from July 2025 to June 2027, combines different open-source tools to create a complete, user-friendly open-source reference architecture for 5G and future networks. The project...
This $125,540 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will support research to develop techniques that enable emerging cellular technologies like 5G/6G to meet the stringent connectivity requirements of innovative societal applications such as augmented reality, telerobotics, and Internet-of-Things. The key focus is on advancing Radio Access Network (RAN) slicing, a 5G feature that allows...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070), aims to develop an Open Dynamic Spectrum Management (O-DSM) system to improve spectrum sharing between commercial 5G/6G networks and federal/non-federal users across mid-band frequencies like the lower 3 GHz and FR3 bands. The key goals of this $397,356 project, with a performance period from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030,...
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded a $1,731,182.34 Project Grant to Michigan State University (MSU) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038). The grant funds MSU's research and development of AI-assisted methods for testing the interoperability, performance, and security of 5G Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) components, including radio units (RUs), distributed units (DUs), and central units (CUs). The key...