This $200,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research to develop advanced analog circuits and systems for dense, in-situ spectrum monitoring. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) Ultra-efficient, single-shot analog cross-correlators capable of rapidly computing cross-correlations between input signals and template waveforms. This enables low-latency spectrum 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $300,000 Project Grant to the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. The purpose of this collaborative research award is to develop advanced signal processing and resource allocation methods for cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless access networks, which can provide more uniform coverage and data rates compared to traditional...
This three-year, $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support the development of next generation 6G wireless communication systems using machine learning algorithms. Specifically, the award to the University of California, San Diego will fund four components: machine learning-based sparse channel modeling in constrained environments; novel block-sparse channel modeling using domain knowledge and data-driven...
This $300,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant supports research at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) to explore novel solutions to address critical operational issues with integrated non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) that encompass space, air, and ground components. The project aims to leverage AI and machine learning techniques...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $380,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The grant funding will support the development of wideband, ultra-linear transceiver circuits for new wireless spectrum in the 7-24 GHz range. The key products or services to be delivered include: A broadband front-end...
This federal Project Grant award of $400,000 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) to The Trustees of Princeton University. The award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027, funds the development of a comprehensive framework for managed spectrum sharing in the FR3 frequency band (7-24 GHz). This includes building a wireless digital twin to accurately model signal...
This $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program, will fund research at Duke University to develop new approaches for enabling predictable wireless communication and radar sensing for 6G wireless technology. The key research thrusts include: 1) designing modulation schemes to simplify prediction of the wireless input-output relationship, 2) developing signal processing filters in the...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program supports collaborative research to develop robust and scalable cell-free massive MIMO technology for beyond-5G/6G wireless access networks. The $262,967 award to the San Diego State University Foundation covers the project period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026. The research aims to create new nonlinear statistical inference methods for...
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) was awarded a $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Computer and Network Systems under the CFDA 47.070 Computer and Information Science and Engineering program. The objective of this 4-year research project is to develop scalable metasurface array technologies for expanding millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication and sensing capabilities. Specifically, the research team will design new beam synthesis models...