This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) aims to develop transformative capabilities for dense and in-situ spectrum monitoring. The key research thrusts include: (1) Designing ultra-efficient, single-shot analog cross-correlators (X-CORR) capable of rapidly computing cross-correlations between input signals and template waveforms to enable low-latency spectrum sensing. (2) Developing...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $185,857 to Northeastern University to conduct collaborative research on enabling dense and in-situ spectrum monitoring through the development of ultra-efficient analog cross-correlators and protocol-aware sensing techniques. The research aims to transform the next generation of cellular technologies like 6G to be "spectrum sharing native"...
This $199,971 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (CFDA 47.041 - Engineering) aims to enable dense and in-situ spectrum monitoring through the development of ultra-efficient, single-shot analog cross-correlators (X-CORR). The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: (1) Development of X-CORR circuits capable of computing cross-correlations between input signals and template...
This $190,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund research into spectrum sharing techniques from January 2023 through December 2025. The award supports development of a Zone Management System prototype to enable spectrum sharing across disparate wireless services, such as communications, scientific sensing, and radar systems, within an Innovation Zone...
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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $260,000 to Northeastern University to develop new methods for improving communication performance in shared, congested, and contested wireless spectrum bands. The award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, brings together researchers from Northeastern, MIT, and Boston University to leverage the structured nature of interference signals and exploit their characteristics...
This $600,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund the development of a global spectrum observatory through mobile spectrum sensing kits and supporting software ecosystem. Specifically, the University of California, San Diego will receive funding from August 15, 2022 to July 31, 2025 to design, implement, deploy and make available low-cost kits that allow for spectrum sensing and measurement across diverse, wide...
This Federal Project Grant award of $100,000, issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences under CFDA Program 47.049, funds a collaborative research effort between an economist and two electrical engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The project aims to use insights from mechanism design to develop ways to share wireless spectrum in the 6 GHz band, addressing the pressing need for economically viable spectrum sharing...
This $400,000 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 a comprehensive framework for managed spectrum sharing in the FR3 frequency band (7-24 GHz). The project by The Trustees of Princeton University aims to create a precise wireless digital twin to accurately model signal propagation and enable spectrum access and management systems. This will improve spectrum...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $199,902 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support the development of an adaptive incremental deep learning architecture to infer radio frequency signals in dynamic spectrum sharing environments in real time. The proposed research aims to advance self-learning of spectrum sensing, signal classification, and radio frequency parameter characterization through an online...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) totaling $200,001 from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027 aims to develop novel spectrum sensing technologies to enable efficient spectrum sharing for next-generation cellular communications. The primary research thrusts include: (1) Creating ultra-efficient, single-shot analog cross-correlators to enable ultra-low latency spectrum sensing; (2) Designing protocol-aware configurations for the cross-correlators to enable fine-grained, in-band spectrum monitoring; and (3) Deploying a dense network of these sensors to facilitate cooperative, in-situ spectrum sensing aware of communication standards. This project seeks to revolutionize spectrum sharing capabilities for future 6G and beyond cellular technologies through advanced, integrated analog-digital circuit designs and system-level optimizations. The award is being led by Duke University, a prominent private research institution, and does not include any planned sub-awards.