MRI: Acquisition of Microwave and Wireless Communications Test and Measurement laboratory

MRI：收购微波和无线通信测试与测量实验室

• 批准号: 0320847
• 负责人: Magdy Iskander
• 金额: $ 45.67万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-15 至 2006-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0320847&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Microwave; Wireless; Communications

Acquisition of Microwave and Wireless Communications Test and Measurement LaboratoryWith this proposal we respectfully request the NSF approval for establishing a critically needed "Microwaveand Wireless Communications Test and Measurement Laboratory" in the College of Engineering at theUniversity of Hawaii. In an attempt to diversify the tourism-based economy in the State of Hawaii, and helpbetter prepare a qualified workforce that will attract high tech companies to the State, the State recentlyestablished the Hawaii Center for Advanced Communications (HCAC) with the mission to do multidisciplinaryresearch in broadband wireless communications and promote much needed ties with industry. The center hasestablished several initiatives along these guidelines, and the proposed laboratory facility will be used to supportseveral of these ongoing and growing number of activities. Specifically, it will help the faculty effectively workon our externally funded research projects, and also help attract industry-sponsored projects for the recentlyestablished Engineering Clinic Program for undergraduates. Examples of the ongoing research projects include:(a) development of low cost, high performance antenna arrays with beam steering capabilities; (b) propagationprediction modeling in urban wireless communications environments; (c) development of computational andpower efficient iterative decoding techniques; (d) DSP algorithms for smart antennas, multiuser detection, andcooperative diversity; (e) retoradiative antenna arrays; and (f) RF and Quasi-Optical devices. Our faculty haspublished hundreds of papers in these areas and the proposed lab facility will help extend its capabilities and setthe stage for its future multidisciplinary research directions. As for the Engineering Clinic program, it placesteams (4-5 students per team) in projects proposed and sponsored by industry, and the College charges $25k perproject. All raised funds go directly to support student activities including project expenses, scholarships for allparticipating students, and travel expenses for the final design reviews at the locations of the sponsoringcompanies. In 2002-2003, the College was able to attract seven projects from in and out of state companies.HCAC has also been approved to participate as a partner in the NSF Industry/University Collaborative ResearchCenter (I/U CRC) at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona, and the proposed lab facility willcertainly help support this as well as the growing number of graduate and undergraduate courses being offeredin the wireless communications area. In addition, the proposed lab facility will help in the implementation ofthe collaborative program between the College of Engineering and the College of Business Administrationaimed at preparing the next generation of entrepreneurs in communications technology.Specific components of the proposed lab facility include: (a) a microwave network analysis lab (AgilentE8361A-Microwave Vector Network Analyzer and an Agilent E4448A spectrum analyzer); (b) an indoorantenna range (Agilent 8530A-Microwave receiver for antenna measurement); (c) a wireless communicationstest-bed (Agilent E4438C signal generator, Agilent 89610A vector signal analyzer, Spirent TSA 5600Wuniversal interference emulator, and Spirent FLEX5/Q1 RF Ch. Emulator); and (d) for the undergraduate lab anadditional two Agilent 8720 network analyzers (in addition to access to the equipment in the above listedresearch labs).Intellectual merits: With the phenomenal growth of wireless communications technology, and with therecognized and long-standing distinguished expertise in the communications technology area at the Universityof Hawaii (first to propose the ALOHA protocol for packet radio systems that subsequently strongly influencedthe development of access Ethernet protocols), the proposed lab facility will help support several externallyfunded (NSF, ARO, DARPA, AFOSR, Raytheon, and TRW) research projects, help promote integrativeresearch and multidisciplinary efforts that will lead to significant advances in developing next generationwireless communications technology. This laboratory facility will also help attract industrial sponsors inprograms such as the Engineering Clinic for undergraduates, and support UH participation in the NSF I/U CRCprogram with other universities.Broader impact: With the recognition of this technology as one of the strategic high tech avenues fordiversifying the Hawaii economy and better preparing the local workforce to help attract companies and growthe industrial base in the State, it is expected that the proposed lab will play a critical role in realizing the visionand achieving the mission of the recently established HCAC. It will also help attract industrial sponsors inprograms such as the Engineering Clinic for undergraduates, and provide test and measurement capabilities forlocal industry and start-ups. The impact of this NSF equipment investment will reach far beyond the Universityand would certainly impact the entire State of Hawaiipreparation of its workforce, growth in its high techbase, and support for its local industry.

微波和无线通信测试和测量实验室的收购与此建议，我们恭敬地请求美国国家科学基金会批准建立一个急需的“微波和无线通信测试和测量实验室”在工程学院在夏威夷大学。为了使夏威夷州以旅游业为基础的经济多样化，并帮助更好地培养合格的劳动力，以吸引高科技公司到该州来，该州最近成立了夏威夷高级通信中心（HCAC），其使命是在宽带无线通信领域进行多学科研究，并促进急需的与行业的联系。该中心已建立了几个倡议沿着这些指导方针，并建议实验室设施将用于支持这些正在进行的和不断增长的活动。具体来说，它将帮助教师有效地工作在我们的外部资助的研究项目，也有助于吸引行业赞助的项目，为最近成立的工程诊所计划的本科生。正在进行的研究项目包括：（a）开发具有波束控制能力的低成本、高性能天线阵列;（B）城市无线通信环境中的传播预测建模;（c）开发计算和功率高效迭代解码技术;（d）用于智能天线、多用户检测和合作分集的DSP算法;（e）双辐射天线阵列;以及（f）射频和准光学设备。我们的教师在这些领域发表了数百篇论文，拟议的实验室设施将有助于扩展其能力，并为其未来的多学科研究方向奠定基础。至于工程诊所计划，它将团队（每个团队4-5名学生）安排在由行业提出和赞助的项目中，学院每个项目收费2.5万美元。所有筹集的资金直接用于支持学生活动，包括项目费用，所有参与学生的奖学金，以及在设计公司所在地进行最终设计审查的差旅费。在2002-2003年，学院能够吸引来自州内外公司的七个项目。HCAC还被批准作为合作伙伴参与亚利桑那州州立大学和亚利桑那大学的NSF工业/大学合作研究中心（I/U CRC），拟议中的实验室设施肯定会有助于支持这一点，以及越来越多的研究生和本科生课程正在提供的，无线通信领域。此外，拟议的实验室设施将有助于实施工程学院和工商管理学院之间的合作计划，旨在培养下一代通信技术企业家。拟议实验室设施的具体组成部分包括：（a）微波网络分析实验室（Agilent E8361 A-微波矢量网络分析仪和Agilent E4448 A频谱分析仪）;（B）室内天线范围Agilent 8530 A-天线测量用微波接收机（c）无线通信测试床（Agilent E4438 C信号发生器、Agilent 89610 A矢量信号分析仪、Spirent TSA 5600 W通用干扰仿真器和Spirent FLEX 5/Q1 RF通道仿真器）;以及（d）为本科生实验室增加两台Agilent 8720网络分析仪（除了使用上述研究实验室的设备外）。智力优势：随着无线通信技术的显著增长，并在夏威夷大学的通信技术领域拥有公认的长期杰出的专业知识（第一个为分组无线电系统提出ALOHA协议，该协议随后对接入以太网协议的发展产生了重大影响），拟议的实验室设施将帮助支持几个外部资助的（NSF、ARO、DARPA、AFOSR、Raytheon和TRW）的研究项目，有助于促进综合研究和多学科努力，从而在开发下一代无线通信技术方面取得重大进展。这个实验室设施也将有助于吸引工业赞助商inprograms，如工程诊所的本科生，并支持UH参与NSF I/U CRC计划与其他大学.随着人们认识到这项技术是实现夏威夷经济多样化和更好地培养当地劳动力以帮助吸引公司和发展该州工业基础的战略性高科技途径之一，预计拟建的实验室将在实现最近成立的HCAC的愿景和完成其使命方面发挥关键作用。它还将有助于吸引工业赞助商参与大学生工程诊所等项目，并为当地工业和初创企业提供测试和测量能力。这项NSF设备投资的影响将远远超出大学的范围，肯定会影响整个夏威夷州的劳动力准备，高科技基地的增长以及对当地产业的支持。