MRI-R2: Acquisition of Instrumentation for Development and Testing of Digital Beamforming Antennas

MRI-R2：购买用于数字波束形成天线开发和测试的仪器

• 批准号: 0958317
• 负责人: Richard Wolff
• 金额: $ 40.11万
• 依托单位: Montana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0958317&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; R2; Acquisition; Instrumentation; Development

This proposal will be awarded using funds made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), and meets the requirements established in Section 2 of the White House Memorandum entitled, Ensuring Responsible Spending of Recovery Act Funds, dated March 20, 2009. I also affirm, as the cognizant Program Officer, that the proposal does not support projects described in Section 1604 of Division A of the Recovery Act. "See Section I.B. above for additional information on implementation of ARRA Section 1604Intellectual MeritThis instrumentation supports research and development of adaptive digital beam forming antennas and related digital signal processing techniques to enable reliable high-speed wireless communications in ad hoc and mesh networks. This project explores the use of smart, adaptive antennas in conjunction with a high bandwidth radio system to yield improved range and also to suppress potential interference from unwanted signals. The goal is to develop a compact, low cost, light weight, smart, adaptive antenna system using digital signal processing techniques that can readily inter-work with new chip-scale radio technologies. This technology has commercial and government application in remote sensor networks, fixed and mobile ad hoc networks, intelligent transportation networks, and high-speed internet access and backbone networks. The facilities will serve as a center of excellence for the test, measurement and characterization of analog and digital communication equipment and systems, providing unique research and training opportunities in the Rocky Mountain west.Broader ImpactsThe instrumentation provides design and system-level training to graduate students, postdoctoral students, research staff and undergraduates in the use of state-of-the-art RF and digital test equipment and methodology. This instrumentation further enables interdisciplinary work combining RF design, embedded systems, digital signal processing and telecommunications. This instrumentation grant leverages REU and other programs designed to encourage graduate education for Native American students, providing additional educational opportunities. The instrumentation is foundational to continued curriculum development for RF design, telecommunications and embedded systems courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

该提案将使用 2009 年《美国复苏和再投资法案》（公法 111-5）提供的资金进行授予，并符合 2009 年 3 月 20 日题为“确保负责任地支出复苏法案资金”的白宫备忘录第 2 节中规定的要求。作为认识到的项目官员，我还确认该提案不支持《复苏法案》A 部分第 1604 节中描述的项目。 “有关实施 ARRA 第 1604 节的更多信息，请参阅上文第 I.B 节。智力优点该仪器支持自适应数字波束形成天线和相关数字信号处理技术的研究和开发，以在自组织和网状网络中实现可靠的高速无线通信。该项目探索将智能自适应天线与高带宽无线电系统结合使用，以提高覆盖范围并抑制潜在的潜在风险。 来自不需要的信号的干扰。目标是使用数字信号处理技术开发紧凑、低成本、轻量、智能、自适应的天线系统，该技术可以轻松地与新的芯片级无线电技术互操作。该技术在远程传感器网络、固定和移动自组织网络、智能交通网络以及高速互联网接入和骨干网络方面具有商业和政府应用。这些设施将作为测试的卓越中心， 该仪器为研究生、博士后、研究人员和本科生提供使用最先进的射频和数字测试设备和方法的设计和系统级培训。该仪器进一步实现了将射频设计、嵌入式系统、数字信号处理和 电信。该仪器补助金利用 REU 和其他旨在鼓励美国原住民学生研究生教育的计划，提供额外的教育机会。该仪器是本科生和研究生级别射频设计、电信和嵌入式系统课程持续开发的基础。