Phase II IUCRC University of Mississippi: Center for Broadband Wireless Access and Applications (BWAC)

该项目是宽带无线接入中心（BWAC）的第二阶段，BWAC是一个多大学多行业组织，由五所大学（亚利桑那大学、弗吉尼亚理工大学、圣母大学、密西西比（UM）和美国天主教大学）和来自行业和政府的20多个附属机构组成。在过去的十年中，无线通信取得了重大的技术飞跃。无线连接在社会中无处不在，导致无线频谱短缺、网络拥塞、网络攻击和个人安全问题。BWAC的使命是应对这些挑战并提供创造性的解决方案。该项目将带来承担UM的研究能力和现实世界的工业利益在几个BWAC推力领域。中心作为一个整体致力于研究领域，包括无线频谱共享，安全和未来的毫米波技术。UM研究问题解决异构无线系统的频谱共享，网络优化以减轻BLE（低能耗蓝牙）和WiFi系统中的相互干扰，以及天线的3 D打印以及使用椭圆形超表面隐身的紧密间隔天线和天线阵列的设计和制造。与美国东南部行业的合作将为我们的学生提供额外的合作和实习机会。这个产学合作中心的成果将对公共福利产生直接影响，从而实现远程医疗和农村地区宽带接入等多项应用。合作大学将扩大其活动范围，包括REU现场项目、RET项目、代表性不足的少数族裔学生和教师参与研究项目以及参与多学科项目。UM的新课程将包括物联网（IoT）系统和认知无线电课程。凭借其研究，建立的伙伴关系以及成员之间的长期合作历史，BWAC可能会创建知识产权和分拆公司，从而导致就业增长。亚利桑那大学作为牵头网站，管理着BWAC中心项目网站www.bwac.arizona.edu。该网站包含中心概况、使命、行业成员、项目、会议公告和技术数据等各种信息。中心专有文件通过需要访问凭证的安全内部页面进行管理。 数据储存库将在主网站上管理，并与其他大学网站链接。储存库将包含技术文件、项目描述、相关软件、测试台细节等。储存库将在项目期间以及项目终止后的五年内进行维护。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project is Phase II of the Broadband Wireless Access Center (BWAC), a multi-university multi-industry organization composed of five universities (the University of Arizona, Virginia Tech, University of Notre Dame, University of Mississippi (UM), and the Catholic University of America) and 20+ affiliates from industry and government. In the past decade, wireless communications has made major technological leaps. Wireless connectivity is pervasive in society, leading to a shortage in wireless spectrum, network congestion, cyber-attacks and personal security issues. The mission of BWAC is to address these challenges and offer creative solutions. This project will bring to bear UM research capabilities and real-world industry interest in several BWAC thrust areas. Center as a whole addresses research areas, including wireless spectrum sharing, security, and future milli-meter wave technology. UM research problems address spectrum sharing for heterogeneous wireless systems, network optimization to mitigate mutual interference in BLE (low energy Bluetooth) and WiFi systems, and 3 D printing of antennas and the design and fabrication of closely spaced antennas and antenna arrays using elliptical metasurface cloaking. Collaboration with industries in the Southeastern U.S. will provide for our students additional co-op and internship opportunities. The results of this collaborative industry-university center will have a direct effect on public well-fare, enabling several applications such as remote health and broadband access in rural areas. The partnering universities will broaden their activities to include REU site programs, RET program, participation of under-represented minority students and faculty in research projects, and involvement of multidisciplinary projects. New curriculum at UM will have courses on Internet of Things (IoT) systems and cognitive radios. With its research, established partnerships, and long history of collaboration between its members, BWAC will likely create intellectual property and spin-off companies, leading to job growth. The lead site, University of Arizona manages the central BWAC project website at www.bwac.arizona.edu. This website contains various information about the center including the overview of the center, mission, industry membership, projects, meeting announcements and technical data. Center proprietary documents are managed through a secure internal pages requiring access credentials. The data repository will be managed at the main website with links to the other university sites. The repository will contain technical papers, project descriptions, relevant software, testbed details, etc. The repository will be maintained during the project and for an additional five years beyond its termination.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.