Collaborative Research: SII-NRDZ: ASPIRE: Advanced SPectrum Initiative for Research and Experimentation

现代社会和政府的许多活动都依赖于电磁（射频）频谱的使用。这些活动的未来增长需要更多地使用动态频谱共享-使不同的频谱用户能够在空间或频率上更紧密地安全操作，或者比传统频谱管理方法更快地交易频谱接入。美国国家科学基金会国家无线电动态区（SII-NRDZ）计划旨在通过对新的共享方法进行扩展的现场试验来促进动态频谱共享的使用。SII-NRDZ计划打算在未来设立一个名为工程和执行领导（SII-NRDZ-EEL）的奖项。SII-NRDZ-EEL将提供SII-NRDZ项目现场试验成功所需的专业工程和管理。 在该项目中，南加州大学信息科学研究所、犹他州大学和爱达荷州国家实验室合作进行初步规划、技术研究、监管研究以及项目和外联互动，以准备一份高质量的提案，作为SII-NRDZ-EEL。该项目包括为期两年的暑期实习计划，每年12周，学生在每个团队成员的实验室度过4周。如果被选为SII-NRDZ-EEL，USCISI领导的团队设想利用其建设和运营有线和无线测试设施的经验，为未来更广泛地使用无线电动态区域频谱共享奠定基础。该小组的重点是开展合作和科学的频谱现场试验;系统和客观地评估拟议的频谱共享技术和方法;提供技术和管理支持，以便能够协调接入多个无线电动态区站点。该团队设想了一个全面的工具包，支持现场试验生命周期的所有阶段，包括需求规范、可行性分析、频谱共享规划、实验建模、测试设计、测试执行和分析。该团队将通过建立一个基于网络的“ASPIRE中心”来帮助建立一个强大的动态频谱共享社区。ASPIRE中心将成为研究人员的入口点，一个共享处理合规问题的工具和数据的网站，以及一个社区参与的平台。该项目通过为NRDZ项目现场试验设计一个全面的过程，启动了计划的SII-NRDZ-EEL活动的进展;为NRDZ工具包策划一套初始工具;利用现有的研究基础设施和中心托管软件工具来引导ASPIRE中心;并促进与其他NRDZ计划参与者和更广泛的社区的积极合作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，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，

Many activities of modern society and government depend on use of the electromagnetic (radio-frequency) spectrum. Future growth in these activities requires increased use of dynamic spectrum sharing – ways to enable diverse spectrum users to safely operate closer together in space or frequency or to trade spectrum access more rapidly than is possible with traditional spectrum management approaches. The National Science Foundation National Radio Dynamic Zones (SII-NRDZ) program seeks to advance the use of dynamic spectrum sharing through conducting extended field trials of new sharing approaches. The SII-NRDZ program intends to make a future award called the Engineering and Execution Lead (SII-NRDZ-EEL). The SII-NRDZ-EEL will provide the professional engineering and management required for success of SII-NRDZ program field trials. In this project, the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute, the University of Utah, and the Idaho National Laboratory collaborate on the initial planning, technical study, regulatory study, and program and outreach interactions needed to prepare a high-quality proposal to serve as the SII-NRDZ-EEL. The project includes a 12-week summer internship program in each of its two years, with students spending 4 weeks in the laboratory of each of the team members. If selected as the SII-NRDZ-EEL, the USCISI-led team envisions drawing on its experience building and operating wired and wireless test facilities to lay the foundation for future wider use of radio dynamic zone spectrum sharing. The team focuses on a collaborative and scientifically based process for spectrum field trials; systematic and objective assessment of proposed spectrum sharing technologies and methodologies; and providing technical and management support that enables coordinated access to multiple radio dynamic zone sites. The team envisions a comprehensive toolkit supporting all stages of the lifecycle of a field trial, including requirements specification, feasibility analysis, spectrum sharing planning, experiment modeling, test design, test execution and analysis. The team will help build a strong dynamic spectrum sharing community by establishing a web based “ASPIRE hub.” The ASPIRE hub will be an entry point for researchers, a site for sharing tools and data that handles compliance issues, and a platform for community engagement. This project initiates progress towards the planned SII-NRDZ-EEL activities by designing a comprehensive process for NRDZ program field trials; curating an initial set of tools for the NRDZ toolkit; leveraging existing research infrastructure and hub-hosting software tools to bootstrap the ASPIRE hub; and fostering active collaboration with other NRDZ program participants and the broader community.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.