Conference: Catalyzing the Future of Spectrum Coexistence Through a National Radio Dynamic Zone Workshop

无线频谱是一种自然资源，我们都以比我们意识到的更多的方式依赖于它。虽然我们的个人和职业生活都依赖于移动的宽带，但天气预报、气候科学、天文学、太空探索和民用/军用导航等大量其他应用也严重依赖无线电频谱。对频谱的需求不断增长，导致了拥塞的相应增加，因为这些截然不同的服务汇聚到相同的频段。结果，在利用相邻或重叠频带的服务之间出现了频谱冲突，导致有害干扰的增加。释放下一代无线系统的潜力，同时保护我们对地球和宇宙的理解所必需的频谱，将需要通过有效和高效地共享频谱来实现适应性，灵活性和性能优势。授权和运营频谱共享系统将需要创新的频谱管理技术，可以在具有严格干扰限制的高度动态环境中提供实时协调、控制和执行。认识到这些需求，联邦机构和频谱监管机构一直在倡导建立国家无线电动态区（NRDZ），作为区域规模的实验测试床，可以进行频谱研究。这样一个区域将为不同的有源和无源技术的共存提供现实世界的验证。该项目的目的是（1）举办一个面对面的研讨会和一系列虚拟会议，以审查当前NRDZ研究的最新进展，（2）巩固从独立工作中吸取的经验教训，（3）探索与NRDZ实施相关的关键挑战，（4）促进未来的合作研究，（5）作为频谱创新的催化剂。该研讨会将建立在由PI共同领导的为期两年的倡议基础上，该倡议已经形成了一个研究人员社区和NRDZ的愿景。计划中的活动将促进多学科的合作研究方法，促进NRDZ的开发和实施。他们还将确定投资的优先研究领域，需要解决的关键挑战，并强调行业，政府，主动和被动用户的需求。在更高的层面上，NRDZ将改变未来无线通信系统的设计和建造方式，为开发培训下一代频谱工程师的教育计划提供重要机会。全国各地的几个NSF资助的NRDZ团体都有非常有效的广泛影响计划，这些计划将在研讨会上得到强调。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

The wireless spectrum is a natural resource upon which we all depend in more ways than we realize. While our personal and professional lives thrive on mobile broadband, a plethora of other applications, such as weather forecasting, climate science, astronomy, space exploration, and civil/military navigation also critically depend on the radio spectrum. The ever-growing demand for spectrum has led to a corresponding increase in congestion as these vastly different services converge to the same bands. As a result, spectrum conflicts have arisen between services utilizing adjacent or overlapping bands, resulting in an increase of harmful interference. Unlocking the potential of the next-generation wireless systems while protecting the spectrum necessary for advancing our understanding of Earth and the universe will require the adaptability, flexibility, and performance benefits made possible by effectively and efficiently sharing spectrum. Authorizing and operating spectrum-sharing systems will require innovative spectrum management techniques that can provide real-time coordination, control, and enforcement in highly dynamic environments with stringent interference limitations.Recognizing these needs, federal agencies and spectrum regulators have been advocating for the establishment of a National Radio Dynamic Zone (NRDZ) as a regional-scale experimental test bed that can enable spectrum research. Such a zone will provide real-world validation of the coexistence of disparate active and passive technologies. The purposes of this project are (1) to hold an in-person workshop and a series of virtual meetings to review the current state-of-the-art in NRDZ research, (2) to consolidate lessons learned from independent efforts, (3) to explore key challenges related to the implementation of a NRDZ, (4) to foster future collaborative research, and (5) to serve as a catalyst for spectrum innovation. The workshop will build on a two-year initiative co-led by the PIs, which has shaped a community of researchers and a vision for NRDZ. The planned activities will promote a multi-disciplinary approach to collaborative research that will foster the development and implementation of the NRDZ. They will also identify priority research areas for investment, key challenges that need to be addressed, and highlight the needs of industry, government, active, and passive users. At a higher level, the NRDZ will change the way future wireless communication systems are designed and built, leading to significant opportunities to develop educational initiatives for training the next generation of spectrum engineers. Several NSF-funded NRDZ groups around the country have highly effective Broader Impact programs that will be highlighted during the workshop.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.