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它。虽然我们的个人和职业生活依靠移动宽带蓬勃发展，但许多其他应用，如天气预报、气候科学、天文学、空间探索和民用/军事导航也严重依赖无线电频谱。不断增长的频谱需求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，利用相邻或重叠频段的服务之间出现频谱冲突，导致有害干扰增加。在保护增进我们对地球和宇宙的理解所需的频谱的同时，释放下一代无线系统的潜力，将需要通过有效和高效地共享频谱而获得的适应性、灵活性和性能优势。授权和运行频谱共享系统将需要创新的频谱管理技术，能够在具有严格干扰限制的高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)，作为一个区域规模的实验试验台，可以实现频谱研究。这样一个区域将为不同的主动和被动技术的共存提供现实世界的验证。该项目的目的是(1)举办一次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)总结从独立努力中吸取的经验教训，(3)探索与实施NRDZ相关的关键挑战，(4)促进未来的合作研究，以及(5)作为频谱创新的催化剂。研讨会将建立在由PIS共同领导的一项为期两年的倡议的基础上，该倡议已经形成了一个研究人员社区和NRDZ的愿景。计划的活动将促进采用多学科方法进行合作研究，从而促进非军事区的发展和实施。他们还将确定优先投资的研究领域，需要解决的关键挑战，并突出行业、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，带来重大机遇，为培训下一代频谱工程师开发教育计划。NSF资助的全国几个NRDZ小组都有非常有效的更广泛的影响计划，这些计划将在研讨会上得到强调。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.