NeTS - SGER - Chicago Spectrum Observatory Proposal

这项研究：(1)创建并部署频谱观测站平台，以收集芝加哥一年的频谱占用数据(30 MHz至3 GHz)；(2)每周分析数据以确定异常情况(占用和空置)；(3)预测未来频谱占用，包括季节性趋势；以及(4)通过网络、研讨会、会议和期刊论文向无线研发和监管社区广泛传播调查结果。这项研究提供了对无线研究人员和监管机构可用的频谱占用信息的原始数量和质量的量子增强。这项拨款支持学术界、行业和政府实体之间的合作研究，使新的无线设备和网络概念能够快速发展。反过来，这些信息的可获得性和所使用的技术提供了一个有用的教育平台，最初支持研究所的研究生教育。少数族裔学生和妇女从事这项研究，从而从这一新知识中获得持续的好处。美国政府传播政策制定者从这项研究中获得了最大的早期好处。目前关于频谱占用的信息充其量也是参差不齐的，导致政策制定者使用最坏情况分析技术，从而产生保守的政策和对这种稀缺资源的次优利用。包括软件可定义无线电和认知无线电在内的新技术需要更好地了解频谱利用情况，以确定最有益的频谱政策。

This research: (1) creates and deploys a spectrum observatory platform to collect spectral occupancy data (30 MHz to 3 GHz) for Chicago for one year; (2) analyzes the data on a weekly basis to identify anomalies (occupancy and vacancy); (3) projects future spectrum occupancy, including seasonal trends; and (4) results in a wide distribution of the findings to the wireless R&D and regulatory communities via the Web, workshops, conference and journal papers. This research provides a quantum enhancement in the raw quantity and quality of the spectrum occupancy information available to wireless researchers and regulators.This grant supports collaborative research across and between academia, industry, and government entities enabling the rapid development of new wireless devices and networking concepts. In turn, the availability of this information and the techniques used provide a useful education platform, initially supporting graduate education at IIT. Minority students and women are engaged in the research, thereby deriving the ongoing benefit from this new knowledge. The US government communications policy-makers derive the greatest early benefit from this research. Currently information on spectrum occupancy is spotty at best, leading policy-makers to use worst-case analysis techniques that yield conservative policies and sub-optimal utilization of this scarce resource. Novel technologies including software definable and cognitive radios require an improved understanding of spectrum utilization to determine the most beneficial spectrum policy.