MRI: Acquisition of Smart Antenna Laboratory Equipment

研究目标和方法：本研究的目标是满足不断增长的需求，可靠，安全的高带宽无线通信。 创新的新技术和标准正在满足带宽需求;然而，这些系统的成功和扩散导致无线干扰增加，这无意中降低了这些系统和相邻系统的可靠性和带宽。该方法是提供智能天线实验室设备，使创新者能够通过促进干扰减少，高性能通信无线电，算法和天线系统的设计，仿真和测试来解决问题。 智力优势：随着数字计算密度跟随摩尔？s定律，无线数字通信系统的复杂性和性能也随之变化。 几乎所有新的无线标准都使用多天线技术来提高频谱效率和系统带宽。 随着系统复杂性的增加，公司和教育机构需要访问完成稳健设计和研究所需的仪器，测量和仿真环境的进入障碍也在增加。更广泛的影响：贡扎加大学的智能天线实验室提高了对生命至关重要的第一响应者通信以及智能电网能源和自然资源管理的可靠性。它为另外三所大学和一所社区学院的教师和学生提供合作研究和教育机会。无线技术公司致力于与成员机构合作并利用这些设备。美洲原住民夏季科学和其他科学，技术，工程和数学相关的计划暴露至少1000 K-12学生每年贡扎加大学？的技术人员和实验室。

Research Objectives and Approaches: The objective of this research is to meet the ever-increasing demand for reliable, secure high-bandwidth wireless communications. Bandwidth demand is being met with innovative new technologies and standards; however, the success and proliferation of these systems causes increased wireless interference, which inadvertently reduces the reliability and bandwidth of these and adjacent systems. The approach is to provide Smart Antenna Laboratory equipment that enables innovators to address issues by facilitating the design, simulation, and testing of interference-reducing, high-performance communications radios, algorithms, and antenna systems. Intellectual Merit: As digital computational densities have followed Moore?s law, so has the complexity and performance of wireless digital communication systems. Nearly all new wireless standards use multi-antenna techniques to increase spectral efficiency and resulting system bandwidth. As the system complexity increases so does the barrier-to-entry for companies and educational institutions requiring access to the instrumentation, measurements and simulation environments required to complete robust designs and research. The establishment of the laboratory will drop this barrier-to-entry.Broader Impacts: The Smart Antenna Laboratory at Gonzaga University leads to improved reliability for life-critical first responder communications and smart grid energy and natural resource management. It provides collaborative research and educational opportunities for faculty and students at three additional universities and one community college. Wireless technology companies are committed to collaborating with member institutions and utilizing the equipment. Native American summer science and other science, technology, engineering and math related programs expose at least 1000 K-12 students annually to Gonzaga University?s technologists and labs.