SII Planning: National Center for Wireless Spectrum Research

该奖项是频谱创新计划的规划拨款：国家无线频谱研究中心（SII中心）。 频谱研究SII中心的重点超越了5G，物联网和其他现有或即将推出的系统和技术，以制定一条轨迹，通过有效使用和共享无线电频谱，确保美国在科学和工程领域的未来无线技术，系统和应用方面的领导地位。无线电频谱是商业无线通信、国家安全、科学研究和许多其他重要领域技术创新的关键推动力。由于认识到无线电频谱的重要性，白宫在过去几年中宣布了多项有关频谱的总统备忘录。在最近的一份题为“为美国的未来制定可持续的频谱战略”的备忘录中，总统指示商务部制定长期的国家频谱战略，为部署下一代无线技术做准备，并使频谱得到更有效的利用。该项目包括国家SII中心的规划活动，该中心将作为频谱相关研究，教育劳动力发展和行业政府参与的首要联系点。最终，该中心的总体目标与国家频谱战略的目标密切一致：保持美国作为频谱技术领导者的地位，同时激发创新和经济增长。该奖项旨在为设想中的中心规划活动，该中心具有与国家优先事项一致的三个主要研究重点：（1）提高频谱效率和敏捷性;（2）实现近实时频谱感知和自动频谱决策;（3）执法和安全，被动使用保护和射频发射安全。 该团队将开展和促进与频谱灵活性和敏捷性相关的研究，从而能够使用多个频谱波段和新颖的多功能波形。 他们将开展和促进研究，提供以高保真度和细粒度管理和访问频谱的能力，同时最大限度地提高自动化程度。 他们将开展和促进研究，推动频谱规则执行和现任用户保护方面的最新技术，特别关注保护频谱的被动用户。设想中的中心将开展广泛的活动，在几个方面产生更广泛的影响。首先，该中心的研究议程将推动无线技术的发展，并将实现全新的技术、方法和政策，这是实现长期、可持续频谱接入框架的重要一步。通过与该中心的行业伙伴合作，此类研究活动将有助于美国无线行业保持其领导地位。第二，该中心对IP生成的推动和对标准制定领域的参与将有助于美国无线行业对下一代无线标准产生更大影响的持续努力，特别是那些直接决定在标准网络上运行的设备和设备的标准。第三，该中心的教育和劳动力发展计划将通过培养一支在频谱相关技术方面训练有素的多元化、具有全球竞争力的劳动力队伍，解决美国长期存在的劳动力短缺问题。最后，该中心将作为一个关键枢纽，实现学术界、工业界、联邦机构、国家实验室和其他利益相关者之间的实质性组织合作和联系，从而对频谱利益相关者之间的相互作用产生重大影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

This award is a planning grant for the Spectrum Innovation Initiative: National Center for Wireless Spectrum Research (SII-Center). The focus of a spectrum research SII-Center goes beyond 5G, IoT, and other existing or forthcoming systems and technologies to chart out a trajectory to ensure United States leadership in future wireless technologies, systems, and applications in science and engineering through the efficient use and sharing of the radio spectrum. Radio spectrum is a critical enabler of technological innovations in commercial wireless communications, national security, scientific research, and many other important areas. In recognition of radio spectrum's importance, the White House announced multiple Presidential Memorandums concerning spectrum over the past few years. In the most recent Memorandum, titled "Developing a sustainable spectrum strategy for America’s future," the President directed the Department of Commerce to develop a long-term National Spectrum Strategy to prepare for deployment of next-generation wireless technologies and to enable more efficient utilization of spectrum. This project includes planning activities for a national SII-center that will serve as a premier nexus for spectrum-related research, education & workforce development, and industry & government engagement. Ultimately, the overarching aim of the center is closely aligned with that of the National Spectrum Strategy: maintaining the United States' position as a leader in spectrum technologies, while sparking innovation and economic growth. This award is for planning activities for an envisioned center with three primary research priorities aligned with national priorities: (1) increase spectrum efficiency and agility; (2) enable near real-time spectrum awareness and automated spectrum decision making; and (3) enforcement and security, passive use protection, and safety of radio frequency emissions. The team will carry out and promote research associated with spectrum flexibility and agility that will enable the use of multiple spectral bands, and novel multi-functional waveforms. They will carry out and promote research that provides the ability to manage and access spectrum at a high-level of fidelity and fine granularity while maximizing automation. And they will carry out and promote research that advances the state-of-the-art in spectrum rule enforcement and incumbent user protection, with a particular focus on protecting passive users of spectrum. The envisioned center will carry out a wide range of activities that will have broader impacts on several fronts. First, the center's research agenda will advance the state-of-the-art in wireless technologies, and will enable fundamentally new technologies, methods, and policies that represent a significant step towards realizing a long-term, sustainable spectrum access framework. Through collaboration with the center's industry partners, such research activities will help the U.S. wireless industry maintain its leadership position. Second, the center's thrust on IP generation and involvement in the standards-setting landscape will aid the U.S. wireless industry's ongoing efforts to have greater influence on next generation wireless standards, especially those that directly dictate the equipment and devices that operate on standards-enabled networks. Third, the center's programs on education and workforce development will address the long-term workforce shortage problem in the U.S. by nurturing a diverse, globally competitive workforce that is well trained in spectrum-related technologies. Lastly, the center will significantly impact the interplay between spectrum stakeholders by acting as a key hub that enables substantive organizational collaborations and linkages between academia, industry, federal agencies, national labs, and other stakeholders.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.