SII Planning: Center for Next Generation Wireless Spectrum Sharing

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。该奖项将资助制定完整中心提案的活动。拟议的工作计划包括研讨会和规划活动，以及致力于学术，工业和政府的外联活动，目标是（1）巩固超宽带可编程频谱共享的技术计划;（2）通过扩大团队来确定和填补现有的技术空白;（3）制定和最终确定中心采用的教育计划。 该奖项旨在规划超宽带可编程频谱接入（UPSA）中心的活动，该中心将作为未来无线系统新研发的中心，实现（i）通过感知和/或人工智能（AI）手段避免传统兼容频谱干扰;（ii）传统兼容最佳控制频谱共存;以及（iii）前瞻性的新型多通道多任务信号协同设计。主要合作者包括亚利桑那州立大学、佛罗里达大西洋大学和佛罗里达国际大学。UPSA中心的研究人员拥有低成本和小型化超宽带的专业知识（可重构和灵活）天线阵列波束成形设计，超宽带RF前端电路，超宽带频谱感知，超宽带（全频谱）联合PHY/MAC设计、跨层网络优化与控制、边缘计算、该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识产权进行评估，优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。

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. This award will fund activities towards the development of a full center proposal. Proposed work plan includes workshop and planning activities and committed academic, industry, and government outreach with the objective of (1) solidifying the technical plan for ultra-wideband programmable spectrum sharing; (2) identifying and filling-in existing technical gaps by expanding the team and (3) formulating and finalizing educational plans to be adopted by the center. This award is planning activities for an Ultra-wideband Programmable Spectrum Access (UPSA) center which will act as a hub for new research and development for future wireless systems enabling (i) legacy-compatible spectrum interference avoidance by sensing-informed and/or Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled means; (ii) legacy-compatible optimally controlled spectrum co-existence; and (iii) forward-looking novel multi-channel multi-task signal co-design. The prime collaborators include Arizona State University, Florida Atlantic University, and Florida International University. UPSA Center researchers have expertise on low-cost and miniaturized ultra-wideband (reconfigurable and flexible) antenna array beamforming designs, ultrawideband RF-front circuits, ultra-wideband spectrum sensing, ultra-wideband (all-spectrum) joint PHY/MAC design, cross-layer network optimization and control, edge computing, and wireless security with strong industry ties.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.