SII Planning: Theory, Practice and Reality of Spectrum

该奖项是频谱创新倡议：国家无线频谱研究中心（SII-Center）的规划拨款。频谱研究sii中心的重点超越5G、物联网和其他现有或即将推出的系统和技术，通过有效使用和共享无线电频谱，制定轨迹，确保美国在未来无线技术、系统和科学与工程应用方面的领导地位。该项目由德克萨斯农工工程实验站的Kumar博士领导，包括一系列不同的研究课题和合作机会，以及一套清晰的里程碑式的规划活动，从而建立一个国家中心。该项目包括六个关键研究课题，作为最终建立国家无线频谱研究中心的规划活动的一部分：(i)平台，（ii）动态频谱接入的政策和技术，（iii）无源和有源频谱用户共存，（iv）增强人和机器的宽带无线接入，(v)跨堆栈硬件和软件可重构性，以及（vi）数据驱动的无线电电路和业务。通过将与频谱使用相关的不同社区聚集在一起，ppi计划确定关键挑战，并概述技术创新路线图和政策处方，这将导致频谱使用/共享的变革性想法。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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. This project, led by Dr. Kumar at Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, includes a diverse set of research topics and collaborative opportunities and a clearly articulated set of milestones for planning activities leading to the establishment of a national center.This project includes six key study topics as part of planning activities for the eventual establishment of a National Center for Wireless Spectrum Research: (i) platform, (ii) policies and technologies for dynamic spectrum access, (iii) coexistence of passive and active spectrum users, (iv) enhancing broadband wireless access for humans and machines, (v) cross-stack hardware and software reconfigurability, and (vi) data-driven radio circuits and services. By bringing together diverse communities related to spectrum usage, the PIs plan to identify the key challenges, and outline a road map for technology innovations along with policy prescriptions, that would lead to transformative ideas for spectrum usage/sharing.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.