Collaborative: TUES: Software Defined Radio Laboratory Platform for Enhancing Undergraduate Communication and Networking Curricula

合作：TUES：用于增强本科生通信和网络课程的软件定义无线电实验室平台

• 批准号: 1323105
• 负责人: Chi-Hao Cheng
• 金额: $ 9.98万
• 依托单位: Miami University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1323105&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; TUES; Software; Defined; Radio

PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS: Wright State University (Lead)Miami University Oxford CampusCentral State UniversityPROJECT DESCRIPTION This effort is building on a previous NSF supported CCLI project "Evolvable wireless laboratory design and implementation for enhancing undergraduate wireless engineering education", in which the team developed and demonstrated lower cost, software defined radio (SDR) based laboratories for three undergraduate courses. The collaborating team is now extending and expanding the software defined radio based laboratories throughout the communication and networking curriculum at multiple institutions. The project is developing a suite of experiments and laboratories for insertion in a sequence of courses (ranging from freshmen year introductory course - to senior year elective courses and capstone design projects) that vertically integrates the SDR-based experiment approach.The three largest sub-disciplines within electrical and computer engineering (ECE) are computers, communications and power. Wireless technology requires all three to be addressed in a related engineering degree program. The recent availability of inexpensive software radio platforms makes it possible to create a hands-on educational experience for all ECE undergrads. The team is producing a scalable and transferable model for redesigning undergraduate electrical engineering and computer science courses to include lab-based learning opportunities for students in more classes.The project is evaluating and comparing the teaching effectiveness of the SDR approach to that of traditional hardware equipment approach. The SDR approach and laboratory suite are being implemented and institutionalized at the three participating institutions - Wright State University, Miami University (a mostly undergraduate serving institution), and Central State University (an HBCU) - to study the potential for enhancing student learning and adaptation by other institutions. BROADER SIGNIFICANCE The project is positively impacting STEM education in the state of Ohio. It is also helping recruit high school students into STEM fields and benefiting a diverse population of students. The participation of Central State University (a HBCU) is helping to recruit and train minority students and serving as an example for other minority institutions in the nation. The cutting-edge technology on which the proposed course lab development is relatively inexpensive; while the software used is GNU software radio, which is free and has a large supporting community. The project materials and the results of evaluation & assessment are being broadly disseminated and made freely available via a course website, publications, and potential books. Results from the effort are informing the development of a national model for wireless communication & networking courses. The project is helping to develop and produce a workforce with the skills necessary to meet the societal demand of the new wave of wireless IT.

参与机构：赖特州立大学（主要）迈阿密大学牛津大学校园校园国家大学项目描述这项工作是基于先前的NSF支持的CCLI项目“可发展的无线实验室设计和实施，用于增强本科无线工程教育”，在该项目中，团队开发并证明了较低的成本，较低的成本（SDR）的基于较低的电台（SDR）的实验室，为三分之二的实验室而言，该公司的成本较低。合作团队现在在多个机构的整个通信和网络课程中扩展并扩展了软件定义的基于无线电的实验室。该项目正在开发一套实验和实验室，以插入一系列课程（从大一新生年入门课程到高年级的选修课程和顶峰设计项目），这些课程垂直整合了基于SDR的实验方法。电气和计算机工程（ECE）内的三个最大的子图学科（ECE）是计算机，计算机和动力。无线技术要求在相关的工程学位课程中解决这三个技术。近期廉价的软件无线电平台的可用性使得为所有ECE本科生创造动手教育体验成为可能。该团队正在生产一个可扩展且可转让的模型，用于重新设计本科电气工程和计算机科学课程，以包括基于实验室的学习机会，以在更多班级中为学生提供基于实验室的学习机会。该项目正在评估和比较SDR方法与传统硬件设备方法的教学效果。 SDR方法和实验室套件正在三个参与的机构 - 赖特州立大学，迈阿密大学（大多数是本科服务机构）和中央州立大学（A HBCU）中实施和制度化，以研究增强学生学习和适应其他机构的潜力。该项目更广泛地影响了俄亥俄州的STEM教育。它还正在帮助招募高中生进入STEM领域，并使各种各样的学生受益。中央州立大学（A HBCU）的参与正在帮助招募和培训少数民族学生，并为全国其他少数族裔机构提供榜样。拟议的课程实验室开发的尖端技术相对便宜。虽然使用的软件是GNU软件无线电，该无线电是免费的，并且具有庞大的支持社区。项目材料和评估和评估结果正在广泛传播，并通过课程网站，出版物和潜在书籍免费提供。努力的结果是为开发了用于无线通信和网络课程的国家模型的发展。该项目正在帮助发展和生产一支劳动力，并具有满足新无线浪潮的社会需求所需的技能。