IUCRC Planning Grant George Mason University: Center for Wireless Innovation Towards Secure, Pervasive, Efficient and Resilient Next G Networks (WISPER)

IUCRC 规划拨款 乔治梅森大学：实现安全、普遍、高效和有弹性的下一代网络 (WISPER) 的无线创新中心

• 批准号: 2209754
• 负责人: Brian Mark
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: George Mason University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2209754&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IUCRC; Planning; Grant; George; Mason

The proposed Center for Wireless Innovation towards Secure, Pervasive, Efficient, and Resilient Next Generation Networks (WISPER) will coordinate academia, industry, and government to pioneer transformative next generation (NextG) wireless technologies for key industry verticals. Our missions include: (1) growing the U.S. innovation capacity in the next-generation wireless networks; (2) catalyzing breakthrough pre-competitive research for enabling NextG wireless communications; (3) contributing to the emerging North American vision for the next generation wireless networks; (4) providing guidance to standardization bodies and cooperation partners; and (5) producing a workforce prepared to tackle complex next-generation wireless challenges.WISPER will focus on developing transformative wireless innovations. Areas of research include but are not limited to: (1) exploration of Dynamic Spectrum Sharing and Resource Allocation algorithms in NextG considering performance, efficiency, resilience, and security and privacy; (2) Secure mmWave Communications with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces; (3) Reliable mmWave wireless LANs through coordination; (4) development of advanced trust management functionality for virtual networks, trust management and invocation using butterfly keying schemas, trusted computing bases and post- quantum cryptography to support NextG wireless communications; (5) resilient ML-based RAN Slice Management in NextG; and (6) development of an industry-guided workforce development program in the context of next-generation wireless networks. The proposed WISPER Center will contribute significantly to the country's future communication infrastructure, with broader impacts on diversity and inclusion, workforce development, and technology transfer. A Diversity & Inclusion Committee will be formed to review the current diversity and inclusion profile and develop specific measures and plans for inspiring the participation of underrepresented groups. WISPER will prepare students to become proficient in NextG techniques, leading to transformative changes in the state of wireless workforce preparedness. WISPER will enable seamless integration of the center's new discoveries into NextG wireless systems, accelerating technology transfer, enhancing the competence of the industrial members, and contributing to the Nation’s leadership in NextG technologies. All data, software, and artifacts produced in this project will be archived and preserved, according to standard institutional security and privacy practices and policies, for at least five years.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.

拟议的无线创新中心针对安全，普遍，高效和弹性的下一代网络（Wisper）将协调学术界，行业和政府，以开拓关键行业垂直行业的下一代下一代无线技术。我们的任务包括：（1）在下一代无线网络中增强美国创新能力； （2）催化突破性的竞争前研究，以实现Nextg无线通信； （3）为新兴的下一代无线网络的愿景做出贡献； （4）为标准化机构与合作伙伴提供指导； （5）生产一支准备应对复杂的下一代无线挑战的劳动力。Wisper将专注于开发变革性的无线创新。研究领域包括但不限于：（1）考虑性能，效率，弹性以及安全性以及安全性和隐私，在NextG中探索动态频谱共享和资源分配算法； （2）使用可重构智能表面的安全MMWave通信； （3）通过协调可靠的MMWave无线LAN； （4）使用蝴蝶键键模式，信任的计算基础和量子加密后的虚拟网络，信托管理和调用的高级信任管理功能，以支持Nextg Wireless Communications； （5）基于ML的弹性ML在Nextg中进行切片管理； （6）在下一代无线网络的背景下制定行业指导的劳动力发展计划。拟议的Wisper中心将对该国未来的沟通基础设施做出重大贡献，并对多样性和包容性，劳动力发展和技术转移产生更广泛的影响。将成立一个多样性和包容性委员会，以审查当前的多样性和包容性概况，并制定特定的措施和计划，以激发代表性不足的群体的参与。 Wisper将使学生能够精通NextG技术，从而导致无线劳动力准备状态的变革变化。 Wisper将使中心的新发现无缝整合到Nextg Wireless系统中，加速技术转移，增强工业成员的能力，并为美国在Nextg Technologies中的领导而做出贡献。根据标准的机构安全，隐私惯例和政策，将在该项目中生产的所有数据，软件和工件至少归档和保存五年。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估，被认为是通过评估而被认为是珍贵的。