Conference: Catalyzing the Future of Spectrum Coexistence Through a National Radio Dynamic Zone Workshop

会议：通过国家无线电动态区研讨会促进频谱共存的未来

• 批准号: 2322875
• 负责人: Mariya Zheleva
• 金额: $ 8.89万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Albany
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2322875&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Catalyzing; Future; Spectrum; Coexistence

The wireless spectrum is a natural resource upon which we all depend in more ways than we realize. While our personal and professional lives thrive on mobile broadband, a plethora of other applications, such as weather forecasting, climate science, astronomy, space exploration, and civil/military navigation also critically depend on the radio spectrum. The ever-growing demand for spectrum has led to a corresponding increase in congestion as these vastly different services converge to the same bands. As a result, spectrum conflicts have arisen between services utilizing adjacent or overlapping bands, resulting in an increase of harmful interference. Unlocking the potential of the next-generation wireless systems while protecting the spectrum necessary for advancing our understanding of Earth and the universe will require the adaptability, flexibility, and performance benefits made possible by effectively and efficiently sharing spectrum. Authorizing and operating spectrum-sharing systems will require innovative spectrum management techniques that can provide real-time coordination, control, and enforcement in highly dynamic environments with stringent interference limitations.Recognizing these needs, federal agencies and spectrum regulators have been advocating for the establishment of a National Radio Dynamic Zone (NRDZ) as a regional-scale experimental test bed that can enable spectrum research. Such a zone will provide real-world validation of the coexistence of disparate active and passive technologies. The purposes of this project are (1) to hold an in-person workshop and a series of virtual meetings to review the current state-of-the-art in NRDZ research, (2) to consolidate lessons learned from independent efforts, (3) to explore key challenges related to the implementation of a NRDZ, (4) to foster future collaborative research, and (5) to serve as a catalyst for spectrum innovation. The workshop will build on a two-year initiative co-led by the PIs, which has shaped a community of researchers and a vision for NRDZ. The planned activities will promote a multi-disciplinary approach to collaborative research that will foster the development and implementation of the NRDZ. They will also identify priority research areas for investment, key challenges that need to be addressed, and highlight the needs of industry, government, active, and passive users. At a higher level, the NRDZ will change the way future wireless communication systems are designed and built, leading to significant opportunities to develop educational initiatives for training the next generation of spectrum engineers. Several NSF-funded NRDZ groups around the country have highly effective Broader Impact programs that will be highlighted during the workshop.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.

无线频谱是一种自然资源，我们所有人都以比我们意识到的更多的方式依赖。尽管我们的个人和职业生活在移动宽带上蓬勃发展，但许多其他应用，例如天气预报，气候科学，天文学，太空探索以及民用/军事导航，也很严格地取决于无线电范围。对频谱的不断增长的需求导致交通拥堵的相应增加，因为这些截然不同的服务汇聚到同一乐队。结果，利用相邻或重叠的频段之间的服务之间出现了频谱冲突，从而增加了有害干扰。释放下一代无线系统的潜力，同时保护我们对地球和宇宙的理解所需的频谱，将需要通过有效，有效地共享频谱实现适应性，灵活性和绩效效益。授权和操作频谱共享系统将需要创新的频谱管理技术，这些技术可以在具有严格的干扰限制的高度动态环境中提供实时的协调，控制和执法。确认这些需求，联邦机构和频谱调节器已提倡建立国家无线电动力学区（NRDZ），以实验性地进行实验，以建立该型号的审查。这样的区域将提供对不同主动技术共存的现实验证。 The purposes of this project are (1) to hold an in-person workshop and a series of virtual meetings to review the current state-of-the-art in NRDZ research, (2) to consolidate lessons learned from independent efforts, (3) to explore key challenges related to the implementation of a NRDZ, (4) to foster future collaborative research, and (5) to serve as a catalyst for spectrum innovation.该研讨会将建立在PIS共同领导的为期两年的计划的基础上，PIS塑造了研究人员和NRDZ的愿景。计划的活动将促进一种多学科的方法来进行协作研究，以促进NRDZ的发展和实施。他们还将确定投资的优先研究领域，需要解决的主要挑战，并强调行业，政府，活跃和被动用户的需求。在更高级别上，NRDZ将改变未来无线通信系统的设计和构建方式，从而为开发培训下一代Spectrum工程师的教育计划提供了重要的机会。全国各地的几个由NSF资助的NRDZ团体具有更广泛的影响计划，这些计划将在研讨会期间得到强调。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的评估标准来通过评估来获得支持的。