US DoD helps fund AI spectrum-sharing test in a 5G-NR network

摘要

The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office, led by US Ignite and Northeastern University, announced $2.7 million in new funding awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense for development work on advanced spectrum sharing technologies. The PAWR program, which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a consortium of 35 industry partners, will use the funding to perform tests on a live 5G-NR network at the POWDER wireless testbed site in Salt Lake City, Utah. These tests will demonstrate how two mobile operators can occupy spectrum in the same CBRS channel autonomously with the help of a decision engine designed to coordinate spectrum usage at a highly granular level. The new PAWR project continues work that began as part of DARPA's Spectrum Collaboration Challenge (SC2). Zylinium Research, a team from the SC2 competition, is partnering with the PAWR Project Office (PPO) and the University of Utah to transition their spectrum optimization technology from an emulation environment to the city-scale POWDER testbed.