Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Abhimanyu Gosain Technical Program Director July

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1 Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) 1 Abhimanyu Gosain Technical Program Director July

Problem Statement: Bridging the Valley of Death NSF historically funds over $50M annually in fundamental, pre-competitive wireless research This research could be greatly strengthened if: Researchers

2 Problem Statement: Bridging the Valley of Death NSF historically funds over $50M annually in fundamental, pre-competitive wireless research This research could be greatly strengthened if: Researchers had access to mid-scale, end-to-end research platforms Industry collaborated earlier in helping to define and focus research areas Valley of Death Universities and National Laboratories Corporations Discovery Basic Research Applied Research Product Development Production 2

3 $100M Public Private Partnership Industry Consortium <$+ In-Kind> $50M NSF <$> $50M 3

4 Charter Members 4 PPO is Looking for more Industry Partners.

5 What is PAWR Project Office? Industry Consortium Cash, equipment & services, engineering, marketing, & R&D support NSF and Research Community Grants, experimental spectrum licenses, research agenda PAWR Project Office 5

6 Why Now? Technology Policy Program Experimental Licenses; opening up of new frequency bands both licensed/unlicensed Industry Opportunity Research Integration Need Enabling Innovations Critical gap between demand pattern and supply; move away from legacy infrastructure; rapid development Explosive growth in traffic (IoT, Multimedia, M2M) needs radical new solutions; Multiple research areas need to work together Dynamic spectrum sharing; tunable filters; programmable wireless substrate 6

7 Anticipated Timeline PAWR RFP PAWR RFP PAWR 1 and 2? OR PAWR 2 and 3? PAWR RFP PAWR 3 PAWR 4 7

8 PAWR Guiding Principles Reproducibility Platforms setup, maintained, documented High scientific standards Accuracy and repeatability Usability Low learning curve, even if open Operable by BS technical level Reprogrammed by Advanced Users Interoperability Prevent silos within research ecosystem Well-defined interfaces Interconnection with other PAWR platforms Drivers for success Programmability Programmable at multiple levels (e.g., radio, resource allocation, backbone) Clearly defined interfaces and APIs. Open Access Accessible by the research community Fairness in access Diversity Broad range of topics spectrum, mmwave, internet of things, wide-area wireless backhaul, measurements etc. 8

9 S AM P L E TO P I C AR E A S TO B E E N AB L E D B Y R E S E AR C H P L ATFORMS 9 mmwave to enable R&D and systems testing at the millimeter-wave bands that are about 26GHz, with a target of 100 Gbps in data rates for small-cell networks that cover a few city blocks. Dynamic Spectrum to focus on the spectral bands that are sub-6ghz, and aim to identify spectral opportunities in existing networks and establish usage models for novel spectrum driven applications, while also studying co-existence and protection issues. Architecture to test data network architectures for nextgeneration networks that operate with a wireless edge. Mobility-at-Scale to address larger issues with networkmobility from the transport to MAC layers, including evaluation of large-scale, dense, heterogeneous wireless networks, including issues such as connection management, load balancing, and mobility management. Wide-area Whitespace to utilize novel whitespacebased wireless networks to design, build and demonstrate 16Gbps connectivity to remove locations via long-range wireless mess connections. Network Metrology to advance capabilities to measure and monitor wireless network performance and support research on methods to improve the security, reliability and performance of wireless networks. Applications/Services in later years Platforms will serve as examples of Smart and Connected Community networks that demonstrate potential applications/services including Cyber-Physical Systems, Cyber-Security, Internet of Things, Robotics, Smart and Connected Health, and Big Data.

Platform Challenges: Some practical considerations Usability (or lack thereof) Work beyond boundaries of your expertise Common interfaces, API and experience E.g. InCommon and edugain: Global Interfederation Channel Measurements and characterization > 6GHz.

10 Platform Challenges: Some practical considerations Usability (or lack thereof) Work beyond boundaries of your expertise Common interfaces, API and experience E.g. InCommon and edugain: Global Interfederation Channel Measurements and characterization > 6GHz. Interference is Limiting factor 10 Source: Jacques Carelman Understanding the physical environment

11 PAWR Services Framework Physical & Virtual Resources 11

12 AD VA N C E D W I R E L E S S. O R G 12 Abhimanyu ( Manu ) Gosain, Senthil Veeraragavan, Northeastern University US Ignite agosain@coe.neu.edu senthil.veeraragavan@usignite.org Kaushik Chowdhury, Northeastern University Tommaso Melodia, krc@ece.neu.edu Northeastern University melodia@ece.neu.edu Stefano Basagni, Northeastern University basagni@ece.neu.edu

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