The PAWR Project Office (PPO) filed a response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA's) request for comment on the implementation of the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund.
CLICK TO READ THE FULL FILING In the Matter of: Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Implementation - Docket No. 221202-0260, RIN 0693-XC05 Excerpt: Despite a number of successful ongoing Open RAN deployments worldwide, the Open RAN ecosystem is still under development. To…
POWDER, the NSF PAWR Testbed, Unveils Open Source 5G Research Network Build your own experiments on an outdoor open source 5G network WASHINGTON – January 26, 2023 – The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces the unveiling of new 5G research capabilities at POWDER, the National Science Foundation (NSF) PAWR testbed in Salt Lake City, Utah. The POWDER platform has implemented open source 5G software on top of its outdoor…
The COSMOS testbed has become the second North American Open Testing and Integration Centre (OTIC) - as designated by the O-RAN Alliance - in an important milestone for Open RAN development and the NSF PAWR program. As the Alliance notes, OTICs support the adoption of O-RAN specs and promote the openness of the ecosystem via demos, events, and lab and field trials. From the O-RAN Alliance announcement: New Open Testing and…
New Investments in PAWR Program Strengthen US Commitment to Wireless Research in 5G, 6G, and Beyond U.S. National Science Foundation Awards New Funding to PAWR Project Office Amid Wave of Federal and Industry Investment in Research Testbeds WASHINGTON – December 1, 2022 – The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces $2.8 million in new funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) as it continues its mission to accelerate wireless innovation through…
Ericsson and AERPAW collaborate on 5G drone research to support smart agriculture In a demonstration hosted at North Carolina State University, the AERPAW team, part of the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program, equipped a custom drone with a connected camera and local compute capacity in order to monitor cattle in a remote field for information on grazing patterns. Footage from the remote field was streamed over a 5G connection enabled by an Ericsson…
COSMOS Team Lands Lead Role in New NSF Engineering Research Center for Smart Streetscapes The NSF has awarded a $26M grant to five universities for a new Engineering Research Center for Smart Streetscapes. Among the awardees, Columbia Engineering will take the lead role in the project, using COSMOS as its main experimental platform for testing streetside wireless and high-performance edge-cloud technologies. Other academic partners on the team include Florida Atlantic University, Rutgers University, University…