PAWR Platform ARA Unveils Expanded Network at AraFest’24
WASHINGTON – August 26, 2024 – The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces the second phase of operations for rural wireless testbed ARA, which unveiled an expanded network footprint and new research capabilities today at AraFest’24. The platform in Central Iowa is the fourth testbed in the PAWR program, which was created by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Launched just one…
Wireless Research Funding Opportunities Available The National Science Foundation is making new supplemental funding available for research projects conducted on the NSF-funded PAWR platforms. These awards are ideal for researchers looking to extend their experimentation efforts to a live testbed. Interested proposers are encouraged to reach out to PAWR platform PIs or the PAWR Project Office for further information on how new projects can be supported at each of the PAWR sites:…
POWDER Collaborating with O-RAN ALLIANCE and Linux Foundation The O-RAN Software Community (OSC), a collaboration between the O-RAN ALLIANCE and Linux Foundation, is using the POWDER platform at the University of Utah for automated testing of the various OSC software components. OSC is an open source community under the Linux Foundation with a goal of developing open source software, aligned with the O-RAN ALLIANCE’s open architecture and specifications, to realize solutions that can be…
PAWR Program Announces Dramatic Expansion of AERPAW Drone Testbed WASHINGTON – March 18, 2024 – The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces the significant expansion of AERPAW – the first wireless research platform to study the convergence of 4G/5G technology and autonomous drones – as it launches into a second phase of operations. The testbed now includes four additional wireless towers, a total of eight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),…
PAWR Announces 5G Open RAN Testing with Mavenir at POWDER Testbed WASHINGTON – March 14, 2024 – The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces a collaboration between PAWR platform POWDER and industry innovator Mavenir to test a first-of-its-kind O-RAN 5G SA network deployment with millimeter Wave (mmWave) spectrum. The solution is powered by Mavenir’s open radio unit (O-RU), open distributed unit (O-DU), open centralized unit (O-CU), and 5G core. The team…
AERPAW is hiring! The team at North Carolina State University is actively recruiting candidates for a new AERPAW Platform Director position. While the research directors for the platform will remain heavily involved in development going forward, the platform will move its day-to-day operations into the Office of Information Technology (OIT) Communications Technologies unit. The new Director will work within OIT and will serve dual roles. This position will direct the AERPAW platform and oversee operations, development,…