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Information Technology /Networking

Mobile & wireless networking

News and Updates

Projects and Programs

Advanced Security Architectures for Next Generation Wireless

Ongoing
The US Government, and the Department of Commerce in particular, has identified the development and commercialization of Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) technologies as a strategic priority in the evolution of next-generation wireless networks and a key enabler for the US IT industry to increase
Replica of a collaborative robotic workcell

Reliable, High Performance Industrial Wireless Systems: Wi-Fi and TSN

Ongoing
Through collaboration with industry and academia, we will continue to develop model architectures for high-priority industrial use cases that include mobile robotic and collaborative platforms. We will continue to select use cases based on industry input and our independent research. In this project

5G/6G Core Networks and Services

Ongoing
The main tasks of this program are: Task 1: 6G Core Network Architecture: I nvestigating AI-native architectures that not just execute AI/ML-based network functions but also support the creation, management, cooperation, measurement, and evolution of these functions. Task 2: Key Technologies Task 2
Picture of prototype ultrasonic wearable device for proximity detection

Proximity Detection for Electronic Contact Tracing

Completed
We are developing performance metrics for not just ranging, but also for detecting close contacts, which in the context of COVID-19 is the situation where two people are less than six feet apart with no obstacles between them. Obviously, the duration of a close contact is important, as it affects

Publications

O-RAN with Machine Learning in ns-3

Author(s)
Wesley Garey, Tanguy Ropitault, Richard A. Rouil, Evan Black, Weichao Gao
The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Alliance is an industryled standardization effort, with the main objective of evolving the Radio Access Network (RAN) to

Software

New Radio Sidelink Simulator

5G New Radio Sidelink Link-Level Simulator is developed to accelerate the study of 5G New Radio (NR) sidelink (SL). It closely follows the Third Generation