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PURPOSE: THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS SALSA (SPECTRALLY AGILE LARGE-SCALE ARRAYS), A WIDEBAND, SPECTRALLY AGILE AND SCALABLE RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (RFIC) AND TRANSCEIVER FOR USE IN FUTURE COMMERCIAL, DEFENSE, AND RESEARCH APPLICATIONS. THE RFIC WILL BE INTEGRATED WITH ANTENNAS AND A DIGITAL INTERFACE TO DEVELOP AS AN OPEN RADIO UNIT (O-RU) IN THE OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (O-RAN WITH A FOCUS ON THE CRITICAL 6?15 GIGAHERTZ (GHZ) BAND. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE PROJECT HAS FOUR KEY TASKS: TASK 1. DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A MONOLITHIC, SPECTRALLY AGILE RFIC IN GLOBALFOUNDRIES FD-SOI 22 NM PLATFORM THAT CAN COVER THE ENTIRE 6-15 GHZ BAND WITH HIGH LINEARITY, FREQUENCY HOPPING AND PROGRAMMABLE FILTERING; TASK 2. DEVELOPMENT OF MODULAR AND FLEXIBLE MASSIVE MULTIPLE INPUT, MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO (SDR) PLATFORMS USING THE RFIC MODULES AS BUILDING BLOCKS; TASK 3. DEVELOPMENT OF A SPECTRALLY AGILE, UPPER MID-BAND OPEN-RU AND INTEGRATION OF THE O-RUS INTO THE O-RAN COSMOS TESTBED. TASK 4. DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYSTEM IN SPECTRUM SHARING AND ADVERSARIAL SETTINGS WITH A PATH FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION USING THE TESTBED. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: AS A CAPSTONE DEMONSTRATION, WHEN THE OUTDOOR COSMOS (NORTH AMERICAN OPEN TESTING AND INTEGRATION CENTER [OITC] IN NYC METRO AREA/EAST) PLATFORM IS AVAILABLE, THE RECIPIENT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE MULTI-FREQUENCY HOPPING LINK OUTSIDE. THE RECIPIENT EXPECTS TO SEE A RICH BLOCKING ENVIRONMENT AS IT OBSERVED IN ITS RAY TRACING STUDY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE, FREQUENCY HOPPING SYSTEM IN FREQUENCY RANGE (FR) 3 DEMONSTRATED OUTSIDE. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS (MNOS), U.S. DEFENSE OPERATIONS AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: PRINCETON WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN AND TESTING OF THE TRANSMISSION (TX) PATH DEVELOPMENT OF THE RFIC. RUTGERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE O-RU?S IN THE COSMOS/O-TIC CENTER. NOKIA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SPECTRUM SHARING USE CASE, REQUIREMENTS, AND CAPACITY ANALYSIS, SPECTRUM SENSING AND SPECTRUM SHARING ALGORITHMS, RU TESTING AND RU PRODUCT DESIGN FOR ENVISIONED COMMERCIAL RU. PI RADIO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, AND TESTING OF THE RADIO FREQUENCY MODULE AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE MODULES INTO THE MIMO PLATFORMS, DRIVER DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION.

Project Grant (B) · National Institute of Standards and Technology · to New York University (UEI NX9PXMKW5KW8) · data as of 2026-09-30

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