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Towards Software-Defined Soft Robotic Antennas for Spectrum Era 4 — NSF Award to Carnegie Mellon University (PA, $760,000)

Radio spectrum is fundamental resource for wireless communication. As a result, the ability to allow radios to flexibly use different parts of the wireless spectrum is key to managing this scarce resource efficiently. Indeed, the original vision of a software defined radio is one in which a radio’s center frequency is

Award titleTowards Software-Defined Soft Robotic Antennas for Spectrum Era 4
Award ID2433903
AwardeeCarnegie Mellon University
CityPITTSBURGH
StatePA
Amount obligated$760,000
Principal investigatorSwarun Kumar
ProgramSII-Spectrum Innovation Initia
Start date10/01/2025
AbstractRadio spectrum is fundamental resource for wireless communication. As a result, the ability to allow radios to flexibly use different parts of the wireless spectrum is key to managing this scarce resource efficiently. Indeed, the original vision of a software defined radio is one in which a radio’s center frequency is tunable, as is the precise signal waveform that is to be transmitted. However, a pivotal element is typically not as flexible to program – the antenna. Indeed, most programmable ra
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