CIRC: ENS: AERPAW-ENS - Enhancing the AERPAW Platform

NSF Award Search · 01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT · $1,000,000 · view on nsf.gov ↗

Abstract

This project aims to enhance the NSF Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform on Advanced Wireless (AERPAW) at North Carolina State University. AERPAW is one of the projects under the NSF Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program, supporting wireless experiments with autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The proposed activities will: 1) develop and release new sample experiments with UAVs and software defined radios (SDRs); 2) release new wireless and UAV datasets; 3) enhance platform user support and add new portal features; and 4) conduct outreach activities to bring new users to the platform. The proposed work will release new sample experiments, post-processing scripts, and datasets, to support research in technologies such as O-RAN, spectrum sharing, trajectory optimization, wireless localization, and artificial intelligence (AI) aided spectrum sharing. The project will create publicly accessible short video tutorials integrated into the user manual, will improve AERPAW user portal, and will continue providing operational support, such as weekly office hours, to AERPAW users. Moreover, the AERPAW web portal and digital twin (DT) will be upgraded by incorporating key features requested by users, such as improved user key management and automated feedback mechanisms based on DT system activity. The broader impacts of the project include continued support for experimentation needs of the CISE research community in the area of advanced wireless

Key facts

NSF award ID
2450593
Awardee
North Carolina State University (NC)
SAM.gov UEI
U3NVH931QJJ3
PI
Ismail Guvenc
Primary program
01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
All programs
COMPUTING RES INFRASTRUCTURE, PAWR- Platforms for Advanced Wireless Re
Estimated total
$1,000,000
Funds obligated
$1,000,000
Transaction type
Standard Grant
Period
10/01/2025 → 09/30/2027