SWIFT: Facilitating Spectrum Access by Noise Guessing

Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Award Number: 2128517

Abstract:

Wireless technologies play an essential role in enabling growth and prosperity in societies by supporting business, government, science and education, defense, and health sectors. The boom of connected Internet of Things (IoT) nodes and 5G wireless communications will lead to a many-fold increase in wireless data traffic. This data storm and connectivity-in-everything model will result in spectrum scarcity and increased attack surfaces, thereby driving an urgent need for wireless security and dynamically shared spectrum access technologies. To facilitate the successful deployment of such technologies, the overarching goal of this project is to overcome fundamental challenges in spectrum utilization and sharing, energy efficiency, and security through cross-layer optimization of hardware, algorithms, and systems. Tightly integrating research with education and outreach plans, the project will train a next-generation diverse workforce in state-of-the-art wireless technologies.