DURIP: ENACT- Enabling Next Adaptive Communication Technologies
Abstract
All the Navy#s missions have always critically relied on leading-edge communication infrastructure to provide unrivaled performancebetween ship-ship, ship-air, and ship-shore transferring commands, telemetry, mission data, voice, and video, maintaining accurate timing and providing navigation support. The fastest growing Navy#s communication systems have seen dramatic changes in both the requirements for, and the capabilities of the radios to support multiband and multifunction wireless connections. The user demands have moved from simple voice communications to higher data bandwidths, driving the use of new bands and modes of operation. As mission capabilities grow, the navy communication infrastructure must grow faster to avoid constraints and enable missions never previously imagined, driving the use of new bands and modes of operation. Two main pieces of equipment are requested in this proposal: (1) Aerosol Jet printer, and (2) antenna anechoic chamber. The acquisition of the requested equipment will enable research on a broad rangeof topics at UofSC from the antenna design, reconfigurable RF and microwave technologies, wireless channel modelling, mmwave communications and sensing, anti-jam and covert and secure (e.g., low-probability of detection, LPD, and low-probability of intercept, LPI) communications, as well as IC and system design, to microfabrication. It will help overcome current technical challenges and provide higher data rates needed in the future without constraining the Navy#s new mission capabilities. The requested equipment will notonly satisfy our current needs but future requirements as well. Coupled with the existing high frequency measurement equipment at the UofSC, the acquisition of new equipment will not only enable the five PIs to advance their individual on-going research but will also serve as a catalyst to foster in-depth collaboration as we explore the exciting goal of achieving dependable and highly resilient communication systems for the Navy. The proposed infrastructure will have a broad education impact beyond the direct outcomes of the enabled research. All the equipment will be open to students at UofSC and the broader community to conduct hands-on projects which concretize their understanding of components of wireless communications and networking. It will foster hands-on learning at UofSCby (1) enhancing the existing curriculum on microwave engineering, antenna design, and wireless communication with lab contents, and by (2) training both graduate and undergraduate students in systems-oriented research. Access to such a facility would not only help students gain better understanding of microwave engineering and wireless networks but would also provide them marketable skills to compete in the global workforce.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 11, 2023
- Source ID
- N000142312734
Entities
People
- Guoan Wang
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of South Carolina