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The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces $2.8 million in new funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) as it continues its mission to accelerate wireless innovation through the shared resource of advanced network testbeds. The new funding aligns with rising global interest in wireless research facilities and underscores the value of programs that expand researcher access to sophisticated and adaptive network testing environments.

PAWR announces the general availability of the AERPAW wireless testbed for network communications and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) research. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, the AERPAW – or Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless – testbed is designed to accelerate the integration of UAS into the national airspace and enable research into advanced wireless technologies supporting dynamic, mobile, and airborne networks.

The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces a first-of-its kind demonstration at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Los Angeles featuring radio access network (RAN) slicing in an open RAN environment.

Source: Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Announcement brings new spectrum flexibility to wireless researchers on PAWR platforms WASHINGTON – August 5, 2021 – The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and an industry consortium of 35 leading wireless companies, today announced that the Federal Communications Commiss…

Today the launch of OpenAirX-Labs (OAX) was announced. It is the newest resource in the PAWR program, a public-private partnership promoting wireless research through the development of multiple outdoor, large-scale wireless testbeds across the U.S.

US Ignite Joins Open RAN Policy Coalition as Founding Member WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 5, 2020 – US Ignite, on behalf of its Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program co-led with Northeastern University, announces it is joining with 30 other leading global technology companies to launch the Open RAN Policy Coalition. The goal of the Coalition is to promote policies that lead to…

POWDER-RENEW team completes fixed campus deployment of first PAWR network testbed, creating a research platform for the development of breakthrough wireless communications technologies WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 2, 2019 – The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a consortium of 29 industry partners, today announced the c…

New Request for Proposals Announced in $100M “Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research” Program The PAWR Project Office is releasing its second Request for Proposals as part of a nationwide program to create city-scale testbed sites for advancing next-generation wireless research WASHINGTON – August 1, 2018 – The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office (PPO), l…

Today we join the National Science Foundation, as well as a consortium of 28 networking companies, in celebrating the recipients of the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program’s first-ever award selection process. It gives us great pleasure to announce that two research platforms, to be based in Salt Lake City and New York City, will be developed and deployed thanks to support f…

LEARN MORE HERE US Ignite seeks a consultant arrangement for its Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program. The consultant(s) will provide project management, engineering, construction, and deployment advice and services related to the deployment of up to four wireless testbed networks in cities across the United States.US Ignite is soliciting submissions from all interested parties…