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PAWR Platform Full Proposal: AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless

Sponsored by PAWR Project Office

Ismail Guvenc
Rudra Dutta
Mihail L. Sichitiu

Project runs from 09/01/2019 to 08/31/2024
$6,000,290

We propose AERPAW: Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless, a first-of-its-kind aerial wireless experimentation platform to be developed in close partnership between NC State, Wireless Research Center of North Carolina (WRCNC), Mississippi State University (MSU), University of South Carolina (USC), City of Raleigh, Town of Cary, Town of Holly Springs, North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), and numerous other project partners. With a major focus being on aerial communications within low altitude airspace, AERPAW will develop a software defined, reproducible, and open-access advanced wireless platform with experimentation features spanning 5G technologies and beyond. NC State, USC, and MSU researchers have existing UAS experimentation capabilities and ongoing experimental research activities involving wireless technologies spanning software defined radios (SDRs), LTE, WiFi, ultra-wideband (UWB), IoT, and millimeter wave (mmWave), which will form the initial baseline framework for the AERPAW platform. To deploy AERPAW, NC State will work closely with NCDOT’s Integration Pilot Program, a three-year FAA project that allows BVLOS UAS experimentation for medical supply delivery in North Carolina, in close collaboration with NC State, several UAS companies, municipalities, and a medical institution. Initial flight tests have already started within the Raleigh area, and will be expanding to other parts of the state in 2019 and beyond. Any additional FAA permits, as necessary, will be secured by AERPAW team in close collaboration with NCDOT.

Mihail Sichitiu

Mihail Sichitiu

Professor

 Engineering Building II 3058
  mlsichit@ncsu.edu
Ismail Guvenc

Ismail Guvenc

Professor

 Engineering Building II (EB2) 3060
  iguvenc@ncsu.edu

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