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Center Overview

The Center for Wireless Innovation towards Secure, Pervasive, Efficient, and Resilient Next G Networks (WISPER) will coordinate a concerted effort between academia and industry for transformative research on 6G wireless and networking technologies, founded on world-class faculty, cutting-edge research facilities, and workforce development.

The WISPER partnership aims to:

  • Grow U.S. competitiveness and innovation capacity in next-generation (Next G) wireless by developing close, sustained partnerships among leading industry innovators and world-class academic researchers.
  • Identify key drivers and barriers across societal and technological requirements and catalyze breakthrough pre-competitive research to enable secure, pervasive, efficient, and resilient Next G wireless.
  • Contribute to the emerging North American vision for the next generation of networks, currently being coordinated by the Next G Alliance.
  • Train a workforce that's prepared to tackle complex Next G challenges.
  • Conduct breakthrough, pre-competitive research with social and economic impact in four key research thematic areas.

Universities

  • University of Arizona
  • George Mason University
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Center Personnel

Brian L Mark
GMU Site Director

bmark@gmu.edu

Jacek Kibilda
VT Site Co-Director

jkibilda@vt.edu

Research Focus

The WISPER IUCRC has four key research areas:

  • OpenG: using 6G that leverages virtualization, disaggregation, open interfaces, and open-source software to spur innovation, achieve efficiencies, and increase reliability through network sharing.
  • SmartG: crafting 6G with network management and functions that are initially supported and eventually replaced by artificial intelligence (AI), for AI-native and more sustainable wireless.
  • SpectrumG: a 6G that embraces various forms of spectrum sharing and reconfiguration, with access to new millimeter-wave and sub-THz bands.
  • SecureG: a 6G that incorporates new technologies and spectrum bands in a secure-by-design and resilient manner.

Awards

Member Organizations

IUCRC affiliated member organizations are displayed as submitted by the Center. Non-federal organizations are not selected, approved, or otherwise endorsed by the U.S. National Science Foundation.

The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the Center author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.