FCC Establishes Two New Innovation Zones in Boston and Raleigh

The Federal Communications Commission created new innovation zones in and nearby North Carolina State University in Raleigh (NC) and Northeastern University in Boston (MA) to allow for advanced wireless communications and network innovation research. The FCC also expanded the New York City innovation zone which, along with Salt Lake City, has already been leading the way in real-world city-based innovation and research. The Northeastern University Innovation Zone will support the transition of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Colosseum network emulator to a shared platform, usable by the research community. The North Carolina State University Innovation Zone will house the Aerial Experimentation and Research Platform for Advanced Wireless, which will focus on new use cases involving wireless communications and unmanned aerial systems. The newly modified New York City Innovation Zone will now also cover the three Columbia University and City College of New York campus areas with a technical focus on ultra-high-bandwidth and low-latency wireless communications with tightly coupled edge computing. In addition, the Salt Lake City Innovation Zone already operates in several University of Utah campus areas as well as a corridor connecting those areas.


FCC Established Two New Innovation Zones in Boston and Raleigh