PAWR Wireless Testbeds Earn New Spectrum Access Rights with FCC Innovation Zone Awards

The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research program, created and funded by the by the U.S. National Science Foundation and industry consortium partners, announced that the Federal Communications Commission has created a new spectrum Innovation Zone to promote rural connectivity and precision agriculture research at the site of the ARA wireless testbed in Central Iowa. In addition, the FCC has expanded Innovation Zone designations for wireless research on the POWDER platform in Utah, the AERPAW platform in North Carolina, and two Northeastern University sites as part of the Open6G project in the Boston area of Massachusetts. All PAWR platforms, including COSMOS in New York City, are beginning new five-year terms.