'Legos for Wireless Research': Rice-Led University Consortium Tackles the Future of Wireless with $4.5M NSF Award

Aug 15, 2024·
Ashutosh Sabharwal
Ashutosh Sabharwal
Joseph R. Cavallaro
Joseph R. Cavallaro
Rahman Doost-Mohammady
Rahman Doost-Mohammady
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Rice University has received a $4.5 million NSF award to develop Houdini, an open-access software-defined radio platform supporting multiple spectrum bands simultaneously. The modular system will let researchers across wireless networking, sensing, and imaging prototype 6G technologies without building expensive custom equipment for each experiment. The project is led by Ashutosh Sabharwal with co-PIs Joseph Cavallaro and Rahman Doost-Mohammady.

Read the full announcement on Rice News.