Yesterday at the FCC & NSF Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Communications Networks & Consumers in Washington D.C., the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel discussed the Colosseum network emulator:

“Then consider that the work that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and National Science Foundation have been doing for years on this subject. In particular, take a look at DARPA’s Colosseum network emulator, designed to support the development of new radio network technologies, and DARPA’s Spectrum Collaboration Challenge, which invited innovators to design new wireless networks using AI. The final round of this challenge was held a few years back in Los Angeles. Teams used AI-enabled radios to go head-to-head against each other demonstrating how machine learning can support real-time dynamic spectrum decision- making, increasing efficiency and decreasing interference. It was held in a dark auditorium in Los Angeles, but it was a bright look at our wireless future—I know, because I was there.

DARPA’s Colosseum network emulator is now hosted by Northeastern University in Boston, in partnership with the National Science Foundation. Here at the Commission, we’ve supported these efforts by establishing special wireless Innovation Zones in Boston to support continued work with the emulator and in Salt Lake City, where the National Science Foundation has set up outdoor, city-scale wireless test beds.”

Read the full Remarks Of FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel Federal Communications Commission And National Science Foundation Joint Workshop “The Opportunities And Challenges Of Artifical Intelligence For Communications Networks And Consumers.”