The DARPA Spectrum Challenge was a competition held by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to demonstrate a radio protocol that can best use a given communication channel in the presence of other dynamic users and interfering signals.

The challenge was not focused on developing new radio hardware, but instead was targeted at finding strategies for guaranteeing successful communication in the presence of other radios that may have conflicting co-existence objectives. The challenge entailed head-to-head competitions between each team's radio protocol and an opponent's in a structured wireless testbed environment, known as ORBIT, that is maintained by the Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB) at Rutgers University.

The challenge awarded first place teams in the September 2013 preliminary event, and first and second place teams in the March 2014 final event with cash prizes totaling $200,000. Each event consisted of a Competitive and Cooperative Tournament.[1][2][3]

Qualifying teams

Out of the 90 teams that registered for the Spectrum Challenge, the top 18 teams were selected to compete in the preliminary and final event:[4]

Team nameAffiliationLocationQualification rankingTournament winnings
PurduePurdue University, Raytheon BBNWest Lafayette, Indiana1$0
Efficient SpectrumIndividualsCentreville, Virginia2$75,000
1st place final competitive
2nd place final cooperative
WSL-NEUNortheastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts3$25,000
1st place preliminary cooperative
MarmotEVanderbilt University, ISISNashville, Tennessee5$25,000
1st place preliminary competitive
Gator WingsUniversity of FloridaGainesville, Florida6$0
SpartansSan Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California7$0
RxTxIndividualsSan Diego, California8$0
VT-HumeVirginia TechBlacksburg, Virginia9$0
wasabiIndividualSeattle, Washington10$0
VT CogRadVirginia TechBlacksburg, Virginia11$0
The Orange Wireless WarriorsSyracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York12$0
Wireless InfidelsPolytechnic Institute of NYUBrooklyn, New York13$0
Georgia Tech Research InstituteGeorgia Tech Research InstituteAtlanta, Georgia14$25,000
2nd place final competitive
WildcatsNorthwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois15$0
Notre SpectrumNotre Dame UniversitySouth Bend, IndianaCompetitive Mode Wildcard Winner$0
KPEIndividualsAlbuquerque, New MexicoCooperative Mode Wildcard Winner$0
Tennessee Tech TelecomTennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, TennesseeOverall Average Score Wildcard Winner$50,000
1st place final cooperative
Buzz RadioGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, Georgia2nd place overall average score wildcard winner$0

References

  1. "DARPA Spectrum Challenge". Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  2. "SPECTRUM CHALLENGE FINAL EVENT HELPS PAVE THE WAY FOR MORE ROBUST, RESILIENT AND RELIABLE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS" (Press release). Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. April 2, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  3. "Radio Wrestlers Fight It Out at the DARPA Spectrum Challenge". IEEE Spectrum. April 9, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
  4. "DARPA Spectrum Challenge Teams". Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.


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