Arlington-Based Graduate Research Assistants (Ph.D.)

Arlington-Based Graduate Research Assistants (Ph.D.) CCI seeks research and development (R&D) graduate research assistants (GRAs) to work on experimental research, testing and evaluation in advanced wireless communication networks, particularly Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN). GRAs wll be part of the Acceleration of Compatibility and Commercialization for Open RAN Deployments (ACCoRD) team project, working with such industry partners as AT&T , Verizon , Keysight , Fujitsu , Mavenir , Radisys , and Nokia . GRAs will conduct testing and evaluation for new and existing solutions, while developing proof of concept, algorithm design, implementation, and testing in software and hardware. Key Job Requirements Knowledge in computer networks Programming skills in C, C++ and Script languages Knowledge of cellular telecommunication systems Interests in hardware-software co-design Interests in experimental/applied research and prototyping Electrical and Computer Engineer (ECE) students are preferred. Key Job Activities Deployment of end-to-end 5G network using open-source platforms Deployment, implementation, analysis, and integration of multi-core environments into CCI xG Testbed software architecture Development of O-RAN Non-RT-RIC and Near-RT RIC rApp/xApp/macroservice using AI/ML models Integration of Prometheus open-source monitoring system to the CCI xG Testbed software architecture Support edge computing configuration and implementation into CCI xG Testbed system design and architecture Implementation of 5G Core VNFs instantiation (mainly AMF and UPF) Implementation of O-RAN use cases for validation Design and implementation of test cases Write testing and evaluation reports Integrate hardware and software components from different vendors as well as open-source Write papers and tutorials O-RAN Software Defined Radio (SDR)-based open-source reference architecture. Technical report of multi-core environments into CCI xG Testbed software architecture describing performance evaluation Demos and showcases based on the ACCoRD project use case multi-vendor pairing. Demo of Prometheus open-source monitoring system integrated and operational at CCI xG Testbed Test case suites for O-RU and O-DU OFH autonomous testing. Publication in high-caliber conference and journals #J-18808-Ljbffr Commonwealth Cyber Initiative