Using software-defined radio network testbed to enhance undergraduate education and encourage graduate level studies

Abstract

The goal of the National Science Foundation's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program is to encourage undergraduate students to consider graduate level studies. At the Wireless Networking Systems Laboratory our work on a software-defined radio network testbed has gone hand-in-hand with our own REU program. In addition to our successes in encouraging undergraduates to pursue their studies into graduate research we have also used our resources to supplement existing courses with in-class demonstrations and projects.