Project Title: The Usage and Optimization of Shared Spectrum
BASIS Advisor: Aaron Glanzer
Internship Location: Federated Wireless
Onsite Mentor: Anthony Abron
Shared spectrum is the collection of frequencies that were previously reserved for the military. Today, shared spectrum is being used to alleviate bandwidth congestion, improve network speeds, and increase internet access. This project aims to understand how shared spectrum is currently being used and how this usage could be improved to better aid underprivileged communities. My project will be done remotely with Federated Wireless, a shared spectrum innovator. My project will consist of creating a simulated environment using Python, Unix, and Secure Shell that will allow companies to have a visual understanding of the impact of shared spectrum. Furthermore, companies will be able to observe in real time how the impact of shared spectrum changes as variables are altered. By completing this project, I hope to allow companies, such as Internet Service Providers, to improve internet access in underserved communities and, thus, decrease the digital divide.
My Posts
Week 10
May 17, 2021
Hello all! Welcome to my final blog post! It’s been a wild 10 weeks. I finally finished my code for LinkedIn for my internship project and I have never felt so relieved. I ended up, backtracking and taking an entirely different approach I wish I had used sooner. At this point, I’m finishing up my […]
Week 9
May 10, 2021
Hello all! Unfortunately I’ve been largely out of action this past week since I got my wisdom teeth pulled on Monday. Thus, I’ve been doing less exhaustive work like creating a skeleton model outline for my final PowerPoint presentation. This coming week, I plan to meet with my faculty advisor to begin rehearsing for my […]
Week 8
May 02, 2021
Hello again! I am still working on my code for my project to interact with LinkedIn. Yes, if you’ve been keeping track you’ll know this has been quite the challenge. This is partly due to the difficulty of interacting with LinkedIn but also due to Facebook. This might sound surprising but as it turns out […]
Weeks 6 and 7
Apr 26, 2021
Hello guys! It’s me again. These past two weeks have been pretty uneventful so rather than writing two separate single paragraph blog posts I’m combining them into this one here. I’ve still been working on developing the code to interact with LinkedIn and chugging away at my personal project. My last check up with Federated […]
Week 5
Apr 13, 2021
Hey all! I don’t really have anything to say this time around. I’m still chugging my way through developing the code to interact with LinkedIn’s API. However, my mentor will be reviewing my progress tomorrow so maybe I’ll post a mini update covering how that went. Have a great week!
Week 4
Apr 05, 2021
Hello everyone, I hope you’ve all had a fantastic weekend! This past week, I continued developing my backend listening agent which pulls data every time my intern company, Federated Wireless, is mentioned on social media. As a recap, I previously applied for and was granted developer access to Twitter and promptly developed code that allowed […]
Week 3
Mar 29, 2021
Hello all and welcome back! My name is Jake. This past week I presented my findings to my intern company and they were pretty impressed with my progress. So far my product functionally pulls data from Twitter every time a relevant hashtag is used on the platform. I have just recently received the go ahead […]
Week 2
Mar 20, 2021
Hello all and welcome back! My name is Jake. It’s been a pretty slow week this week. I’m still continuing to develop the backdoor listening agent that pulls data every time my intern company is mentioned on social media. I have also started writing the base code for my personal project. I applied and was […]
Week 1
Mar 12, 2021
Hello all! My name is Jake and I’m interning at a company called Federated Wireless. Throughout the next couple of weeks I will be performing tasks given to me by my internship and creating my own project which is a program that allows companies to monitor the usage of shared spectrum. The first task my […]