chance.tarver

Projects

A hand-curated slice of work. What I'm actively investing in and what I'd want a colleague at a new lab to know about.

Upper Mid-Band (FR3) Massive MIMO

2023–Present

Leading the platform-side effort on a next-gen 256-TRX massive MIMO platform for the upper mid-band (FR3), where 6G is most likely to live.

  • FR3 / Upper Mid-band
  • 256-TRX
  • eXtreme-MIMO
  • Reciprocity Calibration

GPU-Based AI-RAN

2017–Present

A through-line in my work since 2017: running RAN workloads on commodity GPUs. Started with LDPC decoding for vRAN, now driving AI-RAN testbed development on a cuBB DU with a proprietary MIMO RU.

  • GPU / CUDA
  • AI-RAN
  • O-RAN
  • cuBB
  • LDPC
  • vRAN

AI DPD for High-Efficiency PAs

2024–Present

AI-based digital predistortion paired with envelope-tracking power amplifier architectures to push the energy efficiency of commercial radio units.

  • Digital Predistortion
  • Envelope Tracking
  • AI / NN
  • High-Efficiency PA

XDD: Cross Division Duplex

2020–Present

Sub-band full duplex for 5G-Advanced and 6G. Extend uplink coverage in TDD by squeezing UL onto a sub-band of the DL slot, and cancel the self-interference that creates.

  • Sub-band Full Duplex
  • 5G-Advanced
  • SIC
  • TDD

MIMO Self-Interference Cancellation

2022–Present

Equalizer-based digital self-interference cancellation for MIMO and hybrid MIMO transmitters. The technical body that makes XDD and hybrid-array linearity practical.

  • SIC
  • MIMO
  • Equalizer DSIC
  • Hybrid MIMO

AI-based Virtual DPD for MIMO

2019–2022

Neural-network digital predistorters trained against a model of the power amplifier instead of the real thing, so DPD becomes a software problem that scales to massive MIMO.

  • Digital Predistortion
  • Neural Networks
  • Massive MIMO
  • GPU

CBRS & Dynamic Spectrum Sharing

2017–2021

Reinforcement-learning-aided spectrum sharing in the CBRS band. Use-or-share frameworks, channel selection for unlicensed LTE, and the measurement scaffolding behind them.

  • CBRS
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Unlicensed LTE
  • Spectrum Access

Sub-band DPD

2014–2018

Rice-era research on low-complexity, sub-band digital predistortion for noncontiguous transmissions. When the spectrum is fragmented, don't linearize the whole band.

  • Digital Predistortion
  • GNU Radio
  • WARP
  • SDR