DoW Taps InterDigital to Lead Research and Demonstrate Advanced Spectrum Coexistence
InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC) was awarded a DoW contract on October 9, 2025 to lead an industry‑academia team researching and demonstrating advanced mid‑band dynamic spectrum sharing for civil and military use.
The coalition includes partners DeepSig and Skylark Wireless and will develop AI‑driven sensing, low‑latency distributed spectrum sensing, and interference mitigation integrated with commercial 5G systems to enable coexistence between defense radar incumbents and commercial networks.
The work builds on prior government and commercial demonstrations and aims to validate technologies that support reliable radar operations while enabling shared mid‑band use for next‑generation connectivity.
InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC) ha ricevuto un contratto DoW in data 9 ottobre 2025 per guidare un team industriale‑accademico che ricerca e dimostra la condivisione dinamica dello spettro a banda media per uso civile e militare.
La coalizione comprende i partner DeepSig e Skylark Wireless e svilupperà sensori guidati dall'IA, rilevamento dello spettro distribuito a bassa latenza e mitigazione delle interferenze integrate con i sistemi 5G commerciali per consentire la coesistenza tra gli incumbents radar della difesa e le reti commerciali.
Il lavoro si basa su dimostrazioni governative e commerciali precedenti e mira a validare tecnologie che supportano operazioni radar affidabili pur consentendo l'uso condiviso della banda media per la connettività di prossima generazione.
InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC) recibió un contrato DoW el 9 de octubre de 2025 para liderar un equipo industria‑academia que investigará y demostrará la compartición dinámica de espectro de banda media para uso civil y militar.
La coalición incluye a los socios DeepSig y Skylark Wireless y desarrollarán detección sensorial impulsada por IA, detección de espectro distribuida de baja latencia e mitigación de interferencias integrada con sistemas 5G comerciales para permitir la convivencia entre radares de defensa y redes comerciales.
El trabajo se apoya en demostraciones gubernamentales y comerciales previas y tiene como objetivo validar tecnologías que respalden operaciones de radar fiables mientras se permite un uso compartido de la banda media para la conectividad de próxima generación.
인터디지털(나스닥: IDCC)은 2025년 10월 9일에 중대역 다이나믹 스펙트럼 공유를 연구·시연하기 위한 산업‑학계 팀을 이끌 DoW 계약을 수주했습니다.
연합에는 DeepSig와 Skylark Wireless가 포함되며, AI 기반 감지, 저지연 분산 스펙트럼 감지, 그리고 간섭 완화를 상용 5G 시스템과 통합하여 방위 레이더 incumbents와 상용 네트워크 사이의 공존을 가능하게 할 것입니다.
이 작업은 이전의 정부 및 민간 시연에 기반하며, 더 나은 차세대 연결을 위해 공유 중대역 사용을 가능하게 하면서 신뢰할 수 있는 레이더 운용을 지원하는 기술의 검증을 목표로 합니다.
InterDigital (Nasdaq : IDCC) s’est vu attribuer un contrat DoW le 9 octobre 2025 afin de diriger une équipe industrie‑université qui recherche et démontre le partage dynamique du spectre à bande moyenne pour un usage civil et militaire.
La coalition comprend les partenaires DeepSig et Skylark Wireless et développera une détection guidée par l’IA, une détection de spectre distribuée à faible latence et une mitigation des interférences intégrée aux systèmes 5G commerciaux pour permettre la coexistence entre les radars de défense et les réseaux commerciaux.
Le travail s’appuie sur des démonstrations gouvernementales et commerciales antérieures et vise à valider des technologies qui soutiennent des opérations radar fiables tout en permettant une utilisation partagée de la bande moyenne pour la connectivité de prochaine génération.
InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC) erhielt einen DoW-Vertrag am 9. Oktober 2025, um ein Industrie‑Wissenschafts‑Team zu leiten, das fortschrittliche Mid‑Band‑Dynamik-Spektrumsteilung für zivile und militärische Nutzung erforscht und demonstriert.
Die Koalition umfasst die Partner DeepSig und Skylark Wireless und wird KI‑gesteuerte Sensorik, latenzarme verteilte Spektrumserfassung und Interferenzminimierung entwickeln, integriert in kommerzielle 5G‑Systeme, um das Nebeneinander von Verteidigungsradar-Inkumbenten und kommerziellen Netzwerken zu ermöglichen.
Die Arbeiten bauen auf früheren Regierungs- und kommerziellen Demonstrationen auf und zielen darauf ab, Technologien zu validieren, die einen zuverlässigen Radarbetrieb unterstützen, während eine gemeinsame Nutzung des Mid‑Band für die nächste Generation der Konnektivität ermöglicht wird.
InterDigital (ناسداك: IDCC) حصلت على عقد DoW في 9 أكتوبر 2025 لقيادة فريق من الصناعة والجامعات يبحث ويعرض مشاركة النطاق الديناميكي في النطاق المتوسط للاستخدام المدني والعسكري.
تشمل التحالف الشركاء DeepSig و Skylark Wireless وسيطورون الاستشعار القائم على الذكاء الاصطناعي، والاستشعار النطاقي الموزع منخفض التأخير، والتخفيف من التداخل المدمج مع أنظمة 5G التجارية للسماح بالتعايش بين رادارات الدفاع وشبكات التجارة.
يبني العمل على عروض حكومية وتجارية سابقة ويهدف إلى التحقق من تقنيات تدعم عمليات الرادار الموثوقة مع تمكين الاستخدام المشترك للنطاق المتوسط من أجل اتصال الجيل القادم.
InterDigital (纳斯达克: IDCC) 于 2025年10月9日 获得 DoW 合同，领导一个产业‑学术团队研究并展示用于民用和军事的中频带动态频谱共享。
联盟包括合作伙伴 DeepSig 和 Skylark Wireless，将开发由AI驱动的感知、低延迟分布式频谱感知，以及与商业5G系统集成的干扰抑制，以实现防务雷达现有系统与商业网络之间的共存。
这一工作基于先前的政府和商业演示，旨在验证在支持可靠雷达运行的同时实现中频段共享以实现下一代连接的技术。
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InterDigital awarded a DoW-led contract to lead mid-band dynamic spectrum sharing research with industry partners.
InterDigital will lead a coalition including DeepSig and Skylark to develop AI-driven, low-latency spectrum sensing and coexistence demos for civil and military mid-band use.
The outcome depends on technical validation, interoperability with existing radar and 5G systems, and DoW acceptance of demonstrations; integration and real-world interference tests pose the primary risks.
Watch for demonstration results, interoperability test metrics, and any DoW milestone dates following
InterDigital awarded project leadership of industry-academia team researching efficient mid-band dynamic spectrum sharing between government and industry
WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDCC), a mobile, video and AI technology research and development company, was awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of War (DoW) to lead research and conduct demonstrations of advanced spectrum coexistence for civil and military applications. The InterDigital-led team, which includes industry partners DeepSig and Skylark Wireless, will collaborate to develop and validate innovative spectrum coexistence technologies using the latest advancements in AI, sensing, and commercial 5G systems.
Spectrum is a limited and valuable resource, and both defense radar systems and commercial wireless networks rely heavily on mid-band frequencies that offer an optimal balance of spectrum coverage and capacity. Improving dynamic spectrum sharing performance ensures that incumbent radar systems underpinning national security can operate reliably, while enabling commercial 5G and future communication technologies to coexist in the same frequency bands.
“InterDigital’s heritage of research has produced innovations that make it possible for radar and communications to coexist in ways that were not feasible,” said InterDigital CTO Rajesh Pankaj. “Building on our groundbreaking work in sensing and AI integration, we can foster greater collaboration between government and industry to achieve more efficient sharing of one of our most valuable resources. We look forward to working with the DoW and alongside these esteemed partners and suppliers.”
“DeepSig is proud to support the DoW and InterDigital in advancing dynamic spectrum sharing technologies,” said DeepSig CEO Jim Shea. “Our AI-native spectrum sensing and communications software was developed to help meet this need and brings the speed, accuracy and adaptability needed to ensure that critical defense systems and commercial 5G networks can safely and efficiently coexist. This project represents an important step toward unlocking the full potential of mid-band spectrum for both national security and next-generation connectivity, and offers to help unlock future band-sharing for 6G and beyond.”
“Skylark is pleased to have been selected as a collaborator for the DoW and InterDigital’s coalition of US-based partners to support dynamic spectrum-sharing solutions,” said Skylark Director of Business Development & Product Samir Rahi. “This activity builds upon Skylark’s prior success in related DoW programs. Specifically, our flexible architecture for last-mile connectivity is designed to integrate best-of-breed technologies in real-time, from partners such as InterDigital and DeepSig, at the pace of innovation required to support national interests. Skylark believes the DoW’s initiatives such as this represent the United States’ emerging capabilities in deploying dynamic spectrum-sharing at scale, providing dual use benefits for the commercial sector while simultaneously advancing national security objectives.”
This project will leverage InterDigital’s proven foundational dynamic spectrum sharing technologies, which have been successfully demonstrated in commercial deployments and validated through prior government initiatives. The team will build upon this baseline with new and innovative technologies, including low-latency AI-based distributed spectrum sensing and interference mitigation operations performed locally at cellular base stations and user equipment. These new technologies will enable government and industry systems to more seamlessly coexist.
About InterDigital®
InterDigital is a global research and development company focused primarily on wireless, video, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and related technologies. We design and develop foundational technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. We license our innovations worldwide to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications devices, consumer electronics, IoT devices, cars and other motor vehicles, and providers of cloud-based services such as video streaming. As a leader in wireless technology, our engineers have designed and developed a wide range of innovations that are used in wireless products and networks, from the earliest digital cellular systems to 5G and today’s most advanced Wi-Fi technologies. We are also a leader in video processing and video encoding/decoding technology, with a significant AI research effort that intersects with both wireless and video technologies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on Nasdaq.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.interdigital.com.
InterDigital Contact:
Roya Stephens
Email: roya.stephens@interdigital.com
+1 (202) 349-1714
About DeepSig, Inc.
DeepSig is a pioneer in AI native wireless communications which are helping to shape 6G. Its transformative technology pushes the boundaries of spectrum sensing, wireless performance and network capabilities. Drawing on its expertise in deep learning, wireless systems and signal processing, DeepSig’s AI/ML-powered software enhances security, efficiency and capacity for tactical and commercial wireless communications in licensed or shared radio spectrum and in existing 5G Open RAN or AI native next generation 6G networks.
For more information, visit: https://www.deepsig.ai/
DeepSig Contact: media@deepsig.ai
About Skylark Wireless
Skylark Wireless is building the interface between the physical and digital worlds by connecting industrial, enterprise, and public sector customers through a dynamic, converged communications platform. The company designs and manufactures US-assembled critical infrastructure for last-mile connectivity that combines patented techniques to improve range, performance, and interference mitigation with a fully software-defined radio architecture. This fusion of efficiency and flexibility uniquely supports an ever-growing collection of value-add use cases as networks evolve from 5G to 6G and beyond. To learn more about Skylark’s connectivity solution, please contact info@skylarkwireless.com
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