COLOSSEUM
The Open RAN Digital Twin
Generally Available (October 2, 2020)
Number of users: 661, number of teams: 143 (February 2025)
Wireless Network Emulator
256 software-defined radios (SDRs) to emulate up to 65,536 100 MHz-RF channels
AI Playground
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with hardware-in-the-loop support
Spectrum Sharing
Supports repeatable research on dynamic spectrum sharing
Scenarios
Create custom scenarios and terrains
Prototyping Platform
Emulate in a repeatable environment before experimenting in the wild over PAWR platforms
Open RAN
Researchers can experiment at scale on the Open RAN with Colosseum
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About
Colosseum is a wireless emulator with 256 programmable software radios. It enables academic, government, and industry researchers to perform scalable and repeatable experimentation in wireless systems in a large-scale emulation environment. Learn more about Colosseum.
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Our Sponsors
National Science Foundation
Colosseum is supported by the NSF under grant CNS-1925601
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Mitre Corporation
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
Contact: colosseum@northeastern.edu