The Drexel Wireless Systems Laboratory (DWSL) is an experimental wireless communications research group at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its mission is to study emerging wireless technologies through interdisciplinary research, simulation and hardware prototyping, with applications ranging from 6G and network security to medical systems, smart cities, unmanned aerial vehicles and the Internet of Things.1
The lab is directed by Kapil R. Dandekar, Drexel’s E. Warren Colehower Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering.4 Its work spans radio hardware and software-defined radio testbeds, antennas, wireless sensing and communications security. The project portfolio includes reconfigurable antennas, millimeter-wave systems, medical cyberphysical systems, functional fabrics, free-space optical communication and UAV-based research.21
A notable research platform is the Drexel Grid software-defined radio testbed, which combines field measurements with network emulation to support experiments in areas including cybersecurity, cognitive radio, radar and medical IoT.7 In health-related work, the lab and university collaborators have developed fabric-based sensors for applications such as monitoring contractions during pregnancy and infant respiration.6 Its current security research includes methods for detecting and mitigating radio-frequency threats, while its generative-AI project explores creating realistic wireless interference for testing resilient radios.39
DWSL’s facilities are in Philadelphia, near 30th Street Station, and include an anechoic chamber, circuit-board fabrication equipment and programmable radio testbeds.11 The sources reviewed do not state when the laboratory was founded.