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NIST Demonstrates Transfer of Ultraprecise Time Signals over a Wireless Optical Channel
Release Date: 04/30/2013 By bouncing eye-safe laser pulses off a mirror on a hillside, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have … more
NIST Tests in New York City Suggest How to Improve Emergency Radio Communications
Release Date: 04/17/2013 Radio communications can be unreliable in underground tunnels and other large, complicated structures, posing a safety hazard for emergency … more
NIST Tests Help Ensure Reliable Wireless Alarm Beacons for First Responders
Release Date: 08/16/2011 Wireless emergency safety equipment could save lives—if signals are transmitted reliably. But few performance standards exist. Now, … more
Smart Grid Panel Agrees on Standards and Guidelines for Wireless Communication, Meter Upgrades
Release Date: 04/19/2011 Gaithersburg, Md. – The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new … more
Call Forwarding: New NIST Procedure Could Speed Cell Phone Testing
Release Date: 03/02/2010 By accurately re-creating the jumbled wireless signal environment of a city business district in a special indoor test facility, researchers at … more
Engineered Metamaterials Enable Remarkably Small Antennas
Release Date: 01/26/2010 In an advance that might interest Q-Branch, the gadget makers for James Bond, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and … more
New Publication Offers Security Tips for WiMAX Networks
Release Date: 10/06/2009 Government agencies and other organizations planning to use WiMAX -- Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access -- networks can get technical … more
New Report on NIST Tests of Wireless Environment in Auto Factories
Release Date: 10/14/2008 A new report describes tests carried out by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the wireless environment in automotive … more
Draft Guide Will Help Make WLANs More Secure
Release Date: 06/22/2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology is requesting comments on a new draft guide that is intended to help organizations make … more
Noise Measurement May Boost Cell Phone Performance
Release Date: 06/22/2006 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and industry collaborators have developed improved methods for accurately … more |
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