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Public safety

Public safety communications research

Publications

PSCR is dedicated to thorough innovative research and our teams here at NIST study the many aspects that make up public safety communications research. Our efforts have amalgamated an impressive body of research listed below.

User Experience (UX)	Location Based Services (LBS)	Mission Critical Services (MCX)	Innovation Lab	Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Voices of First Responders: Discipline-specific NIST Special Publications	Cooperative Localization Using Received Signal Strength and Least Squares Estimation Methods	Mission Critical Voice Quality of Experience Probability of Successful Delivery Measurement Methods	Security Guidance for First Responder Mobile and Wearable Devices
Voices of First Responders: How to Facilitate Adoption and Usage of Communication Technology - An Integrated Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Findings	On the Feasibility of COVID-19 Proximity Detection Using Bluetooth Low Energy Signals	5G New Radio Sidelink Link-Level Simulator and Performance Analysis	Mobile Application Single Sign-On
Voices of First Responders -- Nationwide Public Safety Communications Survey Findings: Statistical Analysis Results Phase 4, Volume 2	Response to “Evaluation of indoor localization systems: comments on the ISO/IEC 18305 standard	Modeling Public Safety Communication Scenarios: School Shooting Incident	Background on Identity Federation Technologies for the Public Safety Community
Augmented Reality (AR) Usability Evaluation Framework: The Case of Public Safety Communications Research	On the Use of Lookahead to Improve Wi-Fi Fingerprinting Indoor Localization Accuracy	Optimal Transmit Volume Conditions for Mission Critical Voice Quality of Experience Measurement Systems	Identity as a Service for Public Safety Organizations
Voices of First Responders – Nationwide Public Safety Communication Survey Findings: Day-to-Day Technology, Phase 2, Volume 3	A Performance Comparison of Wi-Fi RTT and UWB for RF Ranging	Modeling MCPTT and User Behavior in ns-3	Using Mobile Device Biometrics for Authenticating First Responders
PSCR Usability Results Tool: Voices of First Responders	Indoor Localization Accuracy of Major Smartphone Location Apps	Mission Critical Voice Start-of-Word Correction for Access Delay Measurement System	Security Analysis of First Responder Mobile and Wearable Devices
Voices of First Responders – Applying Human Factors & Ergonomics Knowledge to Improve the Usability of Public Safety Communications Technology, Findings from User-Centered Interviews, Phase 1, Volume 5	PerfLoc (Part 2): Performance Evaluation of the Smartphone Indoor Localization Apps	3GPP NR V2X Mode 2: Overview, Models and System-level Evaluation	Security Analysis of First Responder 3 Mobile and Wearable Devices
Voices of First Responders – Nationwide Public Safety Communication Survey Findings: Mobile Devices, Applications, and Futuristic Technology, Phase 2, Volume 2	Test & Evaluation of the Safety App from 911Cellular, LLC at NIST	Study of 5G New Radio (NR) Support for Direct Mode Communications	Considerations for Identity Management in Public Safety Networks
Voices of First Responders—Nationwide Public Safety Communication Survey Methodology: Development, Dissemination, and Demographics Phase 2, Volume 1	PerfLoc (Part 1): An extensive data repository for development of smartphone indoor localization apps	UE-to-Network Relay Model B Discovery in ProSe-Enabled LTE Networks	Public Safety Mobile Application Security Requirements Workshop Summary
Voices of First Responders – Examining Public Safety Communication from the Perspective of 9-1-1 Call Takers and Dispatchers Findings from User-Centered Interviews Phase 1, Volume 4	RFID-based localization and tracking technologies	Evaluation of Timers Related to ProSe-based UE-to-Network Relays	Usability and Security Considerations for Public Safety Mobile Authentication
Voices of First Responders – Examining Public Safety Communication from the Rural Perspective: Findings from User-Centered Interviews Phase 1, Volume 3	Emerging opportunities for localization and tracking	Study of Multicast Broadcast Single Frequency Network Area in Multicast Communications	Identifying and Categorizing Data Types for Public Safety Mobile Applications Workshop Report
Voices of First Responders – Examining Public Safety Communication Problems and Requested Functionality: Findings from User-Centered Interviews Phase 1, Volume 2	A comprehensive spatial-temporal channel propagation model for the ultra-wideband spectrum 2-8 GHz	Bridging Analog Land Mobile Radio to LTE Mission Critical Push-to-Talk Communications
Voice of First Responders - Identifying Public Safety Communications Problems: Findings from User-Centered Interviews Phase 1, Volume 1	A comprehensive spatial-temporal channel propagation model for the ultra-wideband spectrum 2-8 GHz	UE-to-Network Relay Discovery in ProSe-enabled LTE Networks
View a summary infographic of this report.	An ultra-wideband radar system for through-the-wall imaging using a mobile robot	On Selecting Channel Parameters for Public Safety Network Applications in LTE Direct
Public Safety User Interface R&D Summit Report	A robust model-based approach to indoor positioning using signal strength	Distributed Resource Allocation Schemes for Out-of-Coverage D2D Communications
Incident Scenarios Collection for Public Safety Communications Research	A comprehensive evaluation of joint range and angle estimation in ultra-wideband location systems for indoors	Mission Critical Voice QoE Access Time Measurement Methods
Usability Handbook for Public Safety Communications	A novel model-based indoor positioning using signal strength	Throughput Analysis between Unicast and MBSFN from Link Level to System Level
Public Safety User Interface R&D Roadmap	Indoor localization: Technology that can save first-responder lives	System Level Evaluation of UE-to-Network Relays in D2D-enabled LTE Networks
	Distributed sensor location through linear programming with triangle inequality constraints	Guidelines for Generating Public Safety Benchmark Scenario Set
	Robust indoor positioning based on received signal strength	Access Time Analysis of MCPTT Off-Network Mode over LTE
	Emitter localization and visualization (ELVIS): A backward ray tracing algorithm for locating emitters	Test Scenarios for Mission Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT) Off-Network Mode Protocols Implementation
	Sensor location through linear programming with arrival angle constraints	Performance Evaluation of LTE Device-to-Device Out-of-Coverage Communications with Frequency Hopping Resource Scheduling
	A comprehensive evaluation of indoor ranging using ultra-wideband technology	Mission Critical Voice QoE Mouth-to-Ear Latency Measurement Methods
	Application of beamforming in wireless location estimation	Increasing Public Safety Broadband Network Resiliency through Traffic Control (Elsevier Special Issue on “Resilient Networks : Modeling, Design, and Applications”)
	An evaluation of ultra-wideband technology for indoor ranging	Enhanced Transmission Algorithm for Dynamic Device-to-Device Direct Discovery (CCNC 2018)
	RFID-assisted indoor localization and communication for first responders	Process Document for the NIST List of Certified Devices
	Distributed sensor location through linear programming with triangle inequality constraints	Adaptive Synchronization Reference Selection for Out-Of-Coverage Proximity Services (PIMRC 2017)
	Source-assisted direction estimation inside buildings	A Novel Adaptive Transmission Algorithm for Device-to-Device Direct Discovery (IWCMC 2017)
	Indoor positioning using spatial power spectrum	Implementation and Validation of an LTE D2D Model for ns-3 (WNS3 2017)
	Sensor location through linear programming with triangle inequality constraints	Physical Sidelink Control Channel (PSCCH) in Mode 2: Performance Analysis (ICC 2017)
	Robust location using system dynamics and motion constraints	Group Discovery Time in D2D ProSe Networks (INFOCOM 2017)
		Impact of timing on the ProSe synchronization function (CCNC 2017)
		Optimizing the UE Transmission Probability for D2D Direct Discovery (GLOBECOM 2016)
		BLER Performance Evaluation of LTE Device-to-Device Communications (NISTIR 8157)
		A Clustering-Based Device-to-Device Communication to Support Diverse Applications (RACS 2016)
		An LTE Device-to-Device module for ns-3 (WNS3 2016)
		Audio Quality Publications
		Outdoor-to-Indoor Channel Dispersion and Power-Delay Profile Models for the 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz Bands
		Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Deployment: Network Parameter Sensitivity Analysis
		Measuring the Resiliency of Cellular Base Station Deployments
		LTE Uplink Performance with Interference from In-Band Device-to-Device (D2D) Communications
		Peer-to-Peer Urban Channel Characteristics for Two Public-Safety Frequency Bands
		Optimizing the Location Deployment of Dynamic Mobile Base Stations
		LTE Physical Layer Performance Analysis
		Public Safety Broadband Push-to-Talk over Long Term Evolution Requirements
		Nationwide Safety: Modeling a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network

Created June 17, 2025, Updated June 26, 2025

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