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Communications Technology Laboratory

Projects/Programs

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Officer Audio Test

Public Safety Audio Quality

Ongoing
In public safety operations, the ability to call for help and to warn others is essential. However, background noise encountered in these operations can make
Mobile Technology Layers

Public Safety Broadband Cybersecurity

Ongoing
A nationwide public safety broadband network will provide public safety with the capability for securing and controlling access to the network, applications

Public Safety Communications Program

Ongoing
CTL advances public safety communication technology by researching, developing, and accelerating the adoption and implementation of critical communications

Public Safety Communications Research

Ongoing
The primary objective of the Public Safety Communications Research program is to lead the development of wireless telecommunications and information technology
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Public Safety Image Quality

Ongoing
With the proliferation of the Internet and mobile devices, cameras are everywhere. Countless practitioners take photos daily and receive photos from the public

Quantum Optical Networks

Ongoing
This program develops new measurement techniques, tests and performance procedures, standards, and best practices to enable industry and government to gain
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Quantum Voltage Project

Ongoing
Goal: To develop Josephson voltage standard (JVS) systems to improve the dissemination of primary standards and the accuracy of voltage measurements from DC to
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Roadmapping R&D

Ongoing
The Public Safety community is in a period of great technological transition. As their communications technology migrates from disparate Land Mobile Radio (LMR)
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Robust Inter-Domain Routing

Ongoing
We live in a network-centric society that increasingly relies on the Internet’s routing infrastructure to facilitate human communication, connect users to

Smart Grid Communication Networks

Ongoing
While there is a clear need for communication networks supporting reliable information transfer between the various entities in the electric grid, there are

Smart Grid Communications

Completed
While there is a clear need for communication networks supporting reliable information transfer between the various entities in the electric grid, there are

Smart Grid Communications

Completed
The Smart Grid can be defined as an electric system that uses information, two-way, cyber-secure communication technologies, and computational intelligence in

Smart Grid National Coordination

Completed
The Smart Grid National Coordination project leads, coordinates and manages the national public-private stakeholder partnership effort to accelerate development
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Smart Grid Program

Completed
The Smart Grid Program develops and demonstrates smart grid measurement science advances to improve the efficiency, reliability, resilience, and sustainability

Smart Grid System Testbed Facility

Completed
The Smart Grid Testbed Facility is a unique set of interconnected modules on the NIST Gaithersburg site. Designed as a platform to measure and characterize

Smart Grid Testing and Certification

Completed
The Smart Grid Testing and Certification Project provides overall coordination and leadership of NIST technical activities in working with industry to support

Smart Grid Wireless Network Security

Completed
To enhance network protection against attack, a periodic key refreshment and distribution strategy for better network security has been investigated. While the
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Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing

Ongoing
Today’s infrastructure and manufacturing rely on communication and sensing networks for the transfer of actionable information using technology to make critical
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Software Defined Virtual Networks

Ongoing
NIST is working to develop test and measurement techniques to advance the state of the art in network virtualization, network service function chaining
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Spectrum Coexistence Metrology

Ongoing
Researchers in the Communications Technology Laboratory are developing new measurement methods to support the efficient use of radio spectrum through a better