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Communications Technology Laboratory

Projects/Programs

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Fundamental Metrology for Communications

Ongoing
Engineers designing the next generation of wireless applications and devices must work around the fundamental issue of radio interference. NIST CTL’s RF Technology High Speed Electronics group focuses on fundamental measurement and modeling of nonlinear microwave systems, devices and materials that
The NIST Quasi-Deterministic Framework

Future Wireless Communications Systems and Protocols

Ongoing
​ Millimeter wave Communication Systems and Protocols 5G and beyond wireless communication systems make use of the Millimeter-Wave (mmWave) band. While this band offers unprecedented throughput thanks to the large bandwidth available, it also suffers from larger propagation loss compared to the sub
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Genomics of Electronic Materials

Ongoing
We approach this multidimensional characterization problem by developing measurement-based techniques to rapidly quantify all of the relevant properties of thin-film materials, interfaces, and microelectronic structures. We make extensive use of finite-element simulations, as well as linear and non
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Greenhouse Gas and Atmospheric Trace Gas Measurements

Ongoing
Dealing with climate change will require continued reductions in emissions, which in turn will require higher accuracies and precisions for monitoring, reporting and verification. Better monitoring will accelerate local emission reductions as well as being critical to verifying international
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High Assurance Domains

Ongoing
The objectives of NIST’s High Assurance Domains (HAD) project are to design, standardize and foster wide scale adoption of technologies to improve the security, robustness and privacy of the Internet’s Domain Name System. A second dimension of the NIST’s effort is to explore ways to leverage a

High-Frequency Electronics

Ongoing
This project supports the metrology of advanced electronic circuits and systems through many activities centered around accurate measurements and characterizations, improving device models and designs, enabling traceability of complicated electronics systems, and incorporating advanced technologies
The different authentication factors pscr

Identity Management

Ongoing
A dedicated nationwide public safety broadband network based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology will have unique cybersecurity capabilities and features due to public safety’s operational environment and requirements. One significant public safety requirement is the ability to know the identity

Impact of LTE Signals on GPS Receivers

Completed
To better understand the potential impact of adjacent-band LTE signals on GPS receiver performance, NASCTN developed a draft test plan designed to measure how the performance of GPS receivers changed as a function of increasing LTE signal power relative to a baseline with no LTE emissions. NASCTN
Actionable Intelligence and Industrial AI

Industrial Artificial Intelligence Management and Metrology (IAIMM)

Ongoing
IAIMM has identified IAI systems for decision making, planning, and control in manufacturing as a prime candidate for better Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) centered on both use and evaluation. The specific use case of multi-stage manufacturing presents a broad scope of application to
NIST Industrial Wireless TSN

Industrial Wireless Testbed for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)

Ongoing
The Industrial Wireless Testbed for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), a collaborative endeavor with Intel Laboratories, is positioned to be a groundbreaking exploration with a multi-faceted set of objectives. The project goal is to investigate and enhance the application of TSN in Wi-Fi networks
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Information Centric Networking Program

Ongoing
Today the Internet relies on content distribution network overlays and caching to deliver most of its traffic. It is not clear that this architecture can continue to scale to meet data projections of the next decade and beyond. Current research in information-centric networking proposes a new

Internet Infrastructure Protection

Ongoing
In the FY 2016 ITL staff made significant contributions in the design, standardization, test and measurement of technologies to improve the security and robustness of the Internet’s global routing protocol BGP. NIST staff are key contributors to Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards to
Dual SIM solution

Inter-Network Mobility Management

Ongoing
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (H.R. 3630) appropriated $7 billion for the establishment of a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network under FirstNet, an independent authority in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). FirstNet

LMR and LTE Interfacing

Ongoing
The Wireless Broadband Technology Demonstrator is part of an effort of DHS OIC to evaluate how wireless broadband technology can be integrated with existing LMR and other first responder and law enforcement communications.PSCR provides independent verification, testing, and support on behalf of DHS
Local Control Terminal Concept depicting a high level design

Local Control

Ongoing
In March 2012, the National Public-Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) Local Control Task Group published a report titled, “Local Control in the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network”. The NPSTC report identified four areas where users will need some type of control in respect to first
Pre-Empting users

Local and Dynamic Quality Priority and Pre-emption

Ongoing
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (H.R. 3630) appropriated $7 billion for the establishment of a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network under FirstNet, an independent authority in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). FirstNet

Low-Complexity Optimized MIMO Receiver

Completed
Transmit diversity is a very significant characteristic which a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication system possesses. Nevertheless, due to the size of a mobile phone, the 10λ distance between two antennas allowing each channel to be independent is difficult to fulfill. Against this

Machine Learning for Internet of Things (IoT)

Ongoing
Resource Allocation in IIoT Systems As with any large an complex system, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) deployments require the system operator to efficiently allocate the available bandwidth, computing, and energy resources. This is challenging because IIoT systems, especially large ones, can

Measurement Science for Complex Information Systems

Ongoing
What are complex systems? Large collections of interconnected components whose interactions lead to macroscopic behaviors in: Biological systems (e.g., slime molds, ant colonies, embryos) Physical systems (e.g., earthquakes, avalanches, forest fires) Social systems (e.g., transportation networks
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A measurement-based approach to 5G supply chain security

Ongoing
NIST is working with a multidisciplinary group of stakeholders to define both the cybersecurity standards for 5G and beyond hardware and to secure the supply chain through developing technology that can detect corrupted hardware before it is put in use.  For an overview of NIST cybersecurity and

Measuring Intermolecular Interactions with Electro-Acoustic Spectroscopy

Ongoing
We have a number of opportunities to collaborate with us. See below for details. What does this project aim to do for the chemical industry? Many industrial processes depend on the intermolecular environment- the solvents and ions that surround a molecule. These interactions impact separations
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METIS

Ongoing
A Metrology Exchange to Innovate in Semiconductors
RF Metrology for High-Frequency Transistor Models Project Deliverables

RF Metrology for High-Frequency Transistor Models

Ongoing
Due to the challenges of high-frequency measurements, that includes inaccuracy in on-wafer calibration and a lack of instrumentation for transistor characterization, models are currently extracted from low frequency measurements and extrapolated to higher frequencies. This methodology has been shown