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The Advanced Security Architectures for Next Generation Wireless (ASA-NGW) seeks to enhance emerging security standards and guidance efforts for 5G/6G Open RAN
“5G and beyond” refers to future generations of mobile wireless communication systems. The vision for these next-generation systems are to enable groundbreaking
This program aims to advance networking and measurement sciences and promote consensus standards and best practices for the evolution from 5G to 6G, focusing on
NIST CTL’s Radio Frequency Technology Division conducts research into electromagnetic measurement, modeling, and theory in support of advanced wireless
5G and beyond communications will include several technical advancements that enable innovative applications such as wireless backhauling, Augmented/Virtual
NIST is working with the Internet industry to design, standardize and foster deployment of technologies to improve the security and robustness of enterprise
Information access is the dominant use case in today's Internet with more than 90% of Internet traffic being content distribution, mainly due to video streaming
ITL’s Internet Infrastructure Protection (IIP) program, led by the Advanced Network Technologies Division (ANTD), works with industry to develop the measurement
This project aims to develop and evaluate a coherent set of methods to understand behavior in complex information systems, such as the Internet, computational
The Quantum Communication and Networks Project develops quantum devices and studies them for use in quantum communications and networking applications. Our goal
This program develops new measurement techniques, tests and performance procedures, standards, and best practices to enable industry and government to gain
We live in a network-centric society that increasingly relies on the Internet’s routing infrastructure to facilitate human communication, connect users to
NIST is working to develop test and measurement techniques to advance the state of the art in network virtualization, network service function chaining
The availability of wireless spectrum bandwidth has a profound impact on US industry’s ability to engineer a new generation of wireless devices. This program
NIST is working with industry and academia to improve the trustworthiness and applicability of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to
NIST works with industry partners to advance the research, standardization and adoption of technologies necessary to increase the security, privacy, resilience
NIST is Working with other USG agencies and industry to develop and maintain the standards, test program, deployment guidance and test and measurement tools