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Communications Technology Laboratory

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NIST Joins Alliance to Promote Open Wireless Technologies and Supply Chains

January 24, 2023

The O-RAN Alliance develops hardware and software specifications that allow manufacturers and network operators to mix and match products from different vendors

The PSCR Pulse Accelerator

January 3, 2023

The closeout of the NIST PSCR Pulse Accelerator Program last year brings exciting impacts across the board for public safety, with technology-based businesses

Jacob Davidson poses standing behind a large piece of scientific equipment with wires and lenses.

Spotlight: Into the Postdoc Process With NIST’s Jake Davidson

December 22, 2022

From one applicant to another: It’s going to work out fine!

NIST and AIM Photonics Team Up on High Frequency Optical/Electronic Chips

December 20, 2022

This collaborative effort will enable new chip designs for high-speed communications.

Wi-Fi Could Help Identify When You’re Struggling to Breathe

December 20, 2022

NIST and its FDA collaborators advanced a technique to use Wi-Fi to sense when someone’s breathing pattern changes, indicating they’re in trouble.

Stabilograms – A Visual Tool for Testbed Performance

November 30, 2022

NIST’s Testbeds offer real-world environments for conducting rigorous and replicable research. Reliability of the testbed environment is imperative. Thanks to a

NIST's On-Chip Calibration Methods Advance Semiconductor Research

November 17, 2022

With more than three decades of experience in on-chip measurements and modeling, CTL researchers have pioneered the calibration methods necessary for on-chip

Record level of radio frequency (RF) signal synthesis with quantum-based accuracy achieved

Record Level of Radio Frequency Signal Synthesis with Quantum-Based Accuracy Achieved

November 10, 2022

NIST, in collaboration with CU Boulder faculty, published a paper titled: “RF Josephson Arbitrary Waveform Synthesizer with Integrated Superconducting Diplexers

PSCR Staff Spotlight: IT Security Manager and Security Portfolio Lead

October 31, 2022

John Beltz is the IT Security Manager for NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division where he serves as the Security Research Portfolio Lead

To Break New Ground With Frequency Combs, a NIST Innovation Plays With the Beat

October 24, 2022

Breakthrough could help Nobel-winning tech measure distances and timing with a pinpoint precision limited only by the quantum nature of light.

PSCR Awards More than $10M for Final Major Funding Opportunity

October 20, 2022

In its final round of major grant funding, NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division has awarded more than $10 million to eight recipients

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Seeking Applicants for the Smart Communities, Smart Responders Artificial Intelligence for IoT Prize Competition

September 21, 2022

Calling all data scientists, software engineers, wireless network administrators, innovators, and public safety experts! Texas A&M University, Texas Engineering

NIST Releases Advanced Communication Technologies Standards Report

September 6, 2022

NIST released an interagency report on Advanced Communication Technologies Standards that provides a guide to the standards priorities and activities of Federal

Operating Envelope Specification for Assessing Automated Vehicle Performance

September 1, 2022

In the breakout session of the TRB's 11th International Automated Road Transportation Symposium, entitled ADS Standards Hot Topics: Operational Design Domain

Teleoperation Expanding the Solution Space for Automated Driving

September 1, 2022

NIST's Tao Zhang participated in the breakout session on Remote Assistance and Teleoperation for Automated Vehicle Operations. Zhang addressed how

NIST, Industry Researchers Use IEEE Standard to Point a Way Ahead for Cloud Computing

September 1, 2022

In IEEE Cloud & Continuum, NIST's Robert Bohn and industry researchers, Craig Lee and Martial Michel published The IEEE 2302-2021 Standard on Intercloud

NIST and ITA Present Opportunities for Smart City Tech Partnerships in ASEAN Region

September 1, 2022

At the World Cities Summit in Singapore, July 31-August 3, 2022, NIST's Michael Dunaway presented the Framework for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Cities

Watch NIST’s ‘Atomic Television’ Live and in Color

August 17, 2022

Researchers have adapted their atom-based radio receiver to display live TV and video games.

NIST Researcher Describes 'EasyTrust' for Digital Data Defense in Manufacturing

August 1, 2022

NIST has aided manufacturing's transition from paper-based representations – like 2D blueprints – to digital representations, such as 3D graphics, as well as

NIST Researcher Proposes Modeling Language Upgrade to OMG Standards Organization

August 1, 2022

In June 2022, NIST's Conrad Bock proposed upgrades for the Systems Modeling Language (SysML 2) to the standards development organization, Object Management

NIST-led Research Shows Advantages of Quantum-Enabled Communications for Internet

August 1, 2022

In the Internet, laser light is used to carry signals to intended destinations. Such optical communications enabled the establishment of the global Internet and

NIST Researchers Demonstrate Quantum Entanglement with Distant, Synchronized Network Nodes

August 1, 2022

The potential of quantum communications lies in the phenomena called "entanglement." It involves entangling two or more subatomic particles, like photons, which

Spotlight: Getting Wireless Devices to Share the Radio Spectrum and Work in Harmony

July 22, 2022

All wireless systems rely on the same radio spectrum, an information superhighway that can get backed up when too many devices attempt to access it.

NIST Develops Interoperability Profile for Distributed Energy Resources and Grid Integration

July 1, 2022

With the increasing use of distributed energy resources (DER) – solar, wind, and more – to generate power, organizations have developed standards for their

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