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Communications Technology Laboratory

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Fire Data Lab: bringing fire service data analytics into the twenty-first century

August 16, 2019

As the volume of available data swells and analysis methods grow ever more sophisticated, a growing number of public safety agencies are turning to data

PSIAP Award Recipient Deploys Technology at the 2019 Boston Marathon

May 20, 2019

First responders need to respond to incidents, communicate, and perform operations even when networks are out of service due to malicious attacks, natural

Baltimore CitiWatch is a collaborator of PSCR and its award recipients.

Leveraging PSCR research and demonstrating the power of collaboration

May 10, 2019

The NIST Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Program has funded R&D grants in several research organizations under its Public Safety Innovation

New NIST Funding Opportunity Highlights Gap in Public Safety Device Standards

May 10, 2019

Standards Beget Reliable Devices The mobile phones we use – whether iPhone or Android – become available to us after a series of tests. Technology laboratories

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AI May Be Better for Detecting Radar Signals, Facilitating Spectrum Sharing

February 20, 2019

When vacationers buy a stake in a beachfront timeshare, they decide in advance who gets to use the property when. The National Institute of Standards and

PSCR Engages with Industry at CES2019

February 11, 2019

By PSCR Staff In January 2019, a small group of PSCR staff, students, and affiliates journeyed to Las Vegas, Nevada for four days of exhibition at the

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NIST’s Antenna Evaluation Method Could Help Boost 5G Network Capacity and Cut Costs

December 10, 2018

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method for evaluating and selecting optimal antenna designs for future

Calling all first responders: NIST needs your feedback!

December 7, 2018

NIST recently launched a nationwide survey on public safety communication technology and needs input from first responders. If you’re a first

New Wireless Networks Division Publication!

November 16, 2018

New documentprovides both an overview and technical details of test scenarios for checking the protocol implementation of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project

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PSCR Awards Over $750K for PSIAP Point Cloud City

October 1, 2018

PSCR awarded three applicants to the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program Point Cloud City funding opportunity totaling over $750,000. The City of

Prize Competition Winners Announced!

September 14, 2018

Advancing Methods In Differential Privacy The top three winners of PSCR's first data challenge, Advancing Methods in Differential Privacy, have been selected

This is Not a Game: NIST Virtual Reality Aims to Win for Public Safety

May 4, 2018

Virtual reality produces entertaining video games. But it’s also a serious training and testing tool. Pilots test their skill with flight simulators, and the

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Help Keep Big Data Safe by Entering NIST’s ‘Unlinkable Data Challenge’

May 1, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting the public’s help in making the personal information in large databases safe for

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Two Robots Are Better than One for NIST’s 5G Antenna Measurement Research

April 16, 2018

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) continue to pioneer new antenna measurement methods, this time for future 5G wireless

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NIST Helps Facilitate First-Ever Spectrum Sharing Between Military and Commercial Wireless Users

March 22, 2018

For the past three years, an important broker has had its eyes on a prime piece of property that it wants to allocate to multiple tenants to ensure maximum use

NEW Mission Critical Voice Publication!

March 1, 2018

Author(s) Jesse M. Frey, Jaden K. Pieper, Silas T. Thompson Abstract Mouth-to-Ear (M2E) latency describes the time it takes speech input in a voice

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R&D Summit Report Published!

February 26, 2018

It is with great pleasure that the Highly Mobile Deployed Networks (HMDN) team is announcing the publication of the October Working Group R&D summit report

Congratulations to the Future of Public Safety Technology Challenge Winners

November 1, 2017

Congratulations to The Norman Invasion for winning the Future of Public Safety Technology Prize Challenge. This Challenge focused on the development of a

Deployable Networks R&D Summit Highlights

November 1, 2017

PSCR hosted a two-day Next Generation Deployable Networks R&D Summit on October 18-19 at the NIST Boulder Labs. The Summit gave stakeholders an opportunity to

Up to $5 Million in Awards - Public Safety Innovation Acceleration Program User Interface Opportunity

November 1, 2017

PSCR is excited to announce the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program - User Interface (PSIAP-UI) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). This new funding

Clear Talk for First Responders

October 25, 2017

For first responders, such as firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians, a successful outcome to a mission—and perhaps the difference

NIST Awards $38.5 Million to Accelerate Public Safety Communications Technologies

June 13, 2017

BOULDER, Colo. – The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded $38.5 million to 33 research and development

NASCTN Releases Report on LTE Impact on GPS Receivers

February 15, 2017

The National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network (NASCTN) has completed the Impacts of LTE Signals on GPS Receivers project and has released the

Publication of NISTIR 8157 "BLER Performance Evaluation of LTE Device-to-Device Communications"

November 9, 2016

AbstractLong-Term Evolution (LTE) supporting Device-to-Device (D2D) communication is a featureintroduced in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) release 12

Future Generation Communications R&D Roadmap

August 22, 2016

CTL is in the process of developing a roadmap that identifies key gaps and R&D opportunities related to future generation communication systems. This effort can

Advanced communications
-Optical communications
-Quantum communications
-Wireless (RF)
Bioscience
-Biomaterials
-Biomolecular characterization
-Bioprocessing
-Cell biology
-Engineering / synthetic biology
-Genomics
-Glycomics
-Metabolomics
-Microbial measurements
-Proteomics
Buildings and Construction
-Building codes and standards
-Building control systems
-Building damage and repair
-Building economics
-Building materials
-Heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment
-Indoor air quality
-Resilient buildings
-Structural engineering
-Sustainable buildings
Chemistry
-Analytical chemistry
-Chemical engineering and processing
-Chemical thermodynamics and chemical properties
-Molecular characterization
-Theoretical chemistry and modeling
-Thermochemical properties
Electronics
-Electromagnetics
-Flexible electronics
-Magnetoelectronics
-Optoelectronics
-Organic electronics
-Semiconductors
-Sensors
-Superconducting electronics
Energy
-Alternative energy
-Conventional energy
-Electric power / smart grid
-Energy efficiency
-Fuels
-Sustainability
Environment
-Air / water / soil quality
-Environmental health
-Greenhouse gas measurements
-Marine science
Fire
-Emergency building evacuation
-Fire detection
-Fire dynamics and science
-Fire fighting
-Fire modeling
-Fire risk reduction
-Materials flammability
-Structural fire resistance
-Wildland urban interface fire
Forensic Science
-Ballistics
-Digital evidence
-DNA and biological evidence
-Drugs and toxicology
-Fingerprints and pattern evidence
-Trace evidence
Health
-Clinical diagnostics
-Dentistry
-Food and nutrition
-Medical imaging
-Pharmaceuticals
-Precision medicine
-Regenerative medicine
Information technology
-Artificial intelligence
-Biometrics
-Cloud computing and virtualization
-Complex systems
-Computational science
-Conformance testing
-Cyber-physical systems
--Smart cities
-Cybersecurity
--Configuration and vulnerability management
--Cryptography
--Cybersecurity education and workforce development
--Risk management
-Data and informatics
--Human language technology
--Information retrieval
--Natural language processing
-Data enry
-Federal information standards (FIPS)
-Health IT
-Identity and access management
-Internet of Things (IoT)
-Interoperability testing
-Mobile
-Networking
--Mobile and wireless networking
--Network management and monitoring
--Network modeling and analysis
--Network security and robustness
--Network test and measurement
--Next generation networks
--Protocol design and standardization
--Software defined and virtual networks
-Privacy
-Software research
--Software assurance
--Software performance
--Software testing
-Usability and human factors
--Accessibility
-Video analytics
-Visualization research
-Voting systems
Infrastructure
Manufacturing
-Additive manufacturing
-Biomanufacturing
-Factory communications
-Factory operations planning and control
-Interoperability in manufacturing
-Machining
-Manufacturing systems design and analysis
-Monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics
-Process improvement
-Process measurement and control
-Product data
-Quality assurance
-Robotics in manufacturing
--Agility and adaptability
--Collaborative robots
--Dexterous grasping
--Industrial autonomous vehicles
--Mobile manipulators
--Navigation / actuation / control
--Sensing and perception
-Supply chain
-Sustainable manufacturing
-Systems engineering
-Systems integration
-Technology commercialization
Materials
-Ceramics
-Composites
-Concrete / cement
-Materials characterization
--Composition and structure
--Magnetic properties
--Mechanical properties
--Thermal properties
-Metals
-Modeling and computational material science
-Polymers
-Superconductors
Mathematics and Statistics
-Experiment design
-Image and signal processing
-Mathematical knowledge management
-Modeling and simulation research
-Numerical methods and software
-Statistical analysis
-Uncertainty quantification
Metrology
-Acoustic / vibration metrology
-Amount of substance
-Dimensional metrology
-Electrical / electromagnetic metrology
-Flow metrology and rheology
-Force metrology
-Humidity metrology
-Ionizing radiation metrology
-Mass metrology
-Metric
-Optical / photometry / laser metrology
-Pressure and vacuum metrology
-Thermometry metrology
-Time and frequency metrology
-Weights and measures
Nanotechnology
-Nanobiotechnology
-Nanochemistry
-Nanoelectronics
-Nanofabrication / manufacturing
--Lithography
--Self-assembly
-Nanofluidics
-Nanomagnetics
-Nanomaterials
-Nanomechanics
-Nanometrology
-Nanophotonics
-Nanophysics
-Nanoplasmonics
Neutron research
Performance excellence
-Assessment tools and services
-Baldrige award
-Baldrige examiners
-Baldrige Framework and Criteria
-Best practices
-Leadership development
Physics
-Atomic / molecular / quantum
-Biological physics
-Condensed matter
-Electron physics
-Magnetics
-Nuclear physics
-Optical physics
-Quantum information science
-Radiation
-Spectroscopy
-Thermodynamics
-Time and frequency
Public safety
-Chemical / Biological / Radiological / Nuclear / Explosives (CBRNE)
-First responder preparedness
-Law enforcement
-Physical security
-Public safety communications research
-Response robots
--Aerial
--Aquatic and underwater
--Ground
Resilience
-Community resilience
-Disaster and failure studies
-Earthquake risk reduction
-Resilient materials
-Windstorm impact reduction
Standards
-Accreditation
-Calibration services
-Conformity assessment
-Documentary standards
-Frameworks
-Reference data
-Reference instruments
-Reference materials
-Standards education
Transportation
-Aerospace
-Automotive
-Rail