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Communications Technology Laboratory

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NIST Researchers Automate Chamber Configuration, Quickly Replicating Industrial Settings for Wireless Systems Testing

March 1, 2023

NIST researchers developed an artificial intelligence protocol that can configure a test chamber to replicate the spatial characteristics of measured mmWave

NIST Researchers Inform Development of Standard for Smart Grid Sensors

March 1, 2023

NIST researchers Eugene Song and Kang Lee participated in the IEEE P2681 working group, which led to the development of a technical report, PES-TR102, MV Smart

On Panel: NIST Researcher Addresses Blockchain Uses, Considerations, and Future Research

March 1, 2023

In January 2023, the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council conducted its Blockchain Use Case Summit. NIST researcher Michael Pease presented

Update on NIST’s Automated Driving Systems Safety Measurement Technical Working Group

March 1, 2023

Measurement science and standards are needed to support the safe and predictable operation of future automated vehicles (AVs). These vehicles have great

Extreme Reality Telemetry for First Responders

February 23, 2023

Imagine a limited visibility scenario: smoke fills the air, making it difficult to see more than a few feet in front of you. The roar of the flames is deafening

How Digital Twins Could Protect Manufacturers From Cyberattacks

February 23, 2023

Detailed virtual copies of physical objects are opening doors for better products across automotive, health care, aerospace and other industries.

Spotlight: Researcher Aly Artusio-Glimpse Opens a Quantum Window Into RF Measurements

February 11, 2023

Antennas need lots of calibration steps for consistent, accurate measurements of radio frequency (RF) fields. But there’s a new way.

NIST, Defense Researchers Propose Ways to Improve Industrial Wireless Systems

February 1, 2023

Many see millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands as having potential to provide machine-to-machine communications advancing industrial wireless systems. Compared to

NIST, Industry Researchers Assess Factors Affecting Industrial Wireless Systems

February 1, 2023

Researchers from Emerson Automation, Spearix Technologies, and NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems team recently assessed wireless factors – or "aggressors" –

NIST's GCTC Lead Presents Smart City Goals at MITRE Summit, Gets Media Attention

February 1, 2023

NIST’s Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC) leader, Michael Dunaway, gave the keynote presentation at MITRE's Smart City Summit, in January 2023

NIST Report Addresses Smart Devices for Social Distancing, Contact Tracing in Pandemics

February 1, 2023

"The next pandemic is not a matter of if, but when," states the recently released, NIST Internal Report NIST IR 8437 On the Feasibility of COVID-19 Proximity

How Industry Increased Digital Information Flow Across Production Process: NIST Reports

February 1, 2023

When industry makes a product, all involved use information which digitally flows across the process to enable fast and accurate production. Information needs

NIST Researchers Extend Model to Predict Minimum Investment for Optimum Cybersecurity Across Large, Weakly Connected Networks

February 1, 2023

Previously, NIST researchers developed a model for predicting the minimum investment needed to achieve the optimum cybersecurity for large networks. Basically

America’s First Responders Give NIST Their Communications Tech Wish Lists

January 30, 2023

NIST’s nationwide survey aims to improve communications devices for fire, police, EMT and 911 crews.

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.

In Journal Publication, NIST Staff Emphasizes Need for Greater Grid Interoperability

December 1, 2022

"Interoperability is foundational to the development of more inclusive grid institutions." That was the key point made by NIST researchers in their article

International Effort Develops Plan for Federated 5G Testbeds, NIST Researcher Informs Architecture

December 1, 2022

In October 2022, international collaborators, including NIST researchers, met in Jeju, South Korea, to define a path to federated 5G Testbeds, dubbed "Project

NIST Researchers Report on Industrial Wireless, Time-Sensitive Networking Demonstration

December 1, 2022

At the IECON 2022 Conference in Brussels, Belgium, October 2022, NIST's Industrial Wireless Systems researchers reported on their demonstration of wireless

NIST Leader Helps Develop ISO Standard Enabling Production Systems to Read Unique Data

December 1, 2022

In November 2022, NIST's Allison Barnard Feeney, Group Leader of Smart Connected Manufacturing Systems, contributed to ISO 10303 working group's development of

NIST Manufacturing Simulation Software Gets Interest from University and Government

December 1, 2022

Earlier in 2022, NIST researchers released a simulation package that models the behavior of "discrete manufacturing systems," which include the production and

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