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Communications Technology Laboratory

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NIST GCTC Participant Aids Development of Low-cost Smart Nitrate Sensors for Farming

September 1, 2023

Purdue University researchers developed and fabricated field deployable smart sensors which measure nitrates for agricultural crop development. The initiative...

NIST’s Quantum Experts Present Ways to Improve Washington DC Quantum Network

September 1, 2023

NIST’s Abdella Battou and Thomas Gerrits presented recommendations to the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) for improving the Washington...

CTL Featured at Federal Laboratory Consortium Showcase Webinar

August 22, 2023

NIST’s Melissa Midzor, David Wollman, Jim Booth, and Jordan O’Dell provide an overview of Communications Technology Laboratory programs at a Federal Laboratory...

Immersive HazMat Virtual Reality Training

August 8, 2023

Every emergency call received by a fire department could mean life or death. This reality is further amplified for firefighters who possess specialized...

Attend NIST’s Virtual Workshop on Automated Vehicles, September 5-8, 2023

August 1, 2023

Sign up now for NIST’s free, virtual workshop on Standards and Performance Metrics for On-Road Automated Vehicles (AV), September 5-8, 2023. Registration and...

Don’t Miss NIST’s 6G Core Networks Workshop, September 12, 2023

August 1, 2023

On September 12, 2023, NIST will conduct its 6G Core Networks Workshop, online and onsite at the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in Rockville...

NIST Leader Envisions Distributed Driving Intelligence Benefiting Automated Vehicles

August 1, 2023

Today, driving intelligence resides on automated vehicles (AV). However, NIST’s Transformational Networks and Services Group Leader, Tao Zhang, offered a vision...

NIST Researchers Propose a Method for Automated Vehicle Communications

August 1, 2023

Automated vehicles (AV) will need updates on driving conditions. Past studies envision roadside infrastructure transmitting such updates via beams of...

NIST Releases Latest Software for Modeling Manufacturing Systems

August 1, 2023

NIST released its newest software version of SimPROCESD, or Simulated-Production Resource for Operations and Conditions Evaluation to Support Decision-Making...

NIST Researchers Preview Easier Way of Writing Product Manufacturing Information

August 1, 2023

In manufacturing, a product’s information must move across various systems in the production enterprise, from design to product support. This information flow...

University Students Aid Smart Connected Systems Research in NIST’s SURF Program

August 1, 2023

Annually, NIST selects students for Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) to work in areas that support its mission. NIST seeks to inspire students...

NIST Researcher Provides Insights on Future Smart Sensors and Actuator Standards

August 1, 2023

NIST researcher Eugene Song addressed 2023 Sensor Converge, the North America’s largest electronics event for design engineers, on smart sensor and actuator...

NIST Leader Describes Cybersecurity Resources for Small Manufacturers in Manufacturing Extension Partnership Workshop

August 1, 2023

In a June 2023 presentation, NIST Networked Control Systems Group Leader, Keith Stouffer, described resources that could aid the Cybersecurity Workgroup...

OMG Approves NIST-aided Complex Systems Modeling Upgrade, Getting Industry Acclaim

August 1, 2023

In a July 10, 2023 press release, the standards organization Object Management Group (OMG®) announced approval of the NIST-aided Systems Modeling Language...

NIST Researchers Report on High-speed Search and Retrieval Internet Capability at Workshops

August 1, 2023

NIST researchers recently presented on their highspeed networking software router, called Named Data Networking-Data Plane Development Kit (NDN-DPDK), at the...

NIST Researchers Use AI Framework to Assess Industrial Wireless Systems Performance

August 1, 2023

Wireless communications can enable Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT) systems that give industry greater flexibility in setting up and...

NIST Conducts Workshop on Enhancing Industrial Wireless Systems Performance

August 1, 2023

In June 2023, NIST’s Industrial Wireless System Team, as part of the NIST-led Industrial Wireless Technical Interest Group, held an online workshop on...

NIST AV Research Lead Describes NIST’s Automated Vehicle Effort to Global Auto Alliance

August 1, 2023

In June 2023, NIST’s Automated Vehicle (AV) Research Lead, Ed Griffor, provided an overview of NIST’s AV Strategic and Emerging Research Initiatives to the...

Highlights from the first 5x5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit

July 13, 2023

We’d like to thank everyone who came to 5x5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit hosted by NIST PSCR and the First Responder Network Authority! The enthusiasm...

PSCR Staff Spotlight: Mission Critical Voice Portfolio Lead

June 21, 2023

Sam Ray is the Mission Critical Voice (MCV) Research Portfolio Lead for NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) Division . Sam actively contributes...

A satellite connects two locations on the earth’s surface by means of signals that use the same technology as an experiment that beamed laser light between two mountaintops in Hawaii'.

NIST Lays Groundwork for Future Ultra-Precise Timing Links to Geosynchronous Satellites

June 21, 2023

Between mountains in Hawai‘i, innovative scientists show precision timing at the quantum limit.

Top 5 at 5x5: What researchers won’t want to miss at the summit

June 14, 2023

By: The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research...

Top 5 at 5x5: Essential guide to public safety “don’t miss” sessions to boost your agency’s communications

June 7, 2023

By: The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research...

Got Digital Gaps in the Manufacturing Enterprise? NIST Engineer Offers Tools to Find Them

June 1, 2023

Companies increasingly seek to use the Model-Based Definition methodology, which enables Computer-Assisted Design (CAD) files to not only capture a part’s...

Getting Real – Smart Transportation in the City of Coral Gables, Florida

June 1, 2023

The City of Coral Gables is a significant participant in NIST’s Global Community Technology Challenge (GCTC), which helps cities, communities, industry...

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