Software defined & virtual networks

News and Updates

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Team Participates in ASTM F45 Committee Panel Discussion

December 1, 2023

NIST’s Rick Candell and Mohamed Hany were invited to participate in the ASTM F45.04 Robotics, Automation, and Autonomous Systems panel discussion on

NIST/IEEE Workshop Speakers Emphasize Global Collaboration on 6G

September 1, 2023

In September, NIST and IEEE conducted a hybrid workshop on 6G Core Networks, drawing speakers and participants from the U.S. and multiple countries. The

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

Projects and Programs

5G/6G Core Networks and Services

Ongoing

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

Trustworthy Networks of Things

Ongoing

NIST is working with industry to design, standardize, test and foster adoption of network-centric approaches to protect IoT devices from the Internet and to

Software Defined Virtual Networks

Ongoing

NIST is working to develop test and measurement techniques to advance the state of the art in network virtualization, network service function chaining

Trustworthy Networks Program

Ongoing

NIST works with industry partners to advance the research, standardization and adoption of technologies necessary to increase the security, privacy, resilience

Publications

Scheduling Real-time Traffic in Wireless Networks: A Network-aided Offline Reinforcement Learning Approach

August 14, 2023

Author(s)

Tao Zhang, Jialin Wan, Sen Lin, Zhaofeng Zhang, Junshan Zhang

5G and Beyond (B5G) technology promises to offer ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) services, which opens the door for a wide variety of new real

Scheduling for Time-critical Applications Utilizing TCP in Software-based 802.1Qbv Wireless TSN

April 28, 2023

Author(s)

Rick Candell, Karl Montgomery, Mohamed Hany, Susruth Sudhakaran, Dave Cavalcanti

Time-sensitive networking (TSN) is emerging as a viable means to achieving deterministic quality of service (QoS) communications within mission critical

Planning a Zero Trust Architecture: A Starting Guide for Federal Administrators

May 6, 2022

Author(s)

Scott Rose

NIST Special Publication 800-207 defines zero trust is a set of cybersecurity principles used when planning and implementing an enterprise architecture. These

AccuPIPE: Accurate Heavy Flow Detection in the Data Plane Using Programmable Switches

April 19, 2020

Author(s)

Yang Guo, Franklin Liu, An Wang, Hang Liu

Identifying heavy ﬂows, i.e., ﬂows with high packet rate (or count), is vital for many network applications such as anomaly detection, network operation