Networking

News and Updates

NIST: Blockchain Provides Security, Traceability for Smart Manufacturing

February 11, 2019

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) needed a way to secure smart manufacturing...

Uncrunching the Frequency Spectrum

September 26, 2018

The squeeze is here, and the crunch is coming. Soon. Explosive demand for high-speed wireless communication is placing...

NIST Releases DRAFT Revisions to USGv6 Program for Public Comment

July 12, 2018

DRAFT USGv6 Revision 1 Specifications Available for Public Comment The first version of the of the USGv6 standards...

NIST engineer Rick Candell is seen monitoring the strength and clarity of a wireless signal run through a virtual factory environment (a graphic of which is seen on a monitor above Candell's head).

Want to Make Your Factory Wireless? NIST Can Guide You!

May 29, 2018

It’s been called the “smart factory” and even given the lofty moniker of “the fourth industrial revolution.” The...

Events

Machine Learning For Optical Communication Systems

August 02, 2019

NIST will hold a workshop at the Boulder Colorado Laboratories to discuss the role of machine learning (ML) in optical communication systems. Optical...

NDN Community Meeting

September 05, 2019 to September 06, 2019

Named Data Networking Community Meeting 2019 will be hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on September 5 and 6, 2019. The...

Interoperability of Web Computational Plugins for Large Microscopy Image Analyses

December 05, 2019 to December 06, 2019

The workshop will bring together multiple research and development (R&D) communities focusing on big image analyses in computer cloud environments. Such...

Publications

Protecting the Integrity of Internet Routing: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Route Origin Validation

June 28, 2019

Author(s):

William A. Haag Jr., Douglas C. Montgomery, Allen Y. Tan, William C. Barker

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the default routing protocol to route traffic among internet domains. While BGP performs adequately in identifying viable...

High Fidelity Simulation of IEEE 802.11ad in ns-3 Using a Quasi-deterministic Channel Model

June 21, 2019

Author(s):

Hany Assasa, Joerg Widmer, Tanguy Ropitault, Anuraag Bodi, Nada T. Golmie

Supporting high data-rates and a large number of connected devices has always been challenging for wireless technologies operating in the microwave band...

An Implementation Proposal for IEEE 802.11ay SU/MU-MIMO Communication in ns-3

June 21, 2019

Author(s):

Hany Assasa, Joerg Widmer, Jian Wang, Tanguy Ropitault, Nada T. Golmie

Wireless communications in the millimeter-wave band bring unprecedented capabilities to achieve wireline performance in wireless networks and alleviate the...

Enhancing the ns-3 IEEE 802.11ad Model Fidelity: Beam Codebook, Multi-Antenna Beamforming Training, and Quasi-Deterministic mmWave Channel

June 21, 2019

Author(s):

Tanguy Ropitault, Hany Assasa, Joerg Widmer, Nada T. Golmie

Next generation wireless local area networks are envisioned to serve a high number of devices with heterogeneous capabilities and service requirements...

Projects & Programs

Fundamental Metrology for Communications

NIST CTL’s Radio Frequency Technology Division conducts research into electromagnetic measurement, modeling, and theory in support of advanced wireless...

Trusted Spectrum Testing

The availability of wireless spectrum bandwidth has a profound impact on US industry’s ability to engineer a new generation of wireless devices. This program...

Reliable, High Performance Wireless Systems for Factory Automation

Develop robust requirements, system models, recommended architectures, and guidelines for the integration of trustworthy wireless systems within factory work-...

Internet Infrastructure Protection

ITL’s Internet Infrastructure Protection (IIP) program, led by the Advanced Network Technologies Division (ANTD), works with industry to develop the...

Networking

Networking Topics

News and Updates

NIST: Blockchain Provides Security, Traceability for Smart Manufacturing

Uncrunching the Frequency Spectrum

NIST Releases DRAFT Revisions to USGv6 Program for Public Comment

Want to Make Your Factory Wireless? NIST Can Guide You!

Events

Machine Learning For Optical Communication Systems

NDN Community Meeting

Interoperability of Web Computational Plugins for Large Microscopy Image Analyses

Publications

Protecting the Integrity of Internet Routing: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Route Origin Validation

High Fidelity Simulation of IEEE 802.11ad in ns-3 Using a Quasi-deterministic Channel Model

An Implementation Proposal for IEEE 802.11ay SU/MU-MIMO Communication in ns-3

Enhancing the ns-3 IEEE 802.11ad Model Fidelity: Beam Codebook, Multi-Antenna Beamforming Training, and Quasi-Deterministic mmWave Channel

Projects & Programs

Fundamental Metrology for Communications

Trusted Spectrum Testing

Reliable, High Performance Wireless Systems for Factory Automation

Internet Infrastructure Protection

Software

Modeling tools to evaluate Device-to-Device Communication (D2D) in Long Term Evolution (LTE)

BGP Secure Routing Extension (BGP‑SRx) Prototype

NIST RPKI Deployment Monitor and Test System

BRITE - BGPSEC / RPKI Interoperability Test & Evaluation System