Wireless (RF)

News and Updates

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NIST’s SAMURAI Measures 5G Communications Channels Precisely

August 10, 2020

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a flexible, portable measurement system to support design and repeatable

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NIST Formula May Help 5G Wireless Networks Efficiently Share Communications Frequencies

May 26, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a mathematical formula that, computer simulations suggest, could help 5G

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NIST Researchers Boost Microwave Signal Stability a Hundredfold

May 21, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used state-of-the-art atomic clocks, advanced light detectors, and a measurement

NIST Helps Build Accurate Measurement Infrastructure for 5G Communications

March 18, 2020

As fifth-generation (5G) devices and networks begin to roll out, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping to build the crucial

Industry Impacts

Propagation-Channel Measurements and Hardware Verification

Alliance for 5G Networks

The next generation of wireless communications technology will allow many more devices to send information much faster, making possible everything from virtual

Projects and Programs

Electric-acoustic spectroscopy for intermolecular interactions in solution

NIST’s Material Measurement Laboratory and Communications Technology Laboratory are developing a new spectroscopy for intermolecular interactions. The team is

Metrology in Support of Wireless Innovation

The Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is focused on advancing the measurement science

Smart Grid Communication Networks

While there is a clear need for communication networks supporting reliable information transfer between the various entities in the electric grid, there are

Smart Grid Communications

While there is a clear need for communication networks supporting reliable information transfer between the various entities in the electric grid, there are

Publications

Wireless User Requirements for the Factory Workcell

November 3, 2020

Author(s)

Karl R. Montgomery, Richard Candell, Mohamed T. Hany, Yongkang Liu

Wireless communication is becoming crucial to advanced manufacturing. Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing depend on networked industrial automation systems

Methodology for Benchmarking Radio-Frequency Channel Sounders through a System Model

October 13, 2020

Author(s)

Camillo A. Gentile, Jack Chuang, Anuraag Bodi

Development of a comprehensive channel propagation model for high-fidelity design and deployment of wireless communication networks necessitates an extensive

System Error Calibration in Large Datasets of Wireless Channel Sounding for Industrial Applications

October 1, 2020

Author(s)

Qi Wang, Richard Candell, Zhibo Pang, Wei Liang

The large comprehensive microwave wireless channel impulse response (CIR) reference dataset, measured by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

On The Quotient of Centralized and Non-Centralized Complex Gaussian Random Variables

September 23, 2020

Author(s)

Dazhen Gu

A detailed investigation of the quotient of two independent complex random variables is presented. The numerator has a zero mean, and the denominator has a non

Software

Simulation Models for NS-2

A simulation platform based on NS-2 as been developed in order to leverage publicly available modules for several wireless and wired technologies.

Tools and Instruments

NIST Industrial Wireless Systems Testbed

The Industrial Wireless Systems (IWS) Testbed integrates existing and emerging wireless technologies with live physical systems found in factories of all types