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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented and demonstrated a novel scheme for substantially improving the detection</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2022/01/pscr-staff-spotlight-exploring-voices-first-responders-nist-visualization" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/01/pscr-staff-spotlight-exploring-voices-first-responders-nist-visualization" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/01/21/Usability%20Team%20Staff%20Spotlight%20Large.png?itok=Y37Fv1xs" width="100" height="56" alt="Staff Spotlight decorate graphic that reads "Visualization and Usability Group" and lists the names and headshots of Yee-Yin Choong, Shanee Dawkins and Kerrianne Buchanan" loading="lazy" 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A cellphone behind the greenery indicates a poorer signal than the phone behind the bare tree. " loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/01/nist-helps-next-generation-cell-technology-see-past-greenery"><span property="schema:name">NIST Helps Next-Generation Cell Technology See Past the Greenery</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2022-01-04T12:00:00Z">January 4, 2022</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary">As 5G technology gets fully implemented over the next several years, cellphones and other wireless tech will grow more powerful with increased data flow and</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2021/12/nist-and-university-researchers-offer-future-6g-network-concept" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/12/nist-and-university-researchers-offer-future-6g-network-concept" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2021/12/28/mailbox_theory_6G_intelligent_network.png?itok=oVJ5LNMe" width="100" height="65" alt="A Mailbox Theory for 6G - an intelligent network" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/12/nist-and-university-researchers-offer-future-6g-network-concept"><span property="schema:name">NIST and University Researchers Offer Future 6G Network Concept</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2021-12-29T12:00:00Z">December 29, 2021</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary">In 6G Cognitive Information Theory: A Mailbox Perspective, published in MDPI, October 16, 2021, NIST and international researchers propose a "cognitive" 6G</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news-updates/org/5636">View All News and Updates</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Projects and Programs</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-c836681a40a8c29be33c0192acb0b709d46cf12ad5e5057b1265ff65d0c7e29c"> <div> <article role="article" about="/programs-projects/5g-beyond" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/5g-beyond" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/projects/next_generation_5g_research.jpg?itok=kCtfgnOS" width="100" height="49" alt="NIST engineer Kate Remley led development of new 94 gigahertz calibrated signal source and 16-antenna array operating at 83 gigahertz" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/5g-beyond"><span>5G & Beyond</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> “5G and beyond” refers to future generations of mobile wireless communication systems. The vision for these next-generation systems are to enable groundbreaking </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/programs-projects/700-mhz-building-coverage-app-measurement-system-development" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/700-mhz-building-coverage-app-measurement-system-development" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/projects/band-14-lte-cell-on-wheels.jpg?itok=TaegpDcz" width="100" height="75" alt="cell on wheels LTE coverage pscr" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/700-mhz-building-coverage-app-measurement-system-development"><span>700 MHz In-Building Coverage App & Measurement System Development</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program is researching the development of in-building apps for RF coverage evaluation, which is critical for </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/programs-projects/measurement-based-approach-5g-supply-chain-security" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/measurement-based-approach-5g-supply-chain-security" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2020/09/10/Robert%20Lucian%20Crusitu_circuit_SS_104531981.jpg?itok=vTvidLmm" width="100" height="63" alt="A close-up view of a circuit board shows a square with yellow dots surrounded by blue lines." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/measurement-based-approach-5g-supply-chain-security"><span>A measurement-based approach to 5G supply chain security</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Revolutionizing the American economy comes from advancements in communication networks that enable a fully connected world through millions of devices providing </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/programs-projects/advanced-high-frequency-devices" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/advanced-high-frequency-devices" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2018/07/10/high_frequency_web.jpg?itok=dwcJi6ma" width="100" height="67" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/advanced-high-frequency-devices"><span>Advanced High Frequency Devices</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-badge display-inline-block margin-y-1 nist-badge--blue boolean">Ongoing</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The Advanced High Frequency Devices Program develops measurement methods to determine the characteristics of advanced electronics and devices at high </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/projects-programs/org/5636">View All Projects/Programs</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Industry Impacts</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-d8e09498c93f08e11f2b277faee0e0cbf76484909c508beb793bdb7b62dbc949"> <div> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/alliance-5g-networks" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/alliance-5g-networks" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/propagation_channel_meas_dsc_1107_02.jpg?itok=POT4tLyv" width="100" height="67" alt="Propagation-Channel Measurements and Hardware Verification" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/alliance-5g-networks"><span>Alliance for 5G Networks</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The next generation of wireless communications technology will allow many more devices to send information much faster, making possible everything from virtual</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/industry-impacts/first-responder-communications" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/first-responder-communications" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2017/03/20/dscn0014.jpg?itok=fYoSoUQD" width="100" height="75" alt="Photo of NIST scientists with the PSCR Deployable LTE Cell-on-Wheels" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/first-responder-communications"><span>First Responder Communications</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">First responders must be able to communicate during an emergency. Too often in critical situations, communications among public safety agencies are hampered by</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts">View All NIST Industry Impacts</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Tools and Instruments</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-42a0176ccabd564703140004bf565aef859d9178124de197b8cc69207adf0516"> <div> <article role="article" about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/public-safety-communication-innovation-laboratory" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/public-safety-communication-innovation-laboratory" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2020/02/12/AR-2.png?itok=tOBauh7y" width="100" height="72" alt="This is a photo of a man in an augmented reality headset looking at the hologram of an IED." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/public-safety-communication-innovation-laboratory"><span>Public Safety Communication Innovation Laboratory</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">Built in 2018, the PSCR Innovation Laboratory is focused on next-generation communication capabilities for first responders. The PSCR lab maintains a modernized</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/lte-coverage-tool" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/lte-coverage-tool"><span>LTE Coverage Tool</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">This experimental application was developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research Division (PSCR)</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/org/5636">View All Tools & Instruments</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Awards</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-7edd65c7b40d3b3fa6c94911be1aa945dee6fd05c009cdeca3d2957fc665d879"> <div> <article role="article" about="/nist-awards/2021-bronze-medal-award-robert-commarota-cerasela-constantin-sushama-singh-simon" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2021-bronze-medal-award-robert-commarota-cerasela-constantin-sushama-singh-simon"><span>2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Robert Commarota, Cerasela Constantin, Sushama Singh , Simon Frechette , Eric Shirley, Andrea Medina-Smith, Elisabeth Mansfield, Douglas Montgomery, Peter Gehring, Fernando J. Cintron</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For development of an IT system to modernize and simplify NIST's publication processes</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/nist-awards/2021-bronze-medal-award-keith-stouffer-timothy-zimmerman-cheeyee-tang-michael-pease" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2021-bronze-medal-award-keith-stouffer-timothy-zimmerman-cheeyee-tang-michael-pease"><span>2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Keith Stouffer, Timothy Zimmerman, CheeYee Tang, Michael Pease, Jeffrey Cichonski</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For development and dissemination of the first detailed cybersecurity guidelines specifically for protecting small and medium-sized manufacturers.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/nist-awards/2021-george-uriano-award-ellen-ryan-terese-manley-craig-connelly-gary-howarth-ii-joanne" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2021-george-uriano-award-ellen-ryan-terese-manley-craig-connelly-gary-howarth-ii-joanne"><span>2021 - George A. Uriano Award---Ellen Ryan, Terese Manley, Craig Connelly, Gary Howarth, II, Joanne Krumel, Jeremy Glenn, Sarah Hughes</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For establishing a program to facilitate competitiveness and innovation in the public safety communications research field.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/nist-awards/2021-gold-medal-award-oliver-borchert-douglas-montgomery-kotikalapudi-sriram-patrick" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2021-gold-medal-award-oliver-borchert-douglas-montgomery-kotikalapudi-sriram-patrick"><span>2021 - Gold Medal Award---Oliver Borchert, Douglas Montgomery, Kotikalapudi Sriram, Patrick Gleichmann</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For developing innovative technologies that resolved critical internet vulnerabilities and dramatically improved internet robustness.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/awards/org/5636">View All Awards</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Taking Measure Blog</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-74cfab3db21c64bbb38a8253044cd6f32544d65fe2a259aa83c0d98f5933bda1"> <div> <article role="article" about="/blogs/taking-measure/solving-robotics-puzzle-during-summer-internship-nist" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/solving-robotics-puzzle-during-summer-internship-nist" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/01/24/3DP_6091.jpg?itok=Oswb7k_Z" width="100" height="66" alt="A man wearing a face mask touches a computer screen in a lab with robotic arms in the foreground." loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/solving-robotics-puzzle-during-summer-internship-nist"><span>Solving a Robotics Puzzle During a Summer Internship at NIST</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2022-01-26T12:00:00Z">January 26, 2022</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">For nine years, I have been obsessed with the Rubik’s Cube. It is a puzzle that has simultaneously stumped and interested the whole world since it was first</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/blogs/taking-measure/trials-and-triumphs-small-citys-hurricane-recovery-could-help-other-communities" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/trials-and-triumphs-small-citys-hurricane-recovery-could-help-other-communities" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20220128232907im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/01/14/Sevenmaps_lumbertonNC_SS_1281226750.jpg?itok=vRaFcht1" width="100" height="67" alt="Close-up of a map showing a city called Lumberton" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20220128232907/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/trials-and-triumphs-small-citys-hurricane-recovery-could-help-other-communities"><span>The Trials and Triumphs of a Small City’s Hurricane Recovery Could Help Other Communities Bounce Back</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2022-01-19T12:00:00Z">January 19, 2022</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">In September 2018, a North Carolina city’s long road to recovery from Hurricane Matthew two years earlier became even longer. 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