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href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/01/pscr-pulse-accelerator"><span property="schema:name">The PSCR Pulse Accelerator</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-01-03T12:00:00Z">January 3, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary">The closeout of the NIST PSCR Pulse Accelerator Program last year brings exciting impacts across the board for public safety, with technology-based businesses</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2022/12/spotlight-postdoc-process-nists-jake-davidson" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/12/spotlight-postdoc-process-nists-jake-davidson" hreflang="en"><img 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class="link-list"><a href="/web/20230204110855/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">Events</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-eade2d256a89ee18b25ae41f68605ecac7ea24a5b799e4a12b45c98d147bc437"> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2023/02/pscr-webinar-after-action-report-2016-2022-pscr-program-impacts" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/02/pscr-webinar-after-action-report-2016-2022-pscr-program-impacts" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/01/10/February%20Webinar%20Webpage%20Graphic.png?itok=7UAQje66" width="100" height="52" alt="NIST Public safety communications research register now After Action Report: 2016-2022 PSCR Program Impacts" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/02/pscr-webinar-after-action-report-2016-2022-pscr-program-impacts"><span>PSCR Webinar: After Action Report: 2016–2022 PSCR Program Impacts</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Thu, Feb 9 2023, 11:00am - 12:00pm MST (1:00 - 2:00pm EST)</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">This February, NIST's Public Safety Communications Research Division will host a webinar featuring the PSCR Impact</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2023/03/ndncomm-2023" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/03/ndncomm-2023" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2021/08/20/NDN_2021Rev2.png?itok=aHQhZIqt" width="100" height="67" alt="Named Data Networking Meeting" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/03/ndncomm-2023"><span>NDNComm 2023</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Thu, Mar 2 - Fri, Mar 3 2023</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary">The Named Data Networking Community Meeting 2023 will be hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/upcoming-events/org/5636">View All Events</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-fa40116b92982bb9aac6105f5ed9bc8a8a8893fc241917ce8f6def9774f3f278"> <div> <article role="article" about="/programs-projects/5g-beyond" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/5g-beyond" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/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/20230204110855/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/5g6g-core-networks-and-services" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/5g6g-core-networks-and-services"><span>5G/6G Core Networks and Services</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"> 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 </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/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/700-mhz-building-coverage-app-measurement-system-development" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/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/20230204110855/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/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/measurement-based-approach-5g-supply-chain-security" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/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/20230204110855/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> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20230204110855/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-3cda9272e12c61462416517bc6a2713fb124e0e5a7bfc9cbfc51f1d62e6c78df"> <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/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/alliance-5g-networks" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/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/20230204110855/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/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/industry-impacts/first-responder-communications" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/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/20230204110855/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/20230204110855/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-8d90a79184ba655ccb1be869629c6697c63bcc18978eca1a667dc375584b43a3"> <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/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/public-safety-communication-innovation-laboratory" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/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/20230204110855/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/20230204110855/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/20230204110855/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-0b30ae36b2209675f57b6733e58ebfb5ca1aeab99f741ab42adf74308c764be2"> <div> <article role="article" about="/nist-awards/2022-bronze-medal-award-duncan-mcgillivray-adam-wunderlich-keith-forsyth-jack-sklar" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-bronze-medal-award-duncan-mcgillivray-adam-wunderlich-keith-forsyth-jack-sklar" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/01/18/BRONZE_forsyth%2Ckord%2Ckuester%2Cmcgillivary%2Cnelson%2Csanders%2Cwunderlich-comp.jpg?itok=Nmfbt01c" width="100" height="74" alt="2022 Bronze Medal Awardees" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-bronze-medal-award-duncan-mcgillivray-adam-wunderlich-keith-forsyth-jack-sklar"><span>2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Duncan McGillivray, Adam Wunderlich, Keith Forsyth, Jack Sklar, Daniel Kuester, Azizollah Kord, Robert Horansky, Eric Nelson, Frank Sanders</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For development of a validated test methodology to measure the impact of newly deployed commercial cellular equipment on DoD Test Range systems.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/nist-awards/2022-bronze-medal-award-avi-gopstein-cuong-nguyen-nelson-hastings-david-wollman" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-bronze-medal-award-avi-gopstein-cuong-nguyen-nelson-hastings-david-wollman" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/12/21/Gopstein.Wollman.Hastings.Nguyen.Bronze.jpg?itok=0FJnCGb7" width="100" height="60" alt="Avi Gopstein, Cuong Nguyen, Nelson Hastings and David Wollman bronze award" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-bronze-medal-award-avi-gopstein-cuong-nguyen-nelson-hastings-david-wollman"><span>2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Avi Gopstein, Cuong Nguyen, Nelson Hastings, David Wollman</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For exemplary leadership and technical contributions in modernizing NIST’s strategic vision for power systems communication and information exchange.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/nist-awards/2022-allen-v-astin-measurement-science-award-dazhen-gu-aaron-hagerstrom-benjamin-jamroz" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-allen-v-astin-measurement-science-award-dazhen-gu-aaron-hagerstrom-benjamin-jamroz" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/01/18/ASTIN-gu%2Chagerstrom%2Cjamroz%2Cjargon%2Cstanfield%2Cstoup%2Cwilliams-comp.jpg?itok=S6zz8k1_" width="100" height="99" alt="Allen V Astin Award 2022" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-allen-v-astin-measurement-science-award-dazhen-gu-aaron-hagerstrom-benjamin-jamroz"><span>2022 - Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award---Dazhen Gu, Aaron Hagerstrom, Benjamin Jamroz, Jeffrey Jargon, Christian Long, Ann F. Monke, Eric Stanfield, Angela Stelson, John Stoup, Dylan Williams</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For developing rigorous traceability with correlated uncertainties for microwave power and scattering parameters at 5G/6G communications frequencies.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/nist-awards/2022-colleagues-choice-award-linda-derr" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-colleagues-choice-award-linda-derr" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/12/20/Derr.ColleaguesChoice.jpg?itok=YGy70LJW" width="67" height="100" alt="Linda Derr Colleagues Choice" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/nist-awards/2022-colleagues-choice-award-linda-derr"><span>2022 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Linda Derr</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For innovation in the Boulder Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) enhancing growth, stakeholder communication, and collaborative research.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20230204110855/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-866e9e3ea84c385a308e464aae35df2e8dc5ef858ea3ba8b9879d9a25337825b"> <div> <article role="article" about="/blogs/taking-measure/data-demand-how-us-navys-bandwidth-can-boost-your-data-speed" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230204110855/https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/data-demand-how-us-navys-bandwidth-can-boost-your-data-speed" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20230204110855im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/01/20/spectrum-sharing-photo-2.jpg?itok=siZnpSgF" width="75" height="100" alt="On a rooftop overlooking a waterfront town, an equipment box is attached to a pole anchored with concrete blocks. 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