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    Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things Program

    Ongoing
    Objective - Enable scalable, dependable design methods and reproducible performance measurement for effective and trustworthy (reliable, safe, secure, resilient and privacy-enhancing) cyber-physical systems and IoT, by means of new measurement science, advanced testing and assurance capabilities and

    Cyber-Physical Systems/Internet of Things for Smart Cities

    Ongoing
    Objective - To provide the measurement science and standards-based foundations for interoperable, replicable, scalable, and trustworthy cyber-physical systems that can be readily and cost-effectively deployed by cities and communities of all types and sizes to improve their efficiency

    Cyber-Physical Systems/Internet of Things Testbed

    Ongoing
    Objective - To develop general design principles useful to all cyber-physical systems testbed developers and the co-simulation community; to develop specific design concepts to guide the development, operation, and evolution of NIST’s IoT/CPS testbed; and to establish a cross-sector IoT/CPS testbed

    Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things Foundations

    Ongoing
    Objective - To provide a common technical and conceptual foundation for CPS and IoT that enables conceptualization, realization and assurance across all domains, including a comprehensive and traceable methodology for meeting all stakeholder concerns throughout any systems engineering process and

    Cybersecurity for Smart Grid Systems

    Completed
    Objective: To develop the measurement science needed to advance the development and standardization of cybersecurity, including privacy, policies, measures, procedures, and resiliency, in the smart electric grid. What is the new technical idea? As a result of deployment of new smart grid

    Data-Driven Network Optimization for Future Wireless Systems

    Ongoing
    Research Highlights AI Innovations in Spectrum Sharing for Wireless Networks With the increasing demand for wireless communication, efficient spectrum management has become essential. NIST is exploring the application of AI/ML techniques to optimize this area, particularly through solutions like

    Deep Generative Modeling for Communication Systems Testing and Data Sharing

    Completed
    After initial investigations with simulated datasets, we plan to develop generative models using real datasets. Potential applications of this work include generation of waveforms for interference testing, characterization of closed-box communication systems, and signal obfuscation for data sharing

    DHS-OEC Next Generation Networks – Priority Services Evaluation Project

    Ongoing
    The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Emergency Communication (DHS-OEC) is responsible for administering both the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless Priority Service (WPS) programs. Both programs offer their users an alternative method for call completion

    DHS-OEC Next Generation Networks – Priority Services Evaluation Project

    Ongoing
    The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Emergency Communication (DHS-OEC) is responsible for administering both the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless Priority Service (WPS) programs. Both programs offer their users an alternative method for call completion

    Digital Thread for Manufacturing

    Ongoing
    Purpose and Goals This project will provide research advances in product-definition standardization, conformance testing, and cybersecurity of data assets. Digital thread standards capabilities and infrastructure - Smart connected manufacturing requires the effective communication of the product

    Digital Thread for Smart Manufacturing

    Completed
    Objective: The Digital Thread for Smart Manufacturing Systems project will deliver methods and protocols that extend and complete the digital thread for information running through design, manufacturing and product support processes to integrate smart manufacturing systems. The results of this

    Directional Routing Protocols for Ad-hoc Networks

    Completed
    In wireless ad-hoc networks smart antenna techniques, capable of providing spatial reuse, longer ranges, interference suppression and other beneficial features, have been investigated to improve achievable performance and system capacity. Most works in current open literature focus on the design and

    I++ DME (Dimensional Measurement Equipment)

    Completed
    Industry Impact Adoption of I++ DME by a majority of vendors worldwide with compliant apps has been largely achieved due to Strong end user and CMM vendor support through groups such as I++ group, NIST, Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium, International Association of CMM Manufacturers, and

    Edge AI

    Ongoing
    This project: Develops edge learning and edge-enabled collaborative learning algorithms. Develops measurement methods for testing the performance and robustness of edge-learned, and more generally collaboratively learned, AI/ML models. Collaborates with other projects (e.g., 5G/6G Core Network

    Electromagnetic Field Strength Metrology

    Ongoing
    NIST calibrates electrically-small field probes from 10 megahertz – 40 gigahertz. These measurements are done in facilities that are periodically compared against other National Metrology Institutes in conjunction with the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM). This assures international

    End-to-End Quality Priority and Pre-emption

    Ongoing
    The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (H.R. 3630) appropriated $7 billion for the establishment of a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network under FirstNet, an independent authority in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). FirstNet

    Extended Cell Testing

    Ongoing
    The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (H.R. 3630) appropriated $7 billion for the establishment of a nationwide interoperable public safety broadband network under FirstNet, an independent authority in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). FirstNet

    Fiber Sources and Applications Background Information

    Ongoing
    NIST has been a world leader in lasers since the technology's development in the early 1960s, a tradition continued when NIST scientist John L. Hall shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics for his part in the invention of the optical frequency comb. The output of a comb is a brief broadband pulse

    Fiber-optic Frequency Comb Development

    Ongoing
    Frequency combs have found a wide range of applications beyond just optical metrology. Applications include laser ranging, precision molecular spectroscopy in the lab and over the air, optical timing distribution, low-noise microwave generation and support for optical clocks. All these applications

    Flux Quantum Electronics

    Ongoing
    Quantum-Based Reference Sources The demand for wireless communications has exploded over the last 2 decades and there is no end in sight. The quest for higher bandwidth is driving the use of higher carrier frequencies in the microwave and millimeter-wave (>30 GHz) bands. However, there are no

    Frequency-comb-based Spectroscopy (Dual-Comb Spectroscopy)

    Ongoing
    Fully stabilized frequency combs provide a broadband spectral output that is comprised of a series of narrow spectral lines or “teeth”. “Dual comb spectroscopy” provides one method to harness these properties for broadband spectroscopy. It allows the user to read-out the spectrum of a gas mixture on

    Fundamental Electromagnetic Technologies and Standards

    Ongoing
    This focus area develops theory, metrology, and standards for the technologies upon which the future of both wired and wireless communications depends. These developments are then leveraged to provide better measurement services to U.S. industry through extended frequency range, lowered uncertainty

    Fundamental Guided Wave Metrology

    Ongoing
    The science of microwave measurements is expanding in many different directions. There is a constant push to use higher frequencies. Signals are becoming much more complex and include modulation effects, multiport/differential signals, complex waveforms, and other unusual signal schemes. On-wafer