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Information Technology /Networking

Network test & measurement

News and Updates

Policy-Relevant Internet Measurement

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Doug Montgomery (CTL/ Internet Technologies Research Group) participated t in the NSF Workshop on Policy-Relevant Internet Measurement at Georgia Tech

Projects and Programs

Advanced Security Architectures for Next Generation Wireless

Ongoing
The US Government, and the Department of Commerce in particular, has identified the development and commercialization of Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) technologies as a strategic priority in the evolution of next-generation wireless networks and a key enabler for the US IT industry to increase

5G/6G Core Networks and Services

Ongoing
The main tasks of this program are: Task 1: 6G Core Network Architecture: I nvestigating AI-native architectures that not just execute AI/ML-based network functions but also support the creation, management, cooperation, measurement, and evolution of these functions. Task 2: Key Technologies Task 2
USGv6 Program

USGv6 Program

Ongoing
OMB has directed [ OMB-2020, OMB-2010, OMB-2005] the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop the technical infrastructure (standards and testing) necessary to support wide-scale adoption of IPv6 in the US Government (USG). In response, NIST developed a technical standards
Robust Inter-Domain Routing project info graphic

Robust Inter-Domain Routing

Ongoing
Today’s global Internet is comprised of roughly 800,000 distinct destinations interconnected by 60,000 enterprise and Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks. The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the “glue” that enables the modern Internet, by exchanging reachability information about each

Publications

Capture and Analysis of Traffic Traces on a Wide-Area NDN Testbed

Author(s)
Sankalpa Timilsina, Davide Pesavento, Junxiao Shi, Susmit Shannigrahi, Lotfi Benmohamed
High-quality network traffic measurements from realistic network deployments are crucial to analyze and better understand emerging network technologies for the

Software

Screen shot from the NIST RPKI Monitor

NIST RPKI Deployment Monitor

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The NIST RPKI Monitor is a test and measurement tool designed to monitor the dynamics of the global Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and the impact of