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CTL Staff Advance O-RAN Standards

CTL staff made several technical contributions to the O-RAN Alliance face-to-face meeting on March February 24-28 in the areas of security, testing and RAN

Projects and Programs

Advanced Security Architectures for Next Generation Wireless

Ongoing
National Priorities: The National Strategy to Secure 5G and Implementation Plan goals to: facilitate the rollout of 5G domestically; assess the cybersecurity risks to and identify core security principles of 5G capabilities and infrastructure; address risks to United States economic and national

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

Publications

USGv6 Test Program Guide

Author(s)
Douglas C. Montgomery, Erica Johnson, Michayla Newcombe, Timothy Winters
This document outlines the form and function of the USGv6 Test Program. In particular, it defines the components of the test program, their implementation and

Software

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