At the request of the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, this report assesses the management of Standards and Technology Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL), focusing on the work, facilities, equipment, personnel, portfolios of scientific expertise, and effective dissemination of the results.
- FrontMatter
- Reviewers
- Contents
- Preface
- Summary
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Overview of the Communications Technology Laboratory
- 3 Core Network Technologies
- 4 Fundamental Electromagnetic Technologies and Standards
- 5 Next-Generation Wireless
- 6 Public Safety Communications Research
- 7 Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing
- 8 Spectrum Sensing and Sharing
- 9 Facilities, Equipment, and Personnel
- 10 Assessment of Communications Technology Laboratory Responses to the Key Recommendations of the 2019 Assessment
- 11 Key Recommendations
- Appendixes
- Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Appendix B: Panel Biographical Sketches