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Metrology Challenges for Broadband Communications

Title:    

Metrology Challenges for Broadband Communications
Venue:    
Multiple sessions/venues - see below for updated list of confirmed sessions
Date:    
Fall 2005 - Spring 2006
Abstract:    

Broadband communications continues to be a significant and growing market in the U.S. and global economies, as well as a critical enabling technology for a wide range of applications and industries. This multi-session, multi-venue workshop, being developed by NIST in partnership with engaged communications-industry stakeholders as part of the NIST U.S. Measurement System (USMS) initiative, seeks to identify critical measurement issues relating to the innovation infrastructure required for universal, ubiquitous, and seamless broadband access.

Intended output from these workshop sessions include:

  • Determination of what measurements, or entire classes of measurements, need to be developed or improved to enable anticipated technical innovations.
  • Strategies for appropriate and efficient metrology support that could be provided or developed by noncommercial research labs (NIST or other government-funded labs, as well as academic labs).
  • Examination of R&D and measurement-standards-development processes and priorities in the U.S., compared to other countries/regions.

Stakeholders include manufacturers, suppliers, providers, and users of communications equipment, products, and services, as well as related trade and standards organizations. The scope of workshop sessions, intended to be co-located with major conferences and meetings of appropriate industry segments, will span various technologies/platforms (wireless, wired, optical, satellite, etc.), services (voice, video, data), protocols, network layers (physical, access, routing/switching, transport, etc.), and applications (inter-personal, public safety, distributed computing, information exchange, entertainment).

NIST is actively soliciting input on potential co-location venues, suggested panelists/speakers, and session content. For comments or suggestions on any of these areas, or for more information, contact any of the following NIST staff.
NIST Contacts:    

NIST Optoelectronics Division
     Tim Drapela 303-497-5858 drapela@boulder.nist.gov

NIST Electromagnetics Division
     Kate Remley 303-497-3652 remley@boulder.nist.gov

NIST Advanced Network Technologies Division
     Nada Golmie 301-975-4190 nada.golmie@nist.gov
     Doug Montgomery 301-975-3630 dougm@nist.gov
     Kamran Sayrafian-Pour 301-975-5479 ksayrafian@nist.gov

NIST Advanced Technology Program
     Tim Hall 301-975-8077 tim.hall@nist.gov
Workshop Program and Registration     
Information:    
Schedule and registration information

General inquiries on the USMS Workshop program may be forwarded to usms_workshops@nist.gov.