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2 Assessment of the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
2 Assessment of the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
Pages 13-21
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2 This newly created Citizens Broadband Radio Service opens up an additional 1 Intergovernmental coordination of spectrum efforts is also completed by the NTIA-led Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee, in which the FCC participates. Additionally, leadership of NTIA and FCC meet multiple times each year to conduct high-level discussions.
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For example, ITS provided significant support to public safety vendors moving into the 700 MHz LTE network through a series of CRADAs with manufacturers. These ITS services have been the only objective, non-vendor-driven testing and evaluation services available to the public safety community.
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, with a 5.2 percent growth rate for S&E funds and a 3.6 percent growth rate for reimbursable funds. CRADA growth varies substantially from year to year and does not represent a very significant portion of overall funds.
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The PMW also provides an example of ITS building a larger activity starting with a small amount of seed money from NTIA. Several years ago, staff began mapping the radio signals in the area around the Table Mountain Field Site and Radio Quiet Zone, which yielded a proof of concept that one can combine propagation models and geographic information system data to provide plots of single and composite radio coverage.
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Procurement is a lengthy process, which limits the ability of staff to replace aging equipment or purchase cutting-edge technology for testing even when funds are available. ITS also maintains the valuable DOC Table Mountain Field Site and Radio Quiet Zone, which is located 10 miles north of the Boulder laboratory campus and provides a research facility for testing, experimentation, and sensitive measurements of the radio spectrum.
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ITS needs to make efforts to expand its activities in spectrum-sharing measurement, verification, and so on in support of both military and commercial technologies, leveraging its related ongoing efforts in the public safety space. Redefine Mission ITS's mission includes research that "enhances scientific knowledge and understanding in cuttingedge areas of telecommunications technology" and research that "helps to drive innovation and contributes to the development of communications and broadband policies that enable a robust telecommunication infrastructure." 5 Given these broad charges, ITS needs to define a strategic plan that identifies the overall research agenda that must be met and, at the same time, describes the work that they cannot accomplish for reasons of resource or expertise.
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This may include the cable standards efforts and the related international standards work and broadband wireless standards (outside of public safety communications)
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The CTL Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology, which is described in the report Telecommunications Research and Engineering at the Communications Technology Laboratory: Meeting the Nation's Telecommunications Needs, 7 could be a model for an ITS advisory board. Maintain Trusted Agent Status There is a critical need for the government to maintain a trusted capability with which it can evaluate vendor claims for new spectrum-sharing techniques and technology, and ITS -- if adequately funded and staffed -- could be able to provide this capability moving forward.
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RECOMMENDATION: ITS should develop a strategic plan that identifies the overall research agenda needed to fulfill its mission and create a formal process to ensure that its activities are aligned with its mission, strategy, and national priorities. RECOMMENDATION: ITS should seek out opportunities to engage in cooperative research and development with industry and academia and expand ITS connections to industry problems and challenges and encourage staff to participate in key standards organizations, attend key research conferences, and increase contributions to peer-reviewed publications.
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