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7 Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing
Pages 52-58

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... The mission is to improve the efficiency, sustainability, economics, and resilience of the nation's electric grids by developing and demonstrating advances in measurement science, control theory, and communications to enhance grid interoperability and facilitate the use of electrical grids as enabling platforms for modern energy technologies and services, including flexible, trustworthy, distributed energy resources. • Internet of Things (IoT)
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From page 53...
... Of these, Smart Connected Manufacturing Systems, Smart Grid, and Industrial Wireless Systems were presented to the panel. The Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing research focus area is a relatively new one for CTL.
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From page 54...
... Recommendation 7-3: CTL should better map the Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing activities in each of its focus areas into a strategic framework that connects technology maturity with research, testing, metrology, and standardization, and ensure a balanced portfolio leading to a sustainable research agenda. ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL PROGRAMS The panel commends CTL for taking bold action to reorganize its program areas and establish the Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing research focus area.
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From page 55...
... Twelve staff members, including the group leader and members of the broader Smart Grid Program, participate in 716 standards activities, along with members from the broader Smart Grid Program. One of the major accomplishments of the Smart Grid group over the past 3 years was the development of the "Campus as a Testbed," conceived to enable NIST smart grid research to leverage the real-world energy infrastructure installations and operational conditions present around the NIST campus as a resource to enhance the industry relevance of program metrology activities and enhance the realism of complementary laboratory (testbed)
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From page 56...
... , developing conceptual frameworks for the inclusion of impairments in performance modeling, developing spectral activity measurement capability, and developing channel exemplars for millimeter-wave and microwave operational environments. However, the only activity that was presented in detail was the millimeter-wave channel characterization effort, which is not a core Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing activity and is carried out in collaboration with Innovations in Measurement Science and other centers within NIST.
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From page 57...
... Particularly as the Industry 4.0 effort seeks to use wireless technologies, Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing could leverage the broader communications expertise within CTL to step forward and lead the development of advanced manufacturing communications standards for 5G, 6G, and NextG. Another opportunity is increased collaboration between CTL and the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership in setting manufacturing standards.
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From page 58...
... An opportunity exists for those working in the Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing research focus area to leverage its leadership position in the smart grid, smart manufacturing, and the industrial wireless environment to help formulate a strategy that develops scientific expertise in the application of 5G to these new application areas. EFFECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF OUTPUTS Accomplishments The groups in the Smart Infrastructure and Manufacturing research focus area disseminate their results in various ways: contributions to standards publications, NIST documents (reports and data outputs)
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Key Terms

  • smart infrastructure
  • grid program
  • industrial wireless
  • research focus
  • manufacturing research

  • smart connected
  • connected manufacturing
  • wireless environment
  • smart manufacturing
  • manufacturing standards

  • communications technology
  • grid interoperability
  • channel characterization
  • technology laboratory
  • conference publications

  • broader smart
  • advanced manufacturing
  • grid connectivity
  • standards activities
  • nist publications

  • nist framework
  • characterization effort
  • low latency
  • manufacturing extension
  • manufacturing digital

  • connectivity research
  • thread standards
  • interoperability standards
  • standards development
  • technical standards


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