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Our mission is to ADVANCE innovation in communications technologies, INFORM spectrum and communications policy for the benefit of all stakeholders, and INVESTIGATE our Nation’s most pressing telecommunications challenges through research that employees are proud to deliver. Learn more about ITS on our YouTube Channel or read about our research programs in the Technical Progress Report.

ITS is hosting a RIC Forum!

In collaboration with U.S. Department of Defense FutureG & 5G Office, ITS is hosting a RIC Forum March 27–28, 2024, where radio access network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC) Application (App) vendors and universities can demonstrate viable RIC Apps and their use cases for the purposes of technical knowledge sharing. Presenters will showcase authentic RIC App demonstrations (not simulations) that measure and display the effects of their xApps or rApps on a 5G Open RAN network. Click here for more details ...

News

5G Challenge Closes with Successful Multi-Vendor Handover

November 13, 2023

The goal of the two-year 5G Challenge was to accelerate the adoption of 5G open interfaces, interoperable subsystems,...

Shining a Spotlight on ITS Interns

September 1, 2023

Employment opportunities at ITS include internships for students at all levels of their scholastic careers. Like other employment opportunities, when openings exist, these are listed on ...

New ITS Contributions Supporting International Radio Standards Continue One-hundred-year-old Tradition

May 25, 2023

Until June 2, 2023, expert researchers from ITS are in Geneva, Switzerland, where they are collaborating with colleagues from all over the world to reach consensus about improvements to the International Telecommunication...

Recent Publications

Journal Article : Wideband Audio Waveform Evaluation Networks: Efficient, Accurate Estimation of Speech Qualities November 2023, Andrew A. Catellier; Stephen D. Voran. Speech quality and speech intelligibility can vary dramatically across the wide range of currently available telecommunications systems, devices, and operating environments. This creates a strong dema...
NTIA Special Publication SP-23-570: Further 5G In-Air Field-Strength Measurements for Radar Altimeter Research September 2023, Frank H. Sanders; Kenneth Tilley; Geoffrey A. Sanders. Ongoing NTIA/ITS research shows that it can be possible for 5G base stations to safely co-exist with safety-of-life radar altimeters. This video is a follow up to SP-22-560, “5G In-Air Field-Strengt...

This Month in ITS History

December 1918: NBS Issues Handbook for Army Radio Operators

On December 10, 1918, the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) and the Army Signal Corps released the Principles Underlying Radio Communication. In April, the Army Signal Corps had asked NBS to write the handbook for training soldiers in radio communication. The NBS Radio Laboratory called on its own and other experts to quickly write and edit the 355 page book. The authors simplified complex concepts and theory with line drawings and ...