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The search returned 1,237 publication(s) on its.ntia.gov.

Jeffery A. Wepman et al., “Received Signal Power Measurements On Select Air Traffic Control Radars In Utah,” Technical Report NTIA TR-20-543, October 2019

Received signal power measurements were performed on the Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) operating in the 1300 1370 MHz band in Cedar City, Utah, and on the Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR 9) operating in the 2700 2900 MHz band in Trout C...

Frank H. Sanders, Geoffrey A. Sanders, and John E. Carroll, “Emission Measurements of a Contraband Wireless Device Jammer at a State Prison,” Technical Report NTIA TR-19-541, September 2019

This report describes emission spectrum measurements of a wireless jammer device operated temporarily inside a South Carolina state prison maximum security housing block. The measurements were intended to demonstrate the operation of the jammer in fo...

Andrew A. Catellier and Stephen D. Voran, “WEnets: A Convolutional Framework for Evaluating Audio Waveforms,” White Paper, September 2019

In this white paper, we describe a new convolutional framework for waveform evaluation, WEnets, and build a Narrowband Audio Waveform Evaluation Network, or NAWEnet, using this framework. NAWEnet is single-ended (or no-reference) and was trained thr...

Jeffery A. Wepman et al., “Received Signal Power Measurements On Select Air Traffic Control Radars In Colorado,” Technical Report NTIA TR-19-542, August 2019

Received signal power measurements were performed on the Common Air Route Surveillance Radar (CARSR) operating in the 1300–1370 MHz band in Parker, Colorado and on the Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR 9) operating in the 2700 2900 MHz band in Plattevi...

Robert J. Achatz and Brent L. Bedford, “Interference Protection Criteria Simulation,” Technical Report NTIA TR-19-540, August 2019

Interference protection criteria (IPC) determine the interfering signal power a system can tolerate when sharing spectrum with other services. IPC are typically determined by measurements, but good measurements are often hindered by restrictions on e...

Chriss A. Hammerschmidt and Robert T. Johnk, “Site-Specific Propagation Model Development,” Conference Paper, July 2019

Propagation models are used to inform scientists and engineers on how radio propagation through an environment will affect the radio signal received on the other end of the link. Many propagation models have been developed: some are curve-fitting mod...

Geopositioning uncertainty degrades the usefulness of the data collected while conducting propagation measurements in the field. Researchers currently have access to highly detailed terrain, propagation, and locational data sets, but these data are ...

We present path gain results at 3,500 MHz from a mobile channel measurement campaign that was carried out at the ITS Table Mountain Field Site. The purpose of this effort was to validate measurements obtained from a prototype sliding correlator chann...

Lucjan Janowski, Ludovic Malfait, and Margaret H. Pinson, “Evaluating Experiment Design with Unrepeated Scenes for Video Quality Subjective Assessment,” Journal Article, June 2019

The conventional video subjective test design, in which subjects view and rate multiple versions of each source video sequence, was used for decades. New technology, like adaptive streaming, makes it almost impossible to use this design since much lo...

This technical memorandum provides technical details for the video quality subjective experiment its4s3. This experiment includes 594 videos, each 4 seconds in duration. The experiment consists of six sessions, each portraying a different public safe...

Margaret H. Pinson, “ITS4S2: An Image Quality Dataset With Unrepeated Images From Consumer Cameras,” Technical Memorandum NTIA TM-19-537, April 2019

This technical memorandum provides technical details for the image quality subjective experiment its4s2. This experiment contains 1,473 still images that were presented to subjects for 4 seconds each, as per still video. The goals are (1) to train no...

Geoffrey A. Sanders, Anna E. Paulson, and Douglas J. Anderson, “Dual-band Tactical Radio Feasibility Study,” Technical Memorandum NTIA TM-19-539, January 2019

In support of the Network Universal Persistence (Network UP) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) was asked to perform a dual-band tacti...

Video surveillance systems, designed to provide security, act like a guard in a watchtower-a security solution that has been well understood for thousands of years. Systems are designed to meet security needs of the customer who installs the system. ...

Chriss A. Hammerschmidt, Robert T. Johnk, Paul M. McKenna, and Christopher R. Anderson, “Best Practices for Radio Propagation Measurements,” Technical Memorandum NTIA TM-19-535, November 2018

This report describes a set of best practices for the preparation and verification of radio propagation measurement systems. We discuss advantages and disadvantages of various channel sounders, the common components used in these systems, and measure...

Frank H. Sanders, Robert L. Sole, Geoffrey A. Sanders, and John E. Carroll, “Further Procedures for Laboratory Testing of Environmental Sensing Capability Sensor Devices,” Technical Memorandum NTIA TM-18-534, June 2018

NTIA Technical Memorandum TM-18-527 describes procedures for testing the functionality of Environmental Sensing Capability (ESC) sensors that will detect 3.5 GHz radar signals for future spectrum sharing systems. The present document describes addit...

Frank H. Sanders, Robert T. Johnk, and Edward F. Drocella Jr., “Emission Measurements of a Contraband Wireless Device Jammer at a Federal Prison,” Technical Report NTIA TR-18-533, June 2018

This report describes emission spectrum and time domain measurements of a contraband wireless device micro-jammer that was operated temporarily in four Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) bands at a Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Cumbe...

Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, “FY 2017 Technical Progress Report,” Technical Progress Report, May 2018

The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) is the research and engineering laboratory of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), an agency of the Department of Commerce (DoC). ITS serves as a principal federal r...

Robert J. Achatz, “Interference Protection Criteria Simulation,” Conference Paper, April 2018

Interference protection criteria (IPC) determine the interfering signal power a system can tolerate when sharing spectrum with other services. IPC are typically determined by measurements, but good measurements are often hindered by restrictions on ...

Frank H. Sanders, Kristen E. Davis, and Keith D. Gremban, “A 53-Year History of Spectrum Efficiency Studies and Recommended Future Directions,” Technical Report NTIA TR-18-530, February 2018

Spectrum is a limited resource upon which the world makes continually increasing demands. It is therefore natural and compelling to study the efficiency with which radio systems use spectrum. Spectrum efficiency studies reveal how future systems can...

Margaret H. Pinson, “ITS4S: A Video Quality Dataset with Four-Second Unrepeated Scenes,” Technical Memorandum NTIA TM-18-532, February 2018

This report describes the video quality subjective test its4s, including the experiment design and footage attribution. Subjective experiment its4s includes 813 unique video sequences, each four seconds in duration. No video sequences are repeated. ...