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Standards Development and Analysis.
ITS provides ongoing leadership and technical contributions to international, national, and local telecommunication standards committees such as ITU, TIA, ATIS. ITS experts are regularly called on to interpret and analyze standards and regulations.
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Public Safety Communications Interoperability.
ITS works directly with practitioner agencies to improve the intelligibility and interoperability of communication systems. ITS conducts research in the field and in the laboratory to reflect the real environment in which Public Safety operates.
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Table Mountain Field Site.
ITS maintains the Table Mountain Field Site north of Boulder, CO, a unique 1,800 acre designated Radio Quiet Zone and radio research facility that is extensively used for research and experimentation both by ITS and by others under cooperative agreements.
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Radio Spectrum Measurement Science (RSMS).
The RSMS system is a customized resource for the performance of fundamental theoretical and applied research. The RSMS-4G truck is a state-of-the-art mobile measurement laboratory used to measure spectrum occupancy and analyze interference problems.
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Audio and Video Quality Research.
Objective quality-of-service (QoS) measurements for voice and video communications using different coding and transmission schemes taken in ITS’s unique audio-visual laboratories provide government and industry tools and techniques to assess service quality.
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Wireless Voice/Data Systems and Emerging Technologies.
ITS assesses telecommunications system components and emerging technologies, evaluates network survivability, and assesses system effectiveness in national security/emergency preparedness, military, and commercial environments.
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Radar Interference Effects Tests and Measurements.
ITS acts as a resource to military and civilian agencies to identify sources of radar signal interference through controlled laboratory and field testing. Root cause analysis leads to engineering of proposed solutions shared with industry.
Eight ITS Employees Receive U.S. Department of Commerce
Awards
Eight ITS employees received U.S. Department of Commerce awards
at ceremonies in Washington, D.C., and Boulder,
CO, in January 2013.
An interdepartmental team from ITS and the NTIA Office of
Spectrum Management (OSM) received a Gold Medal
Award in the category of Scientific/Engineering
Achievement for work performed in FY 2012. The U. S. Department of
Commerce Gold Medal award is the highest honorary award given by
the Department. Frank Sanders and John Carroll of ITS, with
Robert Sole of OSM, were recognized for identifying nationwide
WiMAX radio interference to National Weather Service (NWS)
NEXRAD safety-of-life weather radars by providing interference
diagnostics to NWS, and providing solutions for the problem. More
and photo ...
Michael Cotton and
Geoffrey Sanders received a Bronze Medal Award for
rapid development and deployment of a system to measure radar
spectrum occupancy in support of the President's broadband
initiative. More and photo
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Chris Behm, Paul McKenna,
Teresa Rusyn, and Jeffery Wepman of ITS, with Alaka Paul of OSM,
received a Certificate of Appreciation for
technical leadership across ITU-R Study Group 3 in the area of
Radio Propagation. More and photo
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