Laboratory Information:
NTIA - Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80303
Website: http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/
Technology Transfer Website: http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/programs/tech_transfer/index.php
Agency/Department: Dept. of Commerce
Region: Mid-Continent
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Mr. Al Vincent
Phone: 303-497-3484
Fax: 303-497-5993
Email: avincent@its.bldrdoc.gov
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
began in the 1940s as the Interservice Radio
Propagation Laboratory, which later became the Central Radio Propagation Laboratory (CRPL) of the National
Bureau of Standards in the U.S. Department of Commerce. In 1965, CRPL became part of the Environmental
Science Services Administration (ESSA) and was renamed the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
and
Aeronomy (ITSA). In 1967, the telecommunications function of ITSA was transferred into the newly formed
Office
of Telecommunications (OT) which was operated directly out of the White House. Finally, under the President's
Reorganization Act #1 of 1977, OT and the Office of Telecommunications Policy merged to form the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Since that time, ITS has performed
telecommunications research and provided technical engineering support to NTIA and to other Federal
agencies on a reimbursable basis. Over the past decade, ITS has expanded its historical role by conducting
cooperative research and development with U.S. industry and academia under the provisions of the Federal
Technology Transfer Act of 1986.
Mission of the Laboratory:
The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is the chief
research and engineering arm
of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). ITS supports
such NTIA telecommunications objectives as promotion of advanced
telecommunications and information infrastructure development in the United States,
enhancement of domestic competitiveness, improvement of foreign trade opportunities
for U.S. telecommunications firms, and facilitation of more efficient and effective use of
the radio spectrum. ITS also serves as a principal Federal resource for solving the
telecommunications concerns of other Federal agencies, state and local Governments,
private corporations and associations, and international organizations. Cooperative
research agreements based upon the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 are the
principal means of aiding the private sector. This Act provides the legal basis for and
encourages shared use of Government facilities and resources with the private sector in
advanced telecommunications technologies. These partnerships aid in the commercialization of new products
and services.
Facilities:
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Information Technology
- Jammer Effectiveness Model
- Audio Quality Research
- Broadband Wireless
- Digital Land Mobile Radio
- GIS Applications
- Low and Medium Frequency Ground-Wave and Sky-Wave Propagation Model for 150 kHz to 1705 kHz
- Network Discovery
- Network Research & Planning
- Observations of Data, Voice, and Trunking Performance of TIA102-Compliant Land-Mobile Radios in a Railroad Environment
- Outdoor IEEE 802.11 Testbed
- PCS Interference Modeling
- Propagation Measurements & Models
- Propagation Models
- Radio Channel Impulse Response Measurement Systems
- Radio Frequency Interference Monitoring System
- RSMS Operations & Development
- RSMS-4
- Spectrum Research
- TA Services
- Ultrawideband Interference
- Video Quality Research
- Wireless Network Analysis
- Wireless Networks
