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News
October 17, 2024
The inaugural International Open RAN Symposium (IORS) convened September 17–19, 2024, in Golden, Colorado, United States of America. NTIA welcomed over 250 participants at the inaugural Symposium from over 20 countries.
July 22, 2024
ITS has released a new technical memorandum titled “Joint Analyses of No-Reference Speech Quality Estimation Tools and Conference Speech Recorded in Diverse Real-World Conditions.”...
April 1, 2024
ITS, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense’s FutureG Office, hosted the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) Forum in Dallas, Texas, from March 26 to 28.
The 2024 RIC Forum brought government, military, telecommunications...
Recent Publications
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Douglas M. Boulware and Anthony W. Romaniello, “An Analysis of Aggregate CBRS SAS Data from April 2021 to July 2024,” Technical Report NTIA TR-25-575, November 2024
This report presents an analysis of aggregate Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) Spectrum Access System (SAS) data reported quarterly from April 1, 2021, to July 1, 2024. The data provide insights into the growth of CBRS, the impact of dynamic s...
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Frank H. Sanders, “Adventures in Radar Spectrum and Radar Coexistence in Today’s World,” Special Publication NTIA SP-25-576, November 2024
Of all the radio system types that occupy the electromagnetic spectrum, perhaps none are so important while also being so generally misunderstood, even within technical communities, as radars. Radar technology, the revolutionary innovation that the A...
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 ...