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6 List of Key Recommendations
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. An Assessment of the Communications Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25602.
Acronyms
| 3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| 5G | Fifth-generation Wireless/Cellular Network |
| AR | augmented reality |
| AWS | advanced wireless services |
| CAC | Center for Advanced Communications |
| CBRS | Citizens Broadband Radio Service |
| CRADA | cooperative research and development agreement |
| CTL | Communications Technology Laboratory |
| DOC | Department of Commerce |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DPA | dynamic protection area |
| EMS | emergency medical service |
| FY | fiscal year |
| FirstNet | First Responder Network Authority |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| ISSI | Inter-RF Subsystem Interface |
| ITL | Information Technology Laboratory |
| ITS | Institute for Telecommunication Sciences |
| LAN | local area network |
| LBS | Location-Based Services |
| LMR | Land Mobile Radio |
| LTE | long-term evolution |
| MAN | metropolitan area network |
| MCV | Mission-Critical Voice |
| MIMO | multiple input, multiple output |
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. An Assessment of the Communications Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25602.
| NASCTN | National Advanced Spectrum and Communications Test Network |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| PML | Physical Measurement Laboratory |
| PSCR | Public Safety Communications Research Program |
| QAM | quadrature amplitude modulation |
| QISE | quantum information science and engineering |
| R&D | research and development |
| RF | radio frequency |
| RFT | Radio Frequency Technology Division |
| SAS | Spectrum Access System |
| UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
| UE | user equipment |
| UI | user interface |
| UX | user experience |
| U-NII | unlicensed national information infrastructure |
| VR | virtual reality |
| WN | Wireless Networks Division |
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. An Assessment of the Communications Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25602.
Suggested Citation:
"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. An Assessment of the Communications Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: Fiscal Year 2019. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/25602.
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