Sec. 210. Advanced communications research
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology Act ( 15 U.S.C. 271 et seq. ) is amended— by redesignating section 35 as section 36; and by inserting after section 34 the following: The Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Director of the National Science Foundation, and heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall carry out a program of measurement research to inform the development of common definitions, benchmarks, best practices, methodologies, and technical standards for advanced communications technologies.
Research areas may include— radio frequency emissions and interference, including technologies and techniques to mitigate such emissions; advanced antenna arrays and artificial intelligence systems capable of operating advanced antenna arrays; artificial intelligence systems to enable internet of things networks, immersive technology, and other advanced communications technologies; network sensing and monitoring technologies; technologies to enable spectrum flexibility and agility; optical and quantum communications technologies; security of advanced communications systems and their supply chains; public safety communications; resilient internet of things applications for advanced manufacturing; and other research areas deemed necessary by the Director.
In coordination with the private sector and other Federal agencies as appropriate, the Director may develop and manage testbeds for research and development of advanced communications technologies. In carrying out the activities under this subsection, the Director shall seek input from other Federal agencies and from private sector stakeholders, on an ongoing basis, to help inform research and development priorities, including through workshops and other multi-stakeholder activities.
In carrying out the activities under this subsection, the Director shall convene industry, institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, Federal laboratories, and other Federal agencies engaged in advanced communications research and development to develop, and periodically update, coordinated technical roadmaps for advanced communications research in priority areas, such as those described in paragraph (2). The Director, in coordination with the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall operate a national network of test facilities, including operating or coordinating the use of intellectual capacity, modeling and simulation, laboratories, test ranges and test beds, to be known as the National Advanced Spectrum and Commutations Test Network (referred to in this section as NASCTN ).
NASCTN shall be for the purposes of— developing methodologies for testing, measuring interference, and setting guidelines for interference; conducting interference tests to better understand the impact of Federal and commercial spectrum activities; conducting research and testing to improve spectrum interference tolerance, flexibility, and agility; and other activities as deemed necessary by the Director. In addition to such sums as may be authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out this section, the Director may accept funds from other departments and agencies of the Federal Government, and from the State and local governments, to operate the national network under this section. .
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