[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 16061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06327]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Understanding the Spectrum Environment: Using Data and Monitoring 
To Improve Spectrum Utilization

AGENCY: The National Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and 
Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD).

ACTION: Notice.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Wigen at 703-292-4873 or 
[email protected]. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 
1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 
Friday.

DATES: March 31, 2014.
SUMMARY: Representatives from Federal research agencies, private 
industry, and academia will identify R&D in the area of data and 
monitoring that will promote progress toward more efficient spectrum 
utilization and sharing.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Overview: This notice is issued by the National Coordination Office 
for the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 
(NITRD) Program. Agencies of the NITRD Program are holding the fifth in 
a series of workshops to bring together experts from private industry 
and academia to help identify spectrum data and monitoring research 
that will accelerate the progress toward more efficient spectrum 
utilization and sharing. The workshop will take place on March 31, 
2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET at the National Science 
Foundation, Room II-555, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. This 
event will be Web cast. The event agenda and information about the Web 
cast will be available the week of the event at: http://www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/index.php?title=Wireless_Spectrum_Research_and_Development_(WSRD)#title.
    Background: The Presidential Memorandum on Unleashing the Wireless 
Broadband Revolution, released on June 28, 2010, directed the federal 
agencies to work together and with the non-federal community, including 
the academic, commercial, and public safety sectors, to create and 
implement a plan that ``facilitates research, development, 
experimentation, and testing by researchers to explore innovative 
spectrum-sharing technologies.''
    The WSRD has held four workshops that addressed the challenge 
defined in that Presidential Memorandum. During WSRD's first Workshop 
held at Boulder, CO, in July 2011, the participants indicated that a 
national-level testing environment is critical for validating spectrum 
sharing technology under realistic conditions; they also emphasized the 
value of a spectrum sharing testing environment for a diversity of 
users. At a second workshop, held in Berkeley, CA, in January 2012, key 
concepts and criteria were established for spectrum sharing test and 
evaluation capabilities. The third workshop, held in Boulder, CO, in 
July 2012, identified realistic projects whose implementation will 
significantly support the plan to meet the Presidential Memorandum's 
goals. The fourth workshop, held in Cambridge, MA, in April 2013, 
resulted in recommendations for the economic and policy research that 
is needed to promote an efficient and shared spectrum environment. This 
workshop will focus on new opportunities for understanding the spectrum 
environment presented by improvements in monitoring and data analysis.

    Submitted by the National Science Foundation for the National 
Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and Information Technology 
Research and Development (NITRD) on March, 18, 2014.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2014-06327 Filed 3-21-14; 8:45 am]
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