[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 68 (Monday, April 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19032-19033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07471]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of the Networking and Information Technology Research and 
Development Program's Advanced Wireless Test Platform (AWTP) Team and 
the Federal Mobility Group (FMG) Virtual Joint 5G Workshop

AGENCY: Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 
(NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO), National Science 
Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of virtual workshop.

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SUMMARY: The NITRD Advanced Wireless Test Platform (AWTP) Team and 
Federal Mobility Group (FMG) Joint 5G Workshop will consist of two 
half-day sessions with a focus on advancing the FMG work product--
Framework to Conduct 5G Testing--by exploring its applicability to 
specific 5G inspired use cases. It will provide moderated exercises 
where participants will walk through the process identified in the 
framework document, with two selected Federal 5G use cases. The goal is 
to provide an overview of the process and the testing framework 
elements needed to conduct 5G testing for different use cases. It will 
also allow participants to learn about Federal 5G use cases and 
requirements from key stakeholders. The intended outcomes of this 
workshop are to build awareness of the critical need for evolving 5G 
best-in-class test practices, and to connect 5G labs or testbeds with 
Federal agencies and 5G component vendors.

DATES: April 27-28, 2021.

ADDRESSES:  The AWTP and FMG Joint 5G Workshop will be held virtually 
through Zoom for Government.
    Instructions: Registration is required; registration link will be 
available a week before the workshop. For more information on the 
workshop, agenda, and registration, please see the workshop website: 
https://www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/index.php?title=AWTP-FMG-Joint-5G-Workshop.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mallory Hinks at [email protected], or via phone at 202-459-9674. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background/Objectives/Overview/etc.: This notice is issued on 
behalf of the NITRD AWTP Team and the FMG. This virtual 5G workshop 
will focus on the Framework to Conduct 5G Testing. It

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will provide moderated exercises where participants will walk through 
the process identified in the framework document, with two selected 
Federal 5G use cases. The workshop will be held virtually on April 27-
28, 2021 from 10 a.m. (ET) to 1:30 p.m. (ET) each day.

Objectives

     Provide an overview of the process (``How to use the 
framework to build a test capability'') as well as the testing 
framework modules or elements in the 5G testing framework whitepaper, 
needed to conduct 5G testing for different use cases.
     Learn about federal 5G use cases and requirements from key 
stakeholders.
     Hear from the testbed vendor and research community about 
the requirements, resources, approaches of building or operating a 5G 
infrastructure testbed (with discussion of the capabilities and main 
modules in Radio Access Networks (RAN) and core), specifically for two 
innovative 5G use cases: Smart Warehouse and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 
(UAV)/Drone.
     Learn more about the real-world methodologies of 
developing 5G testing cases with key performance indicators or testing 
metrics as well as of conducting 5G testing and experimentation with 
the 5G infrastructure testbed from the testbed vendors' and 
researchers' viewpoint. What are the challenges encountered?
     Collaborate with 5G testbed vendor and researcher 
community to understand how the 5G testbed framework whitepaper would 
add value. What aspects of the whitepaper do the testbed vendors and 
researchers find most useful in helping to build a 5G testbed, develop 
5G testing cases, and conduct 5G testing? What are the lessons learned 
or gaps when applying the 5G testbed framework to real-world 5G testing 
and experimentation?

Intended Outcome

    The intended outcomes of this workshop are to build awareness of 
the critical need for evolving 5G best-in-class test practices, and to 
connect 5G labs or testbeds with Federal agencies and 5G component 
vendors.
    Submitted by the National Science Foundation in support of the 
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) 
National Coordination Office (NCO) on April 7, 2021.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2021-07471 Filed 4-9-21; 8:45 am]
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