[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 72 (Monday, April 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 18162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07645]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Radio Receiver Systems: R&D Innovation Needs and Impacts on 
Technology Policy

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

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

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SUMMARY: This workshop will focus on spectrum sharing radio receiver 
systems and will provide a forum for information exchange and the 
identification of relevant research and development opportunities.

DATES: The workshop will take place on May 5, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m. ET.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will take place at the National Science 
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. Participation in 
the workshop is by invitation only. Seating for observers is limited 
and will be available on a first come first served basis. This event 
will also be webcast. The event agenda and information about the 
webcast will be available the week of the event at: https://www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/index.php?title=WSRD_Workshop_IX.

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, which is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 
days a year (including federal holidays).

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 a workshop 
of experts from government, private industry, and academia to provide a 
forum for information exchange on spectrum sharing radio receiver 
systems and identify relevant research and development opportunities. 
Further information about the NITRD may be found at: https://www.nitrd.gov.
    Background: Principles of co-existence and interference tolerance 
are often overlooked and under-exploited in today's radio receiver 
systems. For example, a receiver's ability to accept wanted signals or 
reject unwanted signals impacts the quality of the information 
transmitted. The workshop will address various signal reception topics 
including technology advances for receivers, transmitters, filters, 
antenna design, signal processing techniques, and policy issues. While 
focus has been on the transmitter side of the radio system in the past, 
focusing on the receiver systems early in the next generation 
technology development process has been identified as an important step 
in assuring interference tolerance.
    Workshop Goals:
     Outline the wireless spectrum sharing receiver needs, 
scenarios and issues for the short-term and long-term.
     Discuss the technology and regulatory frameworks that can 
deliver appropriate receiver solutions, including those needed for 
emerging IoT scenarios.
     Identify innovative tools, techniques, experimentation, 
and recommendations for additional research.
    Workshop Objectives: The objectives of the workshop are to 
establish the current state-of-the-art, define characteristics that are 
needed in the radio receiver system to better facilitate spectrum 
sharing, identify the opportunities and challenges in current receiver 
technologies, and examine the implementation and adoption issues that 
exist.
    Submitted by the National Science Foundation in support of the 
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) 
National Coordination Office (NCO) on April 12, 2017.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2017-07645 Filed 4-14-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 7555-01-P