[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 18374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06780]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Promoting Economic Efficiency in Spectrum Use: WSRD SSG Workshop
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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: April 23-24, 2013.
SUMMARY: Representatives from Federal research agencies, private
industry, and academia will identify economic and policy R&D 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 fourth
in a series of workshops to bring together experts from private
industry and academia to help identify economic and policy research
that will accelerate the progress toward more efficient spectrum
utilization and sharing. The workshop will take place on April 23-24,
from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET (both days), at the MIT Patil Conference
Room/Kiva, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. This event will be
webcast. The event agenda and information about the webcast will be
available the week of the event at: http://www.nitrd.gov/Subcommittee/wirelessspectrumrd.aspx.
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 three 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. This fourth workshop will gather diverse, knowledgeable, and
forward thinking stakeholders to advise us on the important next step,
the economic and policy research that is needed to promote an efficient
and shared spectrum environment.
Submitted by the National Science Foundation for the National
Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and Information Technology
Research and Development (NITRD) on March 20, 2013.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2013-06780 Filed 3-25-13; 8:45 am]
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