What We Do
About the studio
The National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) provides the Government direct access to over 350 members of U.S. industry and academia who work with systems, sub-systems, components and the enabling technologies related to the use of the electromagnetic spectrum or the information that rides on it. The majority of Consortium members are small businesses, and over 75% are principally focused on commercial markets. Membership spans the continuum of basic research through large-scale production, enabling the formation of purpose-built teams tailored to the development phase(s) of most interest to the sponsor.
U.S. economic and security interests require American leadership on advanced technologies that expand access to, increase the control of, and make use of the data that flows across the electromagnetic spectrum. To meet these objectives, the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) delivers:
BREAKTHROUGHS
In spectrum- and spectrum-using capabilities.
INSIGHTS
To enhance, inform, and sustain U.S. technical leadership.
If you work with the following technologies, you would be a great fit for our consortium:
About the studio
mMIMO
or large antenna arrays that increase network capacity
3D Beamforming
technologies that form & direct antenna patterns for greater spectral efficiency
Waveform Diversity
capabilities to support of multimode operations
Multifunction RF
techniques via reconfigurable HW/SW
Cognitive Spectrum Sharing
enabling dynamic use of idle spectrum
Machine Learning
that automates analytical model building of large data sets
Cognitive Sensing
or automated adaptation of performance given environmental conditions
Smart Technologies
allowing sensors, databases, and wireless access to collaboratively sense, adapt, and provide services to users
Virtual/ Augmented/ Mixed Reality
technologies that create or merge real and virtual worlds
Digital Twins
or digital replicas of physical entities
Device-to-Device (D2D) Communications
through direct links
Network Ultra-Densification
to enable multiple users, lower latency, and increase data capacity
NB/ m/ C Internets of Things (IoT)
that offer ultra-reliable, low-latency, highly available M2M connectivity
VANET
cloud computing, enabling ubiquitous sharing of compute resources
Autonomous Navigation
including object recognition, obstacle avoidance, and partial, conditional, or full automation
Wireless Software Defined Networks
that decouple control and data planes for improved network performance
Network Function Virtualization
to enable decoupling of hardware and software layers
HetNets
that connect computers and other devices with different operating systems and/or protocols
Next Generation RAN
including cloud and distributed RAN and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)
5G Technologies
implementing 3GPP standards to enable human-to-human, human-to-machine, and machine-to-machine communications
Offensive Electronic Warfare
capabilities to support spectrum maneuver against adversaries
Electronic Protection
capabilities that sustain spectrum access and use in hostile environments
Zero-trust Cybersecurity
capabilities that enable positive control of information and access
Big Data
organization, processing, analytics and management tools to make use of very large data sets