Notice2024-03400
Request for Information on the National Spectrum Research and Development Plan
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February 20, 2024
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Abstract
Pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum on Modernizing United States Spectrum Policy and Establishing a National Spectrum Strategy, November 13, 2023, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), released a National Spectrum Strategy (Strategy), November 13, 2023. The word "spectrum" in this context refers to the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Strategic Objective 3.2 of the Strategy directs the U.S. Government, through the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and in coordination with the Federal agencies, to develop a National Spectrum Research and Development Plan (R&D Plan). On behalf of OSTP, NITRD NCO seeks public input for the creation of the R&D Plan. The R&D Plan will act as an organizing national document, providing guidance for government investments in spectrum-related research and offering valuable insights. The R&D Plan will identify key innovation areas for spectrum research and development and will include a process to refine and enhance these areas on an ongoing basis.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12871-12872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03400]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Request for Information on the National Spectrum Research and
Development Plan
AGENCY: Networking and Information Technology Research and Development
(NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO), National Science
Foundation.
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum on Modernizing United
States Spectrum Policy and Establishing a National Spectrum Strategy,
November 13, 2023, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA),
released a National Spectrum Strategy (Strategy), November 13, 2023.
The word ``spectrum'' in this context refers to the radio frequency
portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. Strategic Objective 3.2 of the
Strategy directs the U.S. Government, through the White House Office of
Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and in coordination with the
Federal agencies, to develop a National Spectrum Research and
Development Plan (R&D Plan). On behalf of OSTP, NITRD NCO seeks public
input for the creation of the R&D Plan. The R&D Plan will act as an
organizing national document, providing guidance for government
investments in spectrum-related research and offering valuable
insights. The R&D Plan will identify key innovation areas for spectrum
research and development and will include a process to refine and
enhance these areas on an ongoing basis.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
11:59 p.m. (ET) on March 21, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in response to this RFI may be sent by
any of the following methods:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#faa98a9f998e888f97a894be8a969b94a8bcb3ba94938e889ed49d958c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53002336302721263e013d17233f323d01151a133d3a2721377d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>; Email submissions
should be machine-readable and not be copy-protected. Submissions
should include ``RFI Response: National Spectrum R&D Plan'' in the
subject line of the message.
<bullet> Fax: 202-459-9673, Attn: Mallory Hinks; or
<bullet> Mail: Attn: Mallory Hinks, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue,
Alexandria, VA 22314, USA.
Instructions: Response to this RFI is voluntary. Each individual or
institution is requested to submit only one response. Submissions must
not exceed 10 pages in 12 point or larger font, with a page number
provided on each page. Responses must include the name of the person(s)
or organization(s) filing the comment and the following statement:
``This document is approved for public dissemination. The document
contains no business-proprietary or confidential information. Document
contents may be
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reused by the government in the National Spectrum R&D Plan and
associated documents without attribution.'' Responses to this RFI may
be posted online at <a href="https://www.nitrd.gov/">https://www.nitrd.gov/</a>. Therefore, we request that
no business proprietary information, copyrighted information, or
sensitive personally identifiable information be submitted as part of
your response to this RFI. In accordance with FAR 15.202(3), responses
to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government
to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all
expenses associated with responding to this RFI.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mallory Hinks at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d182a1b4b2a5a3a4bc83bf95a1bdb0bf83979891bfb8a5a3b5ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3f0d3c6c0d7d1d6cef1cde7d3cfc2cdf1e5eae3cdcad7d1c78dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a> or (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, except for U.S. Federal
Government holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Spectrum Strategy (Strategy),
November 13, 2023, Strategic Objective 3.2 directs the U.S. Government,
through the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and in
coordination with the Federal agencies, to develop a National Spectrum
Research and Development Plan (R&D Plan). The R&D Plan will act as an
organizing national document, providing guidance for government
investments in spectrum-related research and offering valuable
insights. The plan will identify key innovation areas for spectrum
research and development and will include a process to refine and
enhance these areas on an ongoing basis.
OSTP has tasked the NITRD Wireless Spectrum Research and
Development Interagency Working Group (WSRD IWG) to draft and
coordinate development of the National Spectrum R&D Plan. The R&D Plan
is expected to be released in late 2024. Revisions will occur
periodically.
The NITRD WSRD IWG requests input from the public, including
academia and industry, to assist in development of the National
Spectrum R&D Plan.
Topics: We encourage responses to be organized according to the
following outline, although we also welcome responses that address only
a subset of the items below. Submitters are encouraged to address the
topics of this RFI clearly and concisely. Submitted information that
does not directly address the RFI may be disregarded.
1. Recommendations on strategies for conducting spectrum research
in a manner that minimizes unnecessary duplication, ensures that all
essential spectrum research areas are sufficiently explored, and
achieves measurable advancements in state-of-the-art spectrum science
and engineering. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
<bullet> Methods/approaches to increase coordinated investment in R&D
amongst government agencies, academia, civil society, and the private
sector
<bullet> Structural and process improvements in the organization and
promotion of Federal and non-Federal spectrum R&D
2. Recommended priority areas for spectrum research and
development, as well as productive directions for advancing the state-
of-the-art in those areas. Areas of interest include, but are not
limited to, the following:
<bullet> Spectrum utilization efficiency
<bullet> Spectrum resilience and assured access for critical mission
applications and passive scientific observation
<bullet> Dynamic spectrum access and management
<bullet> Spectrum situational awareness at scale
<bullet> Automatic and rapid mitigation of interference problems
<bullet> Modeling for coexistence analysis
Topics relevant to each of the above include, but are not limited
to, the following:
<bullet> Technical methods, designs, and processes
<bullet> Economic-, market-, social-, and human-centric concerns
<bullet> Business and economic models
<bullet> Protection of citizen privacy, sensitive government missions,
and business proprietary data
<bullet> Cost-effective hardware supporting more dynamic spectrum usage
<bullet> Use of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques
<bullet> Testbed development
<bullet> Assessment and certification of advanced systems
3. Recommendations on grand challenge problems for spectrum R&D.
Grand challenges are selected research problems that if attacked will
help motivate and coalesce R&D efforts. Such problems have the
following characteristics:
<bullet> The goal can be concisely articulated to stakeholders outside
the field
<bullet> Success or failure is clear
<bullet> Achieving success requires advancing the state-of-the-art in
multiple areas
4. Recommendations on spectrum R&D accelerators such as the
following:
<bullet> Shared public datasets
<bullet> Open-source software/projects
<bullet> Cost-effective flexible radio platforms
<bullet> Benchmarks and competitions
<bullet> Testbeds, research infrastructure, and collaboration support
5. Recommendations on near-term Federal activities to make progress
towards anything identified in responses 1-4.
6. Recommendations on a process to refine and enhance the R&D plan
on an ongoing basis.
7. Terminology and definitions relevant for spectrum R&D.
<bullet> One term of interest is ``Dynamic Spectrum Sharing'' which is
a focus of the National Spectrum Strategy but was not defined.
8. Other topics.
Next steps: The NITRD WSRD IWG will consider submissions to this
RFI when preparing the National Spectrum R&D Plan. The NITRD WSRD IWG
will not provide responses to submissions. Submissions may be posted to
the NITRD website listed above for public review. An open to the public
meeting will be held in May 2024, for community engagement with the
NITRD WSRD IWG on the R&D Plan. A notice of this meeting with how to
participate will be published in the Federal Register and on the NITRD
WSRD IWG web page, <a href="https://www.nitrd.gov/coordination-areas/wsrd/">https://www.nitrd.gov/coordination-areas/wsrd/</a>.
References
<bullet> Presidential Memorandum on Modernizing United States
Spectrum Policy and Establishing a National Spectrum Strategy, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/11/13/memorandum-on-modernizing-united-states-spectrum-policy-and-establishing-a-national-spectrum-strategy/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/11/13/memorandum-on-modernizing-united-states-spectrum-policy-and-establishing-a-national-spectrum-strategy/</a>.
<bullet> National Spectrum Strategy, <a href="https://www.ntia.gov/sites/default/files/publications/national_spectrum_strategy_final.pdf">https://www.ntia.gov/sites/default/files/publications/national_spectrum_strategy_final.pdf</a>.
Submitted by the National Science Foundation in support of the
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD)
National Coordination Office (NCO) on February 14, 2024.
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1861.)
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2024-03400 Filed 2-16-24; 8:45 am]
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