INL is driven to move wireless technology solutions from concept and design through validation and deployment. The Wireless Test Bed provides wireless and telecommunications technical expertise, systems and environments to enable:
Testing and demonstration of wireless systems and equipment
Development and training of tactics, techniques and procedures
Wireless Testing Capabilities
Maximum frequency Spectrum available:
Low RF noise:typically ? -120 dBm (over 10 kHz RBW) – No urban areas or military bases
NTIA Experimental Radio Station
“Full” spectrum use (as outlined NTIA Redbook)
No harmful interference
Government test or experimental use only
Local Spectrum Manager:
Max Power/Frequencies case by case basis
Rapid approval (1 to 4 weeks) by INL Spectrum Manager
Remote Spectrum Monitoring
Full-scale communications test networks (fixed & mobile)– international frequencies:
LTE, UMTS and GSM Tier I Networks
LTE Tier III Network
ISBN Satellite system
HF fixed and mobile radios/antennas
UAV and UGV test areas
Mountain top line-of-site access
Instrumentation:
RF waveform analyzers, generators
Protocol analyzers
Noise generators for controlled interference
Established services and processes:
Spectrum approval & monitoring
Safety, Medical, Fire, Security (physical)
Resource management – personnel, networks, configuration control
Equipment and capabilities are only part of the story at INL’s wireless test bed. Users also have access to dozens of communication engineers with expertise in cellular, wireless and internet protocol design, implementation, programming and operations. Our researchers have real world industry experience in design, installation, maintenance and operations of next generation wireless communication systems from organizations including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Nokia, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Motorola, Hughes, L-3 Communications, Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Nextel and Radix.
