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pscr.gov

ABOUT

PSCR

5 key 

RESEARCH AREAS

Strategic 

topic areas

RESEARCH 

PARTNERS

Intramural

impacts

Extramural

IMPACTS

The Public Safety Communications 

Research (PSCR) Division is the primary 

federal laboratory conducting research, 

development, testing, and evaluation 

for public safety communications 

technologies. It is housed within the 

Communications Technology Laboratory 

(CTL) at the National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST). It 

addresses the R&D necessary for critical 

features identified by public safety 

entities beyond the current generation of 

broadband technology.

MISSION

PSCR is driven towards advancing public 

safety communications technologies 

by accelerating the adoption and 

implementation of the most critical 

communications capabilities to ensure the 

public safety community can more effectively 

carry out their mission to protect lives and 

property during day-to-day operations, large 

scale events, and emergencies.

PROMISE

PSCR accelerates innovation by investing in 

research to transform the future of public safety 

communications, technology, and operations.
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PSCR

5 key 

RESEARCH AREAS

Strategic 

topic areas

RESEARCH 

PARTNERS

Intramural

impacts

Extramural

IMPACTS

lmr to lte Location-based 

services

MISSION

Critical

Voice (MCV)

User interface

User experience

Public safety 

analytics

Two cross-cutting 

research areas

Security

Resilient 

systems
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PSCR

5 key 

RESEARCH AREAS

Strategic 

topic areas

RESEARCH 

PARTNERS

Intramural

impacts

Extramural

IMPACTS

As the leading research facility, 

PSCR supports the development of a 

nationwide network and impacts the 

following strategic priority areas:

AI to Increase 

Operational 

Response

Public Safety 

Resilient 

Communications

Live 3D 

Indoor 

Tracking

5G IoT Sensor 

Networks for 

Public Safety

Public Safety 

Next Generation 

Heads Up 

Displays
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PSCR

5 key 

RESEARCH AREAS

Strategic 

topic areas

RESEARCH 

PARTNERS

Intramural

impacts

Extramural

IMPACTS
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pscr.gov

ABOUT

PSCR

5 key 

RESEARCH AREAS

Strategic 

topic areas

RESEARCH 

PARTNERS

Intramural

impacts

Extramural

IMPACTS

Products

Measurement Method Metrics

MCV Quality of 

Experience

Public Safety 

push-to-talk modeling

Virtual Reality 

Environment

Public Safety Analytics 

Open Framework

Indoor localization 

accuracy

Research 

Tools

Open Source 

Software 

publications

Standards

LTE

483 contributions for public safety 

service & feature requirements, 

architecture, & protocol 

specifications

Lmr to LTE

3GPP-Standards based LMR to LTE 

interfaces for public safety

Unique Resources

public safety Innovation Lab

40-gigabit

Core LTE network

P25 Phase 1 and 2

LMR system

2 RF chambers

for testing devices

Interoperability Lab

interconnecting LMR and LTE systems

Virtual & augmented

reality lab

for Field measurements

Mobile Research Vehicle

reach

Hosted Events

Laboratory visitors

staff
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ABOUT

PSCR

5 key 

RESEARCH AREAS

Strategic 

topic areas

RESEARCH 

PARTNERS

Intramural

impacts

Extramural

IMPACTS

Extramural Research

Grants and Cooperative agreements

patent Granted 1 For Resilient systems

award recipienT

open source code OVER

20

Including Vr environments

publically available

&analytics frameworks

submitted for

patent Applications

location-based services award recipients

3

Open innovation

Which words best describe PSCR’s 

Annual Stakeholder Meeting?

research publications

extramural

Professional journal/

conference proceedings

other publications