Research Networks - ITL has constructed laboratory based test networks for research on emerging technologies. Network experiments cannot be run over production networks without endangering those networks. Lessons learned in these environments can then be passed on to industry for commercial product development. The NGI brings the research network out of the lab and implements it on a national scale. By providing tests and measurement early in the development cycle, NIST hopes to create network products that have measurement built-in from the start.
Measurement is an essential component of continuous improvement.
You cannot improve a product if you cannot understand how it is performing. ANTD Contact Information Craig Hunt, Acting Chief Advanced Network Technologies Division B217, Bldg.