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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
[Docket No. 210105–0001]
RIN 0660–XC049
5G Challenge Notice of Inquiry
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Inquiry.
AGENCY:
Through this Notice of
Inquiry, the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, under sponsorship of
and in collaboration with the
Department of Defense 5G Initiative, is
seeking comments and
recommendations from all interested
stakeholders to explore the creation of a
5G Challenge that would accelerate the
development of the open 5G stack
ecosystem in support of Department of
Defense missions.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
5 p.m. Eastern Time on February 10,
2021.
SUMMARY:
Written comments may be
submitted by email to
5GChallengeNOI@ntia.gov. Comments
submitted by email should be machinereadable and should not be copyprotected. Written comments also may
be submitted by mail to the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 325 Broadway, Attn:
Rebecca Dorch, Boulder, CO 80305. For
more detailed instructions about
submitting comments, see the
‘‘Instructions for Commenters’’ section
in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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Rebecca Dorch, National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO
80305; telephone (720) 215–6145; email
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Recognizing the vital importance of
fifth-generation (5G) wireless
communications to U.S. economic and
security interests, the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) of the U.S.
Department of Commerce has made it a
top priority to engage in 5G across a
broad spectrum of topics.
Commensurably, the Department of
Defense (DoD) in 2019 established its 5G
Initiative as a key modernization
priority with the goal to advance U.S.
and partner capabilities to fully leverage
5G technologies for military networking
needs. A key innovation in 5G that is
becoming more pervasive in the larger
5G ecosystem is the trend toward ‘‘open
5G’’ architectures that emphasize open
interfaces in the network stack. NTIA,
under sponsorship of and in
collaboration with the DoD 5G
Initiative, is seeking comments and
recommendations from all interested
stakeholders to explore the creation of a
5G Challenge that would accelerate the
development of the open 5G stack
ecosystem in support of DoD missions.
Background: NTIA is the Executive
Branch agency responsible for advising
the President on telecommunications
and information policy.1 NTIA was
established in 1978 in response to the
growing national consensus that
‘‘telecommunications and information
are vital to the public welfare, national
security, and competitiveness of the
United States,’’ and that, ‘‘rapid
technological advances being made in
the telecommunications and
information fields make it imperative
that the United States maintain effective
national and international policies and
programs capable of taking advantage of
continued advancements.’’ 2 In the more
than 40 years since its inception, NTIA
has made growth and innovation in
communications technologies—most
recently 5G and beyond wireless
communications—a cornerstone of its
mission. The Administration’s 2020 5G
Strategy reaffirmed that ‘‘the United
States Government will work with the
private sector, academia, and
international government partners to
adopt policies, standards, guidelines,
and procurement strategies that
reinforce 5G vendor diversity to foster
market competition.’’ 3
NTIA’s Institute for
Telecommunication Sciences: The
1 47
U.S.C. 902(b)(2)(D).
U.S.C. 901(b)(1)–(6).
3 Executive Office of the President, National
Strategy to Secure 5G of the United States of
America (Mar. 2020), https://www.whitehouse.gov/
wp-content/uploads/2020/03/National-Strategy-5GFinal.pdf.
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Institute for Telecommunication
Sciences (ITS) is NTIA’s spectrum and
communications laboratory. It plays a
central role in informing the
formulation of the U.S. Government’s
information and communications
technology policies and additionally
works on behalf of other U.S.
Government departments and agencies
in need of telecommunications
engineering expertise. ITS works across
a diverse telecommunications
ecosystem with a primary focus on 5G
communications.
Technical Motivation for Challenge:
Many innovations are being explored in
the greater 5G economy. One movement
that appears to be gaining traction
across the ecosystem is the use of opensource implementations for various
components of a 5G system. Among
those components is the 5G protocol
stack. The open 5G stack community is
diverse, with a wide variety of
organizations in academia, government,
and private industry. Additionally,
different open 5G stack organizations
are focused on different portions of the
stack, with no clear division among the
multiple implementations currently
available. And the various
implementations are often created with
the intention to be used with code
sourced from a single organization,
where interoperability among the
community’s implementations is not
guaranteed.
Request for Comments:
Through this Notice, NTIA is
soliciting comments and
recommendations from stakeholders on
how a Challenge to accelerate the
development of the open 5G stack
ecosystem in order to support DoD
missions could be constructed. These
comments will help NTIA and the U.S.
Government identify and mitigate the
challenges in creating and executing a
competition. They will also help NTIA
leverage its engineering expertise to
construct a Challenge that maximizes
the benefit to both the open 5G stack
market and the DoD on an accelerated
schedule.
For the purposes of this Notice, NTIA
has organized these questions into three
broad categories: (1) Challenge structure
and goals; (2) incentives and scope; and
(3) timeframe and infrastructure
support. NTIA seeks public input on
any and/or all of these three categories.
Instructions for Commenters: NTIA
invites comments on the full range of
questions presented by this Notice,
including issues that are not specifically
raised. Commenters are encouraged to
address any or all of the following
questions. Comments that contain
references to specific studies and/or
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research should include copies of the
referenced materials with the submitted
comments. Comments submitted by
email should be machine-readable and
should not be copy-protected.
Commenters should include the name of
the person or organization filing the
comment, which will facilitate agency
follow up for clarifications as necessary,
as well as a page number on each page
of their submissions. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted on the
NTIA website, https://www.ntia.gov,
without change. All personal identifying
information (for example, name,
address) voluntarily submitted by the
commenter may be publicly accessible.
Do not submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
I. Challenge Structure & Goals
A. How could a Challenge be structured
such that it would take advantage of
DOD’s role as an early U.S. Government
adopter of 5G technology to mature the
open 5G stack ecosystem faster,
encourage more participation in open
5G stack development including
encouraging new participants, and
identify any roadblocks to broader
participation?
B. How could a Challenge be structured
to focus on the greatest impediments to
the maturation of end-to-end open 5G
stack development?
C. What should be the goals of a
Challenge focusing on maturation of the
open 5G stack ecosystem? How could
such a Challenge be structured to allow
for the greatest levels of innovation?
What metrics should be used in the
assessment of proposals to ensure the
best proposals are selected?
D. How will the open 5G stack market
benefit from such a Challenge? How
could a Challenge be structured to
provide dual benefit to both the
Government and the open 5G stack
market?
II. Incentives and Scope
A. What are the incentives in open 5G
stack ecosystem development that
would maximize cooperation and
collaboration, promote interoperability
amongst varied open 5G stack
components developed by different
participants, and mature desired
featured sets faster with greater
stability?
B. Could a Challenge be designed that
addresses the issues raised in previous
questions and also includes test and
evaluation of the security of the
components?
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C. Could a Challenge be designed that
would require participants to leverage
software bill of materials design
principles in the development of
components for an open 5G stack?
D. Many open 5G stack organizations
have developed partial implementations
for different aspects of an open 5G
stack. What portions of the open 5G
stack has your organization successfully
developed with working code? What
portions of the open 5G stack does your
organization believe can be developed
quickly (6 months or less)? What
development support would best enable
test and evaluation of the different
elements of an open 5G stack?
E. What 5G enabling features should be
highlighted in the Challenge, such as
software defined networking, network
slicing, network function virtualization,
radio access network intelligent
controller, radio access network
virtualization?
III. Timeframe & Infrastructure
A. What software and hardware
infrastructure will be needed to
successfully execute this Challenge?
B. What is a reasonable timeframe to
structure such a Challenge? Should
there be different phases for such a
Challenge? If so, what are appropriate
timelines for each suggested phase?
Dated: January 5, 2021.
Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications
and Information Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
[Docket No. 210105-0001]
RIN 0660-XC049
5G Challenge Notice of Inquiry
AGENCY: National Telecommunications and Information Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Inquiry.
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SUMMARY: Through this Notice of Inquiry, the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, under sponsorship of
and in collaboration with the Department of Defense 5G Initiative, is
seeking comments and recommendations from all interested stakeholders
to explore the creation of a 5G Challenge that would accelerate the
development of the open 5G stack ecosystem in support of Department of
Defense missions.
DATES: Comments are due on or before 5 p.m. Eastern Time on February
10, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by email to
[email protected]. Comments submitted by email should be machine-
readable and should not be copy-protected. Written comments also may be
submitted by mail to the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 325 Broadway, Attn:
Rebecca Dorch, Boulder, CO 80305. For more detailed instructions about
submitting comments, see the ``Instructions for Commenters'' section in
the Supplementary Information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Dorch, National
Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305; telephone (720) 215-6145;
email [email protected]. Please direct media inquiries to NTIA's Office
of Public Affairs: (202) 482-7002, or at [email protected].
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Recognizing the vital importance of fifth-
generation (5G) wireless communications to U.S. economic and security
interests, the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce has made it a
top priority to engage in 5G across a broad spectrum of topics.
Commensurably, the Department of Defense (DoD) in 2019 established its
5G Initiative as a key modernization priority with the goal to advance
U.S. and partner capabilities to fully leverage 5G technologies for
military networking needs. A key innovation in 5G that is becoming more
pervasive in the larger 5G ecosystem is the trend toward ``open 5G''
architectures that emphasize open interfaces in the network stack.
NTIA, under sponsorship of and in collaboration with the DoD 5G
Initiative, is seeking comments and recommendations from all interested
stakeholders to explore the creation of a 5G Challenge that would
accelerate the development of the open 5G stack ecosystem in support of
DoD missions.
Background: NTIA is the Executive Branch agency responsible for
advising the President on telecommunications and information policy.\1\
NTIA was established in 1978 in response to the growing national
consensus that ``telecommunications and information are vital to the
public welfare, national security, and competitiveness of the United
States,'' and that, ``rapid technological advances being made in the
telecommunications and information fields make it imperative that the
United States maintain effective national and international policies
and programs capable of taking advantage of continued advancements.''
\2\ In the more than 40 years since its inception, NTIA has made growth
and innovation in communications technologies--most recently 5G and
beyond wireless communications--a cornerstone of its mission. The
Administration's 2020 5G Strategy reaffirmed that ``the United States
Government will work with the private sector, academia, and
international government partners to adopt policies, standards,
guidelines, and procurement strategies that reinforce 5G vendor
diversity to foster market competition.'' \3\
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\1\ 47 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)(D).
\2\ 47 U.S.C. 901(b)(1)-(6).
\3\ Executive Office of the President, National Strategy to
Secure 5G of the United States of America (Mar. 2020), https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/National-Strategy-5G-Final.pdf.
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NTIA's Institute for Telecommunication Sciences: The Institute for
Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) is NTIA's spectrum and communications
laboratory. It plays a central role in informing the formulation of the
U.S. Government's information and communications technology policies
and additionally works on behalf of other U.S. Government departments
and agencies in need of telecommunications engineering expertise. ITS
works across a diverse telecommunications ecosystem with a primary
focus on 5G communications.
Technical Motivation for Challenge: Many innovations are being
explored in the greater 5G economy. One movement that appears to be
gaining traction across the ecosystem is the use of open-source
implementations for various components of a 5G system. Among those
components is the 5G protocol stack. The open 5G stack community is
diverse, with a wide variety of organizations in academia, government,
and private industry. Additionally, different open 5G stack
organizations are focused on different portions of the stack, with no
clear division among the multiple implementations currently available.
And the various implementations are often created with the intention to
be used with code sourced from a single organization, where
interoperability among the community's implementations is not
guaranteed.
Request for Comments:
Through this Notice, NTIA is soliciting comments and
recommendations from stakeholders on how a Challenge to accelerate the
development of the open 5G stack ecosystem in order to support DoD
missions could be constructed. These comments will help NTIA and the
U.S. Government identify and mitigate the challenges in creating and
executing a competition. They will also help NTIA leverage its
engineering expertise to construct a Challenge that maximizes the
benefit to both the open 5G stack market and the DoD on an accelerated
schedule.
For the purposes of this Notice, NTIA has organized these questions
into three broad categories: (1) Challenge structure and goals; (2)
incentives and scope; and (3) timeframe and infrastructure support.
NTIA seeks public input on any and/or all of these three categories.
Instructions for Commenters: NTIA invites comments on the full
range of questions presented by this Notice, including issues that are
not specifically raised. Commenters are encouraged to address any or
all of the following questions. Comments that contain references to
specific studies and/or research should include copies of the
referenced materials with the submitted comments. Comments submitted by
email should be machine-readable and should not be copy-protected.
Commenters should include the name of the person or organization filing
the comment, which will facilitate agency follow up for clarifications
as necessary, as well as a page number on each page of their
submissions. All comments received are a part of the public record and
will generally be posted on the NTIA website, https://www.ntia.gov,
without change. All personal identifying information (for example,
name, address) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit confidential business information or
otherwise sensitive or protected information.
I. Challenge Structure & Goals
A. How could a Challenge be structured such that it would take
advantage of DOD's role as an early U.S. Government adopter of 5G
technology to mature the open 5G stack ecosystem faster, encourage more
participation in open 5G stack development including encouraging new
participants, and identify any roadblocks to broader participation?
B. How could a Challenge be structured to focus on the greatest
impediments to the maturation of end-to-end open 5G stack development?
C. What should be the goals of a Challenge focusing on maturation of
the open 5G stack ecosystem? How could such a Challenge be structured
to allow for the greatest levels of innovation? What metrics should be
used in the assessment of proposals to ensure the best proposals are
selected?
D. How will the open 5G stack market benefit from such a Challenge? How
could a Challenge be structured to provide dual benefit to both the
Government and the open 5G stack market?
II. Incentives and Scope
A. What are the incentives in open 5G stack ecosystem development that
would maximize cooperation and collaboration, promote interoperability
amongst varied open 5G stack components developed by different
participants, and mature desired featured sets faster with greater
stability?
B. Could a Challenge be designed that addresses the issues raised in
previous questions and also includes test and evaluation of the
security of the components?
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C. Could a Challenge be designed that would require participants to
leverage software bill of materials design principles in the
development of components for an open 5G stack?
D. Many open 5G stack organizations have developed partial
implementations for different aspects of an open 5G stack. What
portions of the open 5G stack has your organization successfully
developed with working code? What portions of the open 5G stack does
your organization believe can be developed quickly (6 months or less)?
What development support would best enable test and evaluation of the
different elements of an open 5G stack?
E. What 5G enabling features should be highlighted in the Challenge,
such as software defined networking, network slicing, network function
virtualization, radio access network intelligent controller, radio
access network virtualization?
III. Timeframe & Infrastructure
A. What software and hardware infrastructure will be needed to
successfully execute this Challenge?
B. What is a reasonable timeframe to structure such a Challenge? Should
there be different phases for such a Challenge? If so, what are
appropriate timelines for each suggested phase?
Dated: January 5, 2021.
Kathy D. Smith,
Chief Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information
Administration.
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