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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2006. Renewing U.S. Telecommunications Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11711.
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RENEWING U.S. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH

Robert W. Lucky and Jon Eisenberg, Editors

Committee on Telecommunications Research and Development

Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

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This study was supported by the National Science Foundation under award number CNS 0238609. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the agency that provided support for the project.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2006. Renewing U.S. Telecommunications Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11711.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2006. Renewing U.S. Telecommunications Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11711.
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COMMITTEE ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

ROBERT W. LUCKY,

Telcordia Technologies (retired),

Chair

JAMES D. ADAMS,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

FREDERICK R. CHANG,1

University of Texas, Austin

JOHN M. CIOFFI,

Stanford University

RICHARD A. DeMILLO,

Georgia Institute of Technology

REED HUNDT,

McKinsey & Company

JEFFREY M. JAFFE,

Novell

EDWARD KOZEL,

Open Range Ventures

RAJIV LAROIA,

Flarion Technologies

DAVID MESSERSCHMITT,

University of California, Berkeley

ELI M. NOAM,

Columbia University

DANIEL PIKE,

GCI Cable and Entertainment

LAWRENCE RABINER,

Rutgers University

THEODORE S. RAPPAPORT,

University of Texas, Austin

WILLIAM J. SPENCER,

SEMATECH (Emeritus)

DAVID TEECE,

University of California, Berkeley

HEMANT THAPAR,

Link-A-Media Devices

JACK K. WOLF,

University of California, San Diego

Staff

JON EISENBERG, Director and Study Director

DAVID PADGHAM, Associate Program Officer

CYNTHIA A. PATTERSON, Program Officer (through October 2004)

PHIL HILLIARD, Research Associate (through June 2004)

JENNIFER BISHOP, Senior Project Assistant

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Fred Chang resigned from the committee in October 2005 when he became director of research at the National Security Agency.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2006. Renewing U.S. Telecommunications Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11711.
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COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOARD

JOSEPH F. TRAUB,

Columbia University,

Chair

ERIC BENHAMOU,

Benhamou Global Ventures, LLC

WILLIAM DALLY,

Stanford University

MARK E. DEAN,

IBM Almaden Research Center

DAVID J. DeWITT,

University of Wisconsin, Madison

DEBORAH ESTRIN,

University of California, Los Angeles

JOAN FEIGENBAUM,

Yale University

KEVIN KAHN,

Intel Corporation

JAMES KAJIYA,

Microsoft Corporation

MICHAEL KATZ,

University of California, Berkeley

RANDY H. KATZ,

University of California, Berkeley

SARA KIESLER,

Carnegie Mellon University

TERESA H. MENG,

Stanford University

PRABHAKAR RAGHAVAN,

Yahoo! Research

FRED B. SCHNEIDER,

Cornell University

ALFRED Z. SPECTOR,

Independent Consultant, Pelham, New York

WILLIAM STEAD,

Vanderbilt University

ANDREW J. VITERBI,

Viterbi Group, LLC

PETER WEINBERGER,

Google, Inc.

JEANNETTE M. WING,

Carnegie Mellon University

JON EISENBERG, Director

KRISTEN BATCH, Associate Program Officer

JENNIFER M. BISHOP, Program Associate

RADHIKA CHARI, Administrative Coordinator

RENEE HAWKINS, Financial Associate

MARGARET MARSH HUYNH, Senior Program Assistant

HERBERT S. LIN, Senior Scientist

LYNETTE I. MILLETT, Senior Program Officer

DAVID PADGHAM, Associate Program Officer

JANICE SABUDA, Senior Program Assistant

TED SCHMITT, Program Officer

GLORIA WESTBROOK, Senior Program Assistant

BRANDYE WILLIAMS, Staff Assistant

JOAN WINSTON, Program Officer

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Preface

The Committee on Telecommunications Research and Development was convened by the National Research Council’s Computer Science and Telecommunications Board to conduct an assessment of U.S. telecommunications research and development (R&D). Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the study examines changes in the level of research support, research focus, and research time horizon in industry; discusses the importance of support for telecommunications research within universities; and addresses implications of the current research landscape for the health of the U.S. telecommunications sector, as well as the U.S. economy and society. The report comes at a time of increasing attention to the health of U.S. R&D across many sectors. Although some of the issues raised mirror those seen in other sectors, there are also marked differences with respect to research in telecommunications, some owing to the support for R&D historically provided through the Bell System.

The committee’s findings and recommendations are provided in Chapter 5. Chapters 1 through 4 provide related supporting evidence and discussion.

Robert W. Lucky, Chair

Committee on Telecommunications Research and Development

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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

William J. Brinkman, Princeton University,

David D. Clark, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Stephen Dukes, Imaginary Universes, LLC,

Judith Estrin, Packet Design,

James Flanagan, Rutgers University,

David Goodman, Polytechnic University,

Butler W. Lampson, Microsoft Corporation,

Frederick Leonberger, EOvation Technologies, LLC, and

Andrew J. Viterbi, Viterbi Group, LLC.

Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Elsa Garmire of Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering. Appointed by the National Research Council, she was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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The modern telecommunications infrastructure—made possible by research performed over the last several decades—is an essential element of the U.S. economy. The U.S. position as a leader in telecommunications technology, however, is at risk because of the recent decline in domestic support of long-term, fundamental telecommunications research. To help understand this challenge, the National Science Foundation asked the NRC to assess the state of telecommunications research in the United States and recommend ways to halt the research decline. This report provides an examination of telecommunications research support levels, focus, and time horizon in industry, an assessment of university telecommunications research, and the implications of these findings on the health of the sector. Finally, it presents recommendations for enhancing U.S. telecommunications’ research efforts.

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