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NIST Procurement of Deployable Asymmetrical ISAC Testbed for 5G/6G and Radar Sensing

NIST's Communications Technology Laboratory is seeking a turnkey Deployable Asymmetrical Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) Testbed for advanced 5G/6G wireless and radar sensing research. - Government Buyer: - National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Communications Technology Laboratory, Wireless Networks Division, Radio Access and Propagation Metrology Group - OEMs and Vendors Mentioned: - Ettus Research (NI USRP X420 SDR) - National Instruments (NI OctoClock-G CDA-2990) - NVIDIA (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell GPU, ConnectX-6/5 NIC) - AMD (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9965WX CPU) - Intel (I350-T4 NIC) - HighPoint (SSD7540 RAID controller) - Products/Services Requested: - One Deployable Asymmetrical ISAC Testbed, including: - Two software-defined radios (SDRs), equivalent to Ettus USRP X420 - One clock distribution hub with GPSDO, equivalent to NI OctoClock-G CDA-2990 - Two high-performance servers (Transmit/Protocol and ISAC Sensor) with AMD Threadripper PRO CPUs, 128 GB DDR5 ECC RAM, NVMe SSD RAID, 16 TB HDD, and 100 GbE NICs - One professional GPU (NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell or better) for the ISAC Sensor Server - Multiple RF cables, Ku-band and X-band antenna sets, and network cabling - Mobile rack enclosure with power management and UPS - System assembly, integration, cabling, testing, and configuration services - Unique/Notable Requirements: - System must be turnkey, portable, and support both 5G/6G waveform transmission and radar sensing - SDRs must support 500 MS/s per channel, 1 GHz bandwidth, and 10 MHz–20 GHz frequency range - GPU must have at least 48 GB ECC GDDR7 memory and advanced AI/ML capabilities - All components must be commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) or equivalent - One-year comprehensive warranty, including OEM pass-through warranties - Delivery required by end of the specified year, with government acceptance testing and warranty period

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Procurement of Deployable Asymmetrical ISAC Testbed

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