The statutory authority for theNIST Public Safety Innovation Accelerator Program is 15 U.S.C.
§ 3706 and 47U.S.C.
§ 144 3. The NIST Public Safety InnovationAccelerator Program:
Mission Critical Voice Test Equipment (PSIAP-MCVTE) isseeking applications from eligible applicants
for activities to develop testequipment and associated code required to test communications devices, based on3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards, for mission criticalpush-to-talk technology (MCPTT) and related public safety features such asMission Critical Data (MCData) and Mission Critical Video (MCVideo).
Thesegoals, and specific technical areas of research in the PSIAP-MCVTE program, arediscussed in detail in Section I.
4. of this NOFO.