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COST-TERRA invites contributions to its second regular meeting on 19-21 January 2011 Asynchronous Network Signal Sensing and Classification Techniques Feature Detection Architecture for Low Processing Capable Radios High Performance/Throughput, Low Latency and Low Power Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) for Software Defined Radio (SDR) and Cognitive Radio (CR) Combined spectral management/ satellite receiver modem Real-Time RF Channel Impairment Emulator
Navy SBIR Program
Articles:
ALU may have a different twist on Sprint network modernization Sprint lays out a vague path to LTE with $5B network modernization FCC notice calls for a crystal ball Will the spectrum goal posts move in operators’ favour? Analogue designers are having to be increasingly innovative to overcome process scaling problems
Press Releases:
The Wireless Innovation Forum Announces Annual Award Winners ZTE bags $85 million contract from Aircel xG Technology announces new leadership Taiwan and Canada sign MOU Huawei plans mobile broadband tech dev’t with M4S buy Pentek Expands SDR Market Leadership by Integrating L-Band RF Tuner with Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA Rockwell Collins’ ARC-210 Gen5 radio receives NSA certification Agilent Technologies to Showcase Custom OFDM Waveform Design at 2010 Wireless Innovation Forum Stevens Dr. Mitola to Address Future of Radio Standards at Wireless Innovation Conference Stevens Professor Chandramouli Delivering Cognitive Radio Keynote in India Green Hills Software Powers Next-Generation Routing Solution for Rockwell Collins Huawei buys IMEC spin-off for $10 million Shared Spectrum Company Applauds New FCC Proceeding to Facilitate Innovation for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing MDE Systems to Deliver Tutorial on Software Techniques and Technologies for Software Defined Radios at the Wireless Innovation Conference (SDR 2010) Spectrum to Demonstrate New Wideband Tunable RF-to-Digital Transceiver and High-Performance PC-Based Signal Processing Platform at SDR’10 Stevens Dr. Joseph Mitola Presents Future of Wireless at IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 OIS to Present at Military and Aerospace Electronics Technical Conference
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European Conference on Communications
Technology and Software Defined Radio
(SDR’11-WInnComm-Europe) 22-24 June 2011 ~ Brussels, Belgium Reconfigurable radio technologies are becoming essential to support the requirements of the wireless market: network operators and wireless service providers in all market domains need to contain their capital and operational expenditures while supporting a proliferation of wireless standards and wireless end users, be they business travelers or first responders in a national emergency, are demanding radio technologies that allow them to communicate with whoever they need to, whenever they need to and wherever they are.
This conference will explore these requirements across domains and present innovative solutions in development to address them. Click here to see the call for Papers, Presentations and Tutorials.
JPEO JTRS Releases the Software Communication Architecture (SCA) Next Draft Specification and it is available for download from the JPEO JTRS Software Communications Architecture (SCA) website at http://sca.jpeojtrs.mil/scanext.asp or in the Forum’s web site.
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COST-TERRA invites contributions to its second regular meeting on 19-21 January 2011
We are now gathering expressions of interest and contributions towards the second installment of WG meetings of COST-TERRA, to be held in Lisbon on 19-21 January 2011 (see time schedule and travel info here). The call for contributions may be found here. Please note the deadline of 1 December 2010! The template for technical contributions may be found here.
Asynchronous Network Signal Sensing and Classification Techniques
Proposals Accepted:
December 13, 2010 – January 12, 2011
Objective:
Develop a low-cost sensor network that can perform signal sensing and automatic modulation classification (AMC) of weak signals that normally cannot be detected with traditional single sensor methods.
Feature Detection Architecture for Low Processing Capable Radios
Proposals Accepted:
December 13, 2010 – January 12, 2011
Objective:
Develop and demonstrate a Feature Detection Sensor architecture for embedded military radio applications with significantly improved performance capabilities over existing architectures in terms of decreased power consumption, faster detection time, and reduced processing and memory requirements. …
High Performance/Throughput, Low Latency and Low Power Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) for Software Defined Radio (SDR) and Cognitive Radio (CR)
Proposals Accepted:
December 13, 2010 – January 12, 2011
Objective:
Develop a high throughput, low latency and low power consumption, development portable Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to enhance the capability of Software Defined Radio (SDR) and Cognitive Radio (CR).
Combined spectral management/ satellite receiver modem
Proposals Accepted:
December 13, 2010 – January 12, 2011
Objective:
The objective is to construct a software defined receiver that coherently captures many simultaneous signals in 1 GHz of bandwidth around 20.7 GHz produced by as many as 8 separate but abutting transmit elements having noise floors potentially differing by >10 dB. DSP software provided must be able simultaneously to separate this IBW into software selectable depth FFT displays of the 8 transponders and into up to 100 arbitrarily centered signals having individual IBW of from 250 kHz to 500 MHz. Demodulation software for 10 commonly used waveforms should also be provided and selectable with minimum delay at the time of execution or via a canned script. In addition, the ability to record all the data in real time is desirable and to record the demodulated signal subsets is essential. All these features should be able to run in real time. The abilities to receive simultaneously other SatCom bands, e.g. 7.25-7.75GHz, and inclusion of compatible software to detect intruding users and adaptively remove interfering signals are desirable.
Real-Time RF Channel Impairment Emulator
Proposals Accepted:
December 13, 2010 – January 12, 2011
Objective:
Research and develop a multi-channel, programmable, scalable, and extensible RF-channel emulator that will enable laboratory verification of next-generation military and commercial radio and waveform capabilities by emulating a high-fidelity operationally-representative radio frequency environment for networks of 8 to 100 radio node
Navy SBIR Program
The US Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is focused on developing technologies that meet both specific Naval needs as well as general Department of Defense needs. Many of the Navy’s SBIR Program’s Phase II companies also participate in the Transition Assistance Program (TAP). One of the key goals of the TAP is to connect these SBIR funded technologies to potential users. For your reference, the following links provide information on the Navy’s SBIR/STTR Program, the TAP, and the VAS 2010 – an online database of the technologies from the 2010 TAP.
http://www.dawnbreaker.com/defense/navy-tap.php
http://www.virtualacquisitionshowcase.com/
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Articles
ALU may have a different twist on Sprint network modernization
While Samsung and Ericsson will deploy new equipment, Alcatel-Lucent might be able to tap into its old gear’s upgrade capabilities
8 Dec 2010, Connected Planet, Kevin Fitchard
Of the three vendors that won Sprint’s (NYSE:S) network modernization contract, Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) might be in the unique position of upgrading some of its old equipment, rather than performing a wholesale replacement of legacy base stations with new ones. Sprint lays out a vague path to LTE with $5B network modernization
8 Dec 2010, Connected Planet, Kevin Fitchard
Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung will supply multi-mode base stations supporting CDMA and LTE, while iDEN targeted for the scrap heap in 2013
Sprint (NYSE:S) today made the odd move of announcing a $5 billion network evolution plan without naming what technology it will be evolving to.
The CDMA operator named Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE:ALU) and Samsung as vendors for a new network modernization project that will allow Sprint to support its 2G, 3G and eventually 4G networks on multiple frequencies over the same multi-mode base stations. FCC notice calls for a crystal ball
30 Nov 2010, Donny Jackson, Urgent Communications
FCC commissioners today launched proceedings that would explore a relatively new world of wireless communications, one in which network gear and devices are able to spot temporarily fallow spectrum and use it in a blink of an eye before clearing off the frequency in time for a dedicated user to access the airwaves. … Will the spectrum goal posts move in operators’ favour?
How do cellular operators remain competitive in a changing spectrum environment?
22 Nov 2010, Telecoms.com
The competition in wireless service provision is as fierce as ever. To make matters worse, it looks like the rules of engagement might soon change. With Dell, Microsoft and Google’s recent interest in the use of TV white spaces for broadband access, the cellular operator’s competitive advantage of a high-value spectrum licence may not last.
The challenge for cellular operators is to stay ahead of this new group of competitors. If there are benefits to be had from changes in the regulatory environment and from the dynamic spectrum access technologies this encourages, cellular operators need to ensure that they rather than their new competition are the first to benefit. … Analogue designers are having to be increasingly innovative to overcome process scaling problems
22 Nov 2010, By Chris Edwards, New Electronics
Analogue integrated circuit design has never been easy. But as fabs start ramping their 28nm processes, the problems facing designers trying to put mixed signal circuitry on to the chips have reached a new level of complexity.
According to Professor Franco Maloberti of the University of Pavia, process scaling into the deep submicron region brings one crucial improvement: speed. The unity gain current frequency is almost inversely proportional to the square of the gate length, so sub 45nm processes push cmos into the realm of 60GHz wireless communications. … [TOP]
Press Releases
The Wireless Innovation Forum Announces Annual Award Winners
8 Dec 2010, Benzinga
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Wireless Innovation Forum announced today winners of its annual Achievement Awards. Ettus Research took home Technology of the Year, Communication Research Center Canada won the award for International Achievement and Terry Anderson won the Presidents’ Award. Winners were announced at SDR’10 Technical Conference and Product Exposition, the premier event for the reconfigurable radio community, on November 30 in Washington, D.C. … ZTE bags $85 million contract from Aircel
8 Dec 2010, Sify Finance
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Telecom equipment provider ZTE Corporation Wednesday said that it has won a $85 million universal mobile telecommunication system contract from telecom service provider Aircel to build and deploy a third generation (3G) network.… xG Technology announces new leadership
7 Dec 2010, Urgent Communications
Cognitive-radio startup xG Technology last week announced its new leadership team, with John Coleman becoming CEO of the company and wireless industry veteran George Schmitt being named as CEO of MB Technology Holdings, which owns 39.72% of xG Technology. … Taiwan and Canada sign MOU
7 Dec 2010, Taiwan Today
Taiwan and Canada signed a memorandum of understanding on information and communication technology cooperation in Ottawa Dec. 6. Under the agreement, the two sides will work together to develop the next generation of cognitive radio technology. The MOU was signed by National Science Council Minister Lee Lou-chuang, ROC representative to Canada David Ta-wei Lee, as well as Veena Rawat, president of the Communications Research Centre Canada, and the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei. Lee Lou-chuang said the NSC and CRC have been long-term partners in various fields, including monolith microwave integrated circuits, satellite antenna system engineering, biomedical chips, and wireless communication ICs for environmental monitoring. He said the range of applications of cognitive radio technology is extensive, such as 3-D television, high-definition TV and biomedicine. Huawei plans mobile broadband tech dev’t with M4S buy
6 Dec 2010, EE Times India
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd is buying all of M4S as part of a cooperation agreement with Option to develop mobile broadband technology for Europe, the company said. The purchase price was about Rs.46.90 crore ($10.5 million), according to Will Strauss, principal analyst, Forward Concepts. Pentek Expands SDR Market Leadership by Integrating L-Band RF Tuner with Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA
4 Dec 2010, PR-USA.net
Pentek, Inc., today extended its Cobalt product family to a new domain, announcing the Model 71690 L-Band RF tuner and dual digitizer module with on-board Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA. The instrument, being previewed at SDR 2010, Booth #1, targets reception and processing of digitally-modulated RF signals such as satellite television and terrestrial wireless communications. The Model 71690 requires only an antenna and a host system, such as a personal computer, to form a complete L-band SDR development platform. Rockwell Collins’ ARC-210 Gen5 radio receives NSA certification
4 Dec 2010, Military and Aerospace Electronics
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, 4 Dec. 2010. The Rockwell Collins RT-1939(C) ARC-210 Gen5 radio has received National Security Agency (NSA) Type 1 Certification.
The ARC-210 Gen5 radio features a Software Communications Architecturesoftware defined radio architecture, embedded programmable next generation crypto and extended frequencies to 941 MHz. In addition, the Gen5 radio is upgradeable to a Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) UHF data link and supports insertion of Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) and Tactical Secure Voice (TSV) capabilities. … Agilent Technologies to Showcase Custom OFDM Waveform Design at 2010 Wireless Innovation Forum
2 Dec 2010, emsNow
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced that it will demonstrate the latest design and test innovations for software-defined radio (SDR) at the 2010 Wireless Innovation Forum, Dec.1-2, in Washington, D.C. The demonstration will highlight Agilent’s new design and verification tools for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) technology, a family of high-performance communications formats. … Stevens Dr. Mitola to Address Future of Radio Standards at Wireless Innovation Conference
2 Dec 2010, PR-USA.net
Vice President for The Research Enterprise at Stevens Institute of Technology and Distinguished Professor Joseph Mitola is participating in a cognitive radio panel at SDR ’10: The Wireless Innovation Conference this Wednesday, December 1 in Washington, D.C. … Stevens Professor Chandramouli Delivering Cognitive Radio Keynote in India
2 Dec 2010, PR-USA.net
Dr. Rajarathnam Chandramouli of Stevens Institute of Technology, will deliver a keynote lecture at the International Workshop on Cognitive Radio (IWCR). A companion element of the IEEE International Conference on Internet Multimedia Systems Architecture and Application (IMSAA), IWCR 2010 will be held in Bangalore, India on December 15. …
Green Hills Software Powers Next-Generation Routing Solution for Rockwell Collins
2 Dec 2010, PR-USA.net
Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced that its INTEGRITY® RTOS, GateD® Advanced Routing and MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE) have been selected by Rockwell Collins as the operating system unicast routing solution and tools environment for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Enterprise Network Services Tactical Data Controller product. Green Hills products and services are the basis for the secure and reliable interoperation between networking and legacy waveforms as well as critical radio network management and networking services. …
Huawei buys IMEC spin-off for $10 million
1 Dec 2010, EE Times
LONDON – Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has agreed to acquire IMEC spin-off company M4S NV, from Option NV, a supplier of wireless broadband equipment, subsystems and software. … Shared Spectrum Company Applauds New FCC Proceeding to Facilitate Innovation for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
Changes Designed to Give Consumers More and Faster Wireless Broadband Access
30 Nov 2010, Marketwire
ARLINGTON, VA–(Marketwire – November 30, 2010) – Today in a keynote address at the Wireless Innovation Forum’s Technical Conference and Production Exposition in Arlington, VA, Tom Stroup, CEO of Shared Spectrum Company (SSC), will address a new proceeding commenced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This Notice of Inquiry (NOI) will explore how dynamic spectrum access (DSA) can be deployed to promote more intensive and efficient use of wireless spectrum for consumers. … MDE Systems to Deliver Tutorial on Software Techniques and Technologies for Software Defined Radios at the Wireless Innovation Conference (SDR 2010)
29 Nov 2010, PR-Web.com
Bronx, NY (PRWEB) November 29, 2010 — MDE Systems Inc., a company specializing in the application of powerful software technologies to the Software Defined Radio (SDR) domain, announced today that it will deliver a tutorial on Software Techniques and Technologies for Software Defined Radios at the Wireless Innovation Conference and Product Exposition (SDR 2010) on Wednesday, December 1st 2010 in Washington D.C. … Spectrum to Demonstrate New Wideband Tunable RF-to-Digital Transceiver and High-Performance PC-Based Signal Processing Platform at SDR’10
24 Nov 2010, American Banking and Market News
Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima (“Spectrum”), trusted supplier of embedded computing and processing solutions for more than 20 years, today announced they will demonstrate two new high-performance signal processing solutions at this year’s Wireless Innovation Forum SDR ’10 Conference in Washington, D.C. starting November 30th. Stevens Dr. Joseph Mitola Presents Future of Wireless at IEEE GLOBECOM 2010
22 Nov 2010, AUTO-MOBI.com
In December, Distinguished Professor Joseph Mitola, Vice President for The Research Enterprise at Stevens Institute of Technology, will travel to Miami to present and participate at IEEE GLOBECOM 2010. As the premiere international conference for communications and networking technologies since 1957, IEEE GLOBECOM 2010 offers a rich technical program and features high-level speakers and attendees from industry, academia, and government. IEEE GLOBECOM has experienced recent explosive growth and this year the conference will draw over 2500 attendees to the Hyatt Regency Miami on December 6-10. … OIS to Present at Military and Aerospace Electronics Technical Conference
19 Nov 2010, PR-Canada.net
Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS), the worldwide leader of high-performance, real-time and embedded communications middleware solutions, today announced that its Senior Vice President, Joe Jacob will speak at the Military and Aerospace Electronics (MAE) Technical Conference on middleware solutions that simultaneously meet safety-critical, security and multi-core requirements. …
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