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Navy SBIR Program
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Sharing the airwaves: Michigan Tech professor researches cognitive radio Reader Forum: But what about LTE-Advanced?
Press Releases:
Wireless Innovation Forum Approves Report on Quantifying the Benefits of Cognitive Radio Technologies Harris Corporation Receives $5.5 Million Order from U.S. Marine Corps for Falcon III Wideband Vehicular Radio Systems Two A*STAR I²R Scientists Conferred Prestigious IEEE Fellow Status The Wireless Innovation Forum Announces 2011 Board of Directors at Annual Meeting 4G Wireless Evolution – 4GWE: PCTEL Announces SeeGull MX Scanning Receiver 2010 Wireless Communication & 4G Summit Held in Chengdu Hi-tech Zone National Semiconductor’s 12-bit ADC Wins Semiconductor of the Year Award at 2010 Elektra Awards Green Hills: secure virtualization for TI’s OMAP 4 platform The Wireless Innovation Forum Announces Annual Award Winners PCTEL Announces Multi-Band, Multi-Technology SeeGull® MX Scanning Receiver
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| Submit your Paper, Presentation or Tutorial Proposal for the 2011 Wireless Innovation Forum
European Conference on Communications
Technology and Software Defined Radio
(SDR’11-WInnComm-Europe) 22-24 June 2011 ~ Brussels, Belgium Featuring workshops on Mobile VCE for Green Radio (view the CFP here) and International Tactical Radio, as well as presentations on JTRS SCA Next, ESSOR Architecture Standards Coordination, QoSMOS, CREW, CogEU, SENDORA, CROWN, ETARE, WOLF, EULER and CORASMA.
Click here to see the call for Papers, Presentations and Tutorials. Proposals due Jan. 7. Top papers will be included in (VLSI) Journal of Signal Processing Systems.
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.
Business Opportunities
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
Sharing the airwaves: Michigan Tech professor researches cognitive radio
A new technology called cognitive radio will someday allow wireless devices, like these cell phones, to share the radio spectrum and avoid annoying bottlenecks
20 Dec 2010, Marcia Goodrich, PhysOrg.com
Imagine yourself driving along an interstate highway, with about a thousand lanes of traffic zipping by. You notice that there are only a few cars in the outside lane, and you’d like to move over there.
Unfortunately, that lane is set aside for specially licensed vehicles, and yours isn’t one of them. In fact, you’re only allowed to drive in one lane, the one you’re in right now. Even if traffic in your lane gets so thick it grinds to a halt, you’re stuck. Too bad for you. … Reader Forum: But what about LTE-Advanced?
20 Dec 2010, Rupert Baines, VP Marketing, Picochip for RCR Wireless News
In the Red Queen’s Race which is technology, it is always true that you must run as fast as you can to keep position, and that the “next big thing” is always there to be chased after. In wireless, that means that every few years the new generation needs to be developed, engineers work late to design the new products.
For consumers, LTE is nowhere near a concern (even the nerdiest early adopter cannot yet buy anything), for operators it is a current issue – but increasingly for OEMs and development organizations, LTE is “last year’s headache” and their attention is moving on to LTE-Advanced (“next year’s headache”). This is being standardized and managed by 3GPP as LTE Release 10 and beyond. …
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Press Releases
Wireless Innovation Forum Approves Report on Quantifying the Benefits of Cognitive Radio Technologies
21 Dec 2010, Benzinga
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Wireless Innovation Forum (SDR Forum version 2.0), a non-profit organization dedicated to driving the future of radio communications and systems worldwide, announced today the approval of the report, “Quantifying the Benefits of Cognitive Radio.” The report presents the results of an extensive survey performed by the Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnF) Cognitive Radio Work Group (CRWG) on open and public Cognitive Radio (CR) literature. The intent of the report is to summarize the “hard numbers” required to assess the value proposition of CR technologies in future radio systems. …
Harris Corporation Receives $5.5 Million Order from U.S. Marine Corps for Falcon III Wideband Vehicular Radio Systems
21 Dec 2010, PR Newswire
ROCHESTER, N.Y., /PRNewswire/ — Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has received a $5.5 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps for additional vehicular amplifier adapters for Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G wideband manpack tactical radios. The Marines are acquiring the equipment — which delivers high-speed wideband networking on the move — in connection with tactical radio modernization. …
O2’s LTE Friendly User Trial to Feature AVM FRITZ!Box Powered by Altair Semiconductor Chipsets
Trial Marks Altair’s Participation in One of the First Commercial Application Tests for Europe’s Digital Dividend and 2.6GHz Spectrums
20 Dec 2010, PR Newswire
HOD HASHARON, Israel, — Altair Semiconductor (www.altair-semi.com), the world’s leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint and high performance 4G LTE chipsets, announced today that its chipsets will power the AVM FRITZ!Box LTE being used during O2’s upcoming digital dividend and 2.6GHz friendly user trials in Germany, scheduled to begin immediately. …
Two A*STAR I²R Scientists Conferred Prestigious IEEE Fellow Status
18 Dec 2010, PR-USA.net
Dr. Susanto Rahardja and Dr Liang Ying Chang of A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) have been recognized for their efforts in research by the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) to the status of `IEEE Fellow,’ the highest honor to be bestowed by IEEE. …
The Wireless Innovation Forum Announces 2011 Board of Directors at Annual Meeting
16 Dec 2010, BusinessWire
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wireless Innovation Forum members elected new members of its board of directors during its annual meeting, held at SDR’10, the premier event for the reconfigurable radio community, on December 2, in Washington, D.C. …
4G Wireless Evolution – 4GWE: PCTEL Announces SeeGull MX Scanning Receiver
10 Dec 2010, TMCNet
PCTEL, Inc. a company specializing in antenna and scanning receiver solutions, unveiled the new SeeGull MX scanning receiver for multi-technology networks.
Noted as ideal for wireless network operators deploying LTE (News – Alert) over existing WCDMA, GSM, CDMA and EV-DO networks, SeeGull MX is said to offer fully concurrent measurements on up to three wireless technologies, specialized measurement for MIMO systems, and support for up to eight operating bands. …
2010 Wireless Communication & 4G Summit Held in Chengdu Hi-tech Zone
10 Dec 2010, PR Newswire
CHENGDU, China, PRNewswire-Asia/ — On December 10, 2010, “2010 China International New Generation of Wireless Communication and China 4G Summit” is being held at the Chengdu High-tech Industrial Development Zone (Chengdu Hi-tech Zone). Chen Ruming, Deputy Director of Communications Science & Technology Commission of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, is attending the summit. More than 120 people including relevant department heads from Sichuan Province, Chengdu City and Chengdu Hi-tech Zone, representatives of “Big Shot” enterprises from China Telecom, France telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Korea Telecom, Nokia, Motorola, Sony-Ericsson, Cisco, Alcatel Lucent, Freescale, etc. and other guests are attending the summit. …
National Semiconductor’s 12-bit ADC Wins Semiconductor of the Year Award at 2010 Elektra Awards
ADC12D1800 Recognised for its Unprecedented Speed Which Facilitates the Creation of New Applications for Wideband Software-Defined Radios
10 Dec 2010, Mexperts
Fuerstenfeldbruck/Germany – National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today announced that the company’s 12-bit analogue-to-digital converter ADC12D1800 was named Analogue Semiconductor Product of the Year at the Elektra Awards ceremony on Thursday, 9th December, 2010. It was awarded for its high speed performance which enables a new generation of software-defined radio (SDR) architectures and applications. …
Green Hills: secure virtualization for TI’s OMAP 4 platform
10 Dec 2010, Embedded Control Europe
Green Hills Software has announced INTEGRITY Secure Virtualization for the multicore OMAP 4 applications processors from Texas Instruments. ISV is built on Green Hills’ INTEGRITY real-time operating system. ISV for the OMAP 4 platform utilises TI’s built-in M-Shield technology, which is based on ARM TrustZone technology. As a result, ISV creates a bullet-proof partition between security and real-time critical applications hosted by the INTEGRITY RTOS and a general purpose multimedia OS such as Android, Meego, or Windows. ISV for OMAP 4 technology is aimed at developers of smartphones. Related support will be available for select customers. The solution will be distributed across other applicable markets, including consumer electronics segments, software-defined radio and network security appliances. …
The Wireless Innovation Forum Announces Annual Award Winners
Ettus Research, CRC Canada and Terry Anderson take home top awards, presented at SDR’10
9 Dec 2010, BusinessWire
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. …
PCTEL Announces Multi-Band, Multi-Technology SeeGull® MX Scanning Receiver
Next-Generation MIMO-Capable Receiver Launches a New Era in Drive Testing Performance for Broadband LTE Networks
9 Dec 2010, BusinessWire
BLOOMINGDALE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCTI) a leader in antenna and scanning receiver solutions, announced today the release of the SeeGull(R) MX, a major innovation in scanning receivers for multi-technology networks. Ideal for wireless network operators deploying LTE over existing WCDMA, GSM, CDMA and EV-DO networks, SeeGull MX provides fully concurrent measurements on up to three wireless technologies, specialized measurement for MIMO systems, and support for up to eight operating bands. …
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