Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Adaptive Digital Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 3 October 2005
Contract aims to
improve urban communications
Adaptive Digital Technologies has been awarded a contract by the US Air Force to develop low bandwidth, high reliability communication links in hostile urban terrain environments
Adaptive Digital Technologies has been awarded a one-year $100,000 Phase One Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research to develop and apply novel approaches to two cutting edge technologies, multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems using space-time coding (STC), with the goal of achieving low bandwidth, high reliability communication links in hostile urban terrain environments.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 3 October 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The objective of this programme with the Air Force, seamless non-line-of-sight communications for urban warfare, is to address the interference caused by buildings and to replace unreliable, low-datarate communications with secure, high-datarate non-line-of-sight communications.
Current deployment practices typically include unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for precision target identification, together with line-of-sight communications to securely disseminate the data between the UAV and the ground.
But, line-of-sight communications is not possible in urban environments due to interference caused by buildings.
In addition, minimising the bandwidth required for the data transmission is a major concern in order to assure secure activities, possibility behind enemy lines.
One promising approach to this problem is through the use of antenna arrays.
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The idea behind MIMO/STC is to transmit different signals from multiple antennas on the same channel, and receive these signals on multiple antennas thereby not only increasing the probability of achieving reliable communications in noisy, hostile environments, but also doing so at far higher datarates than are currently achievable.
Adaptive Digital is teaming with researchers at Villanova University's Centre for Advanced Communication (CAC) to find innovative and practical ways to apply these concepts to a viable commercial product.
With today's high speed digital signal processors and circuitry, Adaptive Digital expects to be able to commercialise this technology within one to two years.
The Air Force awarded this research contract to Adaptive Digital Technologies under the Department of Defense (DoD) Small Business Technology Transfer programme which funds early-stage research and development projects at small technology companies -- projects that both serve a DoD need and have commercial applications.
Villanova University's Centre for Advanced Communications (CAC) focus on facilitating the transformation of knowledge into innovations, which create new wealth and strengthen the regional economy.
This is achieved by planning and implementing a new model using research, technology, education, and commerce.
Since its inception, the centre has provided an integrated environment for university, industry, and government to focus on computational, informational, and communication issues.
The centre research is performed by faculty from universities throughout the Delaware Valley.
The CAC research has been sponsored by State of Pennsylvania as well as several federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, US Government Office of Research and Development, Air Force Research Lab, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
The industry sponsors include the Boeing Company, Motorola, General Electric, the Sarnoff Corporation, InterDigital Communications and Lockheed Martin.
The STTR Programme provides up to $850,000 in early-stage R and D funding directly to small companies working co-operatively with researchers at universities and other research institutions.
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