• Reliable transmission of mission-critical information
• Jet or propeller aircraft, helicopters or unmanned aerial vehicles.
• JTRS AMF
•  Effective airborne communications. Systems

• Discussion of how FAB-T provides command and control communications for ground and airborne satellite terminals
• Discussion of FAB-T’s role to interoperate with the Air Force Milstar communications satellites and the next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites
• Discussion of the terminal architecture to provide increased flexibility, interoperability, and reduced overall costs
• Discussion of the challenges in building a terminal to meet the harsh airborne environmental requirements

• Brief tutorial to spectrum sensing
• Overview of spectrum sensing algorithms
• Collaborative spectrum sensing mechanisms
• Collaborative sensing – challenges
• Conclusions and way forward

• Added value of dynamic spectrum management in a military context
• Presentation of a possible candidate, the iterative waterfilling algorithm (IWFA)
• Drawbacks of the algorithm and proposition of an improved algorithm based on sub-channel selection
• Simulation results comparing the algorithms in an event-driven simulator OMNeT++/MiXiM

• The origins of the CR concept
• Use cases that are being envisaged
• Technological enablers (databases, beacon channels, sensing) and their regulatory tracks
• Commercial outlook: use cases, bottlenecks

• Motivation and Objective
• Reconfiguration Technologies: Partial Reconfiguration (PR); Dynamic Reconfigurable Ports (DRP).
• Multiple Standards Analysis :  Modulation and Digital Front End parts of LTE, IEEE 802.16e (WiMAX), WCDMA and IEEE 802.11n (Wifi) standards 4. Hierarchical Design Methodology 5. Implementation Results and Comparisons 6. Conclusion and Future Work

• Spectral Sensing, Full Spectrum Capture
•  Multi-band receivers
• GaN the enabler for a Digital transmitters
• Direct Digital Synthesis - Digits to RF
   

• ESSOR programme strategic aim
• Participating states
• Status of the ESSOR programme
• ESSOR perspectives on SDR
• ESSOR efforts on SDR architecture
• ESSOR efforts on HDRWF definition and developments

• ESSOR programme strategic aim
• Participating states
• Status of the ESSOR programme
• ESSOR perspectives on SDR
• ESSOR efforts on SDR architecture
• ESSOR efforts on HDRWF definition and developments

• What is cognitive radio capable of achieving today?
• Applying cognitive technologies to the military
• Developing anti-jamming technologies
• Networks on the move

• Collaborative approach to achieve realisable interoperability with policy makers, engineers, and acquisition agencies
• Working closely hand-in-hand with the policy makers to ensure appropriate national level requirements are achieved as well as being inclusive of combined and coalition requirements
• Working together to create stronger relationships with policy planners, operational planners, international organizations, and interagency

• WLAN standards – HiperLAN2  and Bluetooth
• Baseband demodulation
• Algorithms analysis
• Reconfigurable architectures
• Architecture design
• Algorithm mapping
• Synthesis and Evaluation

• Waveform definition in UML
• Portability and Optimality
• SCA and other Software Radio Standards
• The Use of Tools: Vendor Lock or Platform Independence

   

• Where are we now on Software Radio in military systems
• What are the big issues remaining
• Military systems – ‘owning the ether’, combining communications and ECM systems

• Has Interference to Satcom Services Been Identified?
• Is Compatibility Technically Feasible?
• What Are the Market Implications?

• Has Interference to Satcom Services Been Identified?
• Is Compatibility Technically Feasible?
• What Are the Market Implications?

• Has Interference to Satcom Services Been Identified?
• Is Compatibility Technically Feasible?
• What Are the Market Implications?