Spectrum Signal Processing's flexComm Products Form the Basis of a Software- Defined Radio
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Spectrum Signal Processing Inc.(NASDAQ: SSPI / TSE:SSY), a leader of high-density solutions for wireless signal and Voice over Packet processing, today announced that Spectrum's flexComm product line for wireless communications is being used in a joint Communications Research Canada (CRC) and Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) software defined radio project targeted for implementation by military organizations throughout the world.
The target of the CRC/DRDC project is software defined radio architecture that allows the user to plug in different waveforms such as GSM, W-CDMA, or FM and switch between air interfaces, and integrates with different wireless systems. flexComm's software programmable radio technology offers numerous advantages over the inflexible implementation of previous radio designs. The programmable technology allows for enhancements and interoperability through software downloads without having to alter or purchase new radio hardware, thereby offering a significant cost savings. It also allows users to reconfigure generic hardware and tailor its capabilities to their individual needs through the use of software, saving critical time-to-market.
This CRC/DRDC project is the first JAVA implementation that is in compliance with the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) from the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) specification that was issued by the United States Department of Defense. JAVA is a programming language designed to generate applications that can run on all hardware platforms, small, medium and large, without modification. The goal of JTRS, a $4 to 9 billion market in the US alone, is to migrate today's legacy radio systems to systems compliant with the JTRS open-systems architecture. By building upon a common open architecture, JTRS will improve interoperability by providing the ability to share waveform software between radios. This is critical in order to enable military forces from different organizations to communicate with each other. In addition, the JTRS dictates that systems be designed so that they are easily upgraded to new technologies to protect them from obsolescence in the wake of technology advancement. "Software defined radio is an emerging technology for the Government and Commercial wireless markets that Spectrum is at the forefront of enabling through the use of our reconfigurable hardware platforms." said Brian Lowe, Vice President of Wireless Systems, Spectrum Signal Processing "The use of Spectrum's flexComm products in the joint CRC/DRDC project endorses Spectrum's ability to offer Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) high-density signal processing solutions that are a perfect fit for military communications programs."
"We believe that software defined radios are the technology of the future and will replace existing legacy radios in the battlefield. The advantages of a single, reconfigurable platform supporting multiple waveforms for both terrestrial and satellite communications cannot be overstated, " said Robin Addison, leader of the CRC/DRDC Reconfigurable Omni-Band Radio Project.
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