Wireless Waves April 2003

In this issue:

1. Spectrum Offers the First Commercially Available SCA-Enabled Software Defined Radio Development Platform
2. Spectrum Establishes the First True Wind River Value Added Reseller Relationship in the Aerospace and Defense Industry
3. Spectrum Extends Flexibility and Power to Product Line with Xilinx Virtex-II Processing Engine Module
4. Spectrum's flexComm SDR-3000 Subsystem to be Used in NASA's Cross Link Integrated Development Environment Program
5. Read and Learn from Spectrum's Experts
6. Join Spectrum at Upcoming Must See Events!

[ Spectrum Offers the First Commercially Available SCA-Enabled Software Defined Radio Development Platform ]

Harris Agreement
Spectrum Signal Processing is the first Value Added Reseller (VAR) of Harris' Domain Management ToolKit (dmTK). Spectrum is now offering the Harris dmTK product as part of its flexComm product line, which provides advanced development tools and a Software Communications Architecture (SCA) Core Framework (CF). Spectrum is the first COTS vendor to provide an SCA-enabled SDR development platform and associated tools. This SCA CF is an application framework that allows the abstraction of waveforms in software defined radios and is the only COTS framework available that supports the US Department of Defense Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) requirements.

[ Spectrum Establishes the First True Wind River Value Added Reseller Relationship in the Aerospace and Defense Industry ]

Wind River Agreement
Spectrum has partnered with Wind River to combine Spectrum's subsystems with Wind River's real-time operating system (RTOS) to provide a joint solution that is ideal for real-time applications such as software defined radio (SDR) and communications gateways. This partnership offers application developers greater access to integrated Wind River and Spectrum technology. Spectrum and Wind River have come to an agreement whereby Spectrum is a VAR of Wind River products, which allows Spectrum to resell Tornado® development seats, VxWorks® OEM licenses, and VxWorks run-time licenses when bundled with Spectrum's flexComm signal processing subsystems. This partnership provides integrated platforms for software defined radio and signals intelligence development applications.

[ Spectrum Extends Flexibility and Power to Product Line with Xilinx Virtex-II Processing Engine Module ]

Spectrum has extended its FPGA product offering with the introduction of the ePMC-8120 thereby providing more choice and flexibility. The ePMC-8120 is a single-width enhanced Processor Mezzanine Card (ePMC) that incorporates a Xilinx XC2V6000 Virtex-II FPGA with 6 million system gates. This increased density in FPGAs enables them to do complex digital signal processing functions that were not previously possible. The ePMC-8120 can accommodate the pre-processing of computationally intensive applications including wideband communications, beamforming, co-channel interference mitigation, and phased array radar. By offering the highest performance FPGA in a small modular form factor, customers have the capability to add significant processing power to their system with minimal impact on the overall system size. The ePMC-8120 is ready for delivery today, contact us at: sales@spectrumsignal.com for details.

[ Spectrum's flexComm SDR-3000 Subsystem to be Used in NASA's Cross Link Integrated Development Environment Program ]

NASA will be using Spectrum's software defined radio technology to enable high-performance, low cost satellite communications systems. Spectrum's flexComm SDR-3000 subsystem will be used in NASA's Cross Link Integrated Development Environment (CLIDE) program to develop technologies to facilitate satellite-to-satellite communications. Spectrum will also be providing software-based modem cores implemented in FPGAs to facilitate a faster development schedule. The SDR-3000 provides the flexibility, reconfigurability, and performance necessary to meet the requirements of the CLIDE program.

[ Read and Learn from Spectrum's Experts ]

Wireless Systems Design
In March 2003's issue of Wireless Systems Design, Spectrum's Tim Owen, FAE, examines issues, available technologies and solutions for typical software defined radio (SDR) processing systems. The article also highlights two examples of high-density applications. A must read for the most up-to-date advances in SDR applications and solutions.

RF Design
In May 2003's issue of RF Design, Spectrum's Reese Bovard in collaboration with Signia-IDT's Adam Bush, address SDR design considerations when building a C4ISR system that supports beamforming on a diverse set of waveforms. Learn more about multi-channel SDR architectures for C4ISR applications, and how digital beamforming is stepping up to the plate.

[ Join Spectrum at Upcoming Must See Events! ]

In the upcoming months, Spectrum will be exhibiting at various exciting industry events. Come visit us at the following must-attend events:

• Xilinx Programmable World 2003 on May 6th, 2003 in San Jose at the San Jose Convention Center, and in Boston at the Westford Regency Hotel. On May 15th, 2003 join us in Munich at the Arabellasheraton Grand Hotel. Come attend the industry's biggest technical forum of the year. Programmable World 2003 is a must-attend industry event featuring presentations that will provide solutions and customer case studies that can enable the new era of systems design. Join us at any of these locations to hear more about how Spectrum's heterogeneous processing solutions allow for combinations of FPGA, PowerPC™ and DSP devices to provide maximum flexibility to satisfy your particular requirements. Learn more about our powerful heterogeneous processing solutions and how we can meet the specific needs of your algorithms.
  
  
  
• International Software Radio Conference June 4th to June 5th, 2003 in London, UK at One Whitehall Place. Come learn about the latest developments in the exciting and ever expanding field of software radio. The entire event will allow you to gain not only an overview of the main themes of software radio, but also specific knowledge of current research, development and production undertaken by leaders in their field.
  
  Spectrum is a proud sponsor of this year's event. Spectrum's director of Strategic Programs, Dan Simard, will be delivering a presentation on the application of Software Defined Radio (SDR) to C4ISR applications other than radios. An SDR architecture will be presented which can be used to solve the challenges associated with new generation satellite communications terminals, electronic warfare systems and radars. In addition, relevant industry and government activities in Canada will be discussed. Come join us to learn about these exciting topics and more!
  
  



• The 25th Joint C4ISR Symposium 2003 April 29 to May 1st, 2003 in San Diego at the Scottish Rite Center. Spectrum attended this year's Silver Anniversary Symposium, which focused on cutting-edge information from industry experts in the C4ISR field. Our booth highlighted the SDR-3000, a COTS digital radio platform enabling software defined radio for C4ISR programs. Our subsystems can support hundreds of simultaneous transmit and receive channels giving users the high channel counts needed in today's military communications systems. Look forward to seeing you all there next year!