The renaissance of JTRS — SDR-based program receives a massive transfusion of funds — and trudges on
Dec 26, 2007
By Steve Grossman, Editor Though plagued with starts and stops over recent years, the goal of the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program remains what it has always been: That is, to replace all of the services' legacy radios with a family of SDRs (Software-Defined Radios) capable of operating on many frequencies to enhance military interoperability. ...
NASA's GLAST satellite is unwrapped for the holidays
Dec 26, 2007
Everyone likes receiving high-tech presents for Christmas and Hanukkah and the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington received a present this year — NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)....
High-speed packet inspection engine is introduced
Dec 26, 2007
NetCee Systems, Inc. has announced the availability of its Ultra Packet Processor, an ultra-high-speed, deep-packet inspection engine with broad applicability in protocol analysis and pattern recognition. ...
Hands-on learning plug-in module teaches telecom concepts
Dec 20, 2007
National Instruments and its Australian alliance partner Emona Instruments have jointly developed a new add-on telecommunications board, the Digital Analog Telecommunications EXperimenter, for the NI Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite. ...
Qualcomm acquires phone noise reduction specialist
Dec 20, 2007
Qualcomm Inc. has acquired San Diego-based noise reduction technology developer SoftMax Inc. to bring on board leading-edge, multi-microphone noise suppression and echo cancellation expertise....
Forum begins certification testing for mobile WiMAX
Dec 20, 2007
The WiMAX Forum has announced its lead certification lab in Spain is now open for formal certification testing and evaluation of mobile WiMAX products. ...
Optical technology vendor and components supplier enter distribution agreement
Dec 13, 2007
OPTEK Technology has selected NRC Electronics as a global distributor to provide the necessary technical support and on-demand distribution for its optoelectronic sensors and fiber-optic devices, along with its visible LED components and assemblies....
Telecom provider in China adapts VoIP software
Dec 13, 2007
SPIRIT DSP has announced today that Huawei Technologies, a provider of next-generation telecommunications network solutions in China, has licensed SPIRIT's TeamSpirit 3.0 Voice Engine PC. ...
Improved GaAs process promises highly integrated RF front-ends
Dec 5, 2007
To dispel the notion that integration is the advantage of silicon, TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. has combined two GaAs processes to integrate previously incompatible functional blocks onto a single die. ...
R&S Canada get a new vice president and GM
Dec 3, 2007
Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) has announced the appointment of Christopher A. French as vice president and general manager of R&S Canada, reporting to Jack Cowper, president of R&S Canada....
Commerce department’s ITS joins SDR Forum
Dec 3, 2007
The Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum has announced that the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences has joined the Forum as a new member. Based in Boulder, Colo., ITS is the research and engineering laboratory of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)....
Middleware developers collaborate on market-data platform
Nov 29, 2007
InfoDyne Corporation has entered into a strategic relationship with Real-Time Innovations, to offer RTI’s ultra-low-latency messaging middleware as an embedded transport option within InfoDyne’s TPS+Plus Market-Data Platform. ...
RF Circuit Design, Second Edition
Nov 29, 2007
Most wireless protocols, such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WiMax, and ZigBee, have an RF component. "RF Circuit Design, Second Edition" tells the reader how to design and integrate that component in a very practical fashion. ...
Solar energy powers RFID readers and signposts
Nov 21, 2007
Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin company , has begun deploying solar powered radio frequency identification readers and signposts, enabling customers in the defense and commercial sectors to conserve energy and reduce costs while tracking supplies in real-time. ...
Baseband processor will power basestations at 2008 Olympics
Nov 15, 2007
Xinwei Telecom Technology has selected the PC203 from picoChip as the baseband processor in the latest revision of its multi-carrier wireless information local loop basestation design. ...
Home security system uses M2M technology
Nov 15, 2007
Home security and automation provider uControl is using machine-to-machine technology from Jasper Wireless to wirelessly connect and manage uControl’s in-home security alarms. ...
