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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: Jun. 5, 2006
Table of Contents
- Day 1
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Alan Carr, Member, Wireless Technology Practice, PA Consulting.
- 9.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRANSFORMATIONAL SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
- DoD present and future operational environment - a year down the line: what has changed?
- DoD growing spectrum requirements
- Spectrum challenges
- Spectrum reform initiatives
- Technology solutions and role of cognitive radios
- Key DoD spectrum initiatives
- The way ahead - where will we be in 10 years?
- Badri Younes, Director, Spectrum Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, US.
- 9.50 SPECIAL ADDRESS THE NEED FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES - SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO
- Italian MoD approach and perspective on SDR
- Project overview
- Procurement strategies and opportunities
- The challenges and opportunities presented by adapting technologies
- Looking ahead to near future trials
- Major General Pietro Finocchio, General Director, General Directorate for Telecommunications, IT and Advanced Technologies, Ministry of Defence, Italy.
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 MULTI-NATIONAL INTEROPERABILITY
- NATO requirements of SDR - how are they evolving?
- NATO interoperability requirements
- Multi-national collaboration
- Waveform portability
- Security considerations
- The way ahead - NATO current and future requirements
- Dr Michael Street, Senior Scientist, CIS Division, N A T O C3 Agency.
- 11.40 THE FRENCH APPROACH TO SDR
- Project status
- Studying test results to fine-tune future requirements
- Long term project goals
- The route taken to get there
- Julien Fauquet , Long Term Projects Manager, DGA/DSA/SPOTI.
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 APPLICATIONS OF THE JTRS SCA IN MILITARY RADIOS
- Harris SDR solutions - scalable, reusable and secure
- Key SCA concepts, architectural considerations and technologies
- Key mission and vision
- Privately developed JTRS solutions, stimulus for competition and technology insertion
- Wave form porting using the SCA - it’s all about the applications
- Information assurance and security permeate military radio architectures
- Mark Turner, Director, Software and Secure Products Engineering, Harris Corporation / R F Comm.
- 2.30 LESSONS LEARNED ON THE FINNISH SDR DEMONSTRATOR PROGRAMME
- Fulfilling national military requirements whilst enabling interoperability
- Mr Pekka Heikkinen, Program Manager, Elektrobit.
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.40 SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO IN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- Dr Jorge Pereira, Principal Scientific Officer, European Commission.
- 4.20 DUTCH PERSPECTIVE ON SDR
- brief introduction TNO
- SDR technology space; definitions
- User domains and requirements
- Regulatory aspects
- Current TNO activities and intentions in this area
- Bram van den Ende, Senior Project Manager Wireless Communications, TNO, Netherlands.
- 5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- Alan Carr, Member, Wireless Technology Practice, PA Consulting.
- Day 2
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Alan Carr, Member, Wireless Technology Practice, PA Consulting.
- 9.10 MINIMIZE RISK IN SDR DEVELOPMENT
- Considering key factors contributing to risk in SDR development, employing strategies to reduce risk
- The SCA ecosystem
- Development process and environment
- Automation
- Process Scaleability
- Adapting to change requirements, skill resources, standards and technologies
- Dr Francis Bordeleau, CEO, Zeligsoft.
- 9.50 AN OVERVIEW OF SDR STANDARDS AT OMG
- Developing specifications supporting the development, deployment, operation and maintenance of SDRs
- SDR activities within the OMG
- The Software-Based Communication Domain Task Force
- SBC specifications and Model-Driven Architecture (MDA)
- Re-targeting specifications for different deployment platforms and hardware architectures
- Applications to JTRS
- Andrew Watson, Vice President and Technical Director, Object Management Group.
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 DEVELOPING INTEROPERABLE SECURE COMMUNICATIONS
- Providing interoperable communications for Emergency operations
- Network management
- Spectrum management and co-ordination
- Avoiding spectrum interference
- The importance of secure communications in military emergency operations
- Viability of new technology
- Dr Patrick White, Director, Wireless Network Security, Stevens Institute Of Technology.
- 11.40 SPECIAL PANEL DISCUSSION WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? THE FUTURE OF SDR
- Alan Carr, Member, Wireless Technology Practice, PA Consulting.
- Steve Bernier, Project Leader, Software Defined Radio, Communications Research Centre.
- Andrew Watson, Vice President and Technical Director, Object Management Group.
- Konstantinos Tigkos, Defence Market Analyst, Frost and Sullivan.
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 DUTCH SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO PROGRAMME
- Software Defined Radio - status and policies
- Ali Hoosseinzadah , Senior Process Engineer , Ministry of Defence, Netherlands.
- 2.30 LATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN SDR DEVELOPMENT USING MODEL-DRIVEN TECHNIQUES
- Recent advances in SDR programming techniques - greatly increasing developer productivity
- Model driven development
- Generative programming and agile software development techniques
- Accelerating SDR Development
- Managing Complexity
- Operational Benefits
- Dominick Paniscotti, Vice President, Engineering, SDR Products, PrismTech.
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.40 SCA MYTHS AND REALITY
- SCA overview
- Is the SCA to slow
- Is the SCA to fast?
- Can the SCA run on small devices?
- Future directions for SCA implementation
- Steve Bernier, Project Leader, Software Defined Radio, Communications Research Centre.
- 4.20 SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO: THE CONVERGENCE OF COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY MARKETS AND TECHNOLOGIES
- Is it really going to deliver?
- European SDR programmes and business opportunities overview
- Market dynamics, what we should expect and why in the market for SDR
- Cost issues and considerations regarding procurement and deployment
- Working with what we ‘got’ and what we ‘need’
- Konstantinos Tigkos, Defence Market Analyst, Frost and Sullivan.
- 5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- Alan Carr, Member, Wireless Technology Practice, PA Consulting.
AbstractThe 6th Annual conference in SMi’s Software Radio series will examine the latest developments in this exciting and ever expanding field. The conference will assess architectures, interoperability, international policy, technological advancements, and management challenges.
International Software Defined Radio 2006 will aim not to follow where others have been before but will provide an innovative and informative platform for discussion of future issues impacting within the industry. The interaction and exposure of both military and commercial viewpoints will examine where are ‘falling short’ and others are ‘striding forward’, and try to identify where the future of Software Radio lies.
This conference will not only enable you to you to gain an in-depth understanding of the latest developments in SDR, but also allow you to hear from key military figures defining the latest requirements of international SDR and the implementation of this cutting-edge technology
Our international speaker line up include Keynote Addresses from:
- Major General Pietro Finocchio, General Director, General Directorate for Telecommunications, IT and Advanced Technologies, Ministry of Defence, Italy
- Badri Younes, Director, Spectrum Management, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, US
Special Presentations from leading experts in the field include:
- Lieutenant Commander Topi Tuukkanen, Head, Research and Development Department, Communications and Information Systems Centre, Finnish Defence Forces
- Dr Michael Street, Senior Scientist, NATO C3 Agency
- Dr Jorge Pereira, Principle Scientific Officer, European Commission
- Steve Bernier, Project Leader, Software Defined Radio, Communications Research Centre, Canada
- Julien Fauquet, Long Term Projects Manager, DSA/DGA/SPOTI, Ministry of Defence, France
- Ali Hosseinzadeh MSc, Senior Process Engineer, Ministry of Defence, Netherlands
Chaired by:
- Alan Carr, Member, Wireless Technology Practice, PA Consulting
Benefits of attended SMi’s International Software Radio 2006:
- LEARN from international perspectives and specific case studies on Software Radio programmes
- IDENTIFY key technological advances, capability developments
- UNDERSTAND the increasing need for interoperable communications
- EVALUATE cognitive radio as the next step in communications technology
- NETWORK with the most influential figures in Software Radio and next generation-communications
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