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International Software Radio
20 June - 21 June 2012
International Software Radio

This half-day workshop will bring together industry expertise to explore how you can implement automated global export compliance systems and embed them into your organisation’s infrastructure. Export controls and regulations in the defence industry are stringent and companies’ export management processes become extremely complex. This increasingly requires expert, automated and integrated solutions to traverse the labyrinth of global export laws and controls. Errors can happen from the external supply chain to the licensing application and no company can operate alone or rely wholly upon their own internal compliance policies and procedures.

This conference will explore the pitfalls of not automating global compliance systems and benefits and control that can be gained from implementing such a measure.

 

Conference agenda

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13:30

Registration & Coffee

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14:00

Introductions and Workshop overview

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14:15

A Brief History of Software Defined Radio

• Discoveries, advances and progress
• Recent trends and opportunities

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14:45

The modern SDR environment

• Market drivers and challenges
• Key Standards and Initiatives
 

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15:30

Afternoon Tea & Networking

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16:00

The future of Software Defined Radio

• Advancements in cognitive radio
• What is needed, where are we going?

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16:45

Interactive Open Discussion Session

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17:30

Close of Workshop

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Phil White

Phil White, Lead, Military Radio Systems, PA Consulting Group

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9:10

Airborne Software Defined Radio

Robert  Bonneau

Robert Bonneau, Program Manager , Air Force Office Of Scientific Research

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

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9:50

Family of advanced beyond line-of-sight terminals (FAB-T) – acquisition of a software defined radio for ground and airborne communications

Scott Hepburn

Scott Hepburn, FAB-T Chief Engineer, The MITRE Corporation

• 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

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10:30

Morning Coffee

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11:00

Spectrum Sensing for Future networks

Kamran Arshad

Kamran Arshad, CCSR, University of Greenwich

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

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11:40

Dynamic Spectrum Management for the Coexistence of Cognitive Tactical Radio Networks

Vincent Le Nir

Vincent Le Nir, Communications Information Systems and Sensors (CISS), Royal Military Academy O Belgium

• 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

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12:20

Networking Lunch

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13:30

Ten years of Cognitive Radio: towards commercial implementation

Simon Delaere

Simon Delaere, IBB-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

• 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

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14:10

Dynamic Reconfiguration Technologies Based on FPGA in Software Defined Radio System

Ke He

Ke He, CIDCOM, University of Strathclyde

• 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

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15:10

Integrated Circuit Advances for Cognitive Radio

Robert Murray

Robert Murray, Senior Director, NXP Semiconductors

  • Spectral Sensing, Full Spectrum Capture
  •  Multi-band receivers
  • GaN the enabler for a Digital transmitters
  • Direct Digital Synthesis - Digits to RF
     
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    15:30

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

    Phil White

    Phil White, Lead, Military Radio Systems, PA Consulting Group

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    8:30

    Registration & Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Phil White

    Phil White, Lead, Military Radio Systems, PA Consulting Group

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    9:10

    ESSOR programme 2012 update

    • 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

    Christian Serra

    Christian Serra, a4ESSOR SAS Technical Director, a4ESSOR

    Philippe Margot

    Philippe Margot, ESSOR Programme Manager , OCCAR-EA

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    9:50

    Cognitive Radio Networks in the Real World

    Rick Rotondo

    Rick Rotondo, VP Marketing, xG Technology Inc

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

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    10:30

    Morning Coffee

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    11:00

    Software- Defined Radio Signals Intercept Systems

    Donald H.  Steinbrecher

    Donald H. Steinbrecher, Chief Scientist, Navy Undersea Warfare Centre

    • 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

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    11:40

    Reconfigurable Software Defined Payload architecture

    Piero Angeletti

    Piero Angeletti, SDR Research Scientist, European Space Agency

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

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    12:20

    Networking Lunch

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    13:30

    Building Portable Waveform Software with SOAR

    John Bard

    John Bard, President - CEO, Space Coast Communication Systems

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

     

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    14:10

    Where Software Radio has come and where it’s going

    Phil White

    Phil White, Lead, Military Radio Systems, PA Consulting Group

    • 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

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    14:50

    GVF Panel Discussion: 'Satcom and SDR: Are They Compatible?'

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

    Mark Dale, Vice President of Product Management, Comtech EF Data

    Vincent Kovarik

    Vincent Kovarik, Chief Technical Officer, PrismTech

    Martin Jarrold

    Martin Jarrold, Chief, International Programme Development, Global VSAT Forum

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    15:30

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

    Workshops

    Copthorne Tara Hotel

    Scarsdale Place
    Kensington
    London W8 5SR
    United Kingdom

    Copthorne Tara Hotel

    The Copthorne Tara Hotel London Kensington is an elegant contemporary four-star hotel in prestigious Kensington, located just a two minutes walk from High Street Kensington underground station, making exploring easy. The hotel offers well-appointed and comfortable guest rooms combining Standard, Superior and Club accommodation. Club rooms offer iconic views over the city and include Club Lounge access for complimentary breakfast and refreshments. Guests can sample the authentic Singaporean, Malaysian and Chinese cuisine at Bugis Street, traditional pub fare at the Brasserie Restaurant & Bar or relax with a delicious drink at West8 Cocktail Lounge & Bar.

    The Copthorne Tara Hotel boasts 745 square meters of flexible meeting space, consisting of the Shannon Suite and the Liffey Suite, ideal for hosting conferences, weddings and social events. Facilities include access to the business centre 24 hours a day, fully equipped fitness room, gift shop, theatre desk and Bureau de Change. With ample onsite parking outside the London congestion charge zone and excellent transport links via Heathrow Airport, the hotel is the perfect location for business or leisure stays. The hotel is within close proximity to the shops of High Street Kensington, Knightsbridge and Westfield London, Olympia Conference Centre, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Palace and Hyde Park.

     

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    WHAT IS CPD?

    CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy, which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and structured. The most common definition is:

    ‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional competence’

    CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular CPD activities.

    Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to be upheld.

    CPD can be undertaken through a variety of learning activities including instructor led training courses, seminars and conferences, e:learning modules or structured reading.

    CPD AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES

    There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their members to undertake CPD.

    For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards, legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

    CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

    TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

    Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’ or ‘Output’ based.

    ‘Input’ based schemes list a precise number of CPD hours that individuals must achieve within a given time period. These schemes can also use different ‘currencies’ such as points, merits, units or credits, where an individual must accumulate the number required. These currencies are usually based on time i.e. 1 CPD point = 1 hour of learning.

    ‘Output’ based schemes are learner centred. They require individuals to set learning goals that align to professional competencies, or personal development objectives. These schemes also list different ways to achieve the learning goals e.g. training courses, seminars or e:learning, which enables an individual to complete their CPD through their preferred mode of learning.

    The majority of Input and Output based schemes actively encourage individuals to seek appropriate CPD activities independently.

    As a formal provider of CPD certified activities, SAE Media Group can provide an indication of the learning benefit gained and the typical completion. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the delegate to evaluate their learning, and record it correctly in line with their professional body’s or employers requirements.

    GLOBAL CPD

    Increasingly, international and emerging markets are ‘professionalising’ their workforces and looking to the UK to benchmark educational standards. The undertaking of CPD is now increasingly expected of any individual employed within today’s global marketplace.

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