SHARED SPECTRUM COMPANY — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: U.S. Forces face unique spectrum access issues in each country in which they operate, due

SHARED SPECTRUM COMPANY — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$719,480
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Solicitation
2007.2
NAICS
Place of performance
VA
Period
2010-11-22

Description

U.S. Forces face unique spectrum access issues in each country in which they operate, due to competing civilian or government users of national spectrum. Coalition and allied operations are even more complex to manage, and severely limit the U.S. ability to fully exploit its superiority and investment in information technology. DSA a software application capable of running in real-time on a JTRS radio; monitor and characterize the Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum that is in use in a local area. The Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) requires a wideband, multi-frequency environment to enhance network scalability and deliver broadband communications. DSA as a software upgrade to SRW delivers spectrum access to SRW. Applications that are enhanced by DSA-enabled SRW include tele-operations for tele-operations and solider communications. DSA enables SRW to use commercial and DoD spectrum both CONUS and OCONUS through the automation of coordinated spectrum rules and host nation agreements. This project teams ITT, the SRW developer, and SSC, the pioneer of DSA under DARPA XG, and to design and simulate a DSA implementation for JTRS SRW.