Conference Day Two: 30th October 2009

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08.30 Coffee & Registration

09.00 Chairman’s Welcome

Al Emondi
Deputy Chief Technology Officer TEAM SPAWAR (Charleston)
US Navy

09.10 Multi-National Interoperability For Future Forms

  • Excising And Emerging Waveform Standardization
  • Implementing NATO STANAGs Within The SCA
  • Current Software Status And Next Steps
  • Radio Node Functionality

Dr Michael Street
Principle Scientist, CIS Division
NATO C3 Agency

09:50 Italian SDR Programme

  • Prototype And Development
  • New Wave Form Development: HDR WF With ESSOR And COALWNW Proposed By US Certification
  • International Collaborations, NATO/European Initiatives And The US MIDS JTRS Programme

Confirmed briefing from International Programmes Coordination Office, TELEFIE
Italian MoD

10.30 Coffee & Networking

11.00 Developments With Sweden’s Sca-Based Gemensamt Tactical Radio System (GTRS)

  • GTRS In Perspective: Capability Growth Planned For 2014, 2017, 2020
  • Characteristics Of GTRS
  • Live Training , Preparing The Troops To Use The Equipment For 2014

Major Kjell Lantto
Staff Officer, Joint Telecom Branch
Swedish Armed Forces

11.40 Rohde And Schwarz Briefing

12.20 Lunch

13:30 Software Communications Architecture (SCA)

  • Component-Based Development
  • Ensuring International Compliance
  • Certification Of SCA

Steve Bernier
SCA Senior Architect & Project Director
Communications Research Centre

14.10 EDA Approaches For The Better Use Of Spectrum, Communication And Interoperability

  • SDR Initiatives Under The EDA Umbrella: Long Term Study, Joint Investment, Ad Hoc Category B Projects And Possible Future Studies
  • SDR Standardization And Certification From An EDA Point Of View

Tero Solante
Principle SDR Officer, Capabilities Branch
European Defence Agency

14.50 Coffee & Networking

15.30 Overcoming Persistent Technology Limitations In The SDR Domain

  • What Obstacles Remain That Inhibit Seamless Networking Using IP-Based Protocols?
  • Size Weight And Power (SwaP) Trade-Offs: The Importance Of Determining Specific Operational Demands
  • Throughput Gains With Adaptive Antenna Arrays: Why Are They Still An Afterthought?

16.10 Cognitive Radio Applications For Military Customers

  • Minimising Interference Through Innovative, Flexible, And Comprehensive Use Of Spectrum
  • Intelligent Adaptation Of Performance To The Military User's Waveform, Protocol, Operating Frequency, And Networking Needs
  • Potential Applications As Gateway Between Two Or More Networks Which Currently Use ‘Incompatible’ Modulations

16.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks And End Of Day Two

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