EVENT DETAILS

Electromagnetic Spectrum Interface Standardization Workshop

April 7 and 8^th

DRS Defense Solutions, Gaithersburg Maryland

CO-Sponsors and Contributors of the meeting include:

• Association of Old Crows (AOC)
• Wireless Innovation Forum (SDR Forum)
• Defense Spectrum Management Office, DISA
• Wireless Technology Center (Indiana/Purdue University)
• DRS Defense Solutions
• Mathworks
•  Pentek
• VME International Trade Association (VITA)
• Office of Naval Research

Register for the meeting at the Wireless Innovation Forum Website: http://bit.ly/cH7lSA

DRS Signal Solutions in conjunction with several commercial and defense organizations (see list above) are hosting a meeting to understand requirements for Electromagnetic Spectrum Interface Standardization (EMSIS) and to recommend a trajectory for a new standard that provides open, interoperable, multi-platform, coherent control of the RF spectrum.

The goal is to prescribe a mechanism to enable interoperable utilization of the electromagnetic spectrum from DC to Daylight, applicable across all user domains including military, public safety, commercial application and scientific applications.  An initial set of targeted applications includes:

• Network Centric Geolocation  (already possible with current VRT standard)
• Coordinated Multi-platform Electronic Attack
• Defense Dynamic Spectrum Usage: ES, EA, EP, radar and communications
• Commercial Dynamic Spectrum Access/Cognitive Radio
• White Space Utilization of the Spectrum
• Others

The objective of this initial meeting is to learn about the requirements for an EMSIS standard from, to review existing spectrum standard approaches and to make recommendations on how to proceed as an industry. 

A focus area will be on the VITA Radio Transport (VRT; www.digitalIF.org or www.vita.com ). This standard currently defines the receive side signal data packet and radio meta-data packet transport protocol. Plans are being made to augment the standard to provide a complete set of signal data protocols, control packets and status packets for both RF excitation and reception. A goal of the meeting is to determine whether to update the VRT standard.   The attributes of interest in a standard is to prescribe the spectrum with respect to physical attributes including:

• Time (with option for pico-second resolution)
• Frequency
• Bandwidth
• Power
• Spatial orientation
• System delays
• Navigation attributes of platform

Agenda is given below (subject to change):

 
1.      Overview for the requirements for a Spectrum Interface Standard (Wednesday AM)

 
2.      Overview of Existing and applicable spectrum standards (Wednesday afternoon)

 
3.      Recommendation for framework for Spectrum Interface Standard (Thursday AM)

The VITA 49 (see www.digitalIF.org or www.vita.com ) is being considered as a starting point, since it is applicable across all RF emission types and waveform types including communications waveform types, radar, surveillance, remote sensing and others.  However, representatives of other spectrum control standards such as Fraunhofer’s Institute German National Program, the IEEE P1900.6, the Wireless Innovation Forum smart antenna are also welcome to present their efforts for consideration.

The first meeting will be held at DRS Defense Solutions from 7-8 April. This meeting will be focused on requirements for defense applications and thus will be limited to US Citizens. Future meetings will be open to the international public.

DRS Signal Solutions

700 Quince Orchard Rd

Gaithersburg, Md 20878

Register for the meeting at the Wireless Innovation Forum Website: http://bit.ly/cH7lSA

*** Organizations interested in presenting materials on either requirements for an EMS Interface Standard or on development efforts on existing standards should contact:

Robert Normoyle, rnormoyle@drs-ds.com, 301-944-8250