Spectrum's SDR-4000 to Support the Inmarsat BGAN Waveform from GateHouse
22 July 2009
Burnaby, British Columbia - Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima ("Spectrum") (TSX:VCM), an advanced communications equipment supplier, has announced that GateHouse Communications, a leader in satellite communications software, has selected Spectrum's flexComm™ SDR-4000 software defined radio (SDR) transceiver platform to port their Inmarsat broadband global area network (BGAN) SDR waveform.
Inmarsat BGAN provides both commercial and military users with access to a reliable and mature global satellite communications network. Inmarsat BGAN can be found on land-portable, aeronautical, maritime, and vehicular products to provide broadband connectivity while on the move and in remote areas.
"The combination of a software reconfigurable hardware, like the SDR-4000 platform, with the Inmarsat BGAN SDR waveform opens up possibilities for a new type of satellite terminal and gateway that is capable of supporting multiple satellite and terrestrial waveform standards," said Pia Ankerstjerne, vice-president of GateHouse USA. "Spectrum offers a complete hardware and software solution for software reconfigurable satellite terminal and gateway development. Spectrum's SDR-4000 platform has achieved widespread adoption given its proven ability to support a variety of commercial and military-grade waveforms."
"Spectrum continues its ongoing thrust to offer complete turn-key radio solutions for both commercial and military markets. We have accomplished this by partnering with trusted, industry-leading software companies such as GateHouse," said Mark Briggs, vice-president of business development at Spectrum. "By leveraging our portfolio of core radio technologies and services, Spectrum can offer terminal and gateway manufacturers complete solutions that decrease their time-to-market, lower development costs, and reduce the overall cost of ownership through hardware and software reuse."
The SDR-4000 has been proven to support implementations of military waveforms, including some under the joint tactical radio system (JTRS) program, and public safety waveforms such as:
- Wideband networking waveform (WNW) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) mode
- Soldier radio waveform (SRW) electronic warfare (EW) mode
- Single channel ground and airborne radio system (SINCGARS)
- Future multiband multi-waveform modular tactical radio (FM3TR)
- APCO Project 25 (P25)
