Tutorial and Program Details Announced for SDR’10 Technical Conference and Product Exposition

Conference to Include Keynotes by Industry Leaders, Workshops, Tutorials, Expert Lectures, Technical Presentations, Product Expo and Technology Showcase

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Wireless Innovation Forum announced today its program for the upcoming SDR’10 Technical Conference and Product Exposition, the premier event for the reconfigurable radio community, to be held from November 30 to December 4 in Washington, D.C. Each day of this conference will feature a different keynote speech presented by a recognized leader in the community on the challenges that exist in the commercial, public safety and defense sectors, and the role of software defined radio (SDR) and cognitive radio (CR) technologies in addressing those challenges. SDR’10 will include daily workshops, tutorials, expert lectures and more than 100 technical paper presentations.

Keynotes include:

• Dr. Masayuki Ariyoshi, Principal Researcher and Cognitive Radio Research Project Leader System Platforms Research Laboratories Central Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation
• Vern Fotheringham, Chairman, CTB Group
• Jörgen Lantto, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Strategy, ST Ericsson
• Madan Jagernauth, Vice President, Wireless Marketing and Product Management, Huawei Technologies
• Richard J. Lynch, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
  Verizon Communications
• Dr. Richard North, Technical Director for Joint Program Executive Office, Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS)
• Thomas Stroup, CEO, Shared Spectrum Company

Workshops will be featured daily and include:

• Open Source Workshop, Sponsored by the Military Open Source Software Association (http://www.mil-oss.org)
• Regulatory Workshop, Sponsored by the Wireless Innovation Forum Regulatory Committee
• Public Safety Workshop, Sponsored by the Wireless Innovation Forum Public Safety Special Interest Group
• Analysts Workshop, Sponsored by the Wireless Innovation Forum User Requirements Committee
• SDR in Space Workshop, Organized by Dr. R. Scott Erwin & Dr. Jim Lyke, Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
• Tactical Radio Workshop, Sponsored by the Wireless Innovation Forum International Tactical Radio Special Interest Group

Tutorials will be featured daily. They include:

• Open Component Portability Infrastructure (Open CPI) Tutorial, Presented by Michael Pepe, Mercury Federal Systems, Inc.
• Design, Analysis, and RF Evaluation of Waveform Applications for SCA Deployment - Hands-On Tutorial, Presented by Frank Ditore, Agilent Technologies
• ETSI Reconfigurable Radio Systems (RRS) Tutorial, Presented by Markus Muck, Infineon Technologies, Germany, and Andrea Lorelli, ETSI, France
• Migrating Legacy Radios to the SCA Tutorial, Presented by Toby McClean and Mike Williams, Zeligsoft, Canada
• IPA Tutorial, Presented by Peter G. Cook, Hypres, Inc., USA, and James Neel, Cognitive Radio Technologies, LLC, USA
• Two Thirds of SDR is SD Tutorial, Presented by Bruce Trask, MDE Systems, Inc., USA
• A graphical approach to FPGA programming, Presented by Christian Amadasun, National Instruments, USA
• Rapid Prototyping Digital SCA-Based SDR Waveforms with OSSIE: Hands-On Tutorial, Presented by Carl B. Dietrich, Virginia Tech, USA; Frank Kragh, Naval Postgraduate School, USA; and Donna Miller, Naval Postgraduate School, USA
• Emerging Commercial Wireless and Cognitive Radio Standards Tutorial, Presented by James Neel, Cognitive Radio Technologies, LLC, USA
• Radio-In-The-Loop: Design Tools for Software Radios, Presented by John Irza, The Mathworks, USA

Expert Lectures include:

• Air Interface Innovations Applicable to Cognitive Radio Systems, by Donald Steinbrecher, Navy, USA
• Multipath Interference Characterization in Wireless Communication Systems, by Michael Rice, Brigham Young University, USA
• Spectral Analysis and Channelization, by Robert McGwier, IDA Center for Communications Research, Princeton, USA
• GNU Radio: Introduction and Computational Capabilities, by Tom Rondeau, Center for Communications Research, USA
• Modem Tutorial, by Fred Harris, San Diego State University, USA

SDR’10 will feature more than 100 high quality technical presentations over four days from industry, government, and university experts, as well as a Product Expo with companies from all across the value chain and a Technology Showcase with more than 20 product demonstrations. The Conference program, with more information on the tutorials and a complete listing of technical presentations can be found here: http://conference.WirelessInnovation.org/page/Program.

SDR’10 represents the latest in an annual conference that has become a highlight on the wireless industry event calendar. The event brings together world class business and technical leaders from around the world across commercial and civil organizations including service providers, operators, manufacturers, developers, regulatory agencies, and academia. To register, visit our registration page.

Platinum sponsors include General Dynamics C4 Systems, Harris, Indra and L3 Communications. Gold sponsors include Agilent Technologies, General Dynamics C4 Systems, Pentek and Xilinx.

To learn more about the benefits of Forum Membership, visit our web page.

About the Wireless Innovation Forum

Established in 1996, The Wireless Innovation Forum (SDR Forum Version 2.0) is a non-profit mutual benefit corporation dedicated to driving technology innovation in commercial, civil, and defense communications worldwide. Members bring a broad base of experience in Software Defined Radio (SDR), Cognitive Radio (CR) and Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) technologies in diverse markets and at all levels of the wireless value chain to address emerging wireless communications requirements. To learn more about The Wireless Innovation Forum, its meetings and membership benefits, visit www.WirelessInnovation.org.