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September 01, 2005
Adaptive Digital Technologies, Inc. Wins Leading Edge Air Force Technology Contract
Philadelphia, PA, September, 2005—Adaptive Digital Technologies, Inc. (Adaptive Digital) has been awarded a one year, $100,000 Phase One Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research to develop and apply novel approaches to two cutting edge technologies, Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems using Space-Time Coding (STC), with the goal of achieving low bandwidth, high reliability communication links in hostile urban terrain environments.
The objective of this program with the Air Force, Seamless Non-Line-Of-Sight Communications for Urban Warfare, is to address the interference caused by buildings and to replace unreliable, low data rate communications with secure, high data rate non-line-of-sight communications.
Current deployment practices typically include unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for precision target identification, together with line-of-sight communications to securely disseminate the data between the UAV and the ground. But, line-of-sight communications is not possible in urban environments due to interference caused by buildings. In addition, minimizing the bandwidth required for the data transmission is a major concern in order to assure secure activities, possibility behind enemy lines. One promising approach to this problem is through the use of antenna arrays. The idea behind MIMO/STC is to transmit different signals from multiple antennas on the same channel, and receive these signals on multiple antennas thereby not only increasing the probability of achieving reliable communications in noisy, hostile environments, but also doing so at far higher data rates than are currently achievable.
Adaptive Digital is teaming with researchers at Villanova University's Center for Advanced Communication (CAC) to find innovative and practical ways to apply these concepts to a viable commercial product. With today's high speed Digital Signal Processors and circuitry, Adaptive Digital expects to be able to commercialize this technology within one to two years. The Air Force awarded this research contract to Adaptive Digital Technologies under the Department of Defense (DoD) Small Business Technology Transfer program which funds early-stage research and development projects at small technology companies -- projects that both serve a DoD need and have commercial applications.
Villanova University's Center for Advanced Communications (CAC) focus on facilitating the transformation of knowledge into innovations, which create new wealth and strengthen the regional economy. This is achieved by planning and implementing a new model utilizing research, technology, education, and commerce. Since its inception, the Center has provided an integrated environment for university, industry, and government to focus on computational, informational, and communication issues. The Center research is performed by faculty from universities throughout the Delaware Valley. The CAC research has been sponsored by State of Pennsylvania as well as several federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, Office of Naval Research, US Government Office of Research and Development, Air Force Research Lab, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The industry sponsors include the Boeing Company, Motorola, General Electric, the Sarnoff Corporation, InterDigital Communications, and Lockheed Martin.
Center for Advanced Communication, 119 Tolentine Hall, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA 19085
www.engineering.villanova.edu/research/cac
The STTR Program provides up to $850,000 in early-stage R&D funding directly to small companies working cooperatively with researchers at universities and other research institutions.
Adaptive Digital Technologies, Inc. is located in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA).
About Adaptive Digital Technologies, Inc.
With over eleven years of experience in the application of DSP in the area of voiceband communications, Adaptive Digital Technologies, Inc. (http://www.adaptivedigital.com) offers highly optimized carrier-grade DSP Software building blocks such as telephony algorithms, speech compression, and echo cancellation, packaged to meet all applications.
Adaptive Digital’s DSP ‘Chip’ Solutions are a collection of DSP algorithms and Texas Instruments hardware components, which together handle signal-processing tasks for specific end equipment. Adaptive Digital’s ipPhoneChip™, G.PAK™Chip, G.168 Echo Canceller Chip, and Conferencing Chip, lets system designers leverage proven solutions, allowing them to focus their efforts on rapid product development. Adaptive Digital is a strategic member of the TI’s TMS320™ Third Party Program, the most extensive collection of Digital Signal Processing development support in the industry.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Tina.marcinek@adaptivedigital.com
1100 East Hector Street, Suite 210
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Office: 610-825-0182
Fax: 610-825-7616
Scott Kurtz
Vice President Engineering
Scott.kurtz@adaptivedigital.com
Posted by anna at September 1, 2005 01:22 PM