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Objective Interface Sponsors SDR Forum's Smart Radio Challenge
Contestants Build Software Defined Radios With ORBexpress Communications Middleware
| Source: Objective Interface
ORLANDO, FL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 15, 2006 -- SDR Forum General Meeting and Technical
Conference -- Objective Interface Systems, Inc., the leading provider of
communications middleware for software defined radios (SDRs), today
announced its sponsorship of a design competition for next-generation SDRs.
As a Gold sponsor of the SDR Forum's Smart Radio Challenge, Objective
Interface is providing its small-footprint, high-performance ORBexpress®
communications middleware to student teams developing prototype SDRs that
meet rigorous performance and usability standards.
"Many technological breakthroughs have their roots in the ingenuity of
university research programs," noted Joe Jacob, senior vice president at
Objective Interface Systems. "We believe that the research spurred by this
Challenge will generate real-world solutions to problems commonly
encountered in SDR design. Objective Interface Systems appreciates the
opportunity to deliver the latest and highest quality technology into the
hands of students -- who will in turn use creativity and perseverance to
turn problems into solutions."
Mr. Jacob added: "The Smart Radio Challenge gives us the opportunity to
extend our support of education. Not only do we offer a summer internship
and tuition program for select students, every license of ORBexpress
includes a three-day training class at no additional charge."
The Smart Radio Challenge requires that student teams build and demonstrate
an SDR that addresses problems defined by the SDR Forum and that supports a
target waveform or waveforms. After identifying the problems they wish to
solve, student teams must design, develop and test a working solution
within 10 months. Several prizes will be awarded by the SDR Forum after the
development phase. Qualifying teams may continue to compete in subsequent
years toward the yearly development prize.
The Smart Radio Challenge is a two-phase process. In Phase 1, the student
team must include an explicit work plan, detailing the schedule of
milestones and methods planned to achieve each objective or task. The team
must include a list of deliverables, including software and hardware
documentation and source code, and must outline each team member's
credentials.
Phase 2 focuses on the development of a prototype radio system. All final
Phase 2 solutions will be demonstrated at the SDR Forum General Meeting and
Technical Conference in November 2007 and will be judged on characteristics
such as functionality and interoperability; commercial viability; and
compliance to code development standards and standardized APIs. More
information on the Smart Radio Challenge is available at:
www.radiochallenge.org.
About ORBexpress from Objective Interface
ORBexpress is the industry's most widely deployed ORB for SDR. Software
Communications Architecture (SCA)-based SDRs are systems that require CORBA
for the design and deployment of their radio application. As a
small-footprint product, ORBexpress optimizes the use of scarce resources,
which is important for small, lightweight, low-power, hand-held radios. As
real-time communications middleware, ORBexpress provides the predictability
of behavior and reliability required for SDR platforms.
ORBexpress is based on the Real-time CORBA standard that enables real-time
and embedded devices in heterogeneous environments to communicate
seamlessly. Thousands of customers worldwide have used the ORBexpress
communications infrastructure to build more flexible, upgradeable and
capable products. Available in C++, Ada and Java, ORBexpress has been
recognized as the fastest ORB in the industry in an independent study
conducted by Boeing's Phantomworks Group. For more information on
ORBexpress and the Objective Interface portfolio of communications
middleware, please visit: www.ois.com/products, call 1 800-800-OIS7 in the
U.S., +33 (0) 6 68 35 15 45 in Europe or +81 (0)3-5623-2112 in Japan or
e-mail inquiries to: info@ois.com.
About Objective Interface Systems
Objective Interface is the worldwide leader of high-performance, real-time
and embedded communications middleware solutions. The company provides
CORBA ORBs, publish-subscribe technology based on the Object Management
Group (OMG) Data Distribution Service standard (DDS), and secure
communications middleware development tools based on the Multiple
Independent Levels of Security/Safety (MILS) architecture to meet the
high-performance requirements of military and aerospace,
telecommunications, data communications, industrial automation and process
control, transportation and consumer electronics markets. Objective
Interface products are the communications core of many mission-critical
products and systems including mission-critical avionics systems, network
management, vehicle control and management systems, software defined radio,
telecommunication systems, process control systems and nuclear fusion
ignition facilities. Objective Interface customers consist of the world's
most advanced product and engineering organizations including Boeing, BAE
Systems, CERN, Daimler-Benz, EADS, Ericsson, Eurocontrol, General Dynamics,
Harris, Hughes Network Systems, ITT, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Lawrence
Livermore National Labs, Lockheed Martin, Lucent, Lyrtech, Nikon, Nortel,
Northrop Grumman, Philips, Raytheon, Rockwell Collins, Saab, Samsung,
Sandia, Selex Communications, Spectrum Signal, Telefunken, Thales, TRW, the
U.S. Department of Defense, ViaSat and many others. For more information,
please visit: www.ois.com.
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