Four New Projects Initiated by Wireless Innovation Forum Members

June 28, 2012 - PRLog -- Washington, DC, 28 June 2012 – The Wireless Innovation Forum (http://www.WirelessInnovation.org), a non-profit international industry association dedicated to driving the future of radio communications and systems worldwide, announced today the approval of four new projects by Wireless Innovation Forum members.

CORBA Zero-Copy Enhancement is the new project of the Forum’s SCA Next Work Group, chaired by Terry Anderson (ITT Exelis [NYSE-  XLS]). This project is being developed for SDR and Embedded Domains developers who need to move data efficiently with increased throughput and reduced latency while addressing Size, Weight and Power (SWAP) and battery technical challenges. The project will produce an Object Management Group (OMG) CORBA Zero Copy Request For Comment (RFC) specification, which captures the CORBA Zero Copy Enhancements that provides a standard set of CORBA specification(s) and CORBA IDL to language mappings (e.g., C, CPP, etc.) for ORB vendors to support CORBA zero copy, which provides application portability and backwards capability to current CORBA language mappings.  

The SCA API Work Group, also chaired by Mr. Anderson and vice chaired by Fabio Casolino (Selex Communications [ISE- IT:FNC]), had two new projects approved:
•   API Requirements Specification: This specification is being produced for API specification writers who need a set of requirements leading to complete and fully specified APIs. The specification will provide requirements for what API specifications must contain to fully define an API, and unlike the many existing API specifications used as examples, this product will lead to more fully specified APIs that will make implementing products (platform devices and services and applications) more portable.
•   API enhancement for Audio Device API: This project is being undertaken for SCA product implementers, including platform and application (waveform) developers, who need a more complete specification of an Audio Device API. The project will produce a more precise specification for the API, meeting the requirements published by WINNF.

The Transceiver System Interface Task Group (TSI-TG), chaired by Eric Nicollet (Thales Communications [PAR: FR:HO]), will begin work on a new project on Fast Prototyping With WInnF Transceiver Facility Implementation. This project is being undertaken for providers of SDR software applications (waveforms, sensing modules, ...) running in SDR products who seek a cost-efficient method for fast-prototyping the SDR software application. The project will enable fast-prototyping of SDR software applications thanks to (i) open source upgrade of COTS fast-prototyping transceiver solutions to WInnF Transceiver Facility and (ii) preliminary design activities for fast-prototyping of waveform applications using the upgraded platform. What this means is that unlike the existing situation where the a SDR software application fast-prototyped and validated under PC-based environment are then requiring a significant further rework when being ported and integrated into the target commercial SDR platform, this project will enable SDR software applications to be ready for faster porting into WInnF Transceiver Facility compliant radio equipment, thanks to the abstraction of the Transceiver implementation architecture offered by WInnF Transceiver Facility.

Forum Work Groups, Task Groups and Special Interest Groups  met to advance these and others projects at the Forum’s 72nd Working Meeting, held this week, 25-27 June, in Brussels, Belgium. For more information on the meeting, visit http://groups.WInnForum.org/72nd_WM_Agenda.

For information on all Forum projects, please visit our Current Projects page: http://www.WirelessInnovation.org/page/Current_Projects. For more information on the benefits of Forum membership, please http://www.wirelessinnovation.org/page/Member_Benefits.


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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.
   
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