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Spectrum Signal Processing To Upgrade Globalstar Gateway
Columbia MD (SPX) Oct 06, 2005 Spectrum Signal Processing announced Wednesday a $1.0 million contract with Globalstar as the first stage of a broader satellite gateway upgrade to provide Globalstar's customers with enhanced asset tracking functionality. The initial contract for the supply of SDR-3000 hardware, software and related application engineering services is expected to be complete by early 2006. Following this, Globalstar will conduct test and validation procedures related to the upgraded software-defined gateway functionality. Upon successful validation, Globalstar is expected to upgrade a portion of its network. If effected, each gateway upgrade will require approximately $500,000 of Spectrum hardware and engineering services. Certain government, homeland security and emergency response customers such as the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are challenging Globalstar to provide enhanced asset tracking. Globalstar is responding by software defining its satellite gateway infrastructure to accommodate the complex waveforms required by such applications and to enable a variety of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) based asset tracking applications. "Globalstar can only remain a leader in the satellite communications market by profitably anticipating and addressing its customers' needs," stated Anthony Navarra, President of Globalstar. "Spectrum's software defined radio expertise will assist us immeasurably in accommodating the advanced waveforms required by our customers." "Our customers, whether commercial or government, rely upon Spectrum to provide them with leading-edge, commercially available solutions that reduce the time, cost and technical risks of their programs," stated James P. Atkins, President of Spectrum Signal Processing (USA) Inc. "This is a very significant opportunity for Spectrum that solidifies our strong position in satellite communications applications." Spectrum's flexComm SDR-3000 software defined radio transceiver platform is designed specifically for the implementation of dynamically reconfigurable, high-performance, high-density CompactPCI-based software defined radios. The SDR-3000 supports hundreds of simultaneous transmit and receive channels, each with an independent air interface protocol. Virtually any air interface can be supported by the SDR-3000 platform, making it ideally suited for use in military communications, electronic warfare, signals intelligence, spectrum monitoring, satellite communications and test and measurement. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Globalstar Spectrum Signal Processing SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Satellite Constellation - multiple satellite deployments in LEO and Beyond
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