2006 Software Defined Radio Technical Conference and Product Exposition November 13-17, 2006

Exhibitor/Sponsor Information The Software Defined Radio Forum Technical Conference and Product Exposition was held November 13-17. The Software Defined Radio Forum (www.sdrforum.org) is an international industry association for reconfigurable wireless technology. Its members represent cellular service providers, the defense industry, and equipment vendors from around the world. The Forum's goal is to provide conference attendees with a comprehensive world-wide view of the state of the art in reconfigurable radio technology, as well as an overview of the regulatory and business context in which that technology exists. The Exhibitors were: Organization Name Booth(s) Description Wind River 314 Wind River is the global leader in device software optimization (DSO) for aerospace and defense. Our standards-based platforms deliver solutions that lead the industry and span the entire spectrum of industry challenges, including: Hard real-time performance ARINC 653 Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) Multiple Integrated Levels of Security (MILS) POSIX, SCA 2.2.1 and Software-Defined Radio (SDR) DO-178B Level A and IEC 61508 SIL 3/4 safety certification Open, unifying development framework supporting multiple tools, OS environments, and CPU architectures Wind River's commercial-grade solutions reduce effort, cost, and risk, while optimizing quality, certifiability, reliability, and maintainability through all phases of the device software lifecycle. Spectrum Signal Processing 200 Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. is a leading supplier of software defined platforms for defense electronics applications. Spectrum's products and services are optimized for military communications, signals intelligence, surveillance, electronic warfare and satellite communications applications. Spectrum's integrated, application-ready products provide its customers with compelling time-to-market and performance advantages while mitigating program risk and cost parameters. Spectrum Signal Processing (USA) Inc., based in Columbia, Maryland, provides applications engineering services and modified commercial-off-the-shelf platforms to the US Government, its allies and its prime contractors. For more information, please visit www.spectrumsignal.com. Interactive Circuits and Systems Ltd. 101 ICS is a powerhouse in the Embedded Systems industry and more specifically, leading designer and developer of software radio modules for defense radio applications such as radar, signal intelligence, secure communications, and tactical receivers. ICS is a member of Radstone Embedded Computing. PrismTech 201 PrismTech is recognized as the leading independent software vendor (ISV) of productivity tools and middleware for developers building software radios to open standards (in support of waveform/application portability, interoperability and reuse). PrismTech serves both defense (JTRS, SATCOMM) and commercial (3G, Wi-Fi) markets and their respective Standards (SCA, SDR Forum, OBSAI, J2ME) and is recognized as a technology pioneer in the enablement of low-power, small form-factor SDR. PrismTech is also actively involved with the leading vendors of complementary SDR technologies (chip vendors and waveform developers) to maximize the cost-saving and time-to-market benefits of SDR through software portability/reuse and hardware flexibility. Pentek 203 Pentek offers powerful VME, PMC, XMC, PCI and cPCI commercial and rugged board and system software radio solutions: narrowband and wideband receivers, upconverters, A/D sampling to 2 GHz; built-in sync bus; high-speed I/O (VXS, Serial Rapid I/O, PCI Express, RACEway); ReadyFlow board support libraries; GateFlow FPGA Resources and SystemFlow API and libraries. Green Hills Software 104 Green Hills Software will feature its INTEGRITY Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) which is fully compliant with software communications architecture v2.2 POSIX requirements. INTEGRITY is currently in use in several high profile SDR programs including JTRS (Joint Tactical Radio System) cluster one with Boeing, FAB-T (Family of Advance Beyond-Line-of-Site Terminals) with Boeing, and DMR (Digital Modular Radio) block one upgrade with General Dynamics. The INTEGRITY OS is supported by a rich suite of development tools including the MULTI Integrated Development Environment (IDE), C/C++ compilers and Ada compilers. Zeligsoft 202 Zeligsoft is a leading provider of market-specific embedded software development tools that enable the development of component-based systems. The world’s leading defence companies use Zeligsoft tools to improve the time to market and quality of their component-based software. Adapting to established development practices, and working with other best-in-class tools, Zeligsoft tools abstract complex standards from designers and contribute domain-specific software aspects. The Zeligsoft team possesses extensive experience in software engineering processes and Model Driven Development (MDD). Zeligsoft drives industry standards by contributing significantly to key forums such as the Object Management Group and the SDR forum. The MathWorks 111,113, 115, 210, 212, 214 The MathWorks is the leading global provider of technical computing and Model-Based Design software. MATLAB and Simulink provide a flexible and integrated software environment to accelerate the design of signal processing and communication systems. MathWorks products enable teams to develop, share, and integrate complex systems and produce validated, executable specifications. Model-Based Design allows engineers to model complex embedded and electronic systems, simulate and test the complete system behavior, and refine their designs before implementing and verifying on DSP, GPP and FPGA hardware. For more information visit: www.mathworks.com General Dynamics C4 Systems 100, 102 General Dynamics C4 Systems manufactures and markets software-defined communication systems that can be reconfigured to meet user needs without any hardware modifications. Benefits of this cutting edge technology include: Migration/Interoperability; Tactical Deployment; Reduced Ownership Cost; Flexible Infrastructure; and Security. General Dynamics C4 Systems is leading the Joint Tactical Radio System HMS Team to bring miniaturized software defined radio technology into small devices such as unattended ground sensors and soldier systems that can overcome size, weight and power constraints. A JTRS HMS Manpack TD demonstration will be featured in the General Dynamics booth. Also featured, the HOOK2(tm) Combat Search and Rescue System including the AN/PRC-112G (R) CSAR/BFT Transceivers, and the Quickdraw2(R) Handheld GPS Interrogator. For more information, please visit www.gdc4s.com. Harris 103 Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving Government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. With headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual sales of over $3 billion and has 12,600 employees - including 5,500 engineers and scientists - dedicated to the development of best-in-class assured communications™ products, systems, and services. The company's operating divisions serve markets for government communications, RF communications, broadcast communications, and microwave communications. Harris has been a pioneer in the field of Software Defined Radio technology: from first generation SDRs developed for the military ground vehicular radio domain in the late 1980's, to second generation SDRs developed for the military ground vehicular and man-portable domains in the late-1990's (including the AN/PRC-117F and AN/PRC-150 Man-pack Radios), to third generation SDRs developed for JTRS ground vehicular and man-portable domains, including military grade security with Harris Sierra II technology, which are available today. The Harris Falcon III family of SDRs fully embraces the JTRS Software Communications Architecture (SCA) and associated security requirements, providing commercially developed, man-portable solutions as exemplified by the AN/PRC-152 Hand-held radio. Lyrtech 111,113, 115, 210, 212, 214 Lyrtech develops and manufactures advanced digital signal processing solutions for companies worldwide, a vital technology to network and wireless communications, audio and video processing, as well as electronic systems in all fields of technology. Lyrtech offers a full range of DSP-FPGA development platforms, as well as design, prototyping, and manufacturing of electronic products through its Innovator division. Ettus Research 207 Universal Software Radio Peripheral Sandbridge Technologies 215 The SB30XX series change entirely the rules of handset design and operability. Powered by 4 Sandblaster® cores, the SB30XX packs sufficient punch to run the most advanced wireless protocols at power-efficiency levels that rival hardware-centric (ASIC) solutions. With its high-level "C" compiler and intuitive software design tools, the SB30XX is the first truly universal next-generation handset platform-provisioning handset OEM's with the ability to design, test and revise in simple, intuitive software-development methodology. The SB30XX enables OEM's to take wireless devices from design to production in a fraction of the time required by traditional hardware approaches. The SB3000 is also the first and only platform to address a rapidly expanding set of challenges facing handset OEM's, namely, the multiplicity of evolving radio protocols and feature-sets that mark an increasingly complex and volatile marketscape. With the SB30XX, OEM's can revise their designs with the stroke of a key. The SB30XX's unmatched combination of flexibility, performance and efficiency make it the platform of choice for the new class of emerging convergent mobile devices. Welcome to the future. Objective Interface Systems 208 Objective Interface Systems is the leading provider of real-time, high-performance embedded distributed communications solutions. Objective Interface offers advanced communications infrastructures with ORBexpress®RT, ORBexpress DSP, ORBexpress FPGA and PCSexpress™. ORBexpress, the middleware foundation for the industry’s first certified JTRS software-defined radio, is used successfully in virtually every major SDR program worldwide. PCSexpress is the industry’s first high-assurance secure communications middleware for software-defined radio. Micro Memory TBD Micro Memory is a leading provider of high performance board-level products for streaming signal and image processing, real time data acquisition, and enterprise network storage. Ultra-dense packaging, specialized memory controllers, DMA engines, and low latency interconnects are combined with optimized software to solve challenging and complcx problems for a wide spectrum of applications. Pico Computing 105 Pico Computing specializes in tiny, tightly integrated high performance FPGA computing platforms. The company also provides consulting and engineering services targeted in the FPGA and embedded systems integration and application compute space optimizing the technology's highly parallel capabilities. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Visit our website for more information. Virginia Tech Mobile & Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG) 106   Anritsu Corporation 213 Anritsu will be demonstrating their "Signature" Signal Analyzer and MG 3700 Signal Generator being used to provide the test environment for a Public Safety "Cognitive Radio" developed by Virgina Tech. Elektrobit 211 Elektrobit is a leading-edge developer of wireless communication solutions, including SDR based systems, and a world leader in high-end wireless test equipment. Elektrobit’s radio channel emulators, channel sounders and air interface development platforms provide unique capabilities for advanced testing of new SDR systems, including MIMO and smart antenna technologies. Hanyang University 206 HY-SDR Research Center at Hanyang University Seoul Korea is presenting (1) WiBro Smart Antenna Base Station System, and (2) Tripple-mode SDR Handset Platform. As for (1), our Smart Antenna RAS provides a real-time beamforming functionality for WiBro/Mobile WiMAX. As for (2), a single handset H/W platform provides MODEM functionality for WiBro, CDMA2000 1X, and TDD HSDPA. Synplicity Inc. 107 Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design of programmable logic devices (FPGAs, PLDs and CPLDs) and are used in a wide range of communications, military/aerospace, consumer, semiconductor, computer, and other electronic systems markets. Synplicity’s tools provide outstanding performance, cost and time-to-market benefits by simplifying, improving and automating key design planning, logic synthesis, physical synthesis and verification functions for FPGA, FPGA-based ASIC prototyping, and DSP designers. Synplicity is the number one supplier of FPGA synthesis solutions and has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction in 2004, 2005, and 2006 in EE Times’ Annual FPGA Customer Survey. Synplicity’s products support industry-standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. Xilinx 108 Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. CRC 114, 116 For over 50 years, CRC has been providing technical expertise to both the Government of Canada and Industry in satellite, terrestrial, wireless, and optical communications. CRC is recognized as a world leader in software development for SDR technology. Maker of the JTRS certified SCA reference implementation (SCARI), CRC also offers the most comprehensive integrated development environment for the SCA. CRC has been intimately involved in driving the evolution of the SCA and draws from its experience to offer consulting services and training. CRC's team is constantly pushing the limits to improve performance, collaborating with best-in-class partners to support the major RTOS, ORBs, processors, boards and systems. Visit our booth to see a demonstration of our latest Core Framework and SCA Development Tools for Eclipse. Etherstack SCA Waveforms 110 Etherstack is a leading waveform/software stack developer and licensing company and will be available to discuss their off the shelf offerings and custom opportunities in SDR, APCO P25, TETRA and consumer cellular protocols such as GSM and W-CDMA. Including hand held / mobiles, base stations/repeaters, full network gateways and infrastructure software. Mercury Computer Systems 112 Mercury Computer Systems, the acknowledged market leader in embedded computing products for defense electronics, now delivers high-end signal acquisition expertise and reconfigurable computing for the wideband communications market. With strength in mapping new technology to solve the most difficult processing problems, Mercury packages solutions that complement the end-to-end communications system skills of its customers, such as primes and system integrators. Mercury’s SCA compliant and OCP based infrastructure solutions reduce development time, increase productivity and facilitate waveform code portability. Altera Corporation 300 Altera Corporation develops programmable solutions enabling system and semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate, differentiate, and win in their markets. Our portfolio includes industry-leading FPGA, CPLD, and structured ASIC technologies; versatile embedded processors; intellectual property cores; a fully integrated software development tool; and off-the-shelf development kits. Red Rapids 209   Vanu 205   Shadow Technologies 302   ADC 204

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Hospitality provided by Pentek, General Dynamics C4 Systems, The MathWorks, Harris, Lyrtech, Sandbridge Technologies, and Synplicity