2006 Software Defined Radio Technical Conference
and Product Exposition
November 12-16, 2006 - Orlando, Florida

Conference Schedule as of 13 October

Sunday - November 12
18h00-20h00 Registration
 
Monday - November 13 - SDR’06 Tutorials
Time          
9h00-12h30 Reconfigurable Technology for MIMO-OFDM Systems with a Focus on 802.16/802.16e

R. M. Rao, C. Dick (Xilinx)

Waveform Development and Deployment with the SCA

L. Pucker (Spectrum Signal Processing), V. Kovarik (Harris), Francis Bordeleau (Zeligsoft)

Advanced CORBA Programming with VHDL

F. Humcke (PrismTech)

Signal Processing Techniques for Spectrum Sensing and Communication in Cognitive Radio Networks

B. Farhang-Boroujeny (University of Utah)

High Assurance Security and Safety for Software Defined Radios

G. Uchenik (Objective Interface Systems)

12h30-13h30 Lunch
13h30-17h00 From Software Radio to Cognitive Radio: Principle, Algorithm and Testbed

W. Xiang (University of Michigan)

OMG Software Radio Specification Tutorial

J. Bickle (PrismTech)

Stop Dreaming and Build a Software Defined Radio

B. Trask (PrismTech) - Cancelled

Software Defined Radios for Public Safety

F. Frantz (L-3)

The Integrated SDR Toolchain

M. Hermeling (Zeligsoft)

17h15-22h00 Reception Sponsored by General Dynamics at Kennedy Space Center Saturn V Center
 
Tuesday - November 14
Time Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5
7h00 Breakfast
8h30 Keynote: Software Radio in the Real World - Vanu Bose - Vanu
9h20 Break
9h40 Session 1.1
Testbeds
Chair: J. Reed
Session 2.1
SW & Waveform Component Design 1
Chair: F. Jondral
Session 3.1
Adaptive and Cognitive Radio in Americas
Chair: C. Bostian
Session 4.1
SDR Systems in Public Safety
Chair: S. Reichert
Session 5.1
SDR Standards and Systems
Chair: D. Stephens
11h50 Lunch & Exhibits
13h50 Session 1.2
Circuits and Chips 1
Chair: C. Dick
Session 2.2
SW & Waveform Component Design 2
Chair: J. Bard
Session 3.2
Adaptive and Cognitive Radio in Asia
Chair: R. Kohno
Session 4.2
SDR Systems in Space and Aviation
Chair: A. Brown
Session 5.2
Reconfigurable & Wideband Antenna
Chair: B. Egg
16h00 Break
16h15 Invited Paper - Will Scott - TBD
16h45 Invited Paper - Eimear Gallery - The Benefits of Trusted Computing to SDR
17h15 Panel Session - Security in SDR
18h00-20h00 Reception & Exhibits
 
Wednesday - November 15
Time Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5
7h00 Breakfast
8h30 Keynote: Cognitive Radio and Robots - Joe Mitola
9h20 Break
9h40 Session 1.3
Circuits & Chips 2
Chair: f harris
Session 2.3
SW & Waveform Component Design 3
Chair: K. Anderson
Session 3.3
Adaptive and Cognitive Radio in Europe
Chair: D. Bourse
Session 4.3
SDR Systems in Networks & Telematics
Chair: M. Alsliety
 
11h50 Lunch & Exhibits
13h50 Session 1.4
Circuits & Chips 3
Chair: J. Ector
Session 2.4
SCA & SW 1
Chair: M. Turner
Session 3.4
Cognitive Radio 4
Chair: P. Cook
Session 4.4
Global Perspectives of SDR & Cognitive Radio Regulation & Education
Chair: J. Miller
 
16h00 Break
16h15 Invited Paper - Mitch Kokar - Ontologies and Metamodeling: Applications to Policy Based Radio Control
16h45 Invited Paper - Preston Marshall - Report on XG Program
17h15 Panel Session - Cognitive Radio
18h00-20h00 SDR Forum Annual Members Meeting and Reception (Election of Officers)
 
Thursday - November 16
Time Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5
7h00 Breakfast
8h30 Keynote - Hiroshi Harada (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
9h20 Break
9h40 Session 1.5
SDR HW - Implementation 1
Chair: C. Anderson
Session 2.5
SCA & FPGAs
Chair: C. Belisle
Session 3.5
Cognitive Radio 5
Chair: T. Rondeau
Session 4.5
SDR Development & Environment Tools 1
Chair: J. Hogg
 
11h50 Lunch - Presentation of Awards for Best Papers for SDR'06, SDR Forum Contributor, and Industry Achievement.
Also, book signing by authors of SDR texts
13h50 Session 1.6
SDR HW - Implementation 2
Chair: S. Choi
Session 2.6
Evolving SCA
Chair: J. Bickle
Session 3.6
Cognitive Radio 6
Chair: K. Nolan
Session 4.6
SDR Development & Environment Tools 2
Chair: V. Kovarik
 
16h00 Break
16h15 Invited Paper - J. Bickle - Leveraging the latest MDD/MDA technologies for developing SDR systems
16h45 Invited Paper - M. Cummings - Application of the MetaLanguage to Cognitive Radio
17h15 Demonstration of Reference Waveform Application by Mercury Computer
 
Friday - November 17
SDR Forum General Meeting -
All registrants are invited to participate. Agenda
 

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