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Terry ManusSDR Opportunities

NATecS 2017 May 16th-17th

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Presentation #22Opportunities for SDR

NATecS 2017May, 16th – 17th

NATecS 2017May, 16th – 17th




Agenda

• Definition of SDR

• Levels of SDR

• Benefits

• System Components

• Target Markets




Definition SDR

• Software Defined Radio (SDR) is a wireless communication device in which all the signal processing is implemented in software.

• SDR defines a collection of hardware and software technologies where some or all the radio’s operating functions (also refereed to as physical layer processing) are implemented through modifiable software or firmware operating on programmable processor technologies such as FPGAs, DSPs, GPPs, or application specific processor.

• The use of these technologies allows new wireless features and capabilities to be added to existing SDR systems without needing new hardware.




Levels of SDR

Wireless Innovation Forum has defined the following tiers:

•Tier 0: Non-configurable hardware radio

•Tier 1: Software controlled radio where limited functions are controllable

•Tier 2: Significant portion of the radio is software configurable – frequency, modulation and waveform generation/detection, wide/narrow band operation, security, etc. The RF front end still remains hardware based and non- configurable.

•Tier 3: The ideal software radio has configurable elements very close to the antenna.

•Tier 4: The ultimate software radio has full programmability and supports a broad range of functions and frequencies at the same time.




Software Defined Radio




Benefits of SDR

• Flexible/Highly reconfigurable

Waveform portability

Multiband/Multimode

Digital manipulation of signals in software is more flexible and capable than hardware

• Reprogrammable

Reduced Obsolescence / Software upgrades

• Generic hardware can be used for a variety of applications

• Libraries of software radio components are easily created and shared

Software prototyping faster and cheaper than hardware prototyping

• Mathematically sophisticated signal processing techniques can be performed in the digital domain using software

• Reduce Total Cost of Ownership




Issues with Traditional Radio

• Older radio systems were designed to communicate using one or two waveforms

• Communication with different radios were not possible

• Different set of H/W for different types of radio communications

no interoperability and required HW modifications for additional support and updates.

• The issues outlined above resulted in higher production costs and minimal flexibility in supporting multiple waveforms.

• So these issues provided real motivation to get SDR on line as it provides an efficient and relatively low-cost solution.




Double Down with MicroTCA

The benefits of MicroTCA to SDR applications:

•Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA)

Standards based and not proprietary

•Front loading for serviceability

•Hot swap/redundant

•Small foot print

•High speed interconnects

•Scalable solution

Add more boards to add more radios




SDR System Components

• Antenna

• RF hardware

Amplification/filtering (PA)

FMC hardware

• Frequency conversion

NAMC-ODSP-W (FPGA)

• Digital conversion

NAMC-FPGA, NAMC-SDR, FMC hardware

• Baseband processing

NAMC-ODSP-w, NAMC-FPGA

• Typical infrastructure

NAT chassis, PM, MCH




Where to sell?

Target Markets:•Commercial Comms

cellular BTS• Development/Test

Satellite modems

specialty BTS/Satcom• Government• Transportation• Corporate campus• Education• Healthcare

•Military Comms

all airborne, naval and ground force tactical radio

cellular jamming systems

•Government Comms

public safety/homeland security market

search and rescue

law enforcement• cell phone management• prisons• drone security

Examples•Samsung Telecom USA•Qualcomm•Lockheed Martin (JSAT)•iDirect•US Army

Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)

•Raytheon

DARPA

•MITRE•General Dynamics •L3•Harris•Policing agencies




Application Example: IMSI Catching

• International Mobile Subscriber Identity-catcher, or IMSI-catcher

• A telephone eavesdropping device used for intercepting mobile phone traffic and tracking location data of mobile phone users.

Essentially a "fake" mobile tower acting between the target mobile phone and the service provider's real towers

Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

• IMSI-catchers are used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies

Illegal in Germany

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IMSI Catching

Active mode operations

•Extracting stored data such as International Mobile Subscriber Identity ("IMSI") numbers and Electronic Serial Number ("ESN")•Writing cellular protocol metadata to internal storage•Forcing an increase in signal transmission power•Forcing an abundance of radio signals to be transmitted•Interception of communications content•Tracking and locating the cellular device user•Conducting a denial of service attack•Encryption key extraction•Radio jamming for either general denial of service purposes or to aid in active mode protocol rollback attacks

Passive mode operations

•conducting base station surveys, which is the process of using over-the-air signals to identify legitimate cell sites and precisely map their coverage area




IMSI Catching

Required HW/SW:

HW• ODSP-W• MTCA infrastructure – chassis, power supply, MCH

SW• ODSP-W-PHY• FXLynx middleware

We can sell a complete solution!




Application Example: Public Safety Network• From a communications perspective a public safety network is a wireless

communications network used by emergency services organizations, such as police, fire and emergency medical services, to prevent or respond to incidents that harm or endanger persons or property.

• Public safety networks may originate at any level of government and their user base may span single or multiple geographies.

• Public safety networks are receiving more attention and priority as the world deals with ever-increasing threats from terrorism and natural disasters.

• In recent years the public safety community have focused their communication efforts on software defined radio technology in an effort to achieve better interoperability and coordination between organizations.

• P25 (Project 25) is the traditional land mobile radio standard for public safety in North America and TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) is designed to serve the public-safety community worldwide.




Public Safety Network





Required HW/SW:

HW• ODSP-W• MTCA infrastructure – chassis, power supply, MCH

SW• ODSP-W-PHY• FXLynx middleware

We can sell a complete solution!




Using N.A.T. products for SDR

Other ExamplesOther Examples




US ArmyNetwork connected battlefield




MITRESilver Bullet RF/Digital Transceiver AMC board




BBN/RaytheonVehicle Mounted Comms




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Presenter

Presentation Notes

With this, I want to thank you all for your attention and I hope I managed to give you an adequate idea of our Soft I-TDM project. If you have any questions regarding my presentation, I would gladly try to answer them now. THANK YOU!

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