SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Using Filter Banks for Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum Signals
- Notice Date
- 12/21/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 517210
— Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory (DOE Contractor), Idaho National Laboratory, 2525 Fremont, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83415-3920
- ZIP Code
- 83415-3920
- Solicitation Number
- 11-310
- Archive Date
- 2/9/2012
- Point of Contact
- Dale Kotter, Phone: 208-526-1954
- E-Mail Address
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Dale.Kotter@inl.gov
(Dale.Kotter@inl.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- A -- TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Using Filter Banks for Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum Signals General Information Document Type: Special Notice Classification Code: A -- Research & Development Naics Code: 238990 -- All Other Specialty Trade Contractors Contracting Office Address Department of Energy, Idaho National Laboratory (DOE Contractor), Idaho National Laboratory, 2525 Fremont Ave., P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID, 83415-3920, UNITED STATES Description TECHNOLOGY/BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY - Using Filter Banks for Multi-Carrier Spread Spectrum Signals Idaho National Laboratory (INL), operated by the Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC (BEA) under contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is offering the opportunity to license, develop, and commercialize new methods for the wireless transmission of spread-spectrum signals. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. INL may also be available to partner(s) to assist in further research and development of the technology under a Work for Others agreement or CRADA program. Background: The dramatic rise of wireless devices and applications has sparked a new national need among commercial service providers, federal users and original equipment manufacturers to develop new spectrum agile technologies that utilize the radio spectrum intelligently while allowing seamless connectivity between different wide-area networks and, also localized mobile ad-hoc networks. Radios that are spectrum-aware, spectrum-agile and operate over a large spectral band are needed to serve the future public safety, military and commercial communication needs. Description: INL is offering a new technology to address this specific need through intelligent detection and innovative generation of multi-carrier spread-spectrum signals using filter banks. Direct sequence spread spectrum (DS-SS) and frequency hopping spread spectrum (FH-SS) techniques are widely used to implement jam-resistant communication systems. Multi-carrier spread spectrum systems have been suggested; however, their implementation as of this date has been limited. The technology implemented by INL is significantly more robust against narrow-band and partial-band interference/jamming than the more popular DS-SS and FH-SS techniques. It can be used as a stand-alone spread spectrum system with robust performance in narrow/partial band interference channels or as an underlay control channel in next generation cognitive radio networks and applications. This INL technology has a number of potential applications, including adoption by public safety, national defense and commercial cellular industry. In addition, this technology offers the following potential advantages over existing technologies: •· Enables simultaneous "underlay communication channel" in an occupied spectrum delivering low to medium data-rates •· Operates under harsh/jamming radio frequency environments •· Exhibits low probability of detection and interception •· Resists high-energy narrow and/or wide-band interference •· Performs robustly in high-speed mobility environments •· Poses no taxation on an occupied spectrum •· Enhances Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) when orthogonality is lost Intellectual Property: INL has filed a U.S. Patent Application covering this technology. Commercial Opportunity: INL is seeking industry partners to help develop and commercialize this technology. The ideal partner would have some or all of the following qualifications: •· Experience in a related business. •· Demonstrated ability to bring inventions to the market. •· The resources to make a significant investment in the development of this technology for commercialization. •· An interest in performing and funding cooperative research at INL. •· Substantial manufacturing and research operations in the United States. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A PROCUREMENT. Companies interested in commercializing INL's technology should provide a written statement of interest (may be submitted by e-mail) no later than March 15th, 2012. The statement of interest should include the following information: 1. Company Name and address 2. The name, address, and telephone number of a point of contact 3. A description of corporate business and technical expertise relevant to commercializing this technology 4. A description of the company's motivation for pursuing this opportunity. Companies deemed appropriate will be provided with further information on the technology. Such information may require an executed Non-disclosure Agreement. Respondents wishing to enter into negotiations for a commercial license may be required to submit a business plan for the commercialization of the technology prior to licensee(s) selection and negotiations. Written responses should be directed to: Dale Kotter Commercialization Manager, Phone 208-526-1954, Fax 208-520-0876, e-mail: Dale.Kotter@inl.gov P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3805
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