SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Industry Day - AFRL Projects for Spectrum Access R&D Program
- Notice Date
- 4/12/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - NJ (W15QKN), BUILDING 10 PHIPPS RD, PICATINNY ARSENAL, New Jersey, 07806-5000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-16-Z-04O2
- Point of Contact
- Kristen Kachur, Phone: 9737243217
- E-Mail Address
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kristen.e.kachur.civ@mail.mil
(kristen.e.kachur.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INDUSTRY DAY TITLE: AFRL Projects for Spectrum Access R&D Program 1) Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) Protocol Development, 2) Multiple Input - Multiple Output (MIMO) ‘Bolt-on' Technologies for JTRS, 3) Electromagnetic Spectrum Situational Awareness Operating Picture MEETING DATE: 22 April 2016 (check-in 0830-0900, meeting starts at 0900) MEETING LOCATION: Griffiss Institute, 725 Daedalian Dr., Rome, NY 13441 REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 20 April 2016 The Information Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is sponsoring an Industry Day to provide potential proposers with details on the objectives of the following three projects in advance of a planned Request for Initiative Proposal announcement. 1) Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) Protocol Development This project seeks a set of policy governed rulesets for Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) enabled radios and will lead to the development of protocols, procedures and process that will allow DSA technology to be integrated within the Spectrum Management (SM) process. Currently DSA enabled radios have been hampered as the current SM process struggles to accommodate this new technology. The SM process of today assigns fixed frequencies to radios and does not allow dynamic sharing of unused frequencies; thus, does not allow for any of the DSA radio capabilities to be utilized in the field. DSA radios are capable of using a combination of spectrum sensing and geolocation rules to automatically change the radio's operating frequency to avoid interference to legacy spectrum users. Their use of non-contiguous waveforms enables their wide bandwidth operation in spectrum normally used by narrower bandwidth legacy systems. They also utilize a Web Ontology Language (OWL)-based policy reasoner to support complex spectrum use limitations (geometric, sensing, mission, etc.) from multiple authorities without continuous connection to a controlling database. Further, DSA radios can support tailored, signal specific classifiers. Finally, DSA can minimize network overhead by blending the DSA-related messaging with the other networking messages. As DSA impacts receiver, transmitter and joint frequency assignment decisions, this effort will examine verification & validation of proposed rulesets, policies, and protocols to assess tech maturity and mitigate operational risk. TECHNICAL POCs: Dr. Jonathan Ashdown, jonathan.ashdown@us.af.mil, 315-330-4630. Mr. Mark Southcott, mark.southcott.1@us.af.mil, 315-330-4590. 2) Multiple Input - Multiple Output (MIMO) Technologies for JTRS This project will increase the ability for Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) radios and emerging military data links to share the 1780-1850 MHz band with other compressing DoD systems, while providing additional spectrum resources for systems that may have difficulties compressing and facilitating the increased commercial access near the six protected sites in the 1755-1780 MHz band. The concept is to leverage commercially mature multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) space-time coding, receive diversity and spatial filtering to extend the range, robustness & spectral efficiency of JTRS waveforms by hardening against multipath effects and reduce spurious noise and interference in adjacent bands. The outcome is envisioned to be a technology demonstration (TD) that will show an average 10dB performance improvement for JTRS-type software-defined radios using spectrally-efficient techniques; thus, quantifying the efficacy of low SWaP-C value-added techniques to enhance JTRS and other waveforms; e.g. bandwidth-efficient common data link (BE-CDL revB), Digital Data Link (DDL), etc.; with enhanced operational capabilities of range, throughput and robustness to interference/jamming. TECHNICAL POC: Dr. Janek Mroczek, janek.mroczek@us.af.mil, 315-330-4712. 3) Electromagnetic Spectrum Situational Awareness Operating Picture This project will provide visualizations that are effective at conveying Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Situation Awareness (SA) that make Electronic Warfare (EW) and Spectrum Management comprehensible to Commanders by improving their understanding of the Electromagnetic Operations Environment (EMOE), improving tactical employment, and providing mission decision support. Utilizing existing government-off-the-shelf (GOTS) software and Open Source Software/Standards as a basis, offerors should demonstrate multiple, interconnected, simultaneous visualizations that aid in resolving EM congestion within the US, while supporting in-theater fusion of multiple EMS data sources to include EW, advanced data analytics, and indications and warnings assessment. TECHNICAL POC: Mr. Tony Dilego, francis.dilego@us.af.mil, 315-330-3683. Registration for Industry Day is limited by the venue capacity (95). Please nominate a maximum 2 attendees from each institution. The registration cutoff date is 20 April 2016, or at attendance capacity, whichever comes first. INDUSTRY DAY EVENT POC: Michael Little, michael.little.5@us.af.mil, 315-330-7964 RSVP TO: RRS.cognitiveRF@us.af.mil with "Spectrum Industry Day" in the subject line. RSVP must include: company name, points of contact for each attendee (names, email, phone, citizenship status). Upon receipt, visitor instructions & maps will follow. This Industry Day will be unclassified. This Industry Day is in support of the Section 815 Prototype Other Transaction Agreement with the National Spectrum Consortium, however, all interested parties are eligible to attend the Industry Day regardless of their consortium membership status. The National Spectrum Consortium is an open consortium with a low barrier for membership. Any interested company, academic institution, or contractor can become a member and join the consortium to widen knowledge and technical expertise to continue to advance in technologies and meet Government needs. For more information interested Parties can visit the consortium website at http://www.nationalspectrumconsortium.org/.
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