DARPA contract for BAE Systems
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected BAE Systems to develop a wireless communications system that increases the capacity and performance of wireless networks.
BAE Systems will develop the Interference Division Multiple Access Communications system (IDMA) under an $8.8m contract with options totaling $15.4m. IDMA Communications is planned as an ad-hoc wireless communications system that enables multiple users to simultaneously communicate on the same channel without centralised control or infrastructure, increasing network capacity and performance.
The work will be performed at BAE Systems facilities in
‘Bandwidth availability is a limiting factor in many wireless communications systems today,’ said Joshua Niedzwiecki, manager of communications and signal exploitation for BAE Systems. ‘With current technology, bandwidth is shared through assignment of unique time slots, frequency slots, or code words for each user. That’s an arrangement that significantly limits network performance.’
Register now to continue reading
Thanks for visiting The Engineer. You’ve now reached your monthly limit of news stories. Register for free to unlock unlimited access to all of our news coverage, as well as premium content including opinion, in-depth features and special reports.
Benefits of registering
-
In-depth insights and coverage of key emerging trends
-
Unrestricted access to special reports throughout the year
-
Daily technology news delivered straight to your inbox
Experts speculate over cause of Iberian power outages
The EU and UK will be moving towards using Grid Forming inverters with Energy Storage that has an inherent ability to act as a source of Infinite...