Low-Overhead Software Communications Architecture ( SCA) Core Framework (CF) for Small Form Factor (SFF),Low-Power Software Defined Radios (SDRs) Navy SBIR FY2008.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2008.1 Topic No.: N08-092 Topic Title: Low-Overhead Software Communications Architecture ( SCA) Core Framework (CF) for Small Form Factor (SFF),Low-Power Software Defined Radios (SDRs) Proposal No.: N081-092-0494 Firm: Objective Interface Systems, Inc. 13873 Park Center Road Suite 360 Herndon, Virginia 20171-3247 Contact: Victor Giddings Phone: (703) 295-6520 Web Site: www.ois.com Abstract: The Software Communications Architecture (SCA) defines an architecture for a common radio system infrastructure. This infrastructure or Core Framework provides the management and control capabilities for a radio system. However, many SCA projects have resulted in large, monolithic implementations that do not scale well across a range of radio systems. Thus, it has not been successfully applied to Small Form Factor (SFF) radio systems that have stringent Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) constraints. Objective Interface Systems believes that the fundamental architecture defined by the SCA specification is valid and that a different perspective on the design and implementation is necessary to achieve deployment of the SCA across a wider range of platforms. Coupled with innovative technology for automated removal of unreferenced code and modular deployment architecture, this SBIR project will identify specific driving requirements for SFF radio systems. Specific design and implementation optimizations will be identified together with anticipated improvements. Several of these optimizations will be implemented to gather quantitative data on the benefits of the approach. The result of the Phase I effort will be a comprehensive plan for an SCA core framework implementation that both meets the SCA specification and the deployment profile demands of the SFF radio. Benefits: Products developed to the new SCA specification will allow development of small form factor radios with limited power constraints. The development of such radios will be quicker and with less risk. Experience has demonstrated that a robust, technically-sound, low-overhead Core Framework standard breeds an active, competitive market serving both commercial and military customers. This will lower the cost and risk of development, increase the efficacy of reuse, and lengthen the lifetime of developed assets. Potential markets include hand held radios, cell phones, medical devices, robotics, and personal computing devices. Return