Software defined radios-Motorola´s Wireless Information Transfer System (WITS)

Author

Fox, Phillip W.

Author_Institution

Syst. Solutions Group, Motorola Inc., Scottsdale, AZ, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

43

Lastpage

46

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of a breakthrough in the development of radio system products. The Motorola Wireless Information Transfer System (WITS) product line has successfully passed field trials and has been selected by the US Navy as the new standard Digital Modular Radio (DMR). The DMR is a software reprogrammable, multi-band, multi-mode, multimedia communication system which meets the standards defined by the Software Defined Radio Forum and the US Department of Defense Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) objectives

Keywords

digital radio; land mobile radio; marine systems; military communication; military standards; multimedia communication; software architecture; telecommunication standards; CORBA; Digital Modular Radio; JTRS; Motorola Wireless Information Transfer System; Software Defined Radio Forum; US Department of Defense Joint Tactical Radio System; US Navy; WITS; field trials; mobile radio; multi-band system; multi-mode multimedia communication system; radio system products; software architecture; software defined radios; software reprogrammable system; standards; Communication system software; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Costs; Hardware; Open systems; Radio control; Signal processing; Software radio; Standards organizations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

EUROCOMM 2000. Information Systems for Enhanced Public Safety and Security. IEEE/AFCEA

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6323-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURCOM.2000.874769

Filename

874769