Program
2011 Tactical Communications and Interoperability Conference
Fort Wayne, IN June 22-23, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011:
8:00 to 8:30 Coffee and Registration
8:30 to 8:35 Opening Remarks, T. Cooklev, IPFW
8:35 - 8:45 Welcoming Address, Dr. Max Yen, Dean, College of Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science, IPFW
Session Chair, Dr. Todor Cooklev
8:45 - 9:30 Okhtay Azarmanech, Sven G. Bilen, Pennsylvania State University, "Novell Modulation Classification Technique for Multi-Carrier and Single-carrier Signals in Cognitive Radio Applications"
9:30 - 10:15 Bill Chappell, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN "The Need for and Capabilities of Adaptable RF Systems"
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15 D. Peroulis, Purdue University. "New Directions in MEMS for Wireless Harsh-Environment Sensors"
11:15 - 12:00 Tony Boci, ITT, Herndon, VA, "ADS-B Progress: A Service Volume Engineering Perspective"
12:00- 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:30: Dr. Ted Rappaport, U. Texas, Austin, Keynote Address: "Massively Broadband Wireless Communications"
14:30 - 15:00 Coffee Break
Session Chair, Dr. Todor Cooklev
15:00 - 15:45 Mike Leffel, Rohde and Schwarz, "Generic OFDM Analysis"
15:45 - 16:30 Hamid Piroozi, Attorney at Law, Ice Miller, Indianapolis, IN. "Anticipating how the Patent Reform Act will Affect US Patent Law and How the Law Affords Different Level of Intellectual Property Protection to Commercialized Patents and si that Enough"
17:00 - 19:00 Reception and Snacks
Thursday, June 23
8:00 to 8:30 Coffee
8:30 - 9:30: Robin Quinlan, Director, Directorate of Joint Interoperability, Department of Defense, Washington, DC. Keynote Address: "Joint Interoperability from a DOD Perspective."
Session Chair, Dr. Claude Setzer
9:30 - 10:15 Jim Kroeger, ITT Corp., Fort Wayne, IN, "SINCGARS... the Evolution of CNR from 1802s to JTRS"
10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:15 Chao Chen and Jim Isaacs, IPFW "Modeling of Public Safety Communications System for Emergency Response"
11:15 - 12:00 Graham Archer, Directorate of Joint Interoperability, DOD.
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
Session Chair, Perry Faulk
13:00 - 13:45 Claude Setzer, IPFW, "Nonlinear Measurements on Microwave Power Transistors"
13:45 - 14:30 Thomas Abels, Raytheon Network Centric systems, Fort Wayne, IN, "Preparing Now for Tomorrow's Multi-Core Designs"
15:00 - 15:45 Derek Piette, PTC, Boston, ME, "An innovative Approach to Embedded Software Development"
15:45 - 16:30 Jerry Bickle, Raytheon, Fort Wayne, IN. "The SCA Next"
16:30 - 17:15 Steve Jennies, PrismTech, "SCA-Next and Vendor Support for Adoption"
Poster Sessions and Demos:
** David Clendonen, IPFW, Software Defined Radio Test Bed
** IPFW Science Masters Program, Concentration in Wireless Technology and Systems Engineering.
** John Yochum, Rohde & Schwarz, Variety of advanced test equipment demos, including VSG/VNA, Real Time Osciloscope, new ZNB Vector Network Analyzer
