A Novel CSAC Based Handheld Radio with Exceptional Range, LPD, and Cost Metrics

Silvus and SWRI will develop a new wireless waveform and MAC protocols which will uniquely take advantage of the enhanced time synchronization afforded by Chip Scale Atomic Clocks (CSAC) to provide low power operation and low probability of detect, despite meeting exceedingly difficult link closure requirements over a distance of 10km. Silvus is leveraging years of experience in developing physical layer waveforms, including industry leading MIMO technology, and realizing the technology in commercially available products. This experience in designing real wireless communication solutions will provide an important advantage to Phase I work so that proposed solutions are assured to be realizable in the targeted size, weight, power and cost constraints. SWRI contributes extensive experience in networking as well signal exploitation. The latter expertise will be crucial in verifying that the LPD concepts developed and simulated within this program will be effective against state of the interception techniques. SWRI is also one of the few organization which has already begun testing of the Symmetricom CSAC. Fully bench characterized performance metrics of the CSAC can thus be used early in the Phase I development and simulation process.