SBIR Phase I: Photonics Enabled Extreme Bandwidth Wireless Communications Receiver

这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将使用并改装用于极端带宽扩展频谱无线通信的光子信号处理器。拟议项目的智力优势集中于将先验知识和核心光子模拟光信号处理技术与扩频技术的新方法和扩展应用于一个重要的新兴商业应用，即高频高带宽无线通信。对无线通信的广泛需求引发了对射频频谱的争夺，并促使通信扩展到未经许可的频段和更高的频率。该项目的目标是1)执行发射机分析和编码方案，2)在3.1-10.6 GHz的频率上展示基于实验室硬件的扩频通信功能，以及3)研究通信链路的实施和商业化所需的参数和权衡。研究的预期结果是展示这些能力的演示，增加了对建议技术的要求和权衡的了解。该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是在宽带无线通信领域。从这项技术开发工作中，新兴的60-90 GHz E频段无线市场有了巨大的市场机会。使能光子信号处理技术适用于商业、军事和情报社区，其形式包括全频谱监视、频谱分析、测向、导航和成像，以及拟议的通信方法。所提出的通信方法的优点包括以高数据速率进行传输、异步突发模式操作、提供安全、低概率的拦截传输以及克服多径问题。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will use and adapt a photonic signal processor for extreme bandwidth spread spectrum wireless communications. The intellectual merit of the proposed project focuses on applying prior knowledge and the core photonic analog optical signal processing technology with new approaches and extensions of spread spectrum techniques to an important emerging commercial application, namely high bandwidth wireless communication at high frequencies. The widespread demand for wireless communication has created contention for RF spectrum, and has motivated extending communications to unlicensed bands and higher frequencies. The objectives of the project are to 1) perform transmitter analysis and encoding schemes, 2) to show spread spectrum communication functionality in laboratory hardware based demonstrations over the frequencies of 3.1-10.6 GHz, and 3) to study desired parameters and tradeoffs for the implementation and commercialization of communications links. The anticipated results of the research are demonstrations that show these capabilities, with increased knowledge of the requirements and tradeoffs of the proposed technique.The broader impact / commercial potential of this project are in the field of wideband, wireless communications. From this technology development effort, there are significant market opportunities for the emerging 60-90 GHz E band wireless market. The enabling photonic signal processing technology has applicability for commercial, military and intelligence community in the form of full spectrum surveillance, spectrum analysis, direction finding, navigation, and imaging, along with the proposed communications approach proposed. Benefits of the proposed communication approach include transmissions at high data rates, asynchronous burst mode operation, providing secure, low probability of intercept transmissions and overcoming multipath issues.