Cambridge
Consultants to help develop next-generation
terminal equipment for Iridium Satellite
Cambridge
Consultants announces that Iridium
Satellite LLC has appointed the company
as a strategic wireless technology
development consultant. In this role,
Cambridge Consultants will help Iridium
evolve the design of its ground-based
terminal equipment. The consultancy
has assembled a multi-disciplinary
engineering team with expertise in
satellite communications to work on
the multi-million dollar program.
Specifically,
Cambridge Consultants is developing
next-generation radio frequency (RF)
hardware and software to enhance the
functionality of Iridium terminals.
The focus will be on moving much of
the radio functionality into the digital
domain using advanced digital signal
processing (DSP) techniques. This
will provide Iridium with greater
performance and flexibility.
Cambridge
Consultants is also adding new features
to Iridium’s advanced packet-based
data communications capability. These
will extend the performance of the
Iridium network in application areas
such as supply chain management and
remote monitoring. The new capabilities
will appear on Iridium’s forthcoming
'9600' data modem.
The selection
of Cambridge Consultants follows a
successful 14-month Iridium development
project that the design consultancy
recently completed. Cambridge Consultants
updated elements of the Iridium handset's
RF, analog and digital circuitry,
and provided a foundation for future
enhancements. While updating the Iridium
handset, Cambridge Consultants also
took the opportunity to improve performance,
including delivering significant power
savings to extend talk time.
"We are
tremendously excited to be working
with Iridium to assist in the creation
of their next-generation products,"
said Richard Traherne, manager of
Cambridge Consultants' wireless business
unit. "The Iridium system is
an engineering marvel that our team
has found extremely fulfilling to
work on. The network has unique attributes
that we look forward to leveraging
for Iridium in the form of compelling
new products."
This appointment
recognises Cambridge Consultants'
extensive track record in wireless
design, and its outstanding work to
date on the RF and core circuitry
in Iridium handsets. The Cambridge
Consultants wireless team has experience
at all levels of radio technology
from developing ICs and silicon IP
including digital signal processors,
through the design of mainstream wireless
products such as mobile phone handsets,
to high-end professional radio applications.
Its expertise embraces many other
major wireless standards including
GSM, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, DECT, Bluetooth
and ZigBee.
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About Iridium Satellite.
Iridium Satellite LLC (www.iridium.com)
is the only provider of truly global
satellite voice and data solutions
with complete coverage of the earth
(including oceans, airways and Polar
Regions). Iridium delivers essential
communications services to and from
remote areas where no other form of
communication is available. Iridium
makes this possible through its constellation
of 66 low-earth orbiting (LEO), cross-linked
satellites and 12 in-orbit spares.
The Iridium service is ideally suited
for industries such as maritime, aviation,
government/military, emergency/humanitarian
services, mining, forestry, oil and
gas, heavy equipment, transportation
and utilities. Iridium provides service
to the US Department of Defense, and
sells equipment and services through
44 service providers. In addition,
36 value-added manufacturers, 28 value-added
resellers and three value-added developers
design, build and sell Iridium-based
products and solutions.
About
Cambridge Consultants. Cambridge
Consultants has for over 40 years
enabled its clients to turn business
opportunities into commercial successes,
whether launching first-to-market
products, entering new markets or
expanding existing markets through
the introduction of new technologies.
With a team of over 200 engineers,
scientists and consultants in offices
in Cambridge (UK) and Boston (USA),
it is able to offer solutions across
a diverse range of industries including
healthcare, industrial and consumer
products, automotive, transport, energy
and wireless communications.
Cambridge
Consultants will be exhibiting on
stand 411 at Wireless Connectivity
World in London on May 24 –
25.
