Research & Development
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Cutting-edge technology development is the cornerstone of Silvus’ business. Silvus engineers are constantly working to solve pressing communications problems for US government research organizations such as DARPA, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Army, NSF, Navy and Air Force–as well as commercial companies. From this unrelenting innovation springs a continual pipeline of funding for our research staff to develop new MIMO breakthroughs that continue to shape the trajectory of wireless communications.
Our propriety MN-MIMO technology emerges from our world-class R&D team and their deep experience in mesh networking and MIMO techniques. The Silvus R&D team continues to execute on complex programs and provide real-world solutions by developing and delivering computer software, simulation capabilities, FPGA implementations, integrated circuits, hardware prototyping and operationally relevant field testing to our customers.
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Discover how our R&D programs have led to MIMO research breakthroughs.
| PROGRAM TITLE | AGENCY | AWARD DATE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSNRS Phase II | OUSD R&E | February 2024 | Low SWaP Networked RF Sensors |
| LSNRS Phase I | OUSD R&E | June 2023 | Low SWaP Networked RF Sensors |
| Spectranetix CMOSS/MN MIMO | Spectranetix/CACI/Army | 8/22/22 | Silvus/Spectranetix collaboration to demonstrate operation of MN-MIMO radios on Spectranetix CMOSS hardware. |
| Filtering by Aliasing Spectrum Sensing Technology (FASST Chips) | Army Contracting Command | 4/2/21 | Development of Filtering by Aliasing Spectrum Sensor Technology chips and technology to support Electronic Intelligence Technical Support and Hardware. |
| Resilient Networked Distributed Mosaic Communications (RN DMC) | DARPA | 3/16/21 | Distributed beamforming/beamnulling solution to enable resilient, long-range terrestrial communications of up to 100km using multiple collaborative radios distributed over hundreds of meters |
| MCAS | Army Futures Command | 2021 | Geolocation of RF emitters from small unmanned platforms |
| Scalable Wideband Autonomous RF Mapping MANET (SWARMM) – Phase III | DARPA | 9/8/20 | Distributed RF Sensing and Mapping |
| SMAC | DEVCOM Army Aviation & Missile Center | May 2020 | Protected waveform and other MANET enhancements |
| Protected Communications for Manned/Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) | US ARMY C5ISR Center | 8/5/19 | Protected communications for manned and unmanned teaming (MUM-T) operating in a congested and contested electromagnetic spectrum |
| Mobile Ad-Hoc Networking in Congested and Contested Environments (MAN-CC) | NSC | 10/15/18 | MANET communications in congested and contested electromagnetic spectrum |
| Distributed Coherent Communications (DisCoComms) – Phase II | DARPA/DOI | 7/25/18 | Distributed coherent communications between two disaggregated groups of RF communications nodes |
| 100G Phase II+ ECP | DARPA/Northrop Grumman | 7/24/18 | MIMO processing algorithms |
| MIMO-Enhanced Signal-Agnostic Telemetry Collection Buoys – Phase II | Army/DARPA | 7/3/18 | Providing multiple-antenna (MIMO) technology to improve the next generation of low-cost telemetry (TM) collection |
| Scalable Wideband Autonomous RF Mapping MANET (SWARMM) – Phase II | DARPA | 5/9/18 | Distributed RF mapping MANET with autonomous coverage control |
| High Throughput Mobile Artillery Network (HiTMAN) | MARCOR | 11/28/17 | CSfC encryption and high throughput MANET for artillery |
| ANHCOR | Navy | 9/15/17 | An anti-jam mesh network to achieve high-throughput beyond-line-of-sight ship-to-shore communications in contested environments. |
| A Wireless MIMO MANET Solution for Anywhere /Anytime Access to Shipboard Video Sources – Phase II | Navy | 9/7/17 | Provide anytime/anywhere video distribution within Navy ships |
| FlexCSR | JHU-APL/Thales | 6/13/17 | Modify the StreamCaster for FlexCSR |
| Joint Communication Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JCAUS) | NSC | 5/24/17 | Engineering support to the JCAUS SDIT to help focus the JCAUS interface specification |
| Scalable Wideband Autonomous RF Mapping MANET (SWARMM) | DARPA | 12/15/16 | Distributed sensing and control |
| Wireless Networking Using Multiple Antenna Interference Alignment | Army | 12/14/16 | Improving network sum throughput via interference alignment |
| Coherent Communications for Distributed Mobile Nodes | DARPA | 11/23/16 | Enabling MIMO from Distributed Nodes |
| MIMO-Enhanced Signal-Agnostic Telemetry Collection Buoys | DARPA | 11/9/16 | Building low cost missle test telemetry receivers |
| Chaotic Scrambled Interference Alignment | ONR | 10/31/16 | Working toward an LPI/LPD MANET |
| A MIMO Applique for Rifleman Radio | NSC | 9/29/16 | A MIMO Applique for Rifleman Radio |
| FASST Soldier-Portable Spectrum Analyzers | DARPA | 9/1/16 | Building an ASIC to provide rapid and high performance spectral scanning. |
| Intra Boat Ranging | JHU APL | 8/21/16 | Improved radio ranging with MIMO signal processing |
| Distributed Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation – Phase II |
DARPA | 8/18/16 | Spatial interference mitigation via cooperation between several airborne assets |
| A Wireless MIMO MANET Solution for Anywhere/Anytime Access to Shipboard Video Sources – Phase I | Navy | 8/11/16 | Provide anytime/anywhere video distribution within Navy ships |
| Single Transceiver – DSA -Phase II | ONR | 7/30/16 | DSA operation using a legacy single antenna radio without impacting radio throughput |
| Airborne Multi-antenna Robust Collaborative Network (AMRCN) | AFRL | 7/20/16 | A highly spectrum-efficient mesh network solution for nextgeneration airborne backbones and gateways supporting ground and airborne units in combat. |
| 100G: Phase II | Army | 1/8/16 | Develop an omni-directional Orderwire control plane for the Airborne Network |
| Single Transceiver – DSA -Phase I | ONR | 10/27/15 | DSA operation using a legacy single antenna radio without impacting radio throughput |
| A Fully-Distributed PHY/MAC for High Capacity Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Robust Interference Alignment (IA) | Army | 9/29/15 | Improving network sum throughput via interference alignment |
| SOF Multi-Function | Air Force | 7/30/15 | Develop a single unit delivering a MANET of 100’s of nodes and over 20 legacy tactical waveforms as well as ISR receiver |
| Airborne Applique | Air Force | 7/29/15 | An applique module for use with SISO radios to enable some enhanced MIMO capability |
| Distributed Spatial Interference Mitigation Enabled by Matrix Completion (DRIM) – Phase I | DARPA | 6/1/15 | Spatial interference mitigation via cooperation between several airborne assets |
| Wireless Network Defense | DARPA | 5/26/15 | Enhanced MIMO SDRs with customized APIs in support of ACS’s DARPA WND contract |
| Asymmetric leverage of favorable tropospheric propagation conditions for long range A/LPI/LPD communications in A2AD surface maritime environments |
DARPA | 3/24/15 | Simulation and experimental validation of high throughput data communications by exploiting troposcatter ducting over bodies of water |
| Innovative Methods for Increasing Data Link Capability | USSOCOM | 3/6/15 | Creating a MIMO MANET mission module for AN/PRC-148 and AN/PRC-148B handheld tactical radios with cross banding of traffic |
| ScanEagle Spectrum Analyzer (SESA) | AFRL | 10/27/14 | Effective isotropic antenna via distributed antennas on a Scan Eagle |
| 100G: Modem Agnostic Wideband Spatio-Polarimetric Equalization Module | DARPA | 8/20/13 | Develop the capability to simultaneously transmit up to 8 independent streams of data by using multiple dual polarized directional E-band antennas in a line of sight setting |
| Fixed Wireless Networking | DARPA/BAE | 8/1/13 | Build PHY layer abstracted models of Silvus Fixed Wireless nodes for integration into the Fixed Wireless system level networking simulations being developed by BAE |
| A MIMO Enhanced SRW Solution | Army | 7/18/13 | Develop simulation models for MIMO enhanced Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) capable of suppressing interference and/or jamming |
| MIMO Capability for C2ISR Aircrafts Using Existing Antennas | Air Force | 7/17/13 | Demonstrate a MIMO inter-plane communication link |
| A Multi-Pronged Approach to Maximizing Overall Network Spectral Efficiency | DARPA | 5/24/13 | Develop a unified approach that combines MIMO, polarimetrics, MUD, DSA and Interference alignment to achieve 50x gain in network spectral efficiency |
| Custom UAV Datalink Enhancements | NS Microwave | 3/13/13 | Make custom modifications to SC-3800 radios |
| ONR Akimeka | ONR | 7/9/12 | Carry out demonstration of MIMO radios at Marine Corps Base – Hawaii |
| Fixed Wireless at a Distance | DARPA | 5/7/12 | Enable pervasive high throughput communications to geographically dispersed ground forces by utilizing 100s of antennas fixed at the Tactical Operations Center or structures and platforms of opportunity |
| Low SWaP-C Directional Terminals Through Difference Coarray Processing | Air Force | 5/7/12 | Develop a fully digital beamforming system for Common Data Link applications on SWaP constrained UAVs, capable of creating multiple simultaneous beams |
| A Novel Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC) Handheld Radio with Exceptional Range, LPD and Cost Metrics |
Army | 1/12/12 | Develop a low cost, energy efficient, high LPD handheld radio that can close a link at 10 km |
| SC-Orderwire for the Airborne Network | Air Force | 11/3/11 | Develop an omni-directional Orderwire control plane for the Airborne Network |
| DARPA CLASIC | DARPA | 9/16/11 | Develop RF front end boards for analog FFT RFICs developed by Univ of Minnesota under the DARPA CLASIC program |
| Experimental Quantification of MIMO Benefits to a JTRS Like Signal | SPAWAR / JTRS NED | 9/23/10 | Experimental study on applying MIMO to JTRS waveform |
| Universal Active Jammer Cleaner | SPAWAR / JTRS NED | 6/23/10 | Develop a bolt-on prototype jammer cleaner, that enables communication radios to send and receive in the presence of strong co-site jammers |
| A Comprehensive MIMO Centric Solution for Improved Spectral Efficiency of Airborne Data Links | AFRL | 3/8/10 | To demonstrate improved spectral efficiency of UAV networks with multi-antenna signal processing techniques that involve beamforming and beam nulling |
| MIMO Techniques for Broadband UAV Networking | DARPA | 3/5/10 | Investigate the utility of MIMO for air to air transmission in support of broadband UAV networks. Carry out channel response measurements for MIMO air to ground links |
| MIMO NLOS Comm Links for Robotic Teleoperation |
RTC NCMS | 5/6/09 | MIMO Enabled Comms Link for NLOS Robotic Tele-Operation with and without jamming. PM: NAVEODTECHDIV |
| A Highly Versatile, Low Cost, MIMO Capable 60 GHz Wide Band Local Radio (WBLR) | ARMY | 4/7/09 | To develop a radio prototype capable of scaling from 100’s Mbps at close range to a few Mbps at several km. Investigate 60 GHz V, C-Band and UHF for potential Stryker vehicle application. Develop and field test a frequency agile radio |
| Versatile Radios for CBManet | DARPA | 10/22/07 | Provide versatile MIMO radios for DARPA CBMANET program |
| Mobile Networked MIMO (MNM) | DARPA | 5/13/07 | Demonstrate the capability of a Mobile MIMO radio under dynamic urban NLOS multipath channel conditions where conventional techniques are degraded. / Investigate the feasibility and possible network throughput improvement by enabling concurrent transmissions |
| WNAN – Wireless Network After Next | DARPA | 12/11/06 | Design and simulate MIMO waveform for the unique radio architecture being developed by Honeywell under the DARPA WNAN program |
| Unifying Theory for Baseband Processing in Data Communications Systems |
DARPA | 11/15/06 | Optimal hardware/software partitioning for digital communication algorithms |
| Throughput Optimization via Adaptive MIMO Communications | AFOSR | 8/1/05 | MIMO for airborne applications |
| Adaptive/Cognitive Software Radio Architecture for 1Gbps+ Wireless Networking | NSF | 10/1/04 | MIMO & Cognitive radio techniques to improve video distribution in |
| Universal MIMO OFDM SDR for Mobile Autonomous Networks | ONR | 5/17/04 | Versatile MIMO enabled software defined radio prototype for autonomous networks |
| Eigen Spreading | ONR | 5/17/04 | Spatial Spreading combined with DSSS or FHSS for improved LPI / LPD / AJ |
| 3-D Spread Spectrum for High Threat Environments | DARPA | 12/8/03 | Validating MIMO capability in non-real-time hardware |
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