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Develop Wireless LAN Design & Validation Tools

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N0017803-C-2007
Agency Tracking Number: O022-0114
Amount: $99,886.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2002
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
9520 Bendix Road, North
Columbia, MD 21045
United States
DUNS: 113489319
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Keunha Lee
 Principal Engineer
 (410) 480-7205
 Keunha.Lee@SyntonicsCorp.com
Business Contact
 Bruce Montgomery
Title: President
Phone: (410) 480-7203
Email: Bruce.Montgomery@SyntonicsCorp.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

"Although wireless 802.11 networks can be exceptionally convenient to install and flexible to use, as compared to a wired network, there are also potential downsides. Quirks in the host facility, signal multi-pathing, and electromagnetic interference allcan create difficult design and validation issues. Add the realities of a Navy shipboard environment or a shore-side industrial installation, and simple site survey tools and design techniques become inadequate.To achieve a WLAN's promised convenience and flexibility, Syntonics will develop WLAN site survey, installation validation and troubleshooting tools that can cope with shipboard and other military installations. Springboarding from commercially availablesoftware and hardware tools with customization to meet the unique requirements of military WLANs, Syntonics believes developing a set of appropriate tools for the Navy is possible and practical.The objective of Phase I is to develop a set of tools that perform three tasks in a military environment:Interference detection and source localization; Multi-path identification and diagnosis; and Traffic injection and point-to-point network performancemeasurementTool concepts, performance metrics and life-cycle cost estimates will also result from this work. The commercial potential of WLAN tool products is substantial. The adoption of WLAN technology is exploding and with it the need to survey prospective installations, support installa

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