Technology: system integration

Euroconcepts, s.r.l. can provide system integration for a variety of applications and for Creation of Novel Services given its broad expertise in such areas as space systems, Navigation, Radar systems, advanced signal processing and communications.

The company has strong competency in System Integration and Data Processing, skills and experience in Physical Layers of Wireless and Satellite Communication Protocols, deep knowledge of DOA Estimation and Beamforming using antenna arrays and Space-Time coding.
EuroConcepts has demonstrated core competency in the area of design and implementation of SDR Platforms, and has conducted R&D in data fusion for heterogeneous data flux.

As an example application domain, in the Automotive Industry, the use of SDR technology permits the interoperability and coexistence of many protocols and creation of novel services based on the interplay between them in such areas as:

 Navigation and Driver Assistance:

  + real time vehicle localization via GPS/GALILEO,
  + route planning and driving directions,
  + fleet and traffic management;

 Safety and Security:

  + anti-collision systems,
  + vehicle monitoring and remote alarm,
  + vehicle sensoring and failure early-warning;

 Infotainment:

  + points-of-interest lookup systems,
  + traffic and weather information,
  + entertainment (games, audio/video streaming);

 Communication via Wireless and Satellite Links:
for data, voice and digital broadcasting employing GSM, GPRS, UMTS, Bluetooth, WLAN, LMDS, DAB, DVB,...).

 We envision the use of Bluetooth as the wireless standard for internal and external (short range) device communication in vehicles, homes, and public places leading to such possibilities as:

  + wireless sensor data fusion, Infotainment and security (e.g., automatic user authentication);
  + creation of intelligent environments (e.g., House, Garage,...);
  + automated billing (e.g., gas purchase, Telepass,...)
  + Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems (IVHS).

Our competency in array signal processing enables efficient connection from the vehicle, home, point of interest, etc. to the outside world enabling the coexistence of wireless communication protocols (e.g., GSM, GPRS, UMTS, Bluetooth, etc.) and satellite communication protocols (e.g., GPS, GALILEO, DAB, DVB, etc.) by reducing interference, enhancing signal quality, and enabling hybrid technologies (e.g., GPS + BTS for emergency services).

The ability to reconfigure and reprogram the SDR platform enables:

 worldwide distribution via creation of Universal Units;

 cost effective solutions by allowing device characteristic changes to take place via simple software downloads;

 longevity by extending the useful life of the device as a direct consequence of its reprogrammability;

 interoperability which permits utilization of capabilities provided by the different protocols and allows creation of novel services based on this interoperability;

 location sensitive protocol download which allows the device to reconfigure itself without user intervention.

There is tremendous potential in creation of novel services based on the ability to integrate different protocols created for different purpose such as:

 Entertainment such as DAB, DVB;

 Short-range Connectivity such as Bluetooth;

 Wideband Wireless such as IEEE 802.11, HiperLan, MBS;

 Cellular Wireless such as GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS;

 Future Wireless systems based on OFDM.

Last but not least, Euroconcepts, s.r.l. has experience in Information Fusion for Creation of Machines with Sensory Capabilities. A much needed expertise given the expected exponential increase in the number of microsensors and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) to be deployed in modern and complex devices.