In this industry, data exchange, security, effective communication, flexibility, versatility and efficiency is at the core of stakes.
For those who
are unfamiliar, SDR can be considered partially or wholly as software-configured
radios that use a common platform across various applications (defense,
homeland security, and commercial). They
provide a universal full-duplex radio module that can be used across all
the platforms and can be configured in the real-time field to offer
flexibility, versatility, efficiency, and longer service life from a single set
of batteries, all while providing significant size, weight, and power (SWAP)
advantages.
According to Market
and Research, these radios have evolved as an efficient solution
for secure and effective communication in the military, commercial, and
homeland security sectors.
The firms also
revealed that, Governments have initiated many projects for the
development of SDR such as the US Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program,
ESSOR program, and SpeakEasy radio program.
Many experts in the
industry are unanimous on the fact that, a major successful SDR venture is the
JTRS that enables the armed forces to exchange data using a wide variety of new
and existing communications systems. The analysts forecast the global SDR
market to grow at a CAGR of 11.82% during the period 2016-2020.
The availability
of next generation reconfigurable radio equipment is a
game-changer enabling the move to the
next level of effective communication; alongside spectrum management issues, as a great challenge.