Abstract

Since its creation by the JTRS, the Software Communication Architecture has come a long way. The SCA started as a US military architecture and has since become an international de-facto standard. Countries from around the world are using this architecture to develop SCA-based radios. More recently, the SCA has started to gain in popularity within the commercial community as well. This tutorial revisits the fundamental concepts behind the SCA. It explains how SDR platforms are implemented using the different types of SCA software components. This tutorial also offers an overview of how the domain profile is used to enhance portability through software deployment.

Biography

Steve Bernier is a research scientist at the Communications Research Centre (CRC) Canada where he works in the area of military satellite communications. He currently focuses on the development of software-defined radios. He is the project leader for the development of Software Communications Architecture (SCA) Core Frameworks. Before joining the CRC, he worked for Lockheed Martin Canada on real-time message-oriented middle-ware. He is a regular speaker at the meetings of the international software defined radio forum. Steve received his B.Sc. in computer science in 1997 and his M.Sc. in 2000 both from the Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.