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ANDRO Launches New Product

ANDRO Launches New Product

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Posted Saturday, September 18, 2021, Rome Sentinel

ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC, of Rome, has launched a new radio product called SPEARLink this fiscal quarter — whose success has company officials exploring the development of “a manufacturing center in Rome for future radio products and help with testing, handling, and delivery of SPEARLink.”

“Developed by ANDRO’s Marconi-Rosenblatt Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) Innovation Lab, SPEARLink is the first-of-its-kind cross-layer, optimized-energy-aware, and operationally efficient mesh-networking solution that uses an embedded software-defined radio design with hardware supplied by ANDRO’s partner Epiq Solutions.”

“The SPEARLink radio was the outcome of a successful U.S. Army Rapid Innovation Funds (RIF) program led by Dr. Jithin Jagannath and Anu Jagannath, associate director of ANDRO’s Marconi-Rosenblatt AI/ML Innovation Lab,” the announcement said. “The core R&D team behind the SPEARLink product also includes ANDRO’s Justin Henney, Zackary Kane, Noor Biswas, and Tyler Gwin, who reside locally.”

Dr. Andrew L. Drozd, president and chief scientist at ANDRO, and Jagannath gave high marks to Epiq Solutions. “Kudos to our core team, and Epiq is a great partner to work with. We hope to continue our business relationship for years to come.”.

The project and SPEARLink product, company officials said, is part of ANDRO’s growth plan to expand its radio research and production facilities and plans to relocate and expand its facilities in the Rome area by the fourth quarter of 2023.

The company is headquartered in approximately 20,000 square feet in the Beeches Business Park at One Beeches Place, 7980 Turin Road, with offices in Syracuse and Dayton, Ohio.

ANDRO, a privately-owned company established in 1994, provides research, engineering, and technical services to defense and commercial industries. It is dedicated to research and product development towards applications of advanced computer software in secure wireless communications, cognitive radios, agile waveform development for tactical radios and satellite modems, advanced radar data fusion, sensor resource management, and other applications.

For more information, including job placement opportunities, go online to www.androcs.com. Information on SPEARLink can be found online at https://www.androcs.com/wp/products/spearlink/

ANDRO Proudly Sponsors Sculpture Space

ANDRO Proudly Sponsors Sculpture Space

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ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC, a strong proponent of STEAM education, is a proud Iron Sponsor for the 2021 CHAIRity Art Auction. Each year, Sculpture Space in Utica opens its doors for its largest fundraiser of the year. The event is taking place now through September 25th online here. Bidding is in full swing, there is certainly a golden opportunity to find some unique pieces that you will not find anywhere else. These are all original, one-of-a-kind art pieces. All proceeds go directly to fund the Sculpture Space artist residency program!

Check out the art before you bid from Monday, September 20-Thursday, September 23rd from 2-6 pm. No appointment is needed, but please wear a mask. Visit Sculpture Space at 12 Gates St., Utica, NY.

For more information, visit: https://www.sculpturespace.org/

ANDRO to Present at the AUSA Annual Exposition

ANDRO to Present at the AUSA Annual Exposition

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The U.S. Army xTech Program, sponsored by the Assistant Secretary of Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA(ALT)), invited ANDRO to join this year’s Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, D.C., from October 11-13, 2021.

The 2021 AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition serves as the largest land power exposition and development forum in North America and delivers the Army’s message by highlighting the capabilities of organizations and presenting a range of industry products and services.

ANDRO Principal Investigator, Dr. Ashwin Amanna, and his team leveraged pioneering work in software-based tactical waveform implementations under the Waveform Agile System Palette (WASP) project supporting the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate. ANDRO’s submission to the xTech Challenge was awarded $10,000 in prize money and selected along with 10 other companies to move forward to virtual technology pitches to senior Army Science and Technology leaders. The approach, in partnership with Collins Aerospace, developed a reference demonstration of General-Purpose Processor (GPP) based waveforms operating on heterogeneous SDR platforms with a standardized interface between the waveform and SDR. The ANDRO team was then selected as one of five finalists to receive $50,000 in prize money and was selected for a rare Direct-to-Phase II $1.7M SBIR contract award.  ANDRO is proud to present its Waveform Agile System Palette (WASP) as part of the U.S. Army xTech Program Innovator’s Corner.

For more information on the Annual AUSA Conference, visit: Home (ausa.org)

Rome Company a Finalist in Army xTech Challenge
Rome Businessman Appointed by FCC Advisory Committee

Rome Businessman Appointed by FCC Advisory Committee

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Posted Tuesday, September 14, 2021, Rome Daily Sentinel

Dr. Andrew L. Drozd, of Rome, has been appointed by Acting Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel to serve as a member of the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council VIII (CSRIC VIII) for a two-year term, which began on Friday, Sept. 3. Drozd was selected from a list of candidates from the public and private sectors across the U.S. to serve on the committee.

According to Rosenworcel, public and private sector industry expertise will be essential to assist the council in completing its mission. The advisory council will provide recommendations to the FCC to promote the security, reliability, and interoperability of our nation’s communications systems and infrastructure, according to the announcement.

Under the current charter, CSRIC will address issues concerning 5G security, risks to service providers from software and cloud services stacks, and the availability and resiliency of 911 service and wireless emergency alerts, the announcement added.

Drozd’s focus will be on wireless security for current and future communications infrastructure including information technology and agile spectrum regulatory modernization, dynamic spectrum management governance, beyond 5G (B5G) technologies, decentralized and fault-tolerant network architectures, and multiaccess edge computing (MEC) to enhance communications and wireless cyber security, reliability, and interoperability.

CSRIC has a long history of making important recommendations to the FCC. The CSRIC is led by Suzon Cameron, designated federal officer (DFO) of CSRIC VIII, and Kurian Jacob, deputy DFO.

Drozd is the president/CEO of ANDRO Computational

Call for Participation to Telecommunication Industries

Call for Participation to Telecommunication Industries

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Value Proposition: ANDRO enables future growth markets in edge computing and communications today, to give early adopters a first mover market advantage and gain market dominance as others follow.

ANDRO’s XSAS for Tier 1-3 Telcos/Mobile Network Services, Cablecos and Satellite Companies, Cloud Service Providers, Spectrum Access System (SAS), and Spectrum as a Service (SaaS) Platform Providers

Download XSAS Call for Participation (pdf)

ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC is leading an initiative to roll out a new, enhanced Spectrum Access System (XSASTM) platform that will revolutionize the wireless communications and networking industry globally. XSASTM exploits the power and capabilities of ANDRO’s PrismLinkTM Radio and PrismStackTM embedded platforms. Our XSASTM provides significant returns on investment benefitting companies in eCommerce, content delivery, V2X, telehealth, remote education, wireless Internet of Things (IoT), and other market sectors.

ANDRO seeks technology companies including strategic partners and investors who represent the interests of high-profile and large-scale Tier 1-3 telcos and network growth markets to participate in this unique program, including beta testers. Participation is fee structured, based on company size and problem sets. ANDRO will apply its XSASTM, PrismStackTM and PrismLinkTM solutions to solve customer problem sets, demonstrate solutions for use cases in a representative application environment, share technical insights, and provide a discounted license and preferred pricing plans for actual deployments.

ANDRO’s XSASTM enables the emergence of new economies across the telecommunications and data services landscape. We developed a new approach to edge-based computing and machine-to-machine and peer-to-peer (M2M/P2P) communications together with dynamic spectrum access/sharing (DSA/S) policy to automatically adjudicate spectrum allocation and expand network utility value in real-time. XSASTM is adaptable to 5G-to-Next-G telecommunications while monetizing spectrum and network usage for decentralized, elastic cloud-mesh architectures. Decentralization converts centralized cloud data transactions to the “edgeless fog.” Monetization is achieved by enabling a new communications frontier that serves any device, at any frequency, anytime, anywhere, and by anybody thus maximizing data transaction, spectrum sharing, connectivity, quality of service, and monetization capacities.

The potential return on investment to companies responding to this call for participation is immense and leads the way for a revolution in communications since the days of Alexander Graham Bell. Come and be part of this amazing opportunity!

Contact prismstack@androcs.com for further information on fees and how to participate

Dr. Andrew Drozd Serves as a Member of the CSRIC VIII

Dr. Andrew Drozd Serves as a Member of the CSRIC VIII

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President and Chief Scientist, Dr. Andrew Drozd, was invited to serve as a member of the Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council VIII (CSRIC VIII or Council). He was selected from a distinguished list of candidates from the public and private sectors and his expertise will be essential to assist the Council in completing its important mission.

CSRIC is charged with providing recommendations to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promote the security, reliability, and interoperability of our nation’s communications systems. Under the current charter, CSRIC will address issues concerning 5G security, risks to service providers from software and cloud services stacks, and the availability and resiliency of 911 service and wireless emergency alerts. CSRIC has a long and rich history of making vital, relevant recommendations to the FCC.

O-RAN ALLIANCE Contributing Member

O-RAN ALLIANCE Contributing Member

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ANDRO Computational Solutions, Inc. is proud to announce it is an O-RAN Alliance Contributing Member. The O-RAN ALLIANCE was founded in February 2018 by AT&T, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DOCOMO and Orange. It has been established as a German entity in August 2018.

Since then, O-RAN ALLIANCE has become a worldwide community of mobile network operators, vendors, and research & academic institutions operating in the Radio Access Network (RAN) industry.

O-RAN ALLIANCE’s mission is to re-shape the RAN industry towards more intelligent, open, virtualised, and fully interoperable mobile networks. The new O-RAN standards will enable a more competitive and vibrant RAN experience. O-RAN based mobile networks will at the same time improve the efficiency of RAN deployments as well as operations by the mobile operators.

For more information, visit www.o-ran.org

Dr. Jithin Jagannath to Present at the 2021 IEEE ICIAFS Conference

Dr. Jithin Jagannath to Present at the 2021 IEEE ICIAFS Conference

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Since the theme of the conference is “Automation for sustainability”, the theme of the special session which is machine learning for wireless communication fits well with the theme of the conference too. One of the objectives of machine learning in wireless is to automate the learning and prediction of wireless channel conditions and adapt transmission, reception based on it. In long run, this will also lead to energy efficiency and hence lead to a better sustainable world. Dr. Jithin Jagannath, Chief Technology Scientist and Director of ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC will present Demystifying the Spectrum with Machine Learning for Beyond 5G on 12 August 2021.

Keynote Link Special Session

For more information, visit: IEEE ICIAfS 2021 – Endowing Intelligent Sustainability (sltc.ac.lk)

Epiq Solutions Blog Featuring Dr. Jithin Jagannath, Director of the Marconi-Rosenblatt AL/ML Innovation Lab

Epiq Solutions Blog Featuring Dr. Jithin Jagannath, Director of the Marconi-Rosenblatt AL/ML Innovation Lab

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Enabling the Development of a Long-Range Mesh Network Radio with Sidekiq Z2 Software-Defined Radio (SDR)

Testing military applications does not always happen in the controlled, predictable surroundings of a test lab. Weapons systems testing or combat training, for example, require real-world conditions to ensure realistic assessment of equipment operation and user proficiency. The Department of Defense (DoD) has test ranges that often span tens or even hundreds of square miles to represent actual combat conditions in terms of scale and potential environmental hazards. Of course, the benefit of running these field tests is to obtain data on performance and functionality, data which will identify what might need fixing or issues that can be improved upon. Not being able to recover the data collected during these tests undermines the whole reason to run the tests in the first place, so test data retrieval becomes a mission-critical issue in the field. And yet, in the majority of simulated field situations, it is not safe or even physically possible for an operator to access the location where the experiment or test is being conducted, let alone gather data with the frequency needed to approximate real-time.

In an ideal scenario, data generated from tests would be transmitted directly from the testing apparatus in the field to wherever it was needed for analysis. But most test sites are in geographically isolated regions, as are many battlegrounds, where cellular or other networking infrastructure is nonexistent.

Threading the Needle of Longe-Range Mesh Network Radio Requirements

ANDRO Computational Solutions’ Marconi-Rosenblatt AI/ML Innovation Lab, lead by Dr. Jithin Jagannath, was tasked with solving this test data transmission challenge for the DoD by exploring and developing a long-distance, energy-aware mesh network that could reliably relay large amounts of data in real time while maximizing the network lifetime for extended T&E exercises. LoRa, satellite, and other available communication technologies that could potentially cover the long-range, high-throughput transmission requirements were evaluated, but finding a solution to meet all the project requirements for cost, data throughput speed, sensor range, ruggedness, flexibility for future adaptations, and low power consumption proved elusive. Military test ranges don’t often have infrastructure to host a radio network, which meant that a mesh radio network solution that could extend operational range would be required. ANDRO’s team had expertise in developing optimized mesh network protocols, but needed a hardware platform that could support their project’s requirements. ANDRO had worked with our team at Epiq Solutions and were familiar with our platforms so they reached out to us for assistance on this DoD project.

After a meeting to discuss project requirements and ‘build versus buy’ options, ANDRO decided that they would use our industrial grade RF transceiver Sidekiq™ Z2, instead of trying to develop a custom mesh networking radio module themselves. As we discussed in a recent white paper, COTS software-defined radios (SDRs) have many advantages, and our Sidekiq Z2 is a great example. Sidekiq Z2 is optimized for low size, weight, and power (SWaP) yet combines an Analog Devices’ AD9364 wideband RF transceiver, a Xilinx Zynq® SoC, and is specifically designed for harsh environments. ANDRO was also interested in potentially using 802.11 as the baseline waveform for communicating across the DoD’s designated 400 to 450 MHz band, and we had previously developed an 802.11 physical layer that works on Sidekiq Z2. This meant ANDRO could utilize a commercially-available SDR with a Wi-Fi® implementation already in place and avoid the costly and time-consuming development effort required to design and build a custom radio. Further, the entirety of the signal processing chain – from the antenna to the top of the network stack – could be inspected/tweaked remotely and as needed to ensure the integrity of the processing lineup and adapt to changes in the future. The Sidekiq Z2 is also fully ruggedized with a temperature rating of -40 °C to +85 °C and energy efficient, making it ideal for deployment in harsh environments. These features and specifications freed up ANDRO to focus on higher level protocol and mesh networking functionality, as well as develop all of the user interface components that would help warfighters discover new nodes and manage communication across the mesh array of sensors. This solution allows seamless addition and removal of nodes from the network without disrupting the overall network activities. ANDRO’s graphical user interface (GUI) also equips the network operator at the control station to remotely check the status of the node, measure residual battery levels or even remotely control radio parameters like frequency, link data rates, among others.

Read the full blog post here