Wireless Innovation Forum
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| Founded | 1996 |
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| Type | 501(c)6 Mutual Benefit Corporation |
| Focus | Commercial, Civil, and Defense Communications [1] |
| Origins | Modular Multifunction Information Transfer System (MMITS) Forum, Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Method | Industry standards, Conferences, Publications |
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Members
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100+ Member Organizations |
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Key people
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Lee Pucker, CEO |
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Employees
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4 (plus contractors and consultants) |
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Volunteers
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Approximately 1200 Member Representatives |
| Slogan | Driving the Future of Radio Communications and Systems Worldwide |
| Website | wirelessinnovation |
The Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnF) is a non-profit "mutual benefit corporation" dedicated to technology innovation in commercial, civil, and defense communications around the world. Forum members bring experience in Software Defined Radio (SDR), Cognitive Radio (CR) and Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) technologies in diverse markets and at all levels of the wireless value chain to address emerging wireless communications requirements. The Forum acts as a venue for its members to collaborate to achieve these objectives.
The Wireless Innovation Forum was founded in 1996 originally as the "The Modular Multifunction Information Transfer System (MMITS) Forum". The organization was created at the request of the US Military Services (led by US Air Force) as an industry association focused on advancing the development of software radio. In 1996 the Forum formed the Mobile Working Group to develop software specifications and standards supporting ground mobile radios.
The Forum published its first Technical Report in 1997 outlining the current state of the art in software defined radio. This document included a reference application framework for software defined radios, referred to as the Software Radio Architecture (SRA), that was developed based on the existing SPEAKeasy Architecture. The late 1990s also saw the initial meeting between the Forum and what would later become the JTRS Joint Program Office (JPO).
In 1998 the MMITS Forum changed its legal name to The Software Defined Radio Forum Inc. and began doing business as The SDR Forum with a broader focus on commercial and international participation. The Forum created three new internal groups — Markets and Regulatory Committees and the Base Station Work Group. Also, the Forum published a revised Technical Report.
In 2001, the Forum contracted with Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) to provide an SCA Reference Implementation (SCARI-Open). The Forum also made filings with the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that helped form the FCC's public rule making on SDR.
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