GPS World, December 2017

LEADERSHIPAWARDS For contributions to the U S Department of Transportations GPS Adjacent Band Compatibility Assessment SIGNALS LEADERSHIP AWARD SPECTRUM ADVISOR Chris Hegarty Director for Communications Navigation and Surveillance Engineering and Spectrum The MITRE Corporation T hank you very much I really appreciate this The truth be told of course the Adjacent Band Compatibility ABC study has had many contributors Im honored to receive this award but equally deserving are many others including Karen Van Dyke at DOT Steve Mackey and Hadi Wassaf at DOTs Volpe Center Karl Shallberg at Zeta and too many others to list at DOT the Air Force NASA other federal partners and their contractors Looking forward for those of you WORDS FROM OUR SPONSORS INTRODUCING THE AWARD WINNERS 42 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM DECEMBER 2017 who have not been following this issue the GPS spectrum is being challenged The spectrum is highly valued and of course there are companies that would like to use that spectrum I think that its safe to say that no one would really want to stop them from using that spectrum if it didnt have an impact on GPS but the unfortunate reality is that it appears the deployment of a 4G network or other potential use of the bands adjacent to GPS with similar transmitter power levels would disrupt the operations of many hundreds of thousands of receivers To ignore the issue would really be a mistake for our industry This issue unfortunately isnt going to go away The pressure on spectrum is going to continue to grow until someone figures out how to communicate without using electromagnetic waves So this is going to be a persistent problem I think we can build receivers in the future that can deal with some new systems in adjacent bands but its going to be imperative for a long transition period to protect the investments made by many people in the room here and the folks that we support Thats all I wanted to say thank you again very much SATELLITES Forty years ago Rockwel l Col l ins celebrated the first receipt of a GPS signal using a six foot tall two person receiver Now we have something something 1 by 1 1 4 inches that is far more capable Its amazing to see how technology has advanced Rob Scott Rockwell Collins SERVICES I had the great honor and privilege of teaching in the African GNSS Outreach program If you are approached to participate in this seize the opportunity Its a fabulous thing with people from all over Africa and youll learn far more than you think Frank van Diggelen SIGNALS On behalf of the Harris Corporation and the team I work with in the Precision Navigation Timing Business Area providing the world with GPS signals from space for over forty years I am pleased to present this years Leadership Signals Award Joe Rolli Harris Corporation PRODUCTS As pioneers in GNSS satellite simulation beginning in 1985 were re a l ly proud of our heritage Were also really proud of Broadcom They are a user of Spirent equipment as well so that makes us doubly happy to award this to them Ellen Hall Spirent Federal