Markets

The principles at ForwardLink Consulting bring over 50 years of combined experience in identifying critical technology needs within the embedded signal processing and wireless communications markets and then working with marketing, sales and engineering to define, develop and deliver successful products and services that address those needs.Clients of ForwardLink Consulting can draw on this experience to quickly realize an "insider's advantage" within their target market space, accelerating their ability to break down barriers to entry for new and innovative products. This experience can also help clients to identify adjacent markets where their products and services may be relevant, allowing them to develop business models and product strategies that address these secondary markets. The result is faster "time to money", increased revenue and a maximum return on technology investment.

Relevant market and technology experience of the principle consultants at ForwardLink Consulting includes the following:

Markets We Support

Emerging Consumer Wireless

Emerging Industrial Wireless

• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
• Telematics and Intelligent Highway Systems

Defense Communications/C4ISR

• Tactical Communications
• Data Links
• MILSATCOM

Fixed and Mobile Broadband Satellite

Radio Technologies We Understand

Software Defined Radio (SDR)

• Multiband/Multimode Base Stations
• Multistandard Terminals and Handsets
• Common Platform Architectures

Cognitive Radio and Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA)

Wireless Standards

• IEEE 802
• ETSI
• IMT-2000
• Military Waveforms

RF Signal Processing

• Smart Antenna
• Multiple Input/Multiple Output (MIMO)
• RF MEMS
• RF Integrated Circuits (RFIC)

IF and Baseband Signal Processing

• Digital Signal Processors (DSP)
• Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)
• Array Processors
• System on Chip (SoC)

Real Time and Embedded Operating Systems

The Software Communications Architecture

Operational Support Systems for Wireless Carriers