Waveform 101

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Across
  1. 6. Customizable hardware, high performance & flexibility, implements complex algorithms
  2. 8. Converts a continuous signals to discrete values
  3. 12. Ensuring proficiency, troubleshooting and optimization, specialized knowledge needed
  4. 15. Quick setup and adjustment, adapt to new scenarios
  5. 17. Detailed examination and testing, rigorous testing, debugging, and optimization
  6. 19. Requires efficient algorithms, balance between data speed and congestion, techniques such as priority queuing and data compression to reduce congestion
  7. 20. Interference & reduced quality, multiple devices competing within the environment
  8. 21. Perform under challenge (noise & interference)
  9. 23. High processing demands, complex waveform applications, dynamic environments
  10. 26. Easy to upgrade due to modular software and common framework / SCA
  11. 27. Protects data from being decrypted by unauthorized users
  12. 29. Ensure data integrity, detect and correct errors, reliable communication
  13. 30. Handles a wide range of tasks, versatile and powerful computing
  14. 31. Advancements in technologies, sophisticated algorithms, specialized knowledge
  15. 33. Interoperability between systems due to interfacing with different protocols
  16. 35. Range of available frequencies, usage depends on the environment, effective management ensures efficient and reliable communication
  17. 36. Aided by Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) or even GPS. Inaccurate implementation can lead to overlap in transmissions, causing interference and data errors
  18. 37. Adjusts modulation and coding schemes, helps optimize data rates and reliability
Down
  1. 1. Powerful processing hardware, efficient algorithms needed, sophisticated requirements
  2. 2. Protects communications, Secure key management, end to end safeguarding
  3. 3. Efficient use of the spectrum, detecting available frequencies and adjusting to them
  4. 4. Amplitude shift keying, Frequency shift keying, Phase shift keying, etc. Increases data rates
  5. 5. Protect from threats, ensure data integrity, robust security measures
  6. 7. Monitoring and diagnostics, resource allocation, updates & upgrades, training
  7. 9. Recover from disruptions or attacks
  8. 10. Differences in technology, maintaining communication between old and new, bridging solutions or gateways facilitating communication
  9. 11. Establishing common standards and protocols; differences in design, implementation, and intended use can create barriers
  10. 13. Prioritize critical information and ensures reliable service
  11. 14. Operation and interoperability with existing infrastructure, following common standards and protocols
  12. 16. Phase lock loops (PLL). Ensuring transmitter and receiver are aligned in frequency, enabling accurate demodulation and decoding
  13. 18. Converts discrete values to continuous signals
  14. 22. Adjust to different environments and conditions
  15. 24. Ensure reliability & performance, identify & rectify issues, meeting operational requirements
  16. 25. Protects actual transmission from being disrupted or exploited
  17. 28. Support various communication protocols and standards
  18. 32. Operate across multiple frequency bands
  19. 34. Operate in different modes (voice, data, video)