How to Build 5G Networks - Netcope Technologies

Fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks are a significant topic in the acceleration of mobile networks.

Networks are gradually being upgraded with 5G equipment to replace existing 4G technologies. With this upgrade comes an expectation from users for a significant increase of network traffic data speed, but this creates a big challenge for operators... It's just not that easy to accelerate something twenty times!

Victor Puš, CTO Netcope Technologies, has written an easy to digest article about the specifics of building 5G networks.

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"Fifth generation mobile networks are a big theme of today. Users obviously hope for quicker data rates from 5G. There is a promise of up to 20 Gbps, which is about twenty times more than the theoretical speed of the current 4G networks.

On the other hand, telcos are scared of the costs of the upgrade of their networks. After all, to accelerate something twenty times is not that easy. At this point, public discussion is mostly led by new frequencies and about territorial coverage with the 5G signal. But equally, if not more difficult technical battle will be fought backstage, particularly about the aggregation of user traffic and its connection to the Internet from the telco network."

JOSCAR - Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register

Sarsen Technology is very pleased to be a Stage 2 registered member of the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR), which enables prime contractors in the aerospace, defence, space and security industries to identify pre-qualified suppliers for a wide range of products and services.

We have been a member of JOSCAR for five years now, and in that time the network of both suppliers and buyers has grown significantly.

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JOSCAR membership is designed to improve efficiency of both the supplier and buyer communities by ensuring that companies only use products and solutions of the highest quality and that comply with best practices.

By providing a central system to hold approved suppliers information, JOSCAR enables information to be accessed by all participating buying organisations, thus saving costs, resources and time.

To maintain Stage 2 accreditation, Sarsen Technology is assessed annually across a wide range of business metrics including our policy on counterfeit materials, insurance, health and safety, environmental and sustainability, IT security, anti-bribery and corruption, product safety and quality.

Our JOSCAR accreditation assures our customers and and manufacturing partners that the service we provide is of the highest quality, and makes it easier for them to evaluate and incorporate our products into their applications. If you'd like more information please get in touch.



Current buying organisations subscribing to the system include:

• BAE Systems
• Babcock International
• QinetiQ
• NATS
• Leonardo UK
• MBDA
• Meggitt
• UK MOD
• General Dynamics UK Limited
• Rolls Royce Submarines
• Roke Manor Research
• Leidos UK

Sarsen Technology at DSEI 2019 - In Pictures

It's been nearly a week since the doors closed at DSEI 2019. The Sarsen Technology team had a great time, meeting with old friends and making new ones.

If you didn't manage to get to London for the event last week, you missed a fantastic show, with some really exciting technology on display. You can see some of the products we were talking about here.

Or you can take a look at our gallery...
 

Christos and Manuele reliving a childhood fantasy

L-R: Christos, Stuart, Nigel and Tony Barbieri (EIZO)

Stuart and Jeff Mourich from VersaLogic discussing the new Grizzly Embedded Server

Annapolis Micro Systems SOSA compliant rugged VPX cards

Nice dinner with the EIZO team at Savoir Faire in Holborn, London

FPGA technology solutions based on Intel and Xilinx from REFLEX CES

L-R: Christos, Stuart, Selwyn Henriques and Tony Barbieri (EIZO)

Another lovely meal at Smiths in Wapping with Jeff Mourich, Versalogic.

Dinner at The Grapes in Limehouse with Manuele from DAVE Embedded Systems - very cosy!

SOSA - Sensor Open System Architecture for C4ISR Applications

If you haven’t heard about SOSA, you’re probably not the only one, but it’s big news for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems.

SOSA, or the Sensor Open System Architecture, is a collaboration between government and industry to establish guidelines for C4ISR systems. The United States is currently spearheading SOSA development, but the intention is to encourage the use of SOSA in both government and commercial markets across the world.

Using OpenVPX as its framework, SOSA will ensure improved SWaP-C optimisation, extensive reconfiguration options and rapid technology upgrades within a wide range of applications. The fundamental objective is to give designers maximum flexibility in the initial selection of subsystems that provide sensor data collection, processing, exploitation, communication, and related functions over the full life cycle of the C4ISR system.

Annapolis Micro Systems was an early adopter of the modular open standards model for COTS product development, and is a dedicated SOSA contributor and member.


The 3XBM from Annapolis is SOSA-aligned and VITA 65-compliant.

These boards provide either one Kintex® UltraScale™ XCKU115 or Virtex® UltraScale+™ XCVU5P/XCVU7P FPGA with up to 10 GB of DDR4 DRAM, providing up to 40 GB/s of DRAM bandwidth. WM3XBM - Find Out More

A WFMC+ mezzanine I/O site with stacking support is included, alongside an on-board Zynq Quad ARM CPU and 1Gb Ethernet Switch. High-bandwidth backplane connectivity is enabled by MULTIGIG RT3 interconnects, which deliver 100Gb per Fat Pipe. The new high-density RT3 boosts VPX backplane speeds to a remarkable 25 Gbaud, without sacrificing signal integrity.

For more information please contact the Sarsen Technology Engineering Team who can answer questions about SOSA, Annapolis and any of our other high performance embedded hardware.

DSEI 2019 - What to See on Stand N7-268

DSEI 2019 - 10-13 September 2019

Sarsen Technology will be exhibiting in the dedicated Security Zone at DSEI 2019, showcasing the some of the worlds highest-performance computing hardware supported by a number of software options.

Our fastest growing market sector is niche computing systems for government and defence security applications, and the products we supply can be used in a wide range of security sectors, from UAVs and electronic countermeasures to surveillance cameras, secure storage and deep packet inspection.

This year we are highlighting technology from a number of our manufacturing partners. Here's a sneak peek at what you might see at the show...

Manufacturer	Overview	Image	Key Product
EIZO Rugged Solutions	The Condor XMC/VPX video capture products offer high resolution video capture, both in raw and H.264 formats. AMD and NVIDIA GPUs, including the new Quadro P2000 Pascal architecture, supporting OpenCL and CUDA are available for GPGPU applications.		NVP2102xX NVIDIA Quadro Pascal P2000 (GP107) XMC Graphics & GPGPU Card More Info
VersaLogic	VersaLogic's embedded computers are designed for the most demanding applications. From ultra small (credit card size) to industry-standard PC/104- and EBX-sized boards, their x86 compatible computers are used whenever reliability counts. They thrive in the harshest environments including temperature extremes (-40° to +85°C), shock, vibration, and humidity.		Grizzly Embedded Server Unit with Intel Server-Class Processor  More Info
DAVE Embedded Systems	DAVE Embedded Systems provides solutions based on CPU modules and System On Module (SoM) featuring the latest technologies including Multi-Core ARM Cortex, PowerPC and X86 based on NXP and Texas Instruments. Their products are typically used in demanding industrial markets such as medical and automotive.		MITO NXP i.MX8M Dual/Quad Core CPU Module More Info
Annapolis Micro Systems	Considered the leader in reconfigurable computing systems, Annapolis designs and manufactures embedded Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) systems and products for digital signal processing and high performance embedded computing for the military and commercial markets.		GM60 COTS FMC + Mezzanine card with Xilinx Zynq RFSoC More Info

We will also have hardware on the stand from REFLEX CES, X-ES, ECRIN Systems and Alta Data.

To arrange a meeting please get in touch, otherwise Nigel, Christos and Stuart will be on the stand all week if you have time to stop by.

Stand N7-268, DSEI 2019.

Black Holes and Revelations - Supporting the Capture of the World’s First Image of a Black Hole

Earlier this year you may have been one of the millions of people to have seen the very first picture of a black hole. Albert Einstein first predicted the existence of black holes in 1916, with his general theory of relativity.

Because no light can escape, scientists haven’t been able to view black holes in the same way that we see stars and other objects in space. But astronomers have at last captured an image of the  phenomenon.

The image, which looks like a donut of light surrounding a black centre, is of a black hole located 55 million light-years from Earth in a galaxy known as Messier 87, and was taken with the help of one of our manufacturing partners, Conduant.

Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

"The data used to generate the image was recorded on storage systems made by Conduant. The systems recorded signals from giant telescopes in real time with multiple radio antennas spaced across the globe", said Ken Owens, co-founder and CEO of the company.


Each antenna, fitted with atomic clocks, made a simultaneous time-stamped recording of the radiations from the black hole region analyzed later by super computers to form an actual image. The data had to be recorded in real time.

“Our systems are similar to standard IT storage systems. But our technology is about control systems and data movement from antennas to storage devices,” Owens said.

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About Conduant

In environments where large volumes of raw, high-speed data are generated (radio astronomy, high-resolution video imaging, radar surveillance) the StreamStor® product line from Conduant excels at error-free recording and playback. Unlike traditional tape-based systems or general purpose disk storage, Conduant’s ultra-fast digital data recorders and storage units ensure reliable, guaranteed and sustained performance, unparalleled in the industry.

Supporting Military FPGA Requirements in the UK

Sarsen Technology provides a wide range of rugged COTS boards and system solutions to the leading European Defense manufacturers. We have a long track record of supporting mission critical systems for land, sea & air, and we understand the importance of both process control and long-term support.

Our military customers require rugged solutions that are designed for harsh environmental conditions such as heat or cold, altitude, humidity, shock and vibration. Often the solutions we supply must be able to fit into space-constrained platforms and we can offer custom systems to suit. Also key is fast time to market, low risk, flexibility and long product life cycle. Many of the products we supply and support have industry-leading product life cycles and warranties as standard.

Our product lines include:

• MIL-STD-1553 Hardware
• Rugged VPX and COM Express Boards
• Cyber security boards and technology
• 19” Rackmount Systems
• FPGA boards based on Xilinx and Intel, including rugged Xilinx Zynq boards.

We have recently joined forces with REFLEX CES to provide their high-speed FPGA based solutions to customers in the UK and Ireland.

COMXpress Stratix® 10 SoC

REFLEX CES' designs are based around FPGA boards and firmware development, CPU and embedded software/OS, Analog and RF portions, as well as mechanical parts and custom chassis.
This combination of high performance deliverables results in rugged systems designed for harsh environmental constraints including ESD, temperature, humidity, shock and vibration. These FPGA based solutions can be combined with x86 CPU architecture or similar inside a turnkey form factor.

For more information please contact one of our engineers to discuss your requirements.