Smart Radio Challenge Winners Announced

 Washington, 5 November, 2008 – The SDR Forum has announced the winners of the 2^nd annual Smart Radio Challenge, a worldwide competition in which student engineering teams design, develop and test software defined and cognitive radio technologies that address specific problems relevant to the advanced wireless community.

The six qualifying teams for the 2008 Smart Challenge (www.smartradiochallenge.org) addressed one of three defined problems, which they tested and demonstrated the day before the conference.  Problem 1 involved extending the range of a wireless network, problem 2 addressed mapping frequencies and locations of RF emitters, and problem 3 was preparing a Rapid Waveform Development

Carnegie Mellon University took home three awards: Best Design, Problem 2, and Overall Winner. The team’s awards totaled $7,000 in scholarship money, two plaques and a trophy. One of two qualifying teams from Penn State took home the award for best paper ($1,000 in scholarship money and a plaque), the Virginia Tech team earned the award for Problem 1 ($2,000 in scholarship money and a trophy), and University of Calgary got the win for Problem 3 ($2,000 in scholarship money and a trophy).

The 3^rd annual Smart Radio Challenge will begin spring 2009. Any university teams interested in participation should contact SDR Forum CEO Lee Pucker at lee.pucker@sdrforum.org.