Samsung RFIC Design Center at Georgia Tech (SDC), which opened last August, is developing for next-generation wireless communication systems and will also develop system-on-chip devices for modem, digital and RF equipment.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Company's (SEM) new North American RF design center has been established in the Technology Square Research Building that also houses GEDC. Georgia Tech faculty and staff collaborate with the Samsung RFIC Design Center researchers on a broad range of issues, including contributions to the IEEE standard for cognitive radio. Innovations developed by researchers at the new center will affect a broad spectrum of Samsung's worldwide product offerings.

Last November, spectrum-sensing technology developed at SDC was part of a proposal made at an international standards meeting by team that included GEDC, SEM, and the Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute of South Korea. The proposal addressed the IEEE 802.22 standard, which involves emerging communication systems that use cognitive radio technology.

Besides being a leader in the field of spectrum-sensing technology, SDC is focused on verifying cognitive radio technology and other next-generation communication systems.

SDC is purusing development of "a Smart RF System testbed," aimed at providing an innovative way to evaluate next-generation transceiver systems.

In addition, Samsung engineers and GEDC researchers are collaboratively developing SEM's next-generation System-On-Chip solutions.