SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO: TECHNOLOGIES AND GLOBAL MARKETS IFT113A February 2015 Leonidas Sivridis Project Analyst ISBN: 1-62296-033-5 BCC Research 49 Walnut Park, Building 2 Wellesley, MA 02481 USA 866-285-7215 (toll-free within the USA), or (+1) 781-489-7301 www.bccresearch.com information@bccresearch.com
TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 2 EVOLUTION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS 2 STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES 3 REASONS FOR DOING THIS STUDY 4 SCOPE OF THE REPORT 4 INTENDED AUDIENCE 6 METHODOLOGY 6 INFORMATION SOURCES 6 ANALYST'S CREDENTIALS 7 RELATED BCC RESEARCH REPORTS 7 BCC RESEARCH WEBSITE 7 DISCLAIMER 7 CHAPTER 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 9 SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET, SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET, 2013-2019 ($ BILLIONS) 9 9 CHAPTER 3 OVERVIEW 12 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO DEFINITION 12 COGNITIVE RADIO DEFINITION 13 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO HISTORY AND EVOLUTION 13 U.S. SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO HISTORY 13 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO HISTORY OUTSIDE THE U.S. 15 CELLULAR SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO HISTORY 16 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET 16 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO THE CELLULAR SECTOR TABLE 1 KEY VENDOR BASE-STATION PRODUCTS, 2015 18 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO THE MILITARY SECTOR Military Software-Defined Radio Product Cost 22 TABLE 2 GLOBAL TACTICAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY MILITARY SEGMENT, 2014 (%) SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PRODUCTS AVAILABLE TO THE CIVILIAN AND PUBLIC SAFETY SECTOR COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PRODUCT CAPABILITIES VERSUS MILITARY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PRODUCT CAPABILITIES COGNITIVE RADIO PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET 25 REGULATORY ISSUES RELATED TO SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO AND COGNITIVE RADIO COGNITIVE RADIO REGULATION AND STANDARDIZATION BARRIERS 26 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO AND COGNITIVE RADIO VALUE CHAIN 27 FIGURE 1 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO AND COGNITIVE RADIO VALUE CHAIN 28 FORESEEABLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS 28 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO DISADVANTAGES 29 16 21 23 24 25 25
CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO IN THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN MARKET SEGMENT INTRODUCTION 32 MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS CONSIDERED IN FORECASTS MARKET OVERVIEW 32 TABLE 3 GLOBAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO EQUIPMENT IN THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SEGMENTS BY REGION, FORECASTS BY REGION 33 NORTH AMERICAN MILITARY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET 33 NORTH AMERICA PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION MARKET 35 North America Forecasts 35 TABLE 4 NORTH AMERICAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY SEGMENT, EUROPEAN MILITARY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO COMMUNICATION MARKET EUROPEAN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION MARKET 38 Europe Forecasts 38 TABLE 5 EUROPEAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) ASIA-PACIFIC MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS MARKET 39 ASIA-PACIFIC PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION MARKET 40 Asia-Pacific Region Forecasts 41 TABLE 6 ASIA-PACIFIC SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY SEGMENT, MIDDLE EASTERN MILITARY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET 41 MIDDLE EASTERN PUBLIC-SAFETY COMMUNICATION MARKET 42 Middle Eastern Forecasts 42 TABLE 7 MIDDLE EASTERN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY SEGMENT, REST OF WORLD MILITARY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET 43 REST OF WORLD PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATION MARKET 44 Rest of World Forecasts 44 TABLE 8 REST OF WORLD SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY SEGMENT, GENERIC SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET DRIVERS 45 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO DRIVERS IN THE MILITARY AND DEFENSE SEGMENT SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO DRIVERS IN THE CIVILIAN SEGMENT 46 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MILITARY SEGMENT 48 MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS 48 GLOBAL TACTICAL RADIO SHIPMENTS 49 TABLE 9 GLOBAL TACTICAL RADIO MARKET BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 (THOUSANDS) TABLE 10 GLOBAL TACTICAL RADIO MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2019 (%) 49 GLOBAL LAND MOBILE RADIO FORECASTS 50 TABLE 11 GLOBAL LAND MOBILE SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS MARKET BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2019 (THOUSANDS) 32 32 32 36 36 39 41 43 44 45 49 50
MILITARY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET VERSUS MILITARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MARKET TABLE 12 GLOBAL LAND MOBILE SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2019 (UNIT/THOUSANDS) ANALYSIS OF MAJOR COMPANIES IN MILITARY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BY MARKET SHARE TABLE 13 KEY COMPANIES IN THE MILITARY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO SPACE BY MARKET SHARE, 2014 (%) SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO TECHNICAL DETAILS 52 RADIO SYSTEMS 52 Antenna 52 Radio Frequency Front End 53 Analog-to-Digital Converter 53 Digital Signal Processing 54 IDEAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS AND REALISTIC SYSTEMS 54 FIGURE 2 IDEAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO SCHEMATIC 54 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HARDWARE RADIO AND IDEAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO DIGITAL PROCESSORS 56 PROCESSORS USED TO PERFORM DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR FUNCTIONS IN A SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO Application-Specific Integrated Circuits 57 General Purpose Processors 58 Field Programmable Gate Arrays 58 Digital Signal Processors 59 Systems on Chips 59 TABLE 14 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PROCESSORS USED IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS TECHNICAL BARRIERS RELATED TO SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS 60 Security 60 Analog to Digital Conversion 61 Radio Frequency Front-End Issues 61 Wideband Power Amplifiers 62 Software-Defined Radio Filters 62 Antennas 63 Power Consumption 63 CONCLUSIONS ON IDEAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO TECHNICAL BARRIERS AND EXPECTED FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS NEED FOR IDEAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO 65 NON-TECHNICAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET RESTRAINTS IN THE MILITARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY SEGMENT CERTIFICATION AND STANDARDIZATION ISSUES IN MILITARY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS SOFTWARE COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE 66 History and Market Drivers 66 Technical Details 67 Other Standardization Issues 68 Military Communications Industry on Software Communications Architecture OTHER SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS 69 50 51 51 51 55 57 60 64 66 66 68
GNU RADIO 69 SOFTWARE COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE AND GNU RADIO DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS WAVEFORM DEVELOPMENT 70 69 CHAPTER 5 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO IN THE CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS MARKET BASE STATIONS CONSIDERED IN FORECASTS 72 NORTH AMERICAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET 73 FORECASTS 74 TABLE 15 NORTH AMERICAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2019 ($BILLIONS) EUROPEAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET 75 FORECASTS 76 TABLE 16 EUROPEAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET BY TYPE, ASIA-PACIFIC CELLULAR SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET 77 FORECASTS 78 TABLE 17 ASIA-PACIFIC SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET BY TYPE, MIDDLE EASTERN CELLULAR SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET 80 FORECASTS 80 TABLE 18 MIDDLE EASTERN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET BY TYPE, REST OF WORLD COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET COMMENTS ON MACRO-CELL VERSUS SMALL-CELL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATIONS FORECASTS 82 TABLE 19 REST OF WORLD SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 (THOUSANDS) GENERIC SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO DRIVERS IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS 84 INTRODUCTION 84 ENERGY SAVINGS 84 THROUGHPUT MAXIMIZATION AND TRANSMIT POWER MINIMIZATION 85 VOLUME SAVINGS 85 INVESTMENT RISK 85 NETWORK MANAGEMENT 86 TIME TO MARKET 86 IN-BUILDING COVERAGE 86 ROAMING 86 SPECTRUM RE-FARMING 86 COGNITIVE RADIO 87 WIRELESS BACKHAUL 87 GLOBAL SOFTWARE-CONTROLLED AND SOFTWARE-DEFINED BASE STATION MARKET TABLE 20 PROPORTION OF GLOBALLY SHIPPED SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATIONS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 (MILLIONS). RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END CHANGES REQUIRED IN COMMERCIAL BASE STATIONS 72 74 76 79 80 81 82 83 87 87 88
BASEBAND PROCESSING PLATFORMS IN COMMERCIAL BASE STATIONS 88 COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO HANDSETS 89 INTRODUCTION 89 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MOBILE TERMINAL FORECASTS 89 TABLE 21 GLOBAL DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 (UNIT MILLIONS) TABLE 22 SMARTPHONE MARKET SHARE BY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO CAPABILITY, 2019 (%/THOUSANDS) TABLE 23 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO SMARTPHONE MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2019 (%) SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO CHIPSETS FOR HANDSETS 91 TABLE 24 KEY COMPANIES IN THE CELLULAR CHIPSET BY MARKET SHARE, 2014* (%) FULLY FLEDGED SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO HANDSETS 92 REMOTE RADIO HEADS 92 TABLE 25 GLOBAL REMOTE RADIO HEAD MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLION) DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET CELLULAR DRIVERS 90 90 91 91 93 94 CHAPTER 6 COGNITIVE RADIO PUT INTO CONTEXT 96 PROGRAMMABLE RADIO FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY 96 COGNITIVE RADIO-ENABLING TECHNOLOGY: WIDEBAND RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSCEIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS SOFTWARE-CONTROLLED WIDEBAND RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT END 97 DIRECT-CONVERSION SYSTEM ON CHIP 97 FLEXIBLE SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END FORECASTS TABLE 26 GLOBAL AGILE RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) WHITE SPACES AND TELEVISON WHITE SPACES 98 STATE OF WHITE SPACES IN URBAN AREAS 99 OTHER FREQUENCY BANDS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR USE BY COGNITIVE RADIO TECHNOLOGY COGNITIVE RADIO OPERATION IN THE TELEVISION WHITE SPACE BAND 101 INTRODUCTION 101 DATABASE METHOD 102 BEACON SIGNAL 102 SPECTRUM SENSING 102 DATABASES AND SPECTRUM SENSING 103 SPECTRUM INTELLIGENCE EQUIPMENT FORECAST 103 TABLE 27 GLOBAL SPECTRUM INTELLIGENCE EQUIPMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) COMMERCIAL COGNITIVE RADIO MARKET DRIVERS AND APPLICATIONS 104 GENERIC DRIVERS 104 TABLE 28 GLOBAL MOBILE DATA TRAFFIC GROWTH, THROUGH 2019 (EXABYTES PER YEAR) SMALL CELLS 105 RURAL BROADBAND 106 97 98 98 100 103 104
RURAL BROADBAND TELEVISION WHITE SPACE FORECASTS 106 TABLE 29 GLOBAL WHITE SPACE DEVICE MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS) 106 TELEVISION WHITE SPACE AND WI-FI 107 Television White Space Wi-Fi Chipsets 107 SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORKS 107 REGIONAL BREAKDOWN OF THE WHITE SPACE DEVICE MARKET 108 TABLE 30 WHITE SPACE MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2014 AND 2019 (%) 108 OVERALL COMMERCIAL COGNITIVE RADIO FORECASTS 109 TABLE 31 GLOBAL COGNITIVE RADIO DEVICE MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS) COMMERCIAL COGNITIVE RADIO STRATEGIC BENEFITS 110 COGNITIVE RADIO AND NATIONWIDE CELLULAR CARRIERS 110 TABLE 32 GLOBAL CELLULAR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE SUBSCRIPTION MARKET, THROUGH 2019, (MILLIONS) COGNITIVE RADIO DRIVERS IN MILITARY COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 112 COGNITIVE RADIO MILITARY MARKET FORECASTS 113 TABLE 33 GLOBAL MILITARY RADIOS WITH COGNITIVE CAPABILITIES MARKET BY REGION, COGNITIVE RADIO PUBLIC-SAFETY MARKET DRIVERS 116 COGNITIVE RADIO MARKET PLAYERS 117 109 112 115 CHAPTER 7 STAKEHOLDER CLASSIFICATION AND ANALYSIS 119 INTRODUCTION 119 MOBILE PHONE OPERATORS 119 PROMISES AND PROSPECTS 119 STRATEGY 120 DEFENSE INDUSTRY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS 120 PROMISES AND PROSPECTS 120 STRATEGY 120 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OWNERS 121 PROMISES AND PROSPECTS 121 STRATEGY 121 COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS 122 PROMISES AND PROSPECTS 122 STRATEGY 123 CHAPTER 8 COMPANY PROFILES 125 KEY PLAYER ANALYSIS 125 COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS 125 ALCATEL-LUCENT 125 Products and Initiatives 125 Analysis and Perspective 125 ERICSSON 126 Products and Initiatives 126 Analysis and Perspective 126 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. 127 Products and Initiatives 127 Analysis and Perspective 127
NOKIA NETWORKS 127 Products and Initiatives 128 Analysis and Perspective 128 VANU INCORPORATED 128 Products and Initiatives 129 Analysis and Perspective 129 ZTE 130 Products and Initiatives 130 Analysis and Perspective 130 DEFENSE INDUSTRY ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS 130 BAE SYSTEMS 130 Products and Initiatives 131 Analysis and Perspective 131 GENERAL DYNAMICS 131 Products and Initiatives 131 Analysis and Perspective 132 HARRIS CORP. 132 Products and Initiatives 132 Analysis and Perspective 132 INDRA SYSTEMS 133 Products and Initiatives 133 Analysis and Perspective 133 NORTHRUP GRUMMAN 133 Products and Initiatives 134 Analysis and Perspective 134 RAYTHEON COMPANY 134 Products and Initiatives 134 Analysis and Perspective 135 THALES COMMUNICATIONS 135 Products and Initiatives 135 Analysis and Perspective 136 VIASAT 136 Products and Initiatives 136 Analysis and Perspective 137 HARDWARE PLATFORM MANUFACTURERS 138 ANALOG DEVICES 138 Products and Initiatives 138 Analysis and Perspective 138 ETTUS RESEARCH 138 Products and Initiatives 139 Analysis and Perspective 139 SUBSIDIARY COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORIZATION DEVELOPMENT TOOL PROVIDERS PRISMTECH GROUP LIMITED 139 Products and Initiatives 140 Analysis and Perspective 140 COGNITIVE RADIO MARKET PLAYERS 141 ADAPTRUM 141 139
Products and Initiatives 141 Analysis and Perspective 141 AVIACOMM 141 Products and Initiatives 141 Analysis and Perspective 142 CARLSON WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES INC. 142 Products and Initiatives 142 Analysis and Perspective 143 SHARED SPECTRUM COMPANY 143 Products and Initiatives 143 Analysis and Perspective 144 SPECTRUM BRIDGE 144 Products and Initiatives 144 Analysis and Perspective 144 XG TECHNOLOGY 145 Products and Initiatives 145 Analysis and Perspective 145 CHAPTER 9 U.S. PATENT ANALYSIS 147 INTRODUCTION 147 COGNITIVE RADIO 147 TRENDS BY CATEGORY 147 Cognitive Radio Performance 147 Cognitive Radio-Enabling Technologies and Policies 148 Cognitive Radio Hardware 148 Cognitive Radio Applications 148 TABLE 34 U.S. PATENTS RELATED TO COGNITIVE RADIO BY CATEGORY, 1976 SEPTEMBER 2011 (NO.) TRENDS BY YEAR 149 TABLE 35 U.S. COGNITIVE RADIO PATENT TRENDS, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 (NO.) 149 TRENDS BY COUNTRY 149 TABLE 36 U. S. PATENTS RELATED TO COGNITIVE RADIO BY COUNTRY, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 (NO./%) TRENDS BY ASSIGNEE 150 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO 150 INTRODUCTION 150 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO TRENDS BY CATEGORY 151 Software and Hardware Integration 151 Circuits and Devices Used in Software-Defined Radios 151 Software-Defined Radio Applications 151 Software-Defined Radio Operation and Testing 151 TABLE 37 U.S. COGNITIVE RADIO PATENTS BY CATEGORY, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 (NO.) SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO TRENDS BY YEAR 152 TABLE 38 U.S. SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PATENT TRENDS, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 (NO.) SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO TRENDS BY COUNTRY 152 149 149 152 152
TABLE 39 U.S. SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PATENTS BY COUNTRY, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 (NO./%) SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO TRENDS BY ASSIGNEE 153 152 CHAPTER 10 APPENDIX 155 TABLE 40 ASSIGNEES OF 14 OR MORE U.S. COGNITIVE RADIO PATENTS, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 TABLE 41 ASSIGNEES OF FIVE OR MORE U.S. SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PATENTS, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 155 159
LIST OF TABLES TABLE HEADING SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET, TABLE 1 KEY VENDOR BASE-STATION PRODUCTS, 2015 18 TABLE 2 GLOBAL TACTICAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY MILITARY SEGMENT, 2014 (%) TABLE 3 GLOBAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO EQUIPMENT IN THE MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SEGMENTS BY REGION, TABLE 4 NORTH AMERICAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY SEGMENT, TABLE 5 EUROPEAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) TABLE 6 ASIA-PACIFIC SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY SEGMENT, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) TABLE 7 MIDDLE EASTERN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY SEGMENT, TABLE 8 REST OF WORLD SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY SEGMENT, TABLE 9 GLOBAL TACTICAL RADIO MARKET BY REGION, THROUGH 2019 (THOUSANDS) TABLE 10 GLOBAL TACTICAL RADIO MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2019 (%) 49 TABLE 11 GLOBAL LAND MOBILE SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS MARKET BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2019 (THOUSANDS) TABLE 12 GLOBAL LAND MOBILE SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2019 (UNIT/THOUSANDS) TABLE 13 KEY COMPANIES IN THE MILITARY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO SPACE BY MARKET SHARE, 2014 (%) TABLE 14 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PROCESSORS USED IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS TABLE 15 NORTH AMERICAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2019 ($BILLIONS) TABLE 16 EUROPEAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET BY TYPE, TABLE 17 ASIA-PACIFIC SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET BY TYPE, TABLE 18 MIDDLE EASTERN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET BY TYPE, TABLE 19 REST OF WORLD SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATION MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 (THOUSANDS) TABLE 20 PROPORTION OF GLOBALLY SHIPPED SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO BASE STATIONS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 (MILLIONS). TABLE 21 GLOBAL DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 (UNIT MILLIONS) TABLE 22 SMARTPHONE MARKET SHARE BY SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO CAPABILITY, 2019 (%/THOUSANDS) TABLE 23 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO SMARTPHONE MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2019 (%) TABLE 24 KEY COMPANIES IN THE CELLULAR CHIPSET BY MARKET SHARE, 2014* (%) 91 TABLE 25 GLOBAL REMOTE RADIO HEAD MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLION) TABLE 26 GLOBAL AGILE RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) 9 23 32 36 39 41 43 44 49 50 51 51 60 74 76 79 80 83 87 90 90 91 93 98
TABLE HEADING TABLE 27 GLOBAL SPECTRUM INTELLIGENCE EQUIPMENT MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ BILLIONS) TABLE 28 GLOBAL MOBILE DATA TRAFFIC GROWTH, THROUGH 2019 (EXABYTES PER YEAR) TABLE 29 GLOBAL WHITE SPACE DEVICE MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS) 106 TABLE 30 WHITE SPACE MARKET SHARE BY REGION, 2014 AND 2019 (%) 108 TABLE 31 GLOBAL COGNITIVE RADIO DEVICE MARKET, THROUGH 2019 ($ MILLIONS) 109 TABLE 32 GLOBAL CELLULAR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE SUBSCRIPTION MARKET, THROUGH 2019, (MILLIONS) TABLE 33 GLOBAL MILITARY RADIOS WITH COGNITIVE CAPABILITIES MARKET BY REGION, TABLE 34 U.S. PATENTS RELATED TO COGNITIVE RADIO BY CATEGORY, 1976 SEPTEMBER 2011 (NO.) TABLE 35 U.S. COGNITIVE RADIO PATENT TRENDS, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 (NO.) 149 TABLE 36 U. S. PATENTS RELATED TO COGNITIVE RADIO BY COUNTRY, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 (NO./%) TABLE 37 U.S. COGNITIVE RADIO PATENTS BY CATEGORY, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 (NO.) TABLE 38 U.S. SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PATENT TRENDS, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 (NO.) TABLE 39 U.S. SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PATENTS BY COUNTRY, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 (NO./%) TABLE 40 ASSIGNEES OF 14 OR MORE U.S. COGNITIVE RADIO PATENTS, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 TABLE 41 ASSIGNEES OF FIVE OR MORE U.S. SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO PATENTS, 1976-SEPTEMBER 2014 103 104 112 115 149 149 152 152 152 155 159
LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE TITLE SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO MARKET, 2013-2019 ($ BILLIONS) FIGURE 1 SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO AND COGNITIVE RADIO VALUE CHAIN 28 FIGURE 2 IDEAL SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO SCHEMATIC 54 9