Communications Design Suite Integrates RF And DSP Analysis

April 15, 2002

The Visual System Simulator 2002 (VSS2002) communications systems design suite interactively models, analyzes, and optimizes analog and digital communication systems. With it, users may quickly build graphical block diagrams and analyze the performance using sophisticated built-in measurements and powerful signal generators that support virtually any modulation scheme, including AM, FM, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), phase-shift keying (PSK), mask-shift keying (MSK), quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), and others. Users can easily assess the impact of specifications by utilizing a "real-time tuning mode" that immediately displays the impact of parameter changes by updating measurements in real time.

Included is a comprehensive library of over 230 core elements and mathematical primitives that can be used to build an accurate representation of the most complex communications systems. The library includes encoders/decoders (including Viterbi, Reed-Solomon, convolutional, and others), modulators/demodulators, and filters. Application-specific libraries are optional and support 3G, IS95, GSM, EDGE, 802.11, and other emerging standards.

A full-featured demo version is available at www.appwave.com/products/vss2002.html. The VSS2002 design suite will be available in the second quarter for the Windows 98, 2000, ME, NT, and XP platforms. Perpetual licenses range from $15,000 to $33,000 depending on simulation capabilities.

Applied Wave Research
www.appwave.com; (310) 726-3000

About the Author

David Maliniak | MWRF Executive Editor

In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.