InfoBeyond Technology has been awarded a prestigious Small Business Innovation Research contract by the U.S. Navy to develop GANWave, an advanced communication system that enhances covert operations for naval tactical missions. This groundbreaking solution is designed to overcome limitations in existing waveforms like HaveQuick and Link16, which struggle to meet modern data and stealth requirements.

Addressing the Need for Covert Communications

Naval operations increasingly rely on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other assets that need to communicate covertly across air, ground, and sea environments. Existing communications systems often lack the ability to transmit large amounts of data securely while avoiding detection and jamming by adversaries. GANWave, InfoBeyond's innovative solution, leverages cutting-edge technologies to address these challenges.

GANWave: Core Technologies

GANWave incorporates three core technologies:

  • Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)
  • Optimized Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
  • AI-powered Directional Beam Initial Access Learning (IAL)

These components work together to provide low probability of detection (LPD) and low probability of identification (LPI) communications.

Advantages of GANWave

One of GANWave's key advantages is its ability to outperform traditional LPD/LPI technologies. As sophisticated RF detectors are increasingly capable of analyzing and disrupting Navy signals, GANWave provides a superior alternative, using AI to conceal communications for preventing detection and interruption. Additionally, the system reduces energy consumption by lowering the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), making it more efficient in mission-critical environments.

Flexible Deployment

The system can be implemented on Software Defined Radios (SDR) using Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), offering flexibility and ease of deployment across various platforms, providing secure, robust, high-speed and covert communications in the disadvantage mission operational environment.

InfoBeyond: Advancing AI-Powered Solutions

This award marks a key milestone for InfoBeyond, continuing its mission to advance AI-powered solutions for defense and industrial communications. Sponsored by NIST, InfoBeyond also develops L2Wireless to offer low-latency data link for ICSs (Industrial Control Networks) in replace of wired connections. It can simultaneously address the stringent requirements on latency (ECU MAC/PHY closed-loop latency < 1ms) and reliability (transaction error < 10-9) in a network. L2Wireless improves the MAC & PHY layers of IEEE802.11ac, which includes radio diversity, scheduling, antenna selection, modulation and error coding, and implements them on FPGA to boost the performance.