ANZUS Uses Digital Fountain Technology To Ensure Rosetta Reliability.FREMONT, Calif. & SAN DIEGO -- Digital Fountain, Inc., a supplier of patented reliable communications technology, and ANZUS ANZUS Australia, New Zealand, & United States ANZUS Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty , Inc., a provider of real-time high-speed information processing products and services for the Department of Defense (DoD), today announced the use by ANZUS of Digital Fountain technology to support the mission-critical delivery of near-real-time targeting data over loss-prone data networks. ANZUS has licensed Digital Fountain's latest generation of coding technology - DF Raptor(TM), the most advanced Forward Error Correction A communications technique that can correct bad data on the receiving end. Before transmission, the data are processed through an algorithm that adds extra bits for error correction. If the transmitted message is received in error, the correction bits are used to repair it. (FEC See forward error correction. FEC - Forward Error Correction ) technology available today from any source. ANZUS will use Digital Fountain's advanced coding technology as part of its core Rosetta Technology(R) for real-time track data delivery. Over time, the companies expect that DF Raptor(TM) will be incorporated broadly into the ANZUS product line for a variety of DoD-related programs. Applications include the use of Rosetta Technology(R) with Digital Fountain capabilities within the Lincoln Carrier Battle Group and the Tactical Air Control Party A subordinate operational component of a tactical air control system designed to provide air liaison to land forces and for the control of aircraft. Also called TACP. Modernization (TACP-M TACP-M Tactical Air Control Party Modernization (US Air Force) ) program. Charlie Oppenheimer, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Digital Fountain commented, "We are pleased to see ANZUS employ Digital Fountain's technology as a key element of its offerings to the US government." "As the DoD invests in its Global Information Grid The globally interconnected, end-to-end set of information capabilities, associated processes and personnel for collecting,processing, storing, disseminating and managing information on demand to warfighters, policy makers, and support personnel. efforts, we find DF Raptor(TM) to be a valuable complementary technology that allows us to take better advantage of the wide and disparate range of available communications resources," said Phil Yanni, President and Chief Technology Officer of ANZUS. "At the far reaches of the tactical chain, UHF (Ultra High Frequency) The range of electromagnetic frequencies from 300 MHz to 3 GHz. In the U.S., analog television has used UHF channels 52 to 69 in the 700 MHz band. SATCOM connections are still common, requiring an advanced data protection technology like Raptor to ensure reliable reception of mission-critical data." Rosetta Technology(R) The ANZUS core product, Rosetta Technology(R), is a network-centric service for command and control in the 21st century. Rosetta supports the high-speed processing, translation, and forwarding of real-time navigation, datalink, sensor, and other data. ANZUS Rosetta Technology(R), including the Rosetta Gateway Server and Joint Moving Map Tactical Information Display System (JMMTIDS JMMTIDS JTIDS Moving Map Tactical Information Display System ), sets the standard for military real-time data exchange, forwarding, display, and situational awareness. To further reduce the warfighter's decision time and create an actionable track, ANZUS has developed STONE, a set of new algorithms that simultaneously correlate, fuse, and create a target identification from disparate data. The Office of the Secretary of Defense The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) is part of the United States Department of Defense and includes the entire staff of the Secretary of Defense. It is the principal staff element of the Secretary of Defense in the exercise of policy development, planning, resource is demonstrating STONE as an enabling technology for integration of a variety of sensor types. DF Raptor(TM) Digital Fountain's DF Raptor(TM) is a patented set of FEC codes created by the company's world-renowned scientists, Michael Luby and Amin Shokrollahi. Focused on correcting erasures (lost data) as opposed to errors (incorrect data), DF Raptor(TM) is distinct and different than conventional FEC technologies. For example, DF Raptor(TM) codes are "rateless" in the sense that a practically limitless amount of encoded data can be generated from any given block of source data, thereby permitting DF Raptor(TM) codes to readily support extremes of low or high network loss. Moreover, unlike conventional codes where the encoding and/or decoding calculations increase at an accelerating rate as the size of the source data increases, the calculation requirements for DF Raptor(TM) codes increase only linearly with the amount of source data. As a result, DF Raptor(TM) is well-suited for use in software applications, even those hosted by low-power embedded processors. About ANZUS ANZUS, Inc., in business since 1986, specializes is real-time data management and fusion software. The company's software for real-time management of sensor data, wireless data links, and navigation are fielded in a variety of commercial, Navy, Air Force, and Joint Service projects. Extensive experience with infrared, electronic surveillance, radar, and other sensors has led to development of optical computers for correlation and fusion. ANZUS experience includes over 100 years of cumulative military command and control integration, especially the integration of data links and sensors. Supported platforms include Air Force and Navy aircraft as well as ground facilities in the United Kingdom, Australia, and the United States Air Force United States Air Force (USAF) Major component of the U.S. military organization, with primary responsibility for air warfare, air defense, and military space research. It also provides air services in coordination with the other military branches. U.S. . Headquartered in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. , ANZUS, Inc., employs over 65 people worldwide. About Digital Fountain Based in Fremont, California, Digital Fountain, Inc., develops and licenses advanced forward error correction coding technology to provide perfect communications over imperfect networks. The company licenses its breakthrough network transport technology to leading companies around the world. Digital Fountain's advanced DF Raptor(TM) code is used today in a variety of enterprise, military, and consumer devices and applications by such leading organizations as Honda, NTT, Sirius Satellite Radio
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