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CRC-COVLAB About Us
Background History
Recent developments in communications have led to the design and deployment of increasingly complex digital systems, which are replacing analog systems. Digital systems provide an improved image and sound quality compared to analog systems. The rapid degradation of signal at the edge of the coverage associated with most digital systems requires more precise coverage predictions. The advent of digital techniques has given way to new, often more complex, coverage scenarios where self-interference often becomes a major issue in system planning
The need for advanced coverage simulation software is clearly in evidence for research and system design. Since our first software demonstrations in 1991, CRC has seized the opportunities to expand its experience and develop new concepts in the areas of coverage prediction and software engineering.
CRC-COVLAB Group
CRC COVLAB has been developed by the Radio Broadcast Systems and Transmission group (RBSC) of the Communications Research Centre Canada. The group conducts research in new and advanced systems for terrestrial and satellite sound broadcasting to fixed, portable and vehicular receivers. The Communication Research Centre Canada has led the development of coverage predictions software since the advent of digital systems and the technology has been and is still being used to design many telecommunication cellular networks.
Based on our ongoing Research in coverage and interference of new broadcast technologies we continuously improve CRC-COVLAB which is a new generation of software for broadcast system modeling. It is a flexible framework designed to remain current for many years as research yields new models and features which can be readily implemented within its structure.
Proven Excellence
Choose our software and you will be in good company
Our clients are governments, broadcast organisation, consultants, research labs, universities, National Defense and public safety agencies.
CRC-COVLAB has been licensed in North, Central, and South America, as well as Europe, Asia and Australia.
CRC-COVLAB family of software have been utilized throughout the world to design distributed emission systems for various technologies. It distinguishes itself in its ability to model the system real life behaviour leading to high quality coverage prediction and interference analysis.
Our group is sought after for expertise in coverage prediction, system design, interference analysis and new technology initiatives.
Contact Us:
3701 Carling avenue
P.O.Box 11490, Station H
Ottawa, Ontario K2H 8S2
Canada
Doris Camire
CRC-COVLAB Project Leader
Tel: 613-990-8359
Email: crc-covlab@crc.gc.ca
Jeet Hothi
Director Technology Transfer
Tel: 613-990-2089
Courriel: jeet.hothi@crc.gc.ca
Enquiries: crc-covlab@crc.gc.ca
