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Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan (IITR) and National Instruments India joined hands to blend engineering and science, education and research. And their association has reaped fruits, they have developed the Intellectual Property (IP) for a Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM)-based Transmitter.
DRM is a lossless transmission range of about 100 kilometers. It allows flexibility for the system to optimize according to the local environment conditions through an exchange in bit rate capacity, spectrum occupancy, and robustness mode and transmission power. IITR students are currently involved in building an embedded version of such a system, for potential application in broadcasting special services such as weather forecast, national news, important announcements, educational presentations etc. for rural India, said a note.
Both the organizations have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to record their intention of starting and running a Center of Excellence on Communication and Physical Layer Technologies at IITR.
"As part of this MoU, a National Instruments Advanced Communication Laboratory was established at IITR in November 2010. This Laboratory aims to enable research and project development in the areas of wireless communication and physical layer technologies, and undertake research projects and industrial consultancy," said the note.
Prof Prem Kalra, Director, IITR said, "Our aim is to make the fruits of technology available to the “Last Person”, the poorest people of our country. Our partnership with National Instruments India emphasizes our long-held belief that a synergistic partnership between industry and academia can make this happen."
Jayaram Pillai, Managing Director, National Instruments India said, “We have a long tradition of developing innovative products through in-house expertise and partnership with universities all around the world. We leverage the rich intellectual expertise available in Indian universities by direct hiring and forging strong partnerships, like the one with IITR.”