Communications consulting, analysis, and specification development support are services offered by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). Some potential support activities include:

• Defining system requirements

• Defining product requirements

• Defining system or product specifications

• Developing products

• Coordinating production services

• Providing limited production services

In all cases, SwRI staff work closely with the client's staff to better understand the client?s business model, special needs, and short- and long-term goals. A partial list of services provided for our clients include:
 

Systems engineering consulting – provide client engineering support in determining system needs or identifying and evaluating potential solutions. Identifying and documenting system requirements or developing system specification – enables our client to procure systems that meet their needs.

Performance simulation – develop computer simulations of complex systems to demonstrate functionality and interoperability and to verify or adjust system and subsystem specifications. Performing unbiased market surveys and tradeoff analyses – provide client with system alternatives based on performance and/or price

Offering unbiased product analysis or evaluation – identify the best solution for our client   SwRI works closely with each client to ensure accurate development and fulfillment of client requirements. Using numerous and varied resources to ensure delivery of a comprehensive solution that meets each client's requirements, SwRI engineers:

• Model

• Analyze

• Prototype

• Test

As part of a long-held tradition, patent rights arising from sponsored research at SwRI are often assigned to the client. SwRI generally retains the rights to Institute-funded advancements.

Examples of Consulting, Analysis, and Specification Development Projects

For more information about consulting, analysis, and specification development, or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Mark Moczygemba at mmoczygemba@swri.org or (210) 522-3463. We can offer you the best approach for your communications and embedded systems solutions.

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