  Today's operations in the spectrum occur across many disparate and unique
devices. For example, a military or commercial maritime platform can have
dozens of apertures used for various functions. Utilizing software-defined
radios and dynamic analog front ends, we propose that future systems involving
multiple applications for RF, virtualize operations to gain performance
efficiencies. The concept of virtualization of electromagnetic operations
(VEMO) is considered a means to enable flexible use of hardware and spectrum
resources to achieve diverse mission requirements in military and commercial
settings. This will result in more efficient use of resources, including
size/weight/power and integration of objectives across systems that employ the
electromagnetic spectrum.

Signal Processing