Most communication systems squander a tremendous amount of spectral resources.  Systems are designed and spectrum allocations are set up based on worst-case assumptions that reserve unused spectral resources years in advance.  Huge spectrum, spatial and temporal holes typically exist in any commercial or government deployment of communication assets.

RKF specializes in improving the spectral efficiency of satellite and terrestrial communication systems.  As spectral resources become scarce and with new high bandwidth military and civil/commercial applications being developed, improvement of spectral efficiency is essential.  In that regard, RKF has helped commercial companies such as News Corp., DirecTV, Pegasus, PanAmSat and Terrestar improve spectral efficiency of both current and future systems.

RKF has developed numerous software packages  that optimize spectral resources.  Packages developed by RKF to optimize spectral resources include the Global Resource Manger (GRM)  for optimizing power, resources, and beam plans, as well as  CESROD (Cognitive Environment for Spectral Resource Optimization and Design) for use in the design of space craft communication systems with optimal coverage and capacity. The AHNPO (Ad Hoc Network Protocol Optimizer) is designed to test ad hoc network protocols in a large number of environments determining their weaknesses and strengths.