Contact e-mail address: team.aff3ct@gmail.com.
Over the years AFF3CT has become one major open-source software toolbox for digital communications, with a special focus on FEC codes, among which Turbo codes, Polar codes and Low-Density Parity-Check codes. AFF3CT provides an easy way to evaluate different coding schemes, perform high speed simulations and assess software implementations. The source code is currently supported by Inria and IMS laboratory in Bordeaux.
In 2020, we aim to bring AFF3CT to an even more mature level in order to ensure a long-term vision for the toolbox. To do so, we are exploring switching to a consortium-based management model for the development and maintenance of the Open Source toolbox. Consortium members would be funding that effort, but could also request, for an additional fee, private developments or studies based on AFF3CT. The consortium members will advise the development team on the relevant digital communication standards (DVB, 5G, Wifi, LoRA...) that should be integrated in AFF3CT. The same team will provide private developments of custom digital communication schemes for specific industrial applications. This will help AFF3CT to stick to the needs of joining partners.
The investments will be used to fund full-time engineering staff to carry out strategic AFF3CT R&D important to the consortium members.
We are currently identifying ambitious key parties interested in joining this new consortium in order to shape the future of AFF3CT.
If you are such a party or simply interested in shaping the consortium, please contact us by email so we can send you an initial proposal draft and get your feedback. We aim to make a public draft available in the second semester of 2020.