During his two years at COMSAT, he set up a communications processing laboratory and oversaw or helped oversee numerous projects covering voice-, data-, and video-processing technologies, including the development of single-channel-per-carrier pulse-code-modulation multiple-access demand-assignment equipment and assigned it the acronym SPADE because "the ace of the spades in card games was regarded as almighty".
During his time at COMSAT, he established a communications processing laboratory and managed or assisted with various projects that covered voice-, data-, and video-processing technologies. One significant project involved developing single-channel-per-carrier pulse-code-modulation multiple-access demand-assignment equipment, which was named SPADE due to its importance being compared to the "ace of spades" in card games.