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Software
Designed
Radio
(SDR)
Prof.
Sharlene
Katz
Prof.
James
Flynn
Dec.
2,
2008
Flynn/Katz
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SDR
1
Overview
• Traditional
hardware
radio
versus
Software
Defined
Radio
• What
is
SDR?
• Advantages
and
applications
of
SDR
• Group
projects
• Schedule
for
Winter/Spring
Dec.
2,
2008
Flynn/Katz
‐
SDR
2
Traditional
Transceiver
(Hardware)
• Amplifiers
• Modulators
• Demodulators
• Mixers
• Filters
• Oscillators
Dec.
2,
2008
Flynn/Katz
‐
SDR
3
Disadvantages
of
the
Traditional
Hardware
Receiver
• Simple
modulation
/
demodulation
only
• Limited
implementation
of
filters
• Alignment
• Aging
• Complexity
• Fixed
design:
frequency/mode
• Non
linearity
–
unwanted
signals
• These
are
limitations
of
a
hardware
based
system
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SDR
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What
is
Software
Defined
Radio
(SDR)?
• A
new
technology
for
implementing
radio
communications
systems
• Art
and
science
of
building
radios
using
primarily
software
• Eliminating
hardware
and
moving
software
as
close
to
the
antenna
as
possible
• Future
direction
of
communications
systems
• Encompasses
many
areas
of
EE:
communications,
signal
processing,
antennas,
RF,
digital
design,
software
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2,
2008
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SDR
5
Traditional
Hardware
Receiver
Receiver Front End
Hardware:
Envelope
detector,
slope
Shifts
spectrum
down
detector,
etc.
to
lower
frequency
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2,
2008
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SDR
6
Software
Defined
Radio
Analog to
Digital Software
Converter
Radio
is
modified
by
changing
the
software.
The
hardware
remains
the
same
Dec.
2,
2008
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SDR
7
Advantages
of
SDR
• Makes
communications
systems
reconfigurable
(adapting
to
new
standards)
• Flexibility
(universal
platform
–
not
special
purpose)
–
Hardware
stays
the
same
• Upgradable,
modifiable
• Filters/other
hardware
• Cognitive/Smart
Radio
Dec.
2,
2008
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SDR
8
SDR
Applications
• Current
– Military
– Radio
Astronomy
– Amateur
Radio
• Future
– Personal
Communications
• Cell
phones
• Wi
Fi
• Entertainment
distribution
– Public
Safety
– Broadcasting
• Digital
Radio
• Digital
Television
FPGA
USB
(Decimator,
ADC
MUX,
etc.)
Controller
PC