Research and developments of software-defined radio technologies in Japan

Author

Nakajima, Nobuo ; Kohno, Ryuji ; Kubota, Shuji

Author_Institution

Univ. of Electro-Commun., Japan

Volume

39

Issue

8

fYear

2001

fDate

8/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

155

Abstract

Software-defined radio technologies are attractive for future mobile communication systems because of reconfigurable and multimode operation capabilities. The reconfigurable feature is useful for enhancing functions of equipment without replacing hardware. Multimode operation is essential for future wireless terminals because a number of wireless communication standards will still coexist. Research efforts on SDR have become very active in Japan, and various kinds of SDR prototypes have been developed. This article introduces the trends of Japanese wireless communication systems and the role of SDR technologies for the future wireless systems. R&D activities for the SDR in the field of academia and industry are also presented including examples of SDR prototypes

Keywords

land mobile radio; research initiatives; software architecture; IMT-2000; International Mobile Telecommunications 2000; Japan; R&D activities; SDR prototypes; SDR technologies; academia; industry; mobile communication systems; multimode operation; reconfigurable system; research and development; software-defined radio technologies; wireless communication standards; wireless communication systems; wireless terminals; Communication standards; Hardware; Job shop scheduling; Laboratories; Mobile communication; Multimedia communication; Prototypes; Research and development; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.952929

Filename

952929