Title :
A reconfigurable four-channel transceiver testbed with signalling-wavelength-spaced antennas under centralized FPGA control
Author :
Harriman, J. Andy ; Petersen, Brent R. ; Kaye, Mary E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Brunswick Univ., Fredericton, NB
Abstract :
We propose a novel software defined radio implementation of a four-channel transceiver testbed with signaling-wavelength-spaced antennas. The radio frequency (RF) side of the system will be implemented using commercial off the shelf (COTS) products, whereas the baseband processing portion of the system will be implemented on a pair of Altera Stratix II EP2S180 development boards with high-speed analog devices analog-to-digital converter (ADC) daughter boards. The FPGA will be used to implement DSP algorithms and to affect centralized control over the entire system. A goal is to create a testbed for algorithms and radio channel measurements
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; digital signal processing chips; field programmable gate arrays; receiving antennas; software radio; telecommunication signalling; transceivers; transmitting antennas; wireless channels; ADC daughter board; Altera Stratix II EP2S180 development board; DSP algorithm; analog-to-digital converter; centralized FPGA control; digital signal processing; field programmable gate array; four-channel transceiver testbed reconfiguration; radio channel measurement; signalling-wavelength-spaced antenna; software defined radio; Baseband; Centralized control; Field programmable gate arrays; Radio frequency; Radio transmitters; Receivers; Receiving antennas; Signal generators; Testing; Transceivers;
Conference_Titel :
Communication Networks and Services Research Conference, 2006. CNSR 2006. Proceedings of the 4th Annual
Conference_Location :
Moncton, NB
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2578-4
DOI :
10.1109/CNSR.2006.10
