ARaCS: Educational software for radio channel characterization with swept-time delay cross-correlation sounders

Author

Alejos, Ana Vazquez ; Sanchez, Manuel Garcia ; Cuiñas, Iñigo ; Castiñeira, Felipe Gil

Author_Institution

Teor. de la Senal y Comun., Univ. of Vigo, Vigo, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

22-24 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In the present paper the educational software ARaCS is introduced as a tool to help in the radio channel characterization teaching field. The developed software implements an automated swept-time delay cross correlation sounder with general features. The behavior of this kind of wideband sounders can be analyzed and the influence of their main parameters stated by means of the use of this tool. In combination with a wide range of hardware front-ends or broadband versions of these components, it results a powerful teaching tool in the radio channel characterization field.

Keywords

correlation methods; courseware; teaching; telecommunication computing; telecommunication engineering education; wireless channels; ARaCS educational software; automated swept-time delay cross-correlation sounder; hardware front-end; radio channel characterization teaching; wideband sounder; Antenna measurements; Automatic control; Delay; Envelope detectors; Phase detection; Phase frequency detector; Radio transmitters; Receivers; Software tools; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

EAEEIE Annual Conference, 2009

Conference_Location

Valencia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5385-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5386-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EAEEIE.2009.5335488

Filename

5335488