Title :
An Open RF-Digital Interface for Software-Defined Radios
Author :
Cooklev, Todor ; Nishihara, Akinori
Abstract :
This article presents an open and complete RF-digital interface that´s particularly appropriate for software-defined radios (SDRs). The interface advanced here is packet-based; it includes data and metadata (control and context) packets. The control and context packets describe the entire RF front end. The proposed description has a hierarchical structure and is a hardware abstraction. The developed interface supports advanced architectures such as SDR clouds. The metadata packets can be represented using formal, computer-processable semantics.
Keywords :
meta data; software radio; RF front end; SDR clouds; complete RF-digital interface; formal computer-processable semantics; hardware abstraction; hierarchical structure; metadata packet; open RF-digital interface; software-defined radios; Cognitive radio; Digital communication; Ontologies; Radio Frequency; Software radio; RF front end; cognitive radio; ontology; software-defined radio;
Journal_Title :
Micro, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MM.2013.113
