Title :
fAn SDR platform for cellular/WLAN systems based on a systematic analysis of hardware implementation issues to maximize system functionality
Author :
Nakatsugawa, Masashi ; Shirato, Yushi ; Yoshioka, Hiroshi ; Shibuya, Akinori ; Matsui, Munehiro
Author_Institution :
Wireless Syst. Innovation Lab., NTT Network Innovation Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Methods for implementing software defined radio (SDR) hardware are systematically analyzed with consideration of digital processing device trends. They are categorized by the sampling frequency and modular functionality, and their advantages and drawbacks are discussed. Based on the analysis, a flexible-rate pre/post processor (FR-PPP) block that employs FPGAs is proposed to process both narrowband cellular phone and broadband wireless LAN (WLAN) signals with the same hardware, a prototype is constructed
Keywords :
broadband networks; cellular radio; digital signal processing chips; field programmable gate arrays; program processors; signal sampling; software prototyping; wireless LAN; FPGA; SDR prototype; broadband wireless LAN signals; cellular/WLAN systems; fAn SDR platform; flexible-rate pre/post processor; hardware implementation; narrowband cellular phone signals; sampling frequency; software defined radio; Cellular phones; Field programmable gate arrays; Frequency; Hardware; Narrowband; Signal analysis; Signal processing; Signal sampling; Software radio; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Radio and Wireless Conference, 2001. RAWCON 2001. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waltham, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7189-5
DOI :
10.1109/RAWCON.2001.947600