• DocumentCode
    25733
  • Title

    An Open RF-Digital Interface for Software-Defined Radios

  • Author

    Cooklev, Todor ; Nishihara, Akinori

  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Nov.-Dec. 2013
  • Firstpage
    47
  • Lastpage
    55
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1732
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MM.2013.113
  • Filename
    6684203