Software Defined Radio

Under the supervision of

Mr N Satyanarayana, M.Tech
Batch No: 10 30 Tallapalli Sai Siddhartha 10881A04B8

Overview
Flexible radio systems that allow communication standards to mi rate Flexible methods !or recon!i urin a radio in so!tware Flexible" intelli ent systems that communicate via di!!erent protocols at di!!erent times

Software-Defined Radio

So!tware#$e!ined %adio
S$% Forum

Radios that provide software control of a variety of modulation techniques, wideband or narrow-band operation, communications security functions such as hoppin , and waveform requirements of current and evolvin standards over a broad frequency ran e.

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So!tware %adio 'lassi!ication

Tier 0* +ardware %adio ,+%

.o chan es to system can by done by so!tware 'ontrol !unctionality implemented in so!tware" but chan e o! attributes such as modulation and !re/uency band cannot be done without chan in hardware

Tier 1* So!tware#'ontrolled %adio ,S'%

So!tware %adio 'lassi!ication

Tier 0* So!tware#$e!ined %adio ,S$%

'apable o! coverin substantial !re/uency ran e and o! executin so!tware to provide variety o! modulation techni/ues" wide#band or narrow#band operation" communications security !unctions and meet wave!orm per!ormance re/uirements o! relevant le acy systems 'apable o! storin lar e number o! wave!orms or air inter!aces" and o! addin new ones by so!tware download System so!tware should be capable o! applyin new or replacement modules !or added !unctionality or bu !ixes without reloadin entire set o! so!tware Separate antenna system !ollowed by some wideband !ilterin " ampli!ication" and down conversion prior to receive A($#conversion The transmission chain provides reverse !unction o! $(A# conversion" analo up#conversion" !ilterin and ampli!ication

So!tware %adio 'lassi!ication

Tier )* 1deal So!tware %adio ,1S%

All o! capabilities o! so!tware de!ined radio" but eliminates analo ampli!ication and heterodyne mixin prior to A($# conversion and a!ter $(A conversion 1deal so!tware radio in a chip" re/uires no external antenna and has no restrictions on operatin !re/uency 'an per!orm a wide ran e o! adaptive services !or user 1ntended !or comparison purposes rather than implementation

Tier 4* 2ltimate So!tware %adio ,2S%

S$% Architecture

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Advanta es o! S$%

7ase o! desi n

%educes desi n#cycle time" /uic3er iterations $i ital hardware reduces costs associated with manu!acturin and testin radios S% can chan e modes by loadin appropriate so!tware into memory Allows implementation o! new receiver structures and si nal processin techni/ues $i ital processors can implement !unctions such as synchroni9ation" demodulation" error correction" decryption" etc& 'an be modi!ied in the !ield to correct problems and to up rade

7ase o! manu!acture

8ultimode operation

2se o! advanced si nal processin techni/ues

Fewer discrete components

Flexibility to incorporate additional !unctionality

Bene!its o! S$%

Flexible(recon!i urable

%epro rammable units and in!rastructure 8ultiband(multimode $i!!erent standards can co#exist

%educed obsolescence

2bi/uitous connectivity

7nhances(!acilitates experimentation Brin s analo and di ital worlds to ether

Full conver ence o! di ital networ3s and radio science .etwor3able Simultaneous voice" data" and video

Technolo ies that will !acilitate S$% systems o! the !uture Antennas
:ave!orms Analo #to#$i ital 'onverters ,A$'s" $A's $i ital Si nal 6rocessin Ampli!iers Batteries 'o nition" behaviors $esi n tools

Technolo ies that enable S$%

Antennas

%eceive antennas are easier to achieve wide# band per!ormance than transmit ones .ew !ractal ; plasma antennas expected in <= 10 years that will be smaller and wideband 8ana ement and selection o! multiple wave!orms 'ancellation carriers and pulse shapin are relatively new techni/ues ,research papers < years-

:ave!orms

Technolo ies that enable S$%

Analo #to#di ital converters

A$' samplin speed has tripled every >=8 years 1! A$' development continues then by the year 0010" ?<00 8+9 o! bandwidth could be di iti9ed instantaneously .umber o! transistors doubles every 18 months :hen will this pace slow downA Some indicate this pace is only sustainable until 0010 8ore speci!ic purpose $S6s and F6@As

$i ital si nal processin (F6@As

Technolo ies that enable S$%

Batteries

8ore and more power needed ,need to !ocus on more e!!icient use o! powerFuel cell development" another <=10 years until viable !or handhelds 1nter!erence prediction" environment awareness < years away A 3ey aspect will be to understand how multiple '%s wor3 with each other

Terrain databases

'o nitive science

S$% issues
:ideband radio circuits ,%x-* hi h re/uirements +i h re/uirements on A($ converter ,1> bits" )00 8s(s :ideband 6A ,Tx-* linearity" bandwidth" e!!iciency +i her initial costs

8ilitary Applications o! S$%

7nable and improve e!!iciency o! Boint operations ,cooperation between separate troops

.ational and international operations

7nable and improve e!!iciency o! interoperability ,connections between di!!erent systems1mplement new !eatures and systems without need to procure new e/uipment %educe number o! radios

2S armed !orces has 0<=)0 radio !amilies in use .umber o! radios is ?C<0"000 e& &" adaptive and(or covert wave!orms

6rovide !lexible services

'ommercial applications o! S$%

%ole o! so!tware radio in commercial applications is not yet clear Some possible applications

.ext eneration multimedia satellites Only ,economical- way to introduce new services or systems to orbitin satellites 1mplementation o! 4@#terminals Same terminal or base station can operate in several di!!erent systems %econ!i urable multi#standard terminal !or hetero eneous networ3s $evelopment and introduction o! new 3ind o! !eatures and applications to users

6resented by
Tallapalli Sai Siddhartha