Digital hardware choices for software radio (SDR) baseband implementation

M. S. Safadi; D. L. Ndzi

doi:10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684823

Digital hardware choices for software radio (SDR) baseband implementation

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A software defined radios (SDR) is highly configurable hardware and software platforms that enable the implementation of the rapidly expanding 3G and 4G digital wireless communication infrastructures. Many sophisticated signal processing tasks are performed in a SDR, for example: channel estimation, equalisation, forward error correction, adaptive antennas, rake receiving, modulation, advanced compression algorithms, and vocoding. There are many silicon solutions for implementing the various functions of SDR, mainly: field programmable gate array (FPGA), digital signal processor (DSP), general purpose processor (GPP) and application specific IC (ASIC). This paper presents an overview of the main aspects of these enabling devices and systems. Also, we shed light on the design methods and tools available to link the algorithmic and implementation domains to help to achieve design optimisation and shorten the prototyping time. Finally, we suggest a generalized SDR scheme, FPGA+DSP based, and that is suitable for several mobile air interfaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2006 2nd International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies
Subtitle of host publication	From Theory to Applications, ICTTA
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	2623-2628
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	0780395212, 9780780395213
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684823
Publication status	Published - 24 Apr 2006
Event	2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, ICTTA 2006 - Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic Duration: 24 Apr 2006 → 28 Apr 2006

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Conference	2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, ICTTA 2006
Country/Territory	Syrian Arab Republic
City	Damascus
Period	24/04/06 → 28/04/06

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Safadi, MS & Ndzi, DL 2006, Digital hardware choices for software radio (SDR) baseband implementation. in 2006 2nd International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, ICTTA., 1684823, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 2623-2628, 2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, ICTTA 2006, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, 24/04/06. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684823

Digital hardware choices for software radio (SDR) baseband implementation. / Safadi, M. S.; Ndzi, D. L.
2006 2nd International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, ICTTA. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2006. p. 2623-2628 1684823.

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