A PC-based software receiver using a novel front-end technology.

Since the software radio concept was introduced, much progress has been made in the past few years in making it a reality. Many software radio based systems have been designed through the development efforts of both commercial and noncommercial organizations. While the term software radio has meant...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	IEEE Communications magazine 39, 8 (2001).
Main Author:	Laddomada, M.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	100 MHz. 2 GHz. CISC. FPGA. PC-based software receiver architecture. RISC. Agile radio. Carrier frequency. Data converter. Digital data. Direct conversion. Fixed architecture processors. Front-end technology. Gigasample digital data stream. High-level language interfaces. Portability. Power dissipation. Processor technology. Programmable DSP. Protocol. Reprogramming speed. Software radio based systems. Speed. Transmitter. Wideband design. Wireless signals.