CEC355 SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To introduce the concepts of software radios
To know about RF implementation challenges for software defined radios
To understand the digital generation of signals
To learn the software and hardware requirements for software defined radios.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE RADIO
The Need for Software Radios. Characteristics and Benefits of a Software Radio. Design Principles
of a Software Radio.
UNIT II RF IMPLEMENTATION
Purpose of RF front – end, Dynamic range, RF receiver front – end topologies, Enhanced flexibility
of the RF chain with software radios, Importance of the components to overall performance,
Transmitter architectures and their issues, Noise and distortion in the RF chain, Hybrid DDS – PLL
systems, Applications of Direct Digital Synthesis.
UNIT III DIGITAL GENERATION OF SIGNALS
Comparison of direct digital synthesis with analog signal synthesis, Approaches to direct digital
synthesis, Analysis of spurious signals, Performance of direct digital synthesis systems,
Applications of direct digital synthesis.
UNIT IV SMART ANTENNAS
Benefits of smart antennas, Structures for beam forming systems, Smart antenna algorithms,
Hardware implementation of smart antennas, Digital Hardware Choices-Key hardware elements.
UNIT V HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR SDR & CASE STUDIES
DSP Processors, FPGA, ASICs. Trade-offs, Object oriented programming, Object Brokers, GNU
Radio-USRP. Case Studies: SPEAK easy, JRTS, SDR-3000.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Jeffrey Hugh Reed, “Software Radio: A Modern Approach to Radio Engineering,” Prentice
Hall Professional, 2002.
2. Tony J Rouphael, “RF and DSP for SDR,” Elsevier Newnes Press, 2008.
REFERENCES:
1. P. Kenington, “RF and Baseband Techniques for Software Defined Radio,” Artech House, 2005.
2. Paul Burns, “Software Defined Radio for 3G,” Artech House, 2002.
3. Behrouz. F. Bourjney“ Signal Processing for Software defined Radios”, Lulu 2008.
CEC355 - SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO
1. What is a software-defined radio? 28. What is the best SDR for WIFI?
2. What are the basics of SDR? 29. What is the frequency range of RTL2832U?
3. What is SDR in radio communication? 30. What is the instantaneous bandwidth of RTL-
4. What is the difference between SDR and radio? SDR?
5. What are the benefits of software defined radio? 31. What is the bandwidth of FM audio?
6. What are the properties of software defined 32. When was SDR established?
radio? 33. Who is above an SDR?
7. What are the two types of SDR? 34. Is SDR a cognitive radio?
8. Who introduced SDR? 35. What is the difference between SDR and CR?
9. What are the limitations of SDR? 36. What is latency in code?
10. Is SDR analog or digital? 37. What is latency in sound?
11. Can SDR radio transmit? 38. What is latency in security?
12. Is SDR radio digital? 39. What is software-defined radio in Android?
13. What is software defined radio latency? 40. Why software-defined radio is used?
14. What is the use of RTL SDR? 41. How is audio latency measured?
15. Does India have SDR? 42. What are the features of software defined radio?
16. How many SDR does India have? 43. What is the full form of RTL?
17. What is the second name of SDR?
18. Which type of antenna is used in SDR?
19. What is the bandwidth of SDR radio?
20. Which SDR has the most bandwidth?
21. What are the advantages of SDR in
communication?
22. Who controls SDR?
23. Who uses SDR?
24. Who reports SDR?
25. What is the SDR position of India?
26. What is the rank of SDR quota of India?
27. What is the value of 1 SDR?
