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Implementation Of A Software Defined Radio On Fpgas Using System Generator, Tanvika M. Patel May 2010

Implementation Of A Software Defined Radio On Fpgas Using System Generator, Tanvika M. Patel

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The aim of this thesis is to implement a Software Defined Radio based wireless communication system using a Xilinx Spartan 3E Field Programmable Gate Array. Software Defined Radio refers to the class of reprogrammable radios in which the same piece of hardware can perform different functions at different times. Xilinx’s System Generator for Digital Signal Processor tool is used to simulate and implement AM modulation on the Spartan 3E Starter Board. The aim of this thesis is to implement a Software Defined Radio based wireless communication system using a Xilinx Spartan 3E Field Programmable Gate Array. Software Defined Radio refers …


An Evaluation Of Low Cost Fpga-Based Software Defined Radios For Education And Research, Abhilash M. Purani May 2010

An Evaluation Of Low Cost Fpga-Based Software Defined Radios For Education And Research, Abhilash M. Purani

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a low-cost Software Defined Radio (SDR) platform for educational and research purposes. An evaluation of existing SDR platforms and design techniques was performed, identifying low cost hardware and software suitable for a laboratory environment. The idea behind the project is to provide undergraduate students with a generic hardware platform so that they can perform simple radio communication experiments. This paper compares and evaluates the existing research projects and educational lab experiments done for SDR. Basic AM and FM radios are created and simulated on the hardware. The detailed procedure to create a …


Spectrally-Temporally Adapted Spectrally Modulated Spectrally Encoded (Smse) Waveform Design For Coexistent Cr-Based Sdr Applications, Eric C. Like Mar 2010

Spectrally-Temporally Adapted Spectrally Modulated Spectrally Encoded (Smse) Waveform Design For Coexistent Cr-Based Sdr Applications, Eric C. Like

Theses and Dissertations

This work expands the applicability of the Spectrally Modulated, Spectrally Encoded (SMSE) framework by developing a waveform optimization process that enables intelligent waveform design. The resultant waveforms are capable of adapting to a spectrally diverse transmission channel while meeting coexistent constraints. SMSE waveform design is investigated with respect to two different forms of coexisting signal constraints, including those based on resultant interference levels and those based on resultant power spectrum shape. As demonstrated, the SMSE framework is well-suited for waveform optimization given its ability to allow independent design of spectral parameters. This utility is greatly enhanced when soft decision selection …


Experimental Study Of Cooperative Communication Using Software Defined Radios, Murali Krishna Marunganti Jan 2010

Experimental Study Of Cooperative Communication Using Software Defined Radios, Murali Krishna Marunganti

ETD Archive

The aim of this thesis is to implement and test a real time wireless communication environment. Cooperative Communication is one of the methods by which a reliable communication can be obtained. This is performed using a Software Defined Radio. The received output is compared with the actual signal that is transmitted over the wireless channel. The wireless communications are often hindered by the noisy environments and make the system unreliable. The interference from neighboring nodes also poses a major disadvantage. There is a necessity to improve the performance of the system where the neighbor nodes can work in coordination with …


Computational Complexity Of Signal Processing Functions In Software Radio, Kushal Y. Shah Jan 2010

Computational Complexity Of Signal Processing Functions In Software Radio, Kushal Y. Shah

ETD Archive

The increased usage of mobile communication devices has imposed a challenge of achieving efficient communication with minimum power consumption. Moreover, with the advent of software defined radios (SDR), it is highly possible that signal processing functions would be implemented in software in future mobile devices. Hence, the power consumption of these future devices will be directly related to the power consumed by the processor that executes SDR software. This thesis aims at analyzing the computational complexity of different modulation schemes and signal processing communication functions of IEEE WiFi standard. This analysis provides good insight on how the computational load varies …