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JOSEPH MITOLA III, PhD, introduced the software radio architecture in 1992. He was the founding chair of the software-defined Radio (SDR) Forum in 1996. He teaches industrial courses on the subject in the United States and Europe for clients such as the U.S. Department of Defense. He is also widely published and cited, having served as editor-in-chief for the landmark May 1995 issue of IEEE (NY) Communications Magazine, the April 1999 Journal on Selection Areas in Communication on Software Radios, and the ongoing series Software and DSP in Radio.

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An engineer's guide to systems engineering of software-radio architectures

As a crucial element of wireless technology, software radio is fast becoming a hot topic in the telecommunications field. This new book provides complete, up-to-date coverage of software radio architecture, discussing in detail functions, components, design procedures for complex radio systems, and large-scale software engineering methods such as UML and CORBA. The author bridges the inter-disciplinary gap in the field, covering what software engineers need to know about how radio "waveforms" are defined in software. Plus, he provides tutorial material on how the Unified Modeling Language-UML-is used for specifying radio architecture. The architecture tradeoffs-how to deliver predictably robust performance without unnecessarily expensive hardware, economic principles, cost considerations, and marketplace trends-are also addressed. Coverage includes:
* Market-oriented technology trends on how software radio fits in with the larger telecommunications marketplace
* Complexity drivers and their influence on hardware and software components
* System integration, emphasizing the management of processing capacity available on heterogeneous ASIC, FPGA, and DSP hardware
* Subsystem material and the unique requirements that software radio brings to the hardware and software segments-antennas, RF conversion, ADC/DAC, pooled DSP, real-time operating systems, CORBA middleware, and radio software objects
* Relevant areas of systems engineering, including design tools, cost-benefit analysis, and an extended case study, "Mobile Infrastructure for Joint Military-Civilian Disaster Relief"
* Hundreds of graphs, case studies, and Internet access to software design tools (email: jmitola@compuserve.com)

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An engineer's guide to systems engineering of software-radio architectures

As a crucial element of wireless technology, software radio is fast becoming a hot topic in the telecommunications field. This new book provides complete, up-to-date coverage of software radio architecture, discussing in detail functions, components, design procedures for complex radio systems, and large-scale software engineering methods such as UML and CORBA. The author bridges the inter-disciplinary gap in the field, covering what software engineers need to know about how radio "waveforms" are defined in software. Plus, he provides tutorial material on how the Unified Modeling Language-UML-is used for specifying radio architecture. The architecture tradeoffs-how to deliver predictably robust performance without unnecessarily expensive hardware, economic principles, cost considerations, and marketplace trends-are also addressed. Coverage includes:
* Market-oriented technology trends on how software radio fits in with the larger telecommunications marketplace
* Complexity drivers and their influence on hardware and software components
* System integration, emphasizing the management of processing capacity available on heterogeneous ASIC, FPGA, and DSP hardware
* Subsystem material and the unique requirements that software radio brings to the hardware and software segments-antennas, RF conversion, ADC/DAC, pooled DSP, real-time operating systems, CORBA middleware, and radio software objects
* Relevant areas of systems engineering, including design tools, cost-benefit analysis, and an extended case study, "Mobile Infrastructure for Joint Military-Civilian Disaster Relief"
* Hundreds of graphs, case studies, and Internet access to software design tools (email: jmitola@compuserve.com)

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Software Radio Architecture

John Wiley & Sons

Contents

Preface......................................................................xvii1 Introduction and Overview..................................................1I. Revolution and Evolution..................................................1II. A Systematic Exposition..................................................2III. The Ideal Software Radio................................................2IV. The Software Radio Functional Architecture...............................5V. Basic Signal Processing Streams...........................................13VI. Implementation Alternatives..............................................17VII. The Acquisition of Software Radios......................................24VIII. Broader Implications of the Software Radio.............................29IX. Exercises................................................................332 Architecture Evolution.....................................................35I. Technology-Demographics...................................................35II. Commercial Architecture Needs............................................45III. Military Architecture Needs.............................................56IV. Open Architecture and Standards Evolution................................62V. Architecture Evolution Roadmap............................................69VI. Exercises................................................................713 The Radio Spectrum and RF Environment......................................73I. RF Signal Space...........................................................73II. HF Band Communications Modes.............................................77III. Low-Band Noise and Interference.........................................81IV. Low VHF (LVHF) Band Communications Modes.................................82V. Multipath Propagation.....................................................86VI. VHF Band Communications Modes............................................89VII. UHF Band Communications Modes...........................................92VIII. SHF Band Communications Modes..........................................95IX. Atmospheric Effects......................................................101X. EHF Band Communications Modes.............................................102XI. Satellite Communications Modes...........................................104XII. Multiband Multimode Summary.............................................109XIII. Exercises..............................................................1104 Systems-Level Architecture Analysis........................................112I. Disaster-Relief Case Study................................................112II. Radio Resource Analysis..................................................117III. Network Architecture Analysis...........................................140IV. Analyzing the Protocol Stacks............................................154V. Systems-Level Architecture Parameters.....................................1705 Node-Level Architecture Analysis...........................................171I. Architecture Representation...............................................172II. Industry-Standard Node Architectures.....................................207III. Programmable Digital Radio (PDR) Case Studies...........................215IV. Technology Pathfinders...................................................224V. Exercises.................................................................2356 Segment Design Tradeoffs...................................................236I. Overview..................................................................236II. Antenna Tradeoffs........................................................237III. RF and IF Processing Tradeoffs..........................................238IV. ADC Tradeoffs............................................................238V. Digital Architecture Tradeoffs............................................239VI. Software Architecture Tradeoffs..........................................240VII. Performance Management Tradeoffs........................................241VIII. End-to-End Tradeoffs...................................................242IX. Exercises................................................................2427 Antenna Segment Tradeoffs..................................................244I. RF Access.................................................................244II. Parameter Control........................................................246III. Packaging, Installation, and Operational Challenges.....................247IV. Antenna Diversity........................................................253V. Programmable Antennas.....................................................260VI. Cost Tradeoffs...........................................................261VII. Summary and Conclusions.................................................262VIII. Exercises..............................................................2638 RF/IF Conversion Segment Tradeoffs.........................................265I. RF Conversion Architectures...............................................265II. Receiver Architectures...................................................267III. RF Component Technology.................................................277IV. RF Subsystem Performance.................................................282V. RF/IF Conversion Issues...................................................285VI. Exercises................................................................2869 ADC and DAC Tradeoffs......................................................289I. Review of ADC Fundamentals................................................289II. ADC and DAC Tradeoffs....................................................294III. SDR Applications........................................................301IV. ADC Design Rules.........................................................305V. Exercises.................................................................31010 Digital Processing Tradeoffs..............................................312I. Metrics...................................................................312II. Heterogeneous Multiprocessing Hardware...................................316III. Applications-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs).......................321IV. Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)...................................329V. DSP Architectures.........................................................336VI. INFOSEC Processor Architectures..........................................342VII. Host Processors.........................................................343VIII. Architecture Implications..............................................343IX. Exercises................................................................34511 Software Architecture Tradeoffs...........................................347I. The Software Design Process...............................................347II. Top-Down, Object-Oriented Design.........................................348III. Software Architecture Analysis..........................................359IV. Infrastructure Software..................................................363V. SDR State Machines........................................................374VI. Architecture Implications................................................377VII. Exercises...............................................................38212...