Software Defined Radio / Wiley Series in Software Radio (PDF)

Software defined radio (SDR) is a hot topic in the
telecommunications field, with regard to wireless technology. It is
one of the most important topics of research in the area of mobile
and personal communications. SDR is viewed as the enabler of global
roaming and a platform for the introduction of new technologies and
services into existing live networks. It therefore gives networks a
greater flexibility into mobile communications. It bridges the
inter-disciplinary gap in the field as SDR covers two areas of
development, namely software development and digital signal
processing and the internet. It extends well beyond the simple
re-configuration of air interface parameters to cover the whole
system from the network to service creation and application
development. Reconfigurability entails the pervasive use of
software reconfiguration, empowering upgrades or patching of any
element of the network and of the services and applications running
on it. It cuts across the types of bearer radio systems (Paging to
cellular, wireless local area network to microwave, terrestrial to
satellite, personal communications to broadcasting) enable the
integration of many of today's disparate systems in the same
hardware platform. Also it cuts across generation (second to third
to fourth). This volume complements the already published volumes 1
and 2 of the Wiley Series in Software Radio. The book discusses the
requirements for reconfigurability and then introduces network
architectures and functions for reconfigurable terminals. Finally
it deals with reconfiguration in the network. The book also
provides a comprehensive view on reconfigurability in three very
active research projects as CAST, MOBIVAS and TRUST/SCOUT.

Key features include:

* Presents new research in wireless communications

* Summarises the results of an extensive research program on
software defined radios in Europe

* Provides a comprehensive view on reconfigurability in three
very active research projects as CAST (Configurable radio with
Advanced Sodftware Technology), MOBIVAS (Downloadable MOBIle Value
Added Services through Software Radio and Switching Integrated
Platforms), TRUST (Transparently Re-configurable Ubiquitous
Terminal) and SCOUT (Smart User-Centric Communciation
Environment).