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

The impending advent of GSM in the early 1990s triggered massive
investment that revolutionised the capability of DSP technology. A
decade later, the vastly increased processing requirements and
potential market of 3G has triggered a similar revolution, with a
host of start-up companies claiming revolutionary technologies
hoping to challenge and displace incumbent suppliers.

This book, with contributions from today's major players and
leading start-ups, comprehensively describes both the new
approaches and the responses of the incumbents, with detailed
descriptions of the design philosophy, architecture, technology
maturity and software support.

* Analysis of SDR baseband processing requirements of cellular
handsets and basestations

* 3G handset baseband - ASIC, DSP, parallel processing, ACM and
customised programmable architectures

* 3G basestation baseband - DSP (including co-processors),
FPGA-based approaches, reconfigurable and parallel
architectures

* Architecture optimisation to match 3G air interface and
application algorithms

* Evolution of existing DSP, ASIC & FPGA solutions

* Assessment of the architectural approaches and the implications
of the trends.

An essential resource for the 3G product designer, who needs to
understand immediate design options within a wider context of
future product roadmaps, the book will also benefit researchers and
commercial managers who need to understand this rapid evolution of
baseband signal processing and its industry impact.