Software-Defined Radio Platforms, 5 cr

Core content

• Hardware block architectures for digital communication algorithms.
  
• Programmable processor features to support digital communication algorithm implementation.
  
• Design tools for Software-Defined Radio
• Reconfigurable and programmable platforms for Software-Defined Radio implementations.
  
• Practical implementation case studies. Evaluation and comparison of implementation options.

Complementary knowledge

• Power, energy and performance issues in hardware implementation. Design trade-offs.
• Commercial platforms for digital communications systems.
  
• Interfacing hardware and software.
• Multi-processor platforms for SDR.
• Use of USRP programmable radios.

Specialist knowledge

• Hardware implementation on FPGA. Interfaces to analog circuits.
• Software implementation.
  
• Hardware accelerators, co-processors.
• Principles of hardware/software partitioning.