CU4005 Software Defined Radios Syllabus:
CU4005 Software Defined Radios Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To learn various design principles of software defined radio.
To understand challenges of receiver design.
To design smart antennas for SDR.
UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE RADIO CONCEPTS
SDR concepts & history, Benefits of SDR, SDR Forum, Ideal SDR architecture, SDR Based Endto-End Communication, Worldwide frequency band plans, Aim and requirements of the SCA. Architecture Overview, Functional View, Networking Overview, Core Framework, Real Time Operating Systems.
UNIT II RADIO FREQUENCY IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
Purpose of RF front – end, Dynamic range, RF receiver front – end topologies, Enhanced flexibility of the RF chain with software radios, Importance of the components to overall performance, Transmitter architectures and their issues, Noise and distortion in the RF chain, ADC & DAC distortion, Pre-distortion, Flexible RF systems using micro-electromechanical systems.
UNIT III MULTIRATE SIGNAL PROCESSING IN SDR
Sample rate conversion principles, Polyphase filters, Digital filter banks, Timing recovery in digital receivers using multirate digital filters.
UNIT IV SMART ANTENNAS
Smart antennas, Adaptive techniques, Phased array antennas, Applying SDR principles to antenna systems, Smart antenna architectures, Low Cost SDR Platform, Requirements and system architecture, Convergence between military and commercial systems, The Future For Software Defined Radio.
UNIT V OBJECT ORIENTED REPRESENTATION OF RADIOS AND NETWORK
Networks, Object –oriented programming, Object brokers, Mobile application environments, Joint Tactical radio system. Case Studies in Software Radio Design: SPEAK easy, JTRS, Wireless Information transfer system, SDR-3000 digital transceiver subsystem, Spectrum Ware, Brief introduction to Cognitive Networking. Processing, Recursive Methods for Adaptive Error Processing.
COURSE OUTCOMES:
At the end of this course, the student will be able to
CO1: Demonstrate advanced knowledge in the evolving paradigm of Software defined radio and technologies for its implementation.
CO2: Analyse complex problems critically in the domains of Radio frequency implementation issues,
CO3: Apply multirate signal processing in SDR
CO4: Implement Smart antenna techniques for better spectrum exploitation for conducting research.
CO5: Apply appropriate techniques for the development of scientific and technological knowledge in designing software defined radios.
TOTAL:45 PERIODS
REFERENCES
1. Jeffrey Hugh Reed, “Software Radio: A Modern Approach to Radio Engineering,” Prentice Hall Professional, 2002.
2. Paul Burns, “Software Defined Radio for 3G,” Artech House, 2002.
3. Tony J Rouphael, “RF and DSP for SDR,” Elsevier Newnes Press, 2008
4. P. Kenington, “RF and Baseband Techniques for Software Defined Radio,” Artech House, 2005.
5. Dillinger, Madani, Alonistioti (Eds.), Software Defined Radio, Architectures, Systems and Functions, Wiley, 2003
6. Bard, Kovarik, Software Defined Radio, the Software Communications Architecture, Wiley, 2007