WFB: RF ASPECTS OF SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR)

Date & Time: Friday, June 17; 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Location: Long Beach Convention Center, Room 101AB

Topics & Speakers:  

• Regulatory issues: Spectrum pooling, R. Shrum

• Broadband antennas, S. Lindenmeier, Universität der Bundeswehr München

• Configurable RF Systems, J.-F. Luy, DaimlerChrysler      

• Direct RF sampling, D.M. Akos, University of Colorado

• Frequency conversion processes in SDR front-ends, T. Mack, DaimlerChrysler

• Six port technology, K. Wu, University of Montreal

• Modern Concepts for Multifunctional PLL-Synthesizers, J. Kinzler, W. Ludwig, and B. Plehn, EADS Deutschland GmbH

• SDR and beamforming, J. Morton, University of Miami

• RF front-end and digital signal processing, M. Sliskovic, HarmanBecker   

Organizers:                      

J.-F. Luy, DaimlerChrysler

Y. T. J. Morton, University of Miami  

Sponsors:

MTT-9: Digital Signal Processing

2005 RFIC Symposium  

Software Defined Radios require specific concentration of RF research and engineering work. The scope of this workshop is to discuss the most important RF aspects in this field. Regulatory issues may influence and will be influenced by the advance of SDRs. Broadband and multiband antennas will play an important role for the realization of SDRs with spectral adaptivity. In order to shift the digital signal processing parts as close as possible to the antenna the required RF components have to fulfil a number of requirements. Different schemes for the receiver architectures will be discussed as well as transmitter approaches. Presentations on SDR and beamforming and the relation between analog and digital aspects in SDRs will conclude the workshop.