Re-Defining Software (Defined) Radio: Re-Configurable Radio Systems and Networks

摘要

The potential of Software Radio (SR) has been slow to materialize. Born out of the spoils of the Cold War, the SR concept has remained prisoner of its origin, mainly focused on the terminal, and still under considerable military influence. Such narrow perspective does not fit with our long held con- viction that SR has far-reaching potential, and much broader application. While some saw it as "simply" freeing us from stan- dards, by allowing the definition of the radio terminal in software (hence Software Defined Radio, SDR), we see it as changing not only the way we think radio systems and networks, but also the way we define and provide the services and adapt the applications that ran on top of them.