Software Defined Radio

Over the past few years software radio has transitioned from an esoteric academic idea to a rapidly commercialising technology that in the coming decade will revolutionise the mobile telecommunications marketplace. Written for industry professionals in engineering and commercial roles, as well as those in academia and research, this book will provide a comprehensive context for all those already active in or entering the field.

Walter Tuttlebee, himself a pioneer of software radio in Europe, has gathered contributions from many of the acknowledged world experts in software radio -leaders operating at the heart of the software radio world today - who share their experience and insight into the background, the present and the future evolution of the technology and the industry. Contributions from North America, Europe and Asia ensure a comprehensive overview of the global SDR scene. The structured approach ensures that the book comprehensively addresses the key issues in the title - the origins of software radio, what has been (and is) driving its commercialisation and what is happening on the international scene

The book includes:

• a comprehensive review of the origins of software radio in the defence industry
• an insider's view of the origins, evolution, role and activities of the SDR Forum
• a summary of the MIT Sloan study into the drivers of global success in the mobile wireless marketplace
• a review of end user and mobile network operator perspectives of software radio and what the value it can offer
• insiders' summaries of recent SDR research activities in Europe and Japan
• coverage of the regulatory issues associated with SDR and the current approaches being taken in North America and Europe, with contributions from the regulators themselves
• a description of the first steps to SDR standards - the ETSI MExE standard
• descriptions of some of the first commercial software defined radio products, for both defence and commercial applications

Endorsed with a foreword from Joseph Mitola III, 'the father of software radio'Im Mittelpunkt dieses zweibändigen Werkes stehen Funkdienste, bei denen die Wellenformen zur Kanalmodulation durch eine Software definiert werden (SDR). Dadurch kann der Service Provider die Funktionalität eines Empfängers für neue Dienste aktualisieren und konfigurieren, ohne daß es der Benutzer merkt. Ermöglicht wird durch diese Technologie unter anderem Global Roaming. SDR ist ein interdisziplinäres Arbeitsgebiet, das Softwareentwicklung und digitale Signalverarbeitung miteinander verbindet. Band 2 des Werkes widmet sich Ursprüngen und frühen Entwicklungen des SDR. Dargestellt werden die Erkenntnisse eines Konsortiums amerikanischer, israelischer, japanischer und europäischer Fachleute zur Rolle von SDR innerhalb globaler Standards. Aufschlußreich sind Fallstudien, die auf die ACM-Technologie zurückgreifen.

List of Contributors xi

Foreword xv

Abbreviations xvii

Biographies xxvii

Introduction xxxv

Part I: Origins and Drivers 1

1 Setting the Scene – The What, How and Why of Software Defined Radio (SDR) 3
Walter Tuttlebee

References17

2 US Defense Initiatives in Software Radio 19
Wayne Bonser

Acknowledgements 70

References 70

3 The Softwore Defined Radio Forum 73
Allan Margulies

Part II: Market Opportunity and Requirements 93

4 A Market Perspective: Software Defined Radio as the Dominant Design 95
John D.Ralston

References 121

5 Software Radio: The User Dimension 123
Kate Cook

Acknowledgements 146

References 147

6 Software Radio: The Mobile Network Operator Dimension 149
Eduardo Ballesteros and Carlos Martinez

Part III: The Global Context 171

7 Reconfigurable Radio in Europe 173
Markus Dillinger and Didier Bourse

Acknowledgements 197

References 197

8 Software Radio in Japan 199
Ryuji Kohno and Shinichiro Haruyama

References 212

9 First Steps to Software Defined Radio Standards: MExE, the Mobile Execution Environment 215
Pubudu Chandrasiri

References 241

10 European Regulation of Software Radio 243
Paul Bender and Stephen O’ Fee

Further Reading 261

11 Regulation of Software defined Radio – United States 263
Mike Grable

Part IV: Early Products 271

12 Defense: A Realized Software Defined Radio family for Military Applications 273
Rainer Bott and Ruediger Leschhorn

References 299

13 Commercial: Digital Broadcast Receivers and Third-generation Products 301
David Hislop and Gavin Ferris

Acknowledgements 323

References and Further Reading 323

Index 325

"...interesting book, highly relevant for broadcasters...The book is comphrehensive and representative, easy-to-read, and gives a lot of real-life information..." (EBU Technical Review, July 2002)

Walter Tuttlebee, chief executive of the Virtual Centre of Excellence in Mobile & Personal Communications – Mobile VCE, heads up a unique, not-for-profit company established by the mobile communications industry and academia to undertake long-term, industry-steered, world-class, collaborative research www.mobilevce.com. Mobile VCE's activities include software radio research, an area Walter helped to pioneer in Europe in the mid-1990s, with invited presentations at seminal European conferences organized by the European Commission and the SDR Forum. He has subsequently published and spoken widely in the field. Prior to Mobile VCE Walter led R&D teams in Second and Third generation mobile communications. Aside from his technical interests, Walter previously operated in a business development role and at Mobile VCE he is responsible to the Board for the company's strategy and operations.
Walter has also edited books on short range digital wireless, and created on-line industry communities for DECT, Bluetooth and software radio – www.dectweb.org, www.the wirelessdirectory.org, www.softwaredefineradion.
He holds an MBA from Cranfield and PhD from Southampton University, is a senior member of the IEEE, a fellow of the IEE and fellow of the RSA.

Over the past few years software radio has transitioned from an esoteric academic idea to a rapidly commercialising technology that in the coming decade will revolutionise the mobile telecommunications marketplace. Written for industry professionals in engineering and commercial roles, as well as those in academia and research, this book will provide a comprehensive context for all those already active in or entering the field.

Walter Tuttlebee, himself a pioneer of software radio in Europe, has gathered contributions from many of the acknowledged world experts in software radio -leaders operating at the heart of the software radio world today - who share their experience and insight into the background, the present and the future evolution of the technology and the industry. Contributions from North America, Europe and Asia ensure a comprehensive overview of the global SDR scene. The structured approach ensures that the book comprehensively addresses the key issues in the title - the origins of software radio, what has been (and is) driving its commercialisation and what is happening on the international scene

The book includes:
* a comprehensive review of the origins of software radio in the defence industry
* an insider's view of the origins, evolution, role and activities of the SDR Forum
* a summary of the MIT Sloan study into the drivers of global success in the mobile wireless marketplace
* a review of end user and mobile network operator perspectives of software radio and what the value it can offer
* insiders' summaries of recent SDR research activities in Europe and Japan
* coverage of the regulatory issues associated with SDR and the current approaches being taken in North America and Europe, with contributions from the regulators themselves
* a description of the first steps to SDR standards - the ETSI MExE standard
* descriptions of some of the first commercial software defined radio products, for both defence and commercial applications
Endorsed with a foreword from Joseph Mitola III, 'the father of software radio'