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Technische Universität Dresden. Beware of COBRA ! CO mputer B ased R adio and A ntennas. Demonstrating future concepts of wireless communications !. Software Defined Radio Smart Antenna Concepts Implementation The Vodafone Chair. Software Radio Smart Antennas Implementation
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Technische Universität Dresden Beware of COBRA ! COmputer Based Radio and Antennas
Demonstrating future concepts of wireless communications ! • Software Defined Radio • Smart Antenna Concepts • Implementation • The Vodafone Chair Software Radio Smart Antennas Implementation Vodafone Chair
High Diversity of Communications Systems ! GPRS EDGE DVB -T UMTS GSM DAB WLAN DECT Blue Tooth Data rate 10000 10 100 1000 100000 kBit/s Software Radio • Motivation • Idea • Demonstrator Concept • Hardware Smart Antennas Implementation Vodafone Chair Mobility high pedestrian indoor
Software Defined Radio - Idea Software Radio • Motivation • Idea • Demonstrator Concept • Hardware Smart Antennas Implementation Vodafone Chair Do as much signal processing as you can afford in software and you can • use the same hardware for different communications systems • simple download system updates and new features
Demonstrator Concept Software Radio • Motivation • Idea • Demonstrator Concept • Hardware Smart Antennas Implementation Vodafone Chair Antennas RF-Components Receiver Transmitter Signal Processing
Smart Antennas - State of the Art Software Radio Smart Antennas • State of Art • Theory • MIMO Systems • Demonstrator Features Implementation Vodafone Chair TX-Diversity at BS Sectorized Antennas Beamforming at BS Space-Time Coding GSM,UMTS WLAN, UMTS GSM,UMTS
Theory of Multi Antenna Systems (MIMO) 30 25 20 Throughput [bit/s/Hz] 15 10 5 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 6 times more bits over a radio channel @ SNR of 20 dB ! Signal to Noise Ratio [dB] Software Radio Smart Antennas • State of Art • Theory • MIMO Systems • Demonstrator Features Implementation Vodafone Chair
MIMO-Systems D-BLAST, Multi-Stratum-Space-Time-Codes Multiple Data Streams over all antennas (high data rate & robustness) Software Radio Smart Antennas • State of Art • Theory • MIMO Systems • Demonstrator Features Implementation Vodafone Chair Receiver Transmitter Space-Time-Coding One data stream over multiple TX-antennas (robustness) V-BLAST One data stream for each antenna (high-data rate)
Demonstrator Features • Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum System • Compliant with UMTS-Uplink • Physical Layer implemented • Includes true synchronization • Usage of multiple antennas (currently 2 x 2) Achievements: • Space-Time-Channel measurements • Performance Evaluation Space-Time-Algorithms • General Software Radio Framework including GUI’s Software Radio Smart Antennas • State of Art • Theory • MIMO Systems • Demonstrator Features Implementation Vodafone Chair
Scalable Transmitter Setup IQ-Mod PPC 7400 Software Radio Smart Antennas Implementation • Transmitter • Receiver Vodafone Chair UMTS Spreading GUI Data Source RRC Filter RRC Filter Host PC PPC 7400 D/A Converter ICS 660 To RF and antennas Lowpass Lowpass Sampling rate: 7.68 MHz Frequency Output: Baseband Bandwidth: 4.68 MHz
Scalable Receiver Setup Software Radio Smart Antennas Implementation • Transmitter • Receiver Vodafone Chair ICS 660 PPC 7400 From RF and antennas ICS 660 PPC 7400 RRC Filter Demod Lowpass A/D Host PPC 7400 Frequency Sync. GUI 3-Finger-Space-Time RAKE-Despreader Time Sync. Antenna Combiner Sampling rate: 61.44 MHz (16x chiprate) Frequency Input: 15.36 MHz (IF = 4x chiprate) Bandwidth: 4.68 MHz
Project Sponsors COBRA demonstrator is part of the Project Software Radio Smart Antennas Implementation • Transmitter • Receiver • Sponsors Vodafone Chair We would like to thank the following sponsors:
The - Chair and its Partners Project Partners Sponsors 1 professor 3 secretaries 4 sen. scientists • system adm. 2 post-doc’s 20 Ph.D. students 15+ Ms students Software Radio Smart Antennas Implementation Vodafone Chair • Sponsors • Research • IPP • Spin-Off‘s New since 2002
Research Topics Radio Networks Software Radio Smart Antennas Implementation Vodafone Chair • Sponsors • Research • IPP • Spin-Off‘s Network Operator Radio Modems Equipment Manufacturer DSP Hardware&Tools Semiconductor Vendor Physical Layer Research
Industry Partner Program (IPP) This sponsoring program provides an opportunity for companies • to support our research activities, • to enhance teaching, • to get in touch with our researchers and students. As a thank you our IPP members will receive • our quarterly newsletter "Dresden Mobile" • copies of MS-diploma theses and student project reports • copies of our publications and pre-prints • an invitation to our annual IPP event. The IPP membership therefore provides a platform to keep close contact with our chair. Software Radio Smart Antennas Implementation Vodafone Chair • Sponsors • Research • IPP • Spin-Off‘s IPP-Event on October 15, 2003
Software Radio Smart Antennas Implementation Vodafone Chair • Sponsors • Research • IPP • Spin-Off‘s • Founded 1999 • Based in San Jose and Dresden with a RF design center in Maynard, Massachusetts • Investors include Apax, Atlas, Lehman Brothers and Sony • 60 Mb/s Wireless LAN Chip (IEEE 802.11a/b) released in 2002 • 2002 Philips Semiconductors has acquired Systemonic
Mission Network Planning Software Radio Smart Antennas Implementation Vodafone Chair • Sponsors • Research • IPP • Spin-Off‘s Radioplan provides the technical essentials necessary to efficiently and effectively plan, build, and run mobile radio networks www.radioplan.de (Founded in 2000) Network Engineering
Software Radio Motivation Idea Demonstrator Concept Hardware Smart Antennas State of Art Theory MIMO Systems Demonstrator Features Technische Universität Dresden • Implementation • Transmitter • Receiver • Project Sponsors • Vodafone Chair • Sponsors • Research • IPP • Spin-Off‘s