RF and Baseband Techniques for Software Defined Radio

Peter Kenington is director of advanced technology at Andrew Corporation,. A fellow of the IEE and a senior member of the IEEE, he earned both a B.E. in electrical and electronics engineering and a Ph.D. in communications engineering from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. Dr. Kenington is also the author of High Linearity RF Amplifier Design (Artech House, 2000).

• Introduction--What is Software Defined Radio. The Requirements for Software-Defined Radio. The Benefits of Multi-Standard Terminals. Operational Requirements. Business Models for Software-Defined Radio. New Base Station and Network Architectures. Smart Antenna Systems. Projects and Sources of Information for Software-Defined Radio. Organization of the Text. References. Basic Architecture of a Software-Defined Radio--Ideal Software-Defined Radio Architecture. Required Hardware Specifications. Digital Aspects of a Software Radio. Current Technology Limitations. Impact of Superconducting Technologies on Software Defined Radio. References. Flexible RF Receiver Architectures--Introduction. Receiver Architecture Options. Implementation of a Digital Receiver. Multi-Band and General Coverage Systems. The Problem of the Duplexer. Achieving Image Reduction. Dynamic Range Enhancement. Influence of Phase-Noise on EVM for a Linear Transceiver. Relationship between EVM, PCDE, and Rho. References. Flexible Transmitters and PAS--Introduction. Differences in PA Requirements and for Base-Stations and Handsets. Basic Upconversion Architectures. Broadband Quadrate Techniques. Linearization Applied to Software Radio Transmitters. Power Amplifier Linearization Techniques. Transmitter Linearization Techniques. RF Synthesis Techniques. Power Efficiency. References.