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.

• List of Contributors xiForeword xvAbbreviations xviiBiographies xxviiIntroduction xxxvPart I: Origins and Drivers 11 Setting the Scene – The What, How and Why of Software Defined Radio (SDR) 3Walter TuttlebeeReferences172 US Defense Initiatives in Software Radio 19Wayne BonserAcknowledgements 70References 703 The Softwore Defined Radio Forum 73Allan MarguliesPart II: Market Opportunity and Requirements 934 A Market Perspective: Software Defined Radio as the Dominant Design 95John D.RalstonReferences 1215 Software Radio: The User Dimension 123Kate CookAcknowledgements 146References 1476 Software Radio: The Mobile Network Operator Dimension 149Eduardo Ballesteros and Carlos MartinezPart III: The Global Context 1717 Reconfigurable Radio in Europe 173Markus Dillinger and Didier BourseAcknowledgements 197References 1978 Software Radio in Japan 199Ryuji Kohno and Shinichiro HaruyamaReferences 2129 First Steps to Software Defined Radio Standards: MExE, the Mobile Execution Environment 215Pubudu ChandrasiriReferences 24110 European Regulation of Software Radio 243Paul Bender and Stephen O’ Fee Further Reading 26111 Regulation of Software  defined Radio – United States 263Mike GrablePart IV: Early Products 27112 Defense: A Realized Software Defined Radio family for Military Applications 273Rainer Bott and Ruediger LeschhornReferences 29913  Commercial: Digital Broadcast Receivers and Third-generation Products 301 David Hislop and Gavin FerrisAcknowledgements 323References and Further Reading 323Index 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.

• List of Contributors xiForeword xvAbbreviations xviiBiographies xxviiIntroduction xxxvPart I: Origins and Drivers 11 Setting the Scene – The What, How and Why of Software Defined Radio (SDR) 3Walter TuttlebeeReferences172 US Defense Initiatives in Software Radio 19Wayne BonserAcknowledgements 70References 703 The Softwore Defined Radio Forum 73Allan MarguliesPart II: Market Opportunity and Requirements 934 A Market Perspective: Software Defined Radio as the Dominant Design 95John D.RalstonReferences 1215 Software Radio: The User Dimension 123Kate CookAcknowledgements 146References 1476 Software Radio: The Mobile Network Operator Dimension 149Eduardo Ballesteros and Carlos MartinezPart III: The Global Context 1717 Reconfigurable Radio in Europe 173Markus Dillinger and Didier BourseAcknowledgements 197References 1978 Software Radio in Japan 199Ryuji Kohno and Shinichiro HaruyamaReferences 2129 First Steps to Software Defined Radio Standards: MExE, the Mobile Execution Environment 215Pubudu ChandrasiriReferences 24110 European Regulation of Software Radio 243Paul Bender and Stephen O’ Fee Further Reading 26111 Regulation of Software  defined Radio – United States 263Mike GrablePart IV: Early Products 27112 Defense: A Realized Software Defined Radio family for Military Applications 273Rainer Bott and Ruediger LeschhornReferences 29913  Commercial: Digital Broadcast Receivers and Third-generation Products 301 David Hislop and Gavin FerrisAcknowledgements 323References and Further Reading 323Index 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.

• List of Contributors xiForeword xvAbbreviations xviiBiographies xxviiIntroduction xxxvPart I: Origins and Drivers 11 Setting the Scene – The What, How and Why of Software Defined Radio (SDR) 3Walter TuttlebeeReferences172 US Defense Initiatives in Software Radio 19Wayne BonserAcknowledgements 70References 703 The Softwore Defined Radio Forum 73Allan MarguliesPart II: Market Opportunity and Requirements 934 A Market Perspective: Software Defined Radio as the Dominant Design 95John D.RalstonReferences 1215 Software Radio: The User Dimension 123Kate CookAcknowledgements 146References 1476 Software Radio: The Mobile Network Operator Dimension 149Eduardo Ballesteros and Carlos MartinezPart III: The Global Context 1717 Reconfigurable Radio in Europe 173Markus Dillinger and Didier BourseAcknowledgements 197References 1978 Software Radio in Japan 199Ryuji Kohno and Shinichiro HaruyamaReferences 2129 First Steps to Software Defined Radio Standards: MExE, the Mobile Execution Environment 215Pubudu ChandrasiriReferences 24110 European Regulation of Software Radio 243Paul Bender and Stephen O’ Fee Further Reading 26111 Regulation of Software  defined Radio – United States 263Mike GrablePart IV: Early Products 27112 Defense: A Realized Software Defined Radio family for Military Applications 273Rainer Bott and Ruediger LeschhornReferences 29913  Commercial: Digital Broadcast Receivers and Third-generation Products 301 David Hislop and Gavin FerrisAcknowledgements 323References and Further Reading 323Index 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)