Software Defined Radio detailed syllabus for Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the ECE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Electronics & Communication Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit ECE 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to ECE Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of software defined radio is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE RADIO 6 The Need for Software Radios. Characteristics and Benefits of a Software Radio. Design Principles of a Software Radio.
Unit II
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Unit III
DIGITAL GENERATION OF SIGNALS 6 Comparison of direct digital synthesis with analog signal synthesis, Approaches to direct digital synthesis, Analysis of spurious signals, Performance of direct digital synthesis systems, Applications of direct digital synthesis.
Unit IV
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Unit V
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR SDR & CASE STUDIES 6 DSP Processors, FPGA, ASICs. Trade-offs, Object oriented programming, Object Brokers, GNU Radio-USRP. Case Studies: SPEAK easy, JRTS, SDR-3000.
Practical Exercises:
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Course Outcomes:
At the end of this course, the students will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding in the evolving paradigm of Software defined radio and technologies for its implementation.
- Analyse Radio frequency implementation issues
- Implement Smart antenna techniques for software defined radio.
- Compare various digital synthesis procedures.
- Comprehend various hardware and software requirements for software defined radios.
Text Books:
- Jeffrey Hugh Reed, Software Radio: A Modern Approach to Radio Engineering, Prentice Hall Professional, 2002.
- Tony J Rouphael, RF and DSP for SDR, Elsevier Newnes Press, 2008.
Reference Books:
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