TY - GEN
T1 - A Frequency Hopping Software-Defined Radio Platform for Communications and Sensing in the Upper Mid-Band
AU - Mezzavilla, Marco
AU - Dhananjay, Aditya
AU - Zappe, Michael
AU - Rangan, Sundeep
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The upper mid-band spectrum, or FR3, from 6-24 GHz, is a vital range of frequencies for emerging applications including next-generation cellular networks, satellite, RADAR, and localization services. These frequencies offer a good balance of coverage and spectrum to enable high-data rates, low latency, spectral resiliency, and high-resolution sensing. Development of adaptive systems in the frequencies requires platforms that can support wideband operation, beamforming, and fast frequency hopping. This paper describes a novel software-defined radio (SDR) platform which has been designed to facilitate such experimentation and rapid prototyping. The SDR consists of four antenna arrays with fast frequency hopping to cover the full upper mid-band. RF up-conversion and down-conversion is then built with CoTS parts to provide a baseband interface for fully digital multi-array processing. Potential applications for channel measurements, beamforming, MIMO, and full-stack communications are described.
AB - The upper mid-band spectrum, or FR3, from 6-24 GHz, is a vital range of frequencies for emerging applications including next-generation cellular networks, satellite, RADAR, and localization services. These frequencies offer a good balance of coverage and spectrum to enable high-data rates, low latency, spectral resiliency, and high-resolution sensing. Development of adaptive systems in the frequencies requires platforms that can support wideband operation, beamforming, and fast frequency hopping. This paper describes a novel software-defined radio (SDR) platform which has been designed to facilitate such experimentation and rapid prototyping. The SDR consists of four antenna arrays with fast frequency hopping to cover the full upper mid-band. RF up-conversion and down-conversion is then built with CoTS parts to provide a baseband interface for fully digital multi-array processing. Potential applications for channel measurements, beamforming, MIMO, and full-stack communications are described.
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U2 - 10.1109/SPAWC60668.2024.10694319
DO - 10.1109/SPAWC60668.2024.10694319
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85207044810
T3 - IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC
SP - 611
EP - 615
BT - 2024 IEEE 25th International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC 2024
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 25th IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC 2024
Y2 - 10 September 2024 through 13 September 2024
ER -