Speaker:
Dr. Sören Peik
Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Title:
Understanding Software Designed Radio: A Hands-on Approach
Date:
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Time:
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location:
EIT 3142
Abstract:
Software Defined Radios (SDR) or simply software radios (SR) implement
radio functionality as software modules running on a general purpose basic
RF hardware plus a personal computer. SDRs can be completely redefined
through modification of software, e.g. for changing bands, frequencies,
and modulation types without any change in the hardware at all. This
presentation demonstrates an SDR system based on the free software
GNU Radio in conjunction with the Universal Software Radio Peripheral
(USRP). The presentation outlines the theoretical background and the
practical implications of the approach. Live demonstrations of various
receiver and transmitter architectures as well as software based RF
measurements are given.
Biography:
Sören F. Peik received the electrical engineering diploma from the
University of Hannover, Germany, in 1994 and his PhD Degree from the
University of Waterloo, Canada, in 1999. From 1996 to 2001 he was Senior
Engineer of the Corporate Research and Development Department of COM DEV
International, Cambridge, Ont., where he was involved in the development
of superconductive microwave circuits for space applications. Since
2001 he is holding a position as Professor of Microwave Engineering at
the Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He is also Lecturer
of the Jacobs University Bremen. His research is focused on satellite
applications of microwave circuits and systems and the effective computer
aided design and optimization of microwave circuits.
Invited by:
Prof.
R. Mansour
