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Home > Computers and Information Technology > Media & Internet > Video/Audio Technology
Software Defined Radio in Mobile Phones
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November 2007
Published By:
ARCchart
Page Count:
159
Order Code:
R462-30
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- A. SDR: CONCEPT, HISTORY AND FRAMEWORK
- A.1 Introduction
- A.2 What is SDR?
- Definition
- Software Defined Radio definition
- A.3 History of SDR
- Software Communications Architecture (SCA)
- Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
- SPEAKeasy
- Other major SDR initiatives
- A.4 Summary
- B. THE HANDSET: ARCHITECTURE AND VALUE CHAIN
- B.1 Functional blocks
- Antenna
- Introduction
- Mobile phone and antennas
- Internal antennas
- Microstrip antennas
- RF Front-end
- Introduction
- Mobile phone and the RF front-end
- Intermediate frequency filter
- RF power amplifier
- RF ADC and DAC
- Introduction
- Handset analogue and digital baseband functions
- DigRF
- Components of the baseband and application processors
- Baseband memory
- Case-Studies: Popular integrated baseband and application processors
- Codec
- Mobile phone and codecs
- Companding
- B.2 Mobile phone manufacturing cycle
- B.3 Summary
- C. EMERGING WAVEFORMS AND THEIR CHALLENGING REQUIREMENTS
- C.1 Mobile TV
- Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld (DVB-H)
- Integrating DVB-H components in the mobile phone
- MediaFLO
- Integrating MediaFLO components in the mobile phone
- Other Major Mobile TV Standards
- C.2 Long Term Evolution (LTE)
- The mobile phone and LTE
- C.3 Ultra-Wide Band (UWB)
- The mobile phones and UWB
- Case Study - Staccato Communications
- C.4 Global Positioning System (GPS)
- The mobile phone and GPS
- Company review - TI
- Company review - Global Locate
- C.5 WiMAX
- C.6 Conclusion
- D. SDR: BUSINESS CASE AND PREREQUISITES
- D.1 Technology and business drivers of SDR
- Multi-protocol compatibility
- Cost and space savings
- Efficient spectrum usage
- Support for emerging standards
- Mapping SDR in the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) framework
- Efficient supply chain and shorter time-to-market
- D.2 Technology and business limitations of SDR
- RF front-end trade-offs
- Antenna trade-offs
- Billing complications
- Security considerations
- Power consumption
- Incremental usage of hardware and software resources
- Commercial inertia
- Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
- Price
- Technology factors
- D.3 Conclusion
- E. CHANGES INTRODUCED BY SDR IN CONVENTIONAL RADIO ARCHITECTURE
- E.1 Changes in ADC/DAC
- E.2 Changes in PA section
- E.3 Changes in IF section
- Single chip transceiver from Nexus
- Single chip solution from Infineon
- Deep submicron semiconductor technology
- MEMS
- E.4 Changes in baseband
- Re-programmable baseband from Sandbridge
- Middleware
- E.5 Changes to the antenna
- Ethertronics Isolated Magnetic Dipole (IMD)
- Software defined antenna from TensorComm
- MLA from SkyCross
- Fractal based antenna from Fractus
- LTCC
- E.6 DSP, FPGA, ASIC - comparative analysis
- DSP
- FPGA
- ASIC
- Summary
- F. IMPACT ON THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS
- F.1 Design IP Vendors
- Overview
- Company reviews
- ARM
- Certicom
- Infineon
- PrismTech
- F.2 RF MEMS/DSP/ASIC/FPGA and other chip vendors
- Overview
- Company reviews
- Altera
- BitWave Semiconductor
- Freescale
- Innovative Wireless Technologies (IWT)
- Sandbridge Technologies
- Texas Instruments (TI)
- Xilinx
- F.3 OEMs
- Overview
- Company reviews
- Alcatel-Lucent (ALU)
- Motorola
- Nokia
- OEMs from the APAC region
- picoChip
- Vanu
- F.4 EMS providers
- Overview
- Outlook
- Company review
- Lyrtech
- F.5 Air interface stakeholders
- Introduction and overview
- Company review
- Qualcomm
- F.6 Operators
- Overview
- F.7 Antenna specialists
- Overview
- Company reviews
- Antenova
- Sarantel
- F.8 Industry associations
- Overview
- Stakeholder overview
- E2R
- SDR Forum
- F.9 Regulators
- Overview
- Regulator reviews
- FCC
- Ofcom
- IDA-Singapore
- G. MARKET SIZE AND FORECASTS
- G.1 Methodology
- G.2 Handset SDR market size forecast
- Driver analysis
- Mobile TV
- GPS
- WiMAX
- SDR-enabled handsets and smartphones
- G.3 Regional Analysis
- Asia Pacific (APAC)
- Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
- North America (NA)
- Caribbean and Latin America (CA-LA)
- Regional summary
- H. KEY MARKETS AND PATENT ANALYSIS
- H.1 Readiness assessment of key national markets
- Australia
- Brazil
- China
- India
- Japan
- South Korea
- UK
- US
- H.2 Patent analysis
- Patent activity history
- Patent categories
- ADC/DAC
- Antenna
- Baseband block
- Dynamic configuration changes using the air interface
- Power amplifier and modem
- Processes and materials that facilitate SDR
- RF front-end
- SDR based business and technology innovations
- Testing and approval of SDR equipment
- Leading patent assignees
- Leading innovating countries
- I. APPENDICES
- I.1 IF filter
- I.2 RF power amplifier
- I.3 RF ADC and DAC
- I.4 Mobile phone memory types
- I.5 Mobile phone baseband ICs
- PNX5220
- ARM
- I.6 Companding methodology
- I.7 RF front-end design limitations
- I.8 Wheeler’s and Maxwell’s antenna equations
- I.9 Static and dynamic power dissipation
- I.10 ADC/DAC process enhancements
- I.11 Digital linearization techniques and vendor specific process enhancements in PA
- Digital linearization techniques
- Vendor initiatives
- I.12 Sirific Nexus HEDGE transceiver
- I.13 Sandblaster architecture
- I.14 IMD antenna from Ethertronics
- I.15 ractals
- I.16 E2R use cases
- Policy Management
- Self-Configuring Protocols
- Traffic Load Prediction and Balancing
- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
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