State of the art baseband DSP platforms for Software Defined Radio: A survey

Abstract

Abstract Software Defined Radio (SDR) is an innovative approach which is becoming a more and more promising technology for future mobile handsets. Several proposals in the field of embedded systems have been introduced by different universities and industries to support SDR applications. This article presents an overview of current platforms and analyzes the related architectural choices, the current issues in SDR, as well as potential future trends.

Keywords

• Software Defined Radio
• Pipeline Processors
• RISC
• VLIW architectures
• Array and vector processors
• SIMD
• Adaptable architectures
• Mobile processors
• Heterogeneous systems