Deepak Boppana, Altera

• FPGA technology fueling Software Defined Radio

  Deepak Boppana Altera

  With the proliferation of wireless standards, including wide area 3G, 2.5G, and local area 802.11 networks, future wireless devices will need to support multiple air-interfaces and modulation formats. Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology enables such functionality in wireless devices by using a reconfigurable hardware platform across multiple standards. With FPGA and data converter technology continuously evolving, the SDR concept is becoming a reality.