Template:GNU Radio & USRP
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Matt Ettus, GNU Radio team member and Universal Software RadioPeripheral (USRP) creator, will be discussing both the technical andregulatory aspects of open source software radio, and how GNU Radioand the USRP fit in.In a software radio, software defines the transmitted waveforms,and software demodulates the received waveforms. GNU Radio is an opensource software radio framework which allows for experimentation,rapid prototyping and deployment of complex Software Radio systems ongeneric microprocessors. Software radio is becoming increasinglyimportant as a technology for implementing communication systems. Byperforming most or all processing in software, it allows for extremelyversatile radio systems and makes multi-standard systems possible.The Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) is a hardwarecomponent which allows for the physical realization of complexwideband software radios using commodity PCs. It allows for up to 4antennas, enabling MIMO and Smart Antenna systems. The hardware designis completely open and free.
