SDR Facilities and Equipment at MPRG

MPRG has 6000 square feet of laboratory space which supports research activities in SDR which include: 

• Software radio hardware and software using advanced signal processing algorithms such as smart antennas, interference rejection, and position determination.

• Simulation and analysis of wireless systems using real channel data and realistic channel models

• Measurement, analysis, and simulation of propagation characteristics

MPRG’s Radio Lab equipment includes: 

• SDR 3000, an Software Communication Architecture (SCA) Radio with two PowerPC processors and four Vertex II FPGAs

• Mercury RACE++ AdapDev^TM 1220/1280 development workstation with VantageRT 7410 modules each with one 500MHz PowerPC for multiprocessor application.

• A four channel 1 GHz vector channel measurement system and software radio (custom designed and built) for measuring Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO) channels and rapid prototyping of MIMO algorithms

• Signia's SI-9136 four channel 20 MHz to 2.5 GHz receiver

• Multiple DSP development systems from Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, Motorola, Xilinx, and Altera

• Custom made 2x2 MIMO software radio

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• Ultrawideband channel sounder (custom designed and built)

• Over 50 high performance workstations

• Extensive software resources:  MATLAB, SPW, multiple C compilers, VHDL design

• Bluetooth development systems

• Printed circuit board router and assembly station

• Wideband instruments: high speed digitizing scopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators tools, PC board layout tools, and AutoCAD