Introduction to Wireless Technology

Wireless communications technology has become a ubiquitous element of our society, ranging from Wireless Networks, Wireless Security Systems, Wireless Sensors, Mobile Commerce etc. with the advent of better battery technology and the relentless progress, today’s portable devices can support a great amount of processing power. This has led to an exponential increase in the usage of portable devices such as cellular phones, tablet computers and laptops for data-intensive broadband internet applications. Mobile eco systems today work on Voice, Data, Image, and Video become a part of our everyday life.

INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF WIRELESS SYSTEMS

Today’s highly-integrated Wireless systems have

• Baseband Digital Signal Processing
• RF System Design i.e. RF Passive and active Circuit design, Smart Antennas, RF Front end design etc.
• Software Radio Architecture with FPGA based wireless System design, Embedded Systems, MIMO etc.

SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO: CONCEPTS AND ANALOGY

Wireless engineers can use Software-Defined Radio Hardware as a Cost-effective, Real-time platform for a range of wireless engineering tasks, including:

• Over-the-air lab and field testing with live RF signals
• Rapid prototyping of custom radio functions
• Hands-on learning of wireless communications concepts and design skills.