Feasibility study of a SDR-based reconfigurable terminal for emergency applications

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Panizza, Massimiliano ^a   Sacchi, Claudio ^a   Varela Miguez, Julia ^b   Morosi, Simone ^c   Vettori, Luca ^c   Digenti, Sebastiano ^d   Falletti, Emanuela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MODE; COMMUNICATION INTEGRATION; EMERGENCY SCENARIO; EMERGENCY SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MULTI-STANDARD; NATURAL DISASTERS; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; PROCESSING ARCHITECTURES; RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABILITY; RECONFIGURABLE RECEIVERS; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS; SPECTRUM SENSING; TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; TERRORIST ATTACKS;

DISASTERS; RADIO;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79955762618     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2011.5747346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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