- Introduction to Software Defined Radios with applications in GNU Radio. ( In PT-BR )
- Experimental Wireless Networking Research using Software-Defined Radios.
Abstract: Software-defined radios (SDR) allow reducing the amount of communication functions implemented in hardware. Thus, the communication devices become more flexible and easy to be programmed. SDRs are used in experimental research in Computer Networks, as well as prototyping and fast deployment of new communication technologies. This course covers introductory concepts of SDR and GNU Radio platform. The course shows the basic concepts of wireless communications and digital transmissions, focusing on the data link layer. Practical applications of SDR, focused on experimental research on wireless networks, such as proposing new modules for GNU Radio, are demonstrated.
Abstract: Thanks to the popularization of software-defined radios (SDR), it is possible today to perform high-quality research in wireless protocols in real deployments. Although this technology is still a bit expensive, there are a number of initiatives that provide free access to SDR for research. Further, the number of free software libraries available for SDR has reduced the amount of effort required to conduct research using SDR. This short course will show by examples how to perform experimental research in wireless networking using software-defined radios that are available for free on open testbeds being developed on FUTEBOL, a joint Brazil-European Union project. We will adopt a hands-on approach, in which the students will perform any small assignments on real hardware. Those assignments will demonstrate the maturity of SDR for research in wireless networking, and introduce the user to the many software tools and open source implementations of a variety of wireless standards.