Report Projects Place For SDRs in BWA Market

Aug. 10, 2007

A new study commissioned by the Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum predicts that SDR technology will play a major role in the growth of broadband wireless access (BWA) markets. The 52-page study, "Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and Beyond 3G/4G," provides a comprehensive look at BWA market opportunities. The report augurs multiple radio standards, such as GPS, GSM cellular, and WiMAX, existing within a single mobile or infrastructure unit. The solution to simultaneous operation is the use of SDR technology for addressing different waveform selection as well as simultaneous operation of different standards. The study points to advanced in semiconductor, RF, and data-acquisition technologies as enablers for the growth of SDR technology.

SDR Forum (www.sdrforum.org)

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Jack Browne

Technical Contributor

Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.