Abstract
In this paper we present a prototype for a spectrum sensing node for a cognitive radio sensing network. Our prototype consists of a custom down-conversion front-end with an RF input frequency range from 300 MHz to 3 GHz and a Power Spectral Density (PSD) estimation algorithm implemented on a Virtex-6 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The base-band processing part is capable of calculating the PSD for a bandwidth upto 245.76 MHz achieving a resolution of 60 kHz and an online variable averaging functionality with a maximum of 32767 averages. Real time performance and calculation of the PSD for real world signals in the GSM downlink, DECT and the UHF DVB-T bands is demonstrated.
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Elsokary, A., Lohmiller, P., Valenta, V., & Schumacher, H. (2015). A hardware prototype of a flexible spectrum sensing node for smart sensing networks. In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST (Vol. 156, pp. 391–404). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24540-9_32
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