FOUR-OCTAVE SIX-PORT RECEIVER AND ITS CALIBRATION FOR BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS AND SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIOS

Cristina de la Morena, Mateo Burgos-García

Electromagnetic waves · 2011 · 58 citations · 22 references

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This paper presents a software‑defined radio six‑port receiver for a novel broadband mobile communications system. The prototype spans 0.3 GHz to 6 GHz with up to 100 MHz‑wide channels and includes an efficient auto‑calibration method for large instantaneous bandwidth systems. Experimental results demonstrate multi‑band, multi‑mode demodulation and high data rates up to 93.75 Mb/s, limited by test instruments.

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This paper presents a software defined radio six-port receiver for a novel broadband mobile communications system. The prototype covers the frequency range from 0.3 GHz to 6 GHz, and operates with up to 100 MHz-wide channels. The multi-band and multi-mode demodulation capabilities of the six-port architecture have been experimentally demonstrated. The six-port receiver has been satisfactorily proved for high data rates (up to 93.75 Mb/s, limited by the available test instruments). An efficient six-port auto-calibration method suitable for large instantaneous bandwidth systems is presented and validated.

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