| Type of Document |
Master's Thesis |
| Author |
Cormier, Andrew Robert
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| Author's Email Address |
acormier@vt.edu |
| URN |
etd-03182008-210726 |
| Title |
Reconfigurable SCA System Development Using Encapsulated Waveform Applications and Components
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| Degree |
Master of Science |
| Department |
Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Advisory Committee |
| Advisor Name |
Title |
| Tranter, William H. |
Committee Chair |
| Dietrich, Carl B. |
Committee Co-Chair |
| Reed, Jeffrey Hugh |
Committee Member |
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| Keywords |
- OSSIE
- Wireless
- Software Defined Radio
- Reconfigurable Radio
- SCA
- Aggregate Application
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| Date of Defense |
2008-03-14 |
| Availability |
unrestricted |
Abstract
The Software Communications Architecture (SCA) is a standard for software defined radios (SDR) designed in part to promote code reuse for long-term development. With the emergence of adaptive/cognitive radios, new SDRs that are capable of reconfiguration during runtime must be developed. One advantage of SDR development over conventional radio development can be ease of design if the proper rapid development tools are made available.
This thesis explores tools designed to help realize the construction of reconfigurable systems while promoting code-reuse within the bounds of the SCA. Developing these tools requires an understanding of the SCA as well as the Open Source SCA Implementation Embedded (OSSIE) for which they are developed. The use of CORBA to link together modularized components is also discussed. Finally, several simulations are conducted in order to approximate the amount of overhead resulting from the use of the reconfiguration tool developed (the “Connect Tool”).
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