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Presentation #22Opportunities for SDR
NATecS 2017May, 16th – 17th
NATecS 2017May, 16th – 17th
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Agenda
• Definition of SDR
• Levels of SDR
• Benefits
• System Components
• Target Markets
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Definition SDR
• Software Defined Radio (SDR) is a wireless communication device in which all the signal processing is implemented in software.
• SDR defines a collection of hardware and software technologies where some or all the radio’s operating functions (also refereed to as physical layer processing) are implemented through modifiable software or firmware operating on programmable processor technologies such as FPGAs, DSPs, GPPs, or application specific processor.
• The use of these technologies allows new wireless features and capabilities to be added to existing SDR systems without needing new hardware.
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Levels of SDR
Wireless Innovation Forum has defined the following tiers:
•Tier 0: Non-configurable hardware radio
•Tier 1: Software controlled radio where limited functions are controllable
•Tier 2: Significant portion of the radio is software configurable – frequency, modulation and waveform generation/detection, wide/narrow band operation, security, etc. The RF front end still remains hardware based and non- configurable.
•Tier 3: The ideal software radio has configurable elements very close to the antenna.
•Tier 4: The ultimate software radio has full programmability and supports a broad range of functions and frequencies at the same time.
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Software Defined Radio
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Benefits of SDR
• Flexible/Highly reconfigurable
Waveform portability
Multiband/Multimode
Digital manipulation of signals in software is more flexible and capable than hardware
• Reprogrammable
Reduced Obsolescence / Software upgrades
• Generic hardware can be used for a variety of applications
• Libraries of software radio components are easily created and shared
Software prototyping faster and cheaper than hardware prototyping
• Mathematically sophisticated signal processing techniques can be performed in the digital domain using software
• Reduce Total Cost of Ownership
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Issues with Traditional Radio
• Older radio systems were designed to communicate using one or two waveforms
• Communication with different radios were not possible
• Different set of H/W for different types of radio communications
no interoperability and required HW modifications for additional support and updates.
• The issues outlined above resulted in higher production costs and minimal flexibility in supporting multiple waveforms.
• So these issues provided real motivation to get SDR on line as it provides an efficient and relatively low-cost solution.
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Double Down with MicroTCA
The benefits of MicroTCA to SDR applications:
•Modular Open System Architecture (MOSA)
Standards based and not proprietary
•Front loading for serviceability
•Hot swap/redundant
•Small foot print
•High speed interconnects
•Scalable solution
Add more boards to add more radios
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SDR System Components
• Antenna
• RF hardware
Amplification/filtering (PA)
FMC hardware
• Frequency conversion
NAMC-ODSP-W (FPGA)
• Digital conversion
NAMC-FPGA, NAMC-SDR, FMC hardware
• Baseband processing
NAMC-ODSP-w, NAMC-FPGA
• Typical infrastructure
NAT chassis, PM, MCH
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Where to sell?
Target Markets:•Commercial Comms
cellular BTS• Development/Test
Satellite modems
specialty BTS/Satcom• Government• Transportation• Corporate campus• Education• Healthcare
•Military Comms
all airborne, naval and ground force tactical radio
cellular jamming systems
•Government Comms
public safety/homeland security market
search and rescue
law enforcement• cell phone management• prisons• drone security
Examples•Samsung Telecom USA•Qualcomm•Lockheed Martin (JSAT)•iDirect•US Army
Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS)
•Raytheon
DARPA
•MITRE•General Dynamics •L3•Harris•Policing agencies
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Application Example: IMSI Catching
• International Mobile Subscriber Identity-catcher, or IMSI-catcher
• A telephone eavesdropping device used for intercepting mobile phone traffic and tracking location data of mobile phone users.
Essentially a "fake" mobile tower acting between the target mobile phone and the service provider's real towers
Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
• IMSI-catchers are used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies
Illegal in Germany
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IMSI Catching
Active mode operations
•Extracting stored data such as International Mobile Subscriber Identity ("IMSI") numbers and Electronic Serial Number ("ESN")•Writing cellular protocol metadata to internal storage•Forcing an increase in signal transmission power•Forcing an abundance of radio signals to be transmitted•Interception of communications content•Tracking and locating the cellular device user•Conducting a denial of service attack•Encryption key extraction•Radio jamming for either general denial of service purposes or to aid in active mode protocol rollback attacks
Passive mode operations
•conducting base station surveys, which is the process of using over-the-air signals to identify legitimate cell sites and precisely map their coverage area
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IMSI Catching
Required HW/SW:
HW• ODSP-W• MTCA infrastructure – chassis, power supply, MCH
SW• ODSP-W-PHY• FXLynx middleware
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Application Example: Public Safety Network• From a communications perspective a public safety network is a wireless
communications network used by emergency services organizations, such as police, fire and emergency medical services, to prevent or respond to incidents that harm or endanger persons or property.
• Public safety networks may originate at any level of government and their user base may span single or multiple geographies.
• Public safety networks are receiving more attention and priority as the world deals with ever-increasing threats from terrorism and natural disasters.
• In recent years the public safety community have focused their communication efforts on software defined radio technology in an effort to achieve better interoperability and coordination between organizations.
• P25 (Project 25) is the traditional land mobile radio standard for public safety in North America and TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) is designed to serve the public-safety community worldwide.
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Public Safety Network
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Public Safety Network
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Public Safety Network
Required HW/SW:
HW• ODSP-W• MTCA infrastructure – chassis, power supply, MCH
SW• ODSP-W-PHY• FXLynx middleware
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Using N.A.T. products for SDR
Other ExamplesOther Examples
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US ArmyNetwork connected battlefield
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MITRESilver Bullet RF/Digital Transceiver AMC board
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BBN/RaytheonVehicle Mounted Comms
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