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The Tick Programmable Low-Latency SDR System

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Jun Liu,

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GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications, Volume 22, Issue 1

Pages 26 - 30

https://doi.org/10.1145/3229316.3229326

Published: 25 May 2018 Publication History

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Software-defined radio (SDR) allows users to build flexible and configurable wireless communication systems. A number of SDR platforms are already available for use [3, 4, 5]. However, given the latest technology push (e.g., 5G, wireless edge computing) and user demand pull (e.g., low-latency VR/AR, realtime control on drones), today's requirements on SDR are different. Ideally, SDR systems should offer sufficient programmability and ensure high performance for both physical (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) layers. Unfortunately, it is hard to achieve both in the existing SDR systems.

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GetMobile: Mobile Computing and Communications Volume 22, Issue 1

March 2018

34 pages

ISSN:2375-0529

EISSN:2375-0537

DOI:10.1145/3229316

Editor:
Eyal de Lara
University of Toronto

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Published: 25 May 2018

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