Software Radio: From an Idea to Reality

This chapter offers a general introduction on software radio. It provides the current state of the art on this technology clarifying the differences between software defined radio, software radio and adaptive intelligent software radio (also known as cognitive radio). The chapter also describes the characteristics and the benefits of using software radio technology along with the main issues connected to its design and commercial development. This chapter aims to provide a general picture of all the topics that are covered in this book.

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