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Distributed software-defined radio

  • US 10,355,720 B2
  • Filed: 07/01/2015
  • Issued: 07/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A network of nodes comprising a software-defined radio (SDR) residing on a distributed computing platform, comprising:

  • a first network node comprising;

    a first hardware interface configurable for communicatively coupling to at least a second network node via a fronthaul network;

    a first processor; and

    a first memory comprising a first component of the SDR having first instructions for;

    performing a first of a plurality of physical-layer processing operations of a radio access network (RAN) communication standard to generate a first signal comprising a portion of a RAN transmission signal; and

    interfacing with at least a second component of the SDR comprising at least second instructions residing in at least a second memory of the at least the second network node; and

    the at least the second network node comprising;

    at least a second hardware interface configurable for communicatively coupling to at least the first network node via the fronthaul network;

    at least a second processor;

    the at least the second memory comprising the at least the second instructions for;

    performing at least a second of the plurality of physical-layer processing operations of the RAN communication standard on the first signal to generate the RAN transmission signal having data modulated thereon; and

    a RAN transmitter configured to transmit the RAN transmission signal via the RAN to a receiver that demodulates the RAN transmission signal to receive the data.

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