Digital interface between analogue rf hardware and digital processing hardware
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Abstract
A digital interface between analogue RF hardware and digital processing hardware which (a) defines how the analogue RF hardware and digital processing hardware send and receive digital data to one another and (b) is open in order to decouple the design of the analogue RF hardware from the design of the digital processing hardware. The adoption of such an interface will facilitate the uptake of software defined radio (SDR), both as a design-time and run-time technology, as it enables the production of analogue/RF components independently from the digital domain hardware and software.
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34 Claims
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1-16. -16. (Cancelled)
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17. A method of sending and receiving digital data between an analogue RF hardware and digital processing hardware, comprising the step of:
sending and receiving the data using an open communications protocol such that no custom driver is needed at either the analogue RF hardware or digital processing hardware to control the sending and receiving of data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. Analogue RF hardware adapted to send digital data to, and to receive digital data from, digital processing hardware, in which the analogue RF hardware uses an open communications protocol such that no custom driver is needed at the analogue RF hardware to control the sending and receiving of data.
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30. Digital processing hardware adapted to send digital data to, and to receive digital data from, analogue RF hardware, in which the digital processing hardware uses an open communications protocol such that no custom driver is needed at the digital processing hardware to control the sending and receiving of data.
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31. An apparatus for sending and receiving digital data between an analogue RF hardware and digital processing hardware:
means for sending and means for receiving the data using an open communications protocol such that no custom driver is needed at either the analogue RF hardware or digital processing hardware to control the sending and receiving of data. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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