Software-defined wireless communication device
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1. A software-defined wireless communications device comprising:
- a hardware platform;
platform software that controls an operating characteristic of the hardware platform;
waveform software separate from the platform software, the waveform software including authorization tags comprising limit values certified for at least the hardware platform and the platform software, said limit values specifying operating parameters of the hardware platform when the waveform software is executed on the hardware platform.
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Abstract
A software-defined wireless communication device is disclosed that includes a hardware platform, which can be digital or analog, as well as platform software that manages the hardware profile and waveform software that manages the signal processing functions. The software-managed hardware profiles are decoupled from the signal processing functionality of the software. In this way, waveform software can be certified, for example for compliance with FCC emissions requirement, independently from the platform software and from the hardware on which the waveform software runs.
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1. A software-defined wireless communications device comprising:
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a hardware platform;
platform software that controls an operating characteristic of the hardware platform;
waveform software separate from the platform software, the waveform software including authorization tags comprising limit values certified for at least the hardware platform and the platform software, said limit values specifying operating parameters of the hardware platform when the waveform software is executed on the hardware platform. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Method of certifying a software-defined wireless communications device, comprising:
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validating a signal processing library residing in the software-defined wireless communications device;
connecting the signal processing library at run time to an application program that includes waveform descriptions;
enforcing limits on RF emission based on device-related authorization tags encoded with the waveform descriptions. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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