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The WINLAB Network Centric Cognitive Radio Hardware Platform—WiNC2R

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This paper presents the design goals and architecture of WiNC2R—the WINLAB Network Centric Cognitive radio hardware platform. The platform has been designed for flexible processing at both the radio physical layer and MAC/network layers with sustained bit-rates of ~10 Mbps and higher. The hardware prototype supports multi band operation with fast spectrum scanning, the ability to dynamically switch between a number of OFDM and DSSS modems and multiple MAC protocols. The radio modems, MAC, and network-layer protocols are implemented in a flexible manner using general-purpose processing engines and a set of dynamically configurable hardware accelerators. An FPGA based platform implementation currently in progress is described in terms of key hardware components including the software-defined modem, the flexible MAC engine and network-level processor. Preliminary prototyping results are reported, and a roadmap for further evolution of the WiNC2R board is provided.

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  1. WINLAB, Rutgers University, 671 Route 1 South, North Brunswick, NJ, 08902, USA

    Zoran Miljanic, Ivan Seskar, Khanh Le & Dipankar Raychaudhuri

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Miljanic, Z., Seskar, I., Le, K. et al. The WINLAB Network Centric Cognitive Radio Hardware Platform—WiNC2R. Mobile Netw Appl 13, 533–541 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-008-0082-0

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