Symbol Synchronizer for

Software Defined Radio

(SDR)
By
Pravin Patil
 SDR -Defination

The SDR is Variable Configurable Radio transceiver solution.

It migrates the radio system functionalities from analog to
digital implimentation and controlled by a software

“Radio in Which some or all of the physical layer

functions are software”

- a radio that perform its processing through

software (error correction, modulation, control over
RF hardware…)
 Benefits of SDR
Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology
-Brings the flexibility , Cost Efficiency
-Power to drive communication forward with
wide reaching benefits realized by service
providers and product developers
-Multifunctionality, Global Mobility
-Compactness and Power Efficiency
-Ease of Manufacture, Ease of Upgrades
 SDR Application:

Configurable symbol synchronizer for

software-defined radio applications
ontinued….

• Symbol synchronization
• Symbol synchronization is one of the critical signal
processing function performed by SDR
• Objective of this function is to recover the timing
information that the receiver needs to identify the
symbol begin and end.
• By recovering of the symbol timing ,it is possible to
determing the sampling pt. at which symbol decesion
are make.
Wireless standards with different
symbol rates

GSM/GPRS 270.833Ksps
CDMA 3.84Mcps
WCDMA 3.84Msps
EVDO 1.2288Mcps
EDGE 270.833Ksps
HSDPA 3.84Msps
There is an increasing demand to provide a Multimode
and Multiband wireless platform
Proposed Configurable synchronizer
 Synchronised substems

• Matched filter- A configurable averaging filter used

to generate the triangle w/f used for synchronization
• Symbol sampler- Capture early, current and current
samples of the incoming symbol.
• Offset update- Calculates the timing error sing
the three samples obtained by the symbol sampler
• Triggering system- Generates the symbol
sampling.
• Design & Implimentation in VHDL /FPGA/CPLD
Conclusions:

A synchronizer supporting multiple waveforms operating at

different data rates can be developed.

Saveral design parrameter can be modified to achive desirable

performance and modify area utilization.

The flexibility provided by this solution make it attractive to

software defined radio application.

SDR forum on htt\\sdrforum.org

References:

• Dick C,Harris F Architecture and simulation of timing synchronization

circuits

• Franks LE. Carrier and bit synchronization in data communication

• Bao-Yen Tsui, Fundamentals of Global Positioning System Receivers,

Wiley-Interscience.

• Nan W. Jingming K High speed all digital symbol timing recovery.

• SDR forum on htt://www.sdrforum.org.