Multi-Band / Multi-Mode Radio for Public Safety Applications

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Project in NIJ Context: Software Defined Radios Help Agencies Communicate, J. Heaps, NIJ Journal, Issue No. 259.
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See also our follow-on project: Antenna Systems for Multiband Mobile & Portable Radio

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Table of Contents


Technical Reports

In reverse chronological order.

[33]   Final Report
        S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 33, December 30, 2008.

[32]   Non-Volatile Configuration Scheme for the Stratix II EP2S60 DSP Development Board
        Q. Liu and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 32, October 21, 2008.

[31]   User Interface for the NIJ Public Safety Radio
        Q. Liu, R. Thandee, S.M. Hasan, and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 31, October 22, 2008.

[30]   Revision of the RFIC Board for NIJ Public Safety Radio
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 30, July 22, 2008.

[29]   Design and Development of an RF Front End Board for NIJ Public Safety Radio
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 29, July 22, 2008.

[28]   Revision of the ADC/DAC Board for NIJ Public Safety Radio
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 28, July 22, 2008.

[27]   Design Techniques for Multiband/Multimode Radios
        S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 27, June 5, 2008. (Short course lecture slides)

[26]   Multiband Public Safety Radio Using a Multiband RFIC with an RF Multiplexer-Based Antenna Interface
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 26, June 16, 2008. (Submission to SDR'08)

[25]   Multiband Antenna-Receiver Integration using an RF Multiplexer with Sensitivity-Constrained Design
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 25, Jan 15, 2008. (See "Project Documents" for the (more recent) presentation slides.)

[24]   Design and Development of an ADC/DAC Evaluation Board for NIJ Public Safety Radio
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 24, November 20, 2007.

[23]   Phase II Technical Report
        S.W. Ellingson, S.M. Shajedul Hasan, M. Harun, and C.R. Anderson, Technical Report No. 23, October 5, 2007.

[22]   Design and Development of an Evaluation Board with RFIC Ver. 4
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 22, September 1, 2007.

[21]   Performance Evaluation of RFIC Ver. 4 in Public Safety Frequency Bands
        S.M. Hasan, M. Harun, and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 21, July 9, 2007.
        Note: Distribution of this report is currently limited.

[20]   Optimum Noise Figure Specification
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 20, April 25, 2007.
        Note: Manuscript submitted for publication in IEE Electronics Letters, review pending.

[19]   Performance Evaluation of RFIC Ver. 3b in Public Safety Frequency Bands
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 19, April 5, 2007.
        Note: Distribution of this report is currently limited.

[18]   Blackfin-Based Continuous Baseband Processing
        Jang Hoon Oh and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 18, April 1, 2007.
        Design Files described in this report are available.

[17]   The Rise of All-Band All-Mode Radio
        S.W. Ellingson and S.M. Shajedul Hasan, Technical Report No. 17, January 9, 2007.
        Note: This is the original manuscript (complete with references) of the article that became "What's in Radio's Future" (see "Project Documents" below.)

[16]   A Wideband RF Downconverter for the NIJ Public Safety Radio
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 16, December 1, 2006.
        Design Files described in this report are available.

[15]   Phase I Technical Report
        S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 15, October 1, 2006.

[14]   Report for the NIJ SCA Based Radio
        P. Balister, T. Tsou, and J.H. Reed, Technical Report No. 14, September 30, 2006.

[13]   Measurement and Analysis of the Sti-Co Interoperable Mobile Antenna
        Kathy Wei Hurst and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 13, September 30, 2006.

[12]   FM Waveform Implementation Using an FPGA-Based Digital IF and a Linux-Based Embedded Processor
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan, Kyehun Lee, and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 12, September 29, 2006.
        Design Files described in this report are available.

[11]   An Audio System for the Blackfin
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 11, September 28, 2006.

[10]   A Candidate RF Architecture for a Multiband Public Safety Radio
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 10, September 28, 2006.
        Design Files described in this report are available.

[9]   USRP Hardware and Software Description
        P. Balister and J. Reed, Technical Report No. 9, June 30, 2006.

[8]   Requirements for an Experimental Public Safety Multiband/Multimode Radio: Analog FM Modes
        S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 8, July 27, 2006.
        Includes detailed frequency tables.

[7]   Interfacing a Stratix FPGA to a Blackfin Parallel Peripheral Interface (PPI)
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and Kyehun Lee, Technical Report No. 7, July 23, 2006.
        Software and Design Files described in this report are available.

[6]   Implementation of OSSIE on OMAP
        M. Robert, P. Balister and J. Reed, Technical Report No. 6, June 23, 2006.

[5]   Embedded Systems and SDR
        M. Robert, P. Balister and J. Reed, Technical Report No. 5, June 23, 2006.

[4]   A Comparison of Some Existing Radios with Implications for Public Safety Interoperability
        S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 4, June 1, 2006.

[3]   Implementation Status of the SCA-Based FM Radio
        P. Balister and J.H. Reed, Technical Report No. 3, January 31, 2006.

[2]   An Investigation of the Blackfin/uClinux Combination as a Candidate Software Radio Processor
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and S.W. Ellingson, Technical Report No. 2, January 24, 2006.

[1]   Prototyping a Software Defined Radio Receiver based on USRP and OSSIE
        S.M. Shajedul Hasan and P. Balister, Technical Report No. 1, December 14, 2005.


Project Documents

In reverse chronological order.

Organizations Involved in Technical Solutions to Public Safety Interoperability

Public Safety Radio Interoperability (Technical)

Public Safety Radio - General

Software Defined Radio

Electronics

Other Topics