Field-programmable gate array-based software-defined radio for millimetre-wave single-carrier transmission

Recently, variants of wireless local and personal area networks (WLANs/WPANs) have emerged with different communication protocols that require extremely high-performance signal processing techniques. Taking advantage of the recent advances in the programmable and reconfigurable devices, the implementation of reliable, high data-rate software-defined radios that support multiple protocols has become possible. This study introduces the design and hardware implementation details of a software-defined radio using a field-programmable gate array platform. The implemented software radio consists of a baseband single-carrier transceiver that is compliant with the IEEE 802.15.3c standard for the millimetre-wave wireless personal area network (WPAN), results of bit-error-rate against signal-to-noise ratio are presented and line-of-sight transmission has been demonstrated over millimetre-wave indoor channel.