Title :
A software-defined waveform generation platform for testing of broadcast receivers
Author :
Iskander, Cyril-Daniel
Author_Institution :
Iskander Averna Technol., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
This paper presents a software-defined waveform generation platform, the Universal Receiver Tester (URTTTM), used to test broadcast receivers. A single hardware platform is used to test multiple radio and video standards, by way of reconfigurable software. The architecture of the platform is detailed, along with some supported standards. Some performance metrics used for evaluation of the waveform generation process are also presented.
Keywords :
radio broadcasting; radio receivers; software radio; Universal Receiver Tester; broadcast receivers; hardware platform; multiple radio standards; software-defined waveform generation platform; video standards; AWGN; Hardware; Manufacturing processes; Multimedia communication; Performance evaluation; Production; Radio broadcasting; Radio frequency; Receivers; Software testing; PXI; Test platform; URT; broadcast radio and video; multicore;
Conference_Titel :
Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting, 2009. BMSB '09. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bilbao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2590-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2591-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISBMSB.2009.5133785