From fca59bea770346cf1c1f9b0e00cb48a61b44a8f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Welte Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 21:00:20 +0100 Subject: import of old now defunct presentation slides svn repo --- 2012/foss-sdr12europe/outline.txt | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2012/foss-sdr12europe/outline.txt (limited to '2012/foss-sdr12europe/outline.txt') diff --git a/2012/foss-sdr12europe/outline.txt b/2012/foss-sdr12europe/outline.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1ce09c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/2012/foss-sdr12europe/outline.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +* Free and Open Source Software + * typically strong in infrastructure and embedded + * Linux to be found in many unexpected places today + * [various examples] +* Benefits of FOSS + * reduced "software BOM" cost + * joint development resources leading to less R&D cost at each + individual user (compared to custom implementation) + * more eyes reviewing code than any organization has developers in-house + +* existing community-driven FOSS projects + * gnuradio + * do SDR on x86, use C++ blocks connected by python scripts + * GUI for visually creating signal processing flow-graphs + * strength in research and prototyping of SDR applications + * OpenBTS + * airprobe + * GSM receiver for protocol analysis + * Osmocom (TETRA, GMR, SDR, ...) + +* inexpensive SDR hardware + * USRP family (>= USD 1000) + * OsmoSDR (USD 200) + * receive-only, 1.4 Ms/s @ 14bit (HW v3: 4.2 Ms/s) + * 64 MHz ... 2 GHz + * small FPGA + Cortex-M3 + * rtl-sdr (USD 20) + * 64 MHz ... 2 GHz + * ?? Ms/s @ 8 bit + * raw samples + * UmTRX + +* inexpensive "low-end" SDR hardware + FOSS go hand in hand + * enable participation in research and development to anyone with sufficient time and interest + * beyond traditional telecom industry + * beyond top-tier universities with large research grants + * removes entry barriers + * small businesses can innovate and participate in the market + +* accessibility of technology + * UFPA / Brazil + * ENSPT / Yaounde + +* slides from "FOSS in telco / security" + +* what can the industry get from this? + * ennabling students, researchers and hobbyists to experiment and build skills (whihc are -- cgit v1.2.3