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48 lines
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* Free and Open Source Software
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* typically strong in infrastructure and embedded
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* Linux to be found in many unexpected places today
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* [various examples]
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* Benefits of FOSS
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* reduced "software BOM" cost
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* joint development resources leading to less R&D cost at each
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individual user (compared to custom implementation)
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* more eyes reviewing code than any organization has developers in-house
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* existing community-driven FOSS projects
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* gnuradio
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* do SDR on x86, use C++ blocks connected by python scripts
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* GUI for visually creating signal processing flow-graphs
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* strength in research and prototyping of SDR applications
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* OpenBTS
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* airprobe
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* GSM receiver for protocol analysis
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* Osmocom (TETRA, GMR, SDR, ...)
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* inexpensive SDR hardware
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* USRP family (>= USD 1000)
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* OsmoSDR (USD 200)
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* receive-only, 1.4 Ms/s @ 14bit (HW v3: 4.2 Ms/s)
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* 64 MHz ... 2 GHz
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* small FPGA + Cortex-M3
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* rtl-sdr (USD 20)
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* 64 MHz ... 2 GHz
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* ?? Ms/s @ 8 bit
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* raw samples
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* UmTRX
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* inexpensive "low-end" SDR hardware + FOSS go hand in hand
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* enable participation in research and development to anyone with sufficient time and interest
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* beyond traditional telecom industry
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* beyond top-tier universities with large research grants
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* removes entry barriers
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* small businesses can innovate and participate in the market
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* accessibility of technology
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* UFPA / Brazil
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* ENSPT / Yaounde
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* slides from "FOSS in telco / security"
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* what can the industry get from this?
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* ennabling students, researchers and hobbyists to experiment and build skills (whihc are
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