Mixed-Signal Parallel Compressive Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radios
Author(s) -
Zhuizhuan Yu,
Xi Chen,
Sebastián Hoyos,
Brian M. Sadler,
Gong Jing-xuan,
Chengliang Qian
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of digital multimedia broadcasting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.164
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1687-7586
pISSN - 1687-7578
DOI - 10.1155/2010/730509
Subject(s) - computer science , wideband , cognitive radio , compressed sensing , electronic engineering , integrator , signal (programming language) , filter (signal processing) , computer hardware , telecommunications , bandwidth (computing) , wireless , computer vision , programming language , artificial intelligence , engineering
Wideband spectrum sensing for cognitive radiosrequires very demanding analog-to-digital conversion (ADC)speed and dynamic range. In this paper, a mixed-signal parallelcompressive sensing architecture is developed to realize widebandspectrum sensing for cognitive radios at sub-Nqyuist rates byexploiting the sparsity in current frequency usage. Overlappingwindowed integrators are used for analog basis expansion, thatprovides flexible filter nulls for clock leakage spur rejection. A low-speed experimental system, built with off-the-shelf components,is presented. The impact of circuit nonidealities is consideredin detail, providing insight for a future integrated circuit implementation
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