SDR Forum Market Adoption Blog

If the United States is any guide, the regulatory environment appears to be evolving favorably to support DSA-enabled radio devices and networks through the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) flexible service rules, secondary market policies, and access to the so-called TV “white spaces.”  Mo...

SDR – The Myth of Size, Weight and Power I often hear that size, weight and power are major impediments to the adoption of software defined radio. With the hundreds of thousands of SDRs now in deployment in various markets, I have to wonder – is this still true, or is it just a myth?...

I was recently exploring the myth that the size, weight and power associated with SDR technologies are a major impediment to their adoption (see my next blog for details). To explore this question, I thought a good place to start would be to compare and contrast the power utilization associated with...

There seems to have been an explosion over the past year of software defined radio products introduced in the commercial wireless infrastructure market. Consider the following:In March of 2008, Vanu® introduced the Anywave® MultiRAN base station,  reported to be the “Wireless Industry’s First Softwa...

Welcome to the SDR Forum Market Adoption Blog This blog is being provided for companies that need to justify an investment in SDR and CR development, but lack current information on the state of SDR and CR technologies usage in key market segments. The blog will outline publically available data on ...