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Vol. 26 No. 45 (2017)

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Opportunities to implement Software Defined Radio in network sensors

https://doi.org/10.19053/01211129.v26.n45.2017.6422

Published 2017-04-30

  • Miguel Ángel Sastoque-Caro
    • ,
  • Gustavo Adolfo Puerto-Leguizamón
    • ,
  • Carlos Arturo Suárez-Fajardo

Miguel Ángel Sastoque-Caro
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Bogotá-Distrito Capital, Colombia).

Gustavo Adolfo Puerto-Leguizamón
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Bogotá-Distrito Capital, Colombia).

Carlos Arturo Suárez-Fajardo
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (Bogotá-Distrito Capital, Colombia).

Abstract

This paper reviews the concepts and characteristics of Software Defined Radio (SDR), focusing on the problematics of the wireless sensor networks in their fields of application; this with the purpose of finding opportunities to implement SDR functionalities to solve the requirements within the environment of a wireless sensor network.

Keywords

Software Defined Radio, Wireless Sensor Network

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