Software Defined Radio: Basic Principles and Applications

Abstract

Keywords

Software Defined Radio (SDR), radiofrequencies receiver, radiofrequencies transmitter, radio development frameworks, superheterodyne receiver, SDR hardware devices, SDR-Sharp, RTLSDR-Scanner

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