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Real-Time FPGA-Based Multi-Beam Directional Sensing of 2.4 GHz ISM RF Sources

  • Sravan Pulipati
  • , Viduneth Ariyarathna
  • , Chamira U.S. Edussooriya
  • , Chamith Wijenayake
  • , Xin Wang
  • , Arjuna Madanayake

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Abstract

A real-time directional sensing system is proposed for 2.4 GHz ISM band by exploiting the concept of spatiotemporal spectral white spaces. The proposed system consists of a 16-element patch antenna array, an FFT-based multi-beam beamformer and an energy detector. Our system operates at the baseband with quadrature sampling. Furthermore, digital architectures for two energy detectors that employ integrate-and-dump circuits are presented. With the multi-beam beamformer, the first energy detector can be employed to directional sensing and the second can be employed for both directional and spectral sensing of radio frequency sources. The multi-beam beamformer having 16 beams and the energy detectors are implemented on a ROACH-2 based FPGA system with a 160 MHz clock. With an 8-point temporal FFT, the second energy detector provides approximately 20 MHz bandwidth per temporal FFTbin. Preliminary experimental measurements obtained with WiFi devices and the first energy detector verify the proof-of-concept directional sensing of the proposed system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMERCon 2019 - Proceedings, 5th International Multidisciplinary Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages129-134
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781728136325
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2019
Event5th International Multidisciplinary Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference, MERCon 2019 - Katubedda, Sri Lanka
Duration: Jul 3 2019Jul 5 2019

Publication series

NameMERCon 2019 - Proceedings, 5th International Multidisciplinary Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference

Conference

Conference5th International Multidisciplinary Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference, MERCon 2019
Country/TerritorySri Lanka
CityKatubedda
Period07/3/1907/5/19

Keywords

  • Cognitive radio
  • FPGA
  • directional sensing
  • multi-beam beamforming
  • spectrum sensing
  • white space

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