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SDRs are for research and base stations. Trying to do a mobile phone based on an SDR stack would eat through your battery in minutes. You need dedicated silicon
by marcan_42 5y ago
SDRs are for research and base stations. Trying to do a mobile phone based on an SDR stack would eat through your battery in minutes. You need dedicated silicon.
- userbinator 5y agoI believe mobile radios are effectively narrowband SDRs, optimised for the application. Hence the concerns around firmware and FCC certification.
- marcan_42 5y agoKind of, but they are built around DSP architectures with dedicated hardware accelerator blocks. It's not the same thing as GNURadio. Base stations are often built out of more generic SDR tech, and those do chew power like crazy.