This two-part article series reviews new developments in the Fourth Generation Long Term Evolution (4G-LTE) cellular standard. The series explores LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) Release-12 (Rel-12) features and ...

Software-defined radios (SDRs) promise to help create the ultimate converged device, with a single radio providing access to multiple air interfaces by simply swapping out modulation schemes. While ...

A new direct-conversion modulator from Linear Technology enables the design of next-generation, 3G wireless base-station transmitters. The LT5528 is a direct I-Q (In phase and Quadrature phase) ...

A couple of years ago one of the Hackaday Prize finalists was a project to take highschoolers through building a direct conversion radio receiver for the 40 metre amateur band. It was originated by ...

Growing demands in wideband radio and wireless communication deployments are imposing the necessity of a proper radio architecture capable of providing solid performance, more flexibility, in addition ...

If the Wireless LAN market is still growing, Wireless LAN solutions are already in a cost reduction phase. Conceiving WLAN solutions nowadays requires a high-level approach where the final chipset may ...