Specifications v2.pdf

Requirements / Specification Document TITLE: Ruggedized GPU-Accelerated Software-Defined Radios

Requesting Laboratory / Division / Group:

Communications Technology Laboratory Spectrum Technology and Research Division Applied Systems Metrology Group (675.01)

General Statement of Need:

The Spectrum Technology and Research division is undertaking research and field experiments dealing with outdoor measurements produced by wireless data networks. This requires receivers that can perform real-time digital signal processing (DSP) with low power consumption in conditions that may involve precipitation or harsh temperatures. To this end, the division seeks to obtain ruggedized software-defined radios (SDRs), each accelerated by a graphical processing unit (GPU) for fast real-time computation. The integration of these capabilities into a prepackaged product, together with tight integration into the python numerical computing ecosystem, gives NIST the ability to implement its field studies with a rapid response for emerging national needs in wireless spectrum.

Item Specifications and Quantities:

Item 1: GPU-Accelerated Software-Defined Radio Quantity: 3 EACH Specifications: 1.1 Software radio performance

1.1.1 At least 2 transmit ports

1.1.2 At least 2 receive ports

1.1.3 Receive gain range: > 30 dB

1.1.4 Receive structure: direct-conversion or heterodyne

1.1.5 Center frequency tuning range: must include the range 500

MHz – 6 GHz RX and TX

1.1.6 Sampling bandwidth: At least 50 MHz

1.1.7 Baseband sample rate: At least 60 MS/s

1.1.8 Base clock rate:

1.1.9 ADC resolution: At least 14 bits

1.1.10 DAC resolution: At least 14 bits

1.2 Timing and synchronization

1.2.1 Integrated GNSS-disciplined oscillator

1.2.2 GNSS synchronization accuracy to UTC: +/- 80 ns or tighter

1.2.3 Internal clock accuracy: +/- 40 ppm or tighter

1.3 Environmental and enclosure characteristics

1.3.1 Operating temperature: must include at least -30C to +70C

1.3.2 Ingress protection level: IP56, IP65, or IP66

1.4 Electrical power, interfaces, and ports

1.4.1 Radio frequency RX and TX ports (coaxial connectors)

1.4.2 10 MHz reference clock input (coaxial connector)

1.4.3 Power input: DC or 120V AC, total consumption < 35W

1.4.4 USB host: At least 2 ports, including at least 1 USB 3.0 or newer

1.4.5 Ethernet: 1000 BASE-T or faster (RJ-45 or similar)

1.5 Embedded computing hardware

1.5.1 CPU and GPU memory shared; no copy required for

CPU/GPU data interchange

1.5.2 Memory: at least 8 GB

1.5.3 GPU type: NVIDIA Pascal or Ampere

1.5.4 GPU performance: >1 TOPS

1.6 Operating system and software development environment

1.6.1 Embedded linux operating system is pre-installed

1.6.2 Pre-installed support for python development environments

1.6.2.1 Control software radio parameters and stream baseband data at all ports simultaneously

1.6.2.2 Timed commands support - set the hardware clock start time of synchronized TX/RX streaming

1.6.2.3 Installable into python virtual environments with conda or pip package managers

1.6.2.4 Dependencies are installable in conjunction with GPU-accelerated numerical modules, including pytorch and cupy

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