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    UTS-MBR-x

    Application Note
    DEC 2015

    MULTIBAND RADIO - TACTICAL APPLICATIONS


    (Hardware, firmware and algorithmic solutions from UTS, Hyderabad)
    Application Note, UTS-MBR-AN02, rev 1.3, DEC 2015
    EWIP Division
    Unistring Tech Solutions, INDIA, www.unistring.com
    Copyright © 2012-2015 reserved
    Application Note, Multiband Radios - Tactical applications

    MILITARY RADIO topologies today are demanding complex features to


    be achieved at baseband, RF and antenna stages. The present and future tactical radio needs can be met
    with latest RF & VLSI technologies based hardware and state of the art Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
    algorithms. This application note presents important capabilities of UTS provided hardware, firmware,
    waveform libraries and algorithmic solutions, towards realizing modern tactical radio networks.

    1. Small size and Portability


    The size of the radio is becoming day by day important, as small sized platforms are being aimed
    to perform crucial EW operations. The UAV projects with multiple EW payloads is the best example to
    understand growing importance of small sized radio solutions. The UTS offered radio solutions can be
    categorized to two types as illustrated in below figure. With modular architectures being followed in
    UTS firmware for interface design, both the categories of products maintain same feature wise
    capabilities. The hardware is based on Xilinx Zynq series FPGAs interfaced with high speed ADCs, DACs
    and RF ICs.

    (a) PC interfaced Radios


    (b) Embedded interfaced Radios

    UTS-3UVPX-WB-X

    RF out1
    UTS-MBR RF out2 To/From
    module RF in1
    RF in2 Antennas
    SDR - GUI 17 cm X 11 cm X 4 cm*
    Ethernet

    (a) PC interfaced wideband radio solution

    Compact 3U-VPX card (digital + RF)


    UTS-3UVPX-WB-X

    UTS-MBR module RF out1


    RF out2
    RF in1
    RF in2
    17 cm X 11 cm X 5 cm*
    LCD and
    To/From
    key pad interface Antennas

    (b) Embedded interfaced Radios (c) UTS - 3U VPX card with digital and RF (upto 6 GHz)

    Figure 1. UTS offered Radio solutions (*Excluding Tx power amplifiers, LNA and antennas)

    UTS-MBR-AN02, DEC 2015 www.unistring.com 2


    Application Note, Multiband Radios - Tactical applications

    The compact UTS radio module offering frequency coverage from 70MHz to 6 GHz, with small form
    factor is suitable for several modern communication requirements.

    2. Software configurability and ECCM features


    Electronic Counter Counter Measures (ECCM) features are essential for tactical radios. To develop ECCM
    featured radios, the UTS offered hardware and software capabilities are presented in below table.

    Table 1. UTS - MBR supported features to develop ECCM enabled tactical radios.

    Hardware features Suitability for tactical radios

    Wide band coverage for selected The hardware can cover band of frequencies in +/- 25 MHz from the tuned centre
    centre frequency frequency. This enables user to switch the carrier anywhere in this 56 MHz range,
    without triggering the external PLL. The frequency switching is achieved through FPGA
    inside NCOs.

    To implement Burst and Frequency Hopping (FH) waveforms there is no limitation of


    switching time with in this 50 MHz bandwidth range.

    Fast Frequency tuning with only 40 To implement FH and Burst beyond 56 MHz bandwidth the PLL external to FPGA need
    µsec, PLL switching time to be tuned. The hardware with fast PLL switching of 40 µsec, allows quick band
    change across the full frequency span.

    Tight integration of FPGA The hardware offered has two modes of AGC operation. In auto mode the analog
    algorithm with AGC circuit adjusts the gain to maintain constant digital stream in FPGA. In manual mode
    the FPGA inside logic can give gain controls to achieve desired AGC functionality. The
    programmable AGC with different time constants becomes suitable for implementing
    jamming detection algorithm and hence adopt ECCM scheme.

    Multi RF channel synchronization Featured with external clocking provision and multi board digital synchronization
    capability methods it is possible to establish multichannel hardware. The multichannel hardware
    is very useful in realizing beamforming applications.

    Multiple simultaneously The UTS Digital Down Converter (DDC) IP provides multiple parallel outputs at the
    Tx / Rx channels in 50 MHz band desired frequencies within 50 MHz bandwidth. The feature rich C-SOC Zynq FPGA
    allows configuration of multiple parallel modulators/demodulators. This feature
    enables simultaneous transmission and reception on signals.

    3. Voice, digital data and Ethernet connectivity

    The MBR hardware is capable of providing voice and data connectivity. The voice connectivity is
    provided by add-on audio CODEC module. The data connectivity is provided by two means. Direct digital
    data connectivity through GPIOs and packetized data through Ethernet.

    UTS communication IP cores work with flexible FIFO interfaces to source/sink data for multiple I/O
    interfaces. The SDK provided allows high speed no-OS based Ethernet protocol stack to offer real time
    software packetizing / de-packetizing features. The figure below shows the general UTS communication
    waveforms connectivity with the Ethernet stack.

    UTS-MBR-AN02, DEC 2015 www.unistring.com 3


    Application Note, Multiband Radios - Tactical applications

    Application
    To PC or other embedded
    Audio CODEC
    devices through LAN
    ARM9 based TCP / UDP & IP
    software in Zynq Layer

    FIFOs
    Digital I/Os
    FPGA fabrics
    Communication
    blocks (FPGA IPs)

    Figure 2. Voice, data and LAN connectivity for radios

    4. Extendable architecture - Multiband and Multichannel


    The modular architecture of Multiband radio modules allow incorporating multiple hardware modules
    to achieve simultaneous transmission and reception capability in multiple channels across the full band.

    VHF Tx UHF Tx C band


    power UTS- power UTS- Tx power UTS-
    Amp & 3UVPX Amp & 3UVPX Amp & 3UVPX
    -WB-X -WB-X Control -WB-X
    Control Control

    plug-in
    modules
    Figure 3. Three UTS-3UVPX-WB-X modules configured across multiple bands.

    As illustrated in figure the hardware modules can be stacked to increase the number of simultaneous
    processing channels across entire frequency range. Since the waveforms and UTS IPs are portable across
    frequency ranges, the "software configurable multi band and multi channel radio" can be implemented.

    Unistring Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd Other Products and solutions


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    Hyderabad- 500 036  Noise generators and test equipment
    Telangana, India  RADAR Signal & Target Emulator
    www.unistring.com  VLSI IP cores – Communication, DSP and
    UTS-MBR-AN02,
    Tel: 040-69999440, DEC 2015
    Fax: 040-24154434 www.unistring.com Interfacing 4

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