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Integrating GNU Radio into a Virtual Course about Communication Systems

  • Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the course Communication Systems was transferred from presence to a virtual lecture. No hands-on lab experiments were possible. Therefore, a GNU Radio practical part was integrated into the lecture. A tutorial was written to guide students through the first steps with GNU Radio to decrease initial problems and increase student motivation. Several examples were given regarding digital signal processing, analogue and digital modulation and demodulation. Software Defined Radio receivers were set up in the amateur radio lab of the university and connected to the internet so that students were able to get real radio data to be analyzed and demodulated with their own GNU Radio models. This enables a knowledge transfer from simulated signal processing to the analysis and demodulation of real live signals. Students showed medium to high interest in practical examples during the lectures and tried their own GNU Radio simulations. Overall, the integration of GNU Radio and Software Defined Radio receivers into this virtual lecture gave additional benefits for the students to deal with signal processing and demodulation experiments. It is planned to use GNU Radio in the future for complementary practical examples to the hands-on experiments in the lab.

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Author:Thomas FuhrmannORCiDGND, Michael Farmbauer, Michael NiemetzORCiDGND
DOI:https://doi.org/10.23919/MIPRO52101.2021.9596700
ISBN:978-953-233-101-1
Parent Title (English):44th International Convention on Information, Communication and Electronic Technology (MIPRO): 27.09. - 01.10.2021, Opatija, Croatia
Publisher:IEEE
Document Type:conference proceeding (article)
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2021
Release Date:2022/02/15
Tag:Communication engineering education; Communication systems; Data models; Digital modulation; Digital signal processing; GNU Radio; Pandemics; Receivers; Software Defined Radio; radio communication
First Page:1565
Last Page:1570
Institutes:Fakultät Elektro- und Informationstechnik
Fakultät Elektro- und Informationstechnik / Labor Datenkommunikation
Fakultät Elektro- und Informationstechnik / Labor Optische Übertragungssysteme
Begutachtungsstatus:peer-reviewed
research focus:Lebenswissenschaften und Ethik
Licence (German):Keine Lizenz - Es gilt das deutsche Urheberrecht: § 53 UrhG