21–25 Sept 2026
Talley Student Union
America/New_York timezone
GRCon26 Call for Participation is Now Open

Use of GNU Radio Simulations and Hardware Exercises to Teach and Apply SDR and Spectrum Sharing Concepts

23 Sept 2026, 09:45
15m
Mountain Ballroom (Talley Student Union)

Mountain Ballroom

Talley Student Union

Talk Education (any level) Main Track

Speaker

Carl Dietrich (Virginia Tech and Software Defined Radio Solutions, LLC)

Description

After briefly enumerating major enabling technologies and applications of SDR, we will describe simulations, examples, and exercises that use GNU Radio to illustrate enabling technologies and help students understand the significance of relevant parameters and explore their effects. On simulated signals, while simultaneously preparing students to use GNU Radio and low-cost SDR hardware to develop custom applications. We will describe how the approach was adapted to different course formats and also present feedback from professionals who studied software defined radio using this approach. Several examples of flow graphs used in the examples and exercises as well as flow graphs similar to the ones produced by students as part of lab exercises will be available for free download and use under open-source license, e.g., GPL 3 or MIT, to be determined in coordination with the conference organizers.

Talk Length 15 Minutes
Link to Open Source Code https://buymeacoffee.com/sdrswireless/extras
Acknowledge Acknowledge In-Person

Authors

Carl Dietrich (Virginia Tech and Software Defined Radio Solutions, LLC) Dr Dimitri Dessources (Software Defined Radio Solutions, LLC)

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