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  1. 20/09/2021, 08:45
    Project Talk
  2. 20/09/2021, 09:00
    Keynote

    Charlotte, NC is a racing hub for most NASCAR teams. In the session, Dive into the world of NASCAR as Mark Bringle of Joe Gibbs Racing gives a behind the scenes look at what it takes to operate a Championship caliber team. From Concept to car, Engineering and Manufacturing collaborating to build world class race cars in one of the hardest sports on the planet.

    Speaker Bio:
    Mark Bringle has...

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  3. Ryan Volz (MIT Haystack Observatory)
    20/09/2021, 11:00
    New Users
    Talk

    You know what GNU Radio is, but I'd like to introduce you to conda. Conda is a cross-platform package manager (supporting Linux, macOS, and Windows) that makes it easy to install packages in self-contained environments, separate from your system installation and other package managers. Conda is popular for installing Python packages, particularly for scientific computing and machine learning,...

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  4. Maitland Bottoms
    20/09/2021, 11:30
    New Users
    Talk

    Overview of the packaged gnuradio ecosystem, with emphasis on Debian 11 "Bullseye".

    Demo of the kinds of fun things just an apt-get install away.

    How to recognize and avoid troubles building new things from source while also using installed packages. Some hints on CMake and Python path control.

    Some of the alternate repositories available - and the benefits vs pitfalls in deciding...

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  5. Ben Hilburn
    20/09/2021, 13:00

    This is an open forum to ask questions and learn about open source licenses, such as those used by GNU Radio and other open-source projects in the software radio domain. Bring your questions about using, producing, publishing, and doing business using open-source software! (Note: We aren't lawyers, and definitely aren't your lawyer!

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  6. Robin Getz (Analog Devices), Travis Collins (Analog Devices Inc)
    20/09/2021, 13:00
    SDR Hardware
    Workshop

    This workshop will provide a thorough and practical introduction to the AD9361, the ADALM-PLUTO SDR, and other IIO based hardware and the open-source software toolchain (IIO utils and GNU Radio). We will examine the hardware and architecture of the PLUTO software-defined radio in addition to discussing topics such as how to get started using a new PLUTOSDR device, how to install and configure...

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  7. David Sorber (BlackLynx, Inc.)
    20/09/2021, 13:00
    Other
    Sponsor Lightning Talk

    Learn more about the work that BlackLynx does and currently open positions.

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  8. Federico Maggi, Marco Balduzzi
    20/09/2021, 13:05
    Talk

    https://cts.gnuradio.org

    Capture the Signal, or simply CTS, is is a challenge-based contest, pretty much like a CTF. The CTS focuses exclusively on the reverse engineering of radio signals. This activity is also known as “blind signal analysis” as the specifications of the signal are not known to the contestant (you). So, we're not talking about Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or some other standard...

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  9. Dr Andrew Portune
    20/09/2021, 13:15
    Wireless Spectrum Management
    Sponsor Lightning Talk

    Affordable, real-time spectrum monitoring and protection at the place, time and frequency of interest.

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  10. Steve Croft (UC Berkeley / SETI Institute)
    20/09/2021, 13:20
    Other
    Sponsor Lightning Talk

    Berkeley SETI Research Center (home to the Breakthrough Listen Initiative) and the SETI Institute (administrators of the Allen Telescope Array) are carrying out world-leading programs to search for intelligent life beyond Earth. These searches use cutting-edge digital signal processing hardware to characterize the "haystack" of human-generated radio signals in search of the "needle" of a...

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  11. Barry Duggan (GNU Radio)
    20/09/2021, 13:25
    New Users
    Talk

    Overview:

    • https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/Main_Page
    • Tutorials
    • Block docs
    • Repository example flowgraphs
    • Discuss-gnuradio Digest
    • Matrix chat rooms
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  12. Michelle Yiwei Chai (University of Pennsylvania)
    20/09/2021, 13:35
    Radio Astronomy
    Talk

    The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is a radio interferometer composed of forty-two dishes, each 6.1m in diameter. Its main science goal is to perform searches for technosignatures, which appear as narrowband signals 'drifting' in frequency. My project seeks to further the ATA's capability of performing technosignature searches through the implementation of a GNU Radio data...

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  13. Hash Salehi
    20/09/2021, 13:45
    Internet of Things (IoT)
    Talk

    As the Internet of Things proliferates we are finding more and more devices connected to the internet, often by wireless connectivity, in more and more areas. One such area is Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) which refers to systems that measure, collect, and analyze energy usage, and communicate with metering devices such as electricity meters, gas meters, heat meters, and water meters,...

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  14. Oscar Ekholm
    20/09/2021, 14:15
    GNU Radio Core Functionality
    Talk

    Overview of the new GRC View-Only feature

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  15. Mr Matt Knight, Mr Marc Newlin, Mr Sid Sijbrandij
    20/09/2021, 14:30
    Wireless Spectrum Management
    Sponsor Talk

    Welcome to the Radio Resilience Competition!

    The Radio Resilience Competition (RRC) is a new type of virtual CTF that is being featured at GRCon this year. Competitors are challenged to pit their most robust and performant radio designs against our sneaky and diabolical RF environments and interference radios. Outperform your competitors to be eligible for great prizes!

    Initially...

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  16. Wylie Standage-Beier
    20/09/2021, 15:10
    Digital Signal Processing
    Workshop

    This course serves as an introduction and survey of signal processing for beginner and intermediate levels. The course will introduce basic math concepts fundamental to Fourier and Laplace transforms. The course will explore properties of signals and systems including spectral estimation, detection and information theory. Furthermore, we will apply course concepts to analyze both continuous...

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  17. Steve Schilinski
    20/09/2021, 15:20
    Other
    Sponsor Lightning Talk
  18. Mr Paul Cercueil (Analog Devices, Inc.)
    20/09/2021, 15:25
    GNU Radio Core Functionality
    Talk

    In this talk, we will provide an overview of the newly merged gr-iio module inside GNU Radio. gr-iio is a module based around the Industrial Input/Output (IIO) framework, which has been in the upstream Linux kernels since 2011 and is responsible for handling sensors, converters, integrated transceivers, and other real-world I/O devices. It provides a hardware abstraction layer with a...

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  19. Matt Knight, Marc Newlin
    20/09/2021, 15:30
    Wireless Spectrum Management
    Workshop

    Interested in competing in the Radio Resilience Competition? Stop by to get all your questions answered!

    This workshop is a working session that will guide participants from registration through building, testing, and submitting your first radio design. The RRC organizers will kick things off by walking through the competition format, infrastructure, and submission process, then will break...

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  20. Matt Ettus
    20/09/2021, 15:55
    Digital Signal Processing
    Talk

    Diversity and MIMO operation are critical to most modern wireless communication systems. USRPs have been MIMO-capable since the USRP1 in 2004, and many other SDRs are MIMO-capable, yet most GNU Radio users don’t take advantage of those extra SMA ports. This talk aims to fix that.

    We will start with a refresher on multipath propagation, with an emphasis on modeling its effects within GNU...

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  21. Bernard Tyers
    20/09/2021, 16:55
    New Users
    Lightning Talk

    This year at FOSDEM, the GNU Radio community made a call for UX contributions to GRC. I started contributing to GRC as a result.

    This en-lightening talk will:

    • give a short introduction to what user experience really means,
    • explain why GNU Radio contributors, maintainers and users will benefit,
    • show how it can be done in open source projects,
    • give a brief overview of our...
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  22. 21/09/2021, 08:45
    Project Talk
  23. Claire Wolf (YosysHQ), Gatecat (YosysHQ), Matt Venn (YosysHQ), Sylvain "tnt" Munaut
    21/09/2021, 09:00
    Keynote

    An overview of the open source FPGA tooling and ecosystem.
    We will look at the current state of the tools and their future, including into the realm of ASICs.

    Along the way we will look at some key tools in the ecosystem and highlight some projects that leverage the flexibility of the open source tools.

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  24. Jeff Long, Josh Morman
    21/09/2021, 09:45
    Project Talk

    Update on the state of code maintenance and future plans for the GNU Radio codebase

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  25. David Sorber (BlackLynx, Inc.)
    21/09/2021, 11:00
    GNU Radio Core Functionality
    Talk

    Accelerator devices such as GPUs, FPGAs, or DSPs can be very useful for offloading computationally intensive digital signal processing tasks. Unfortunately, the GNU Radio SDR framework does not directly support such devices. Many workarounds have been developed to allow accelerator devices to be used within GNU Radio, but each comes with performance and/or flexibility tradeoffs. To solve...

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  26. Haydn Nelson (NI / Ettus Research)
    21/09/2021, 11:30
    SDR Hardware
    Sponsor Talk

    In both the race to prove 6G concepts and deliver next-generation spectral sensing applications, one thing is common; designers must rapidly move from research and design to prototype quickly. It has never been more important to prove advanced wireless and machine learning/artificial intelligence algorithms in real-world scenarios, and advanced open-source software-defined radio is the ideal...

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  27. 21/09/2021, 13:00

    Hosted by: Mecklenburg Amateur Radio Society (ARS), W4BFB

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  28. Keith Palmisano (Rampart Communications)
    21/09/2021, 13:05
    Other
    Sponsor Lightning Talk
  29. Jose Miguel Jauregui Garcia (Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics)
    21/09/2021, 13:10
    SDR Hardware
    Lightning Talk

    We present the current progress of a low-cost digitizer capable of 8-bit 400MSPS connected through USB3.0; some of the characteristics are the sampling and synchronization clocks are external to be a price-wise alternative for low-frequency radio-astronomy arrays. A functional system can be integrated using cheap commercial evaluation boards. We want to make this an open project as a learning...

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  30. Srikanth Pagadarai (Analog Devices Inc)
    21/09/2021, 13:15
    SDR Instrumentation and Control
    Talk

    Emerging advancements in DAC/ADC technology in terms of enabling multi-channel, multi-mode, multi-band operation and supporting multi GSPS sample rates place stringent requirements on accurately characterizing the performance of data converters to determine their suitability for a given application. While it is possible to use discrete blocks from GNU Radio source tree and compute many of the...

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  31. John Hays
    21/09/2021, 13:45
    Other
    Sponsor Lightning Talk

    Our Mission
    To support, promote, and enhance digital communication and broader communication science and technology, to promote Amateur Radio, scientific research, experimentation, education, development, open access, and innovation in information and communication technology.

    We will cover ARDC's activities and how to apply for grants to fund projects.

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  32. John Sallay
    21/09/2021, 14:00
    GNU Radio Core Functionality
    Talk

    GNURadio uses Polymorphic Types (PMTs) for asynchronous messaging and tagging data. The current API can be inconsistent and difficult to use. This can be a stumbling block for both new and experienced developers. We are rewriting the PMT interface using flatbuffers and modern C++.

    Flatbuffers is a serialization library maintained by Google that provides for very efficient transfer of...

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  33. Aaron Madsen
    21/09/2021, 14:30
    SDR Hardware
    Sponsor Talk

    This talk covers the basics of detecting a 5G cell, including NR numerology, modulation, frame/slot structure and the SSB with some real world examples.

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  34. Victor Cai (Analog Devices)
    21/09/2021, 15:15
    High Performance SDR Applications
    Paper (with talk)

    Abstract: (Draft of full paper is attached)

    Because the SDR has both an RF transmitter and a receiver integrated in the same module, leakage from transmit into receive path is inevitable. Without proper compensation, the received radar signal is combined with this unintentional leakage signal from the transmit path creating unintended distortion in phase and amplitude. This type of accuracy...

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  35. Wylie Standage-Beier
    21/09/2021, 15:30

    This workshop is a guided and hands-on introduction to using GNU Radio blocks, graphs, and systems with Python for beginners. The course will start with construction of an analog signal demodulator and will build a series of more complicated sub-systems. This course will demonstrate some of the benefits of using GNU Radio for building digital receivers and will cover more advanced concepts...

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  36. Rylee Mattingly (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Advanced Radar Research Center, University of Oklahoma)
    21/09/2021, 15:45
    Hardware Accelerated Applications
    Paper (with talk)

    The RF Network-on-Chip (RFNoC™) is an open source framework from Ettus that allows for convenient development access to the field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The RFNoC framework therefore lowers the barrier to entry to develop FPGA based digital signal processing (DSP) blocks that can be used with UHD and GNURadio (Ettus, 2020). By utilizing the floor space available on the FPGA of select...

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  37. Sharon Ladron de Guevara Contreras (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center), Dr Meghan Clark (University of California, Berkeley)
    21/09/2021, 16:15
    Internet of Things (IoT)
    Poster

    Intelligent edge systems constitute a key growth segment within the cloud-backed cognitive IoT marketplace. In this context, connected autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles constitute one of the most prominent examples, where cars communicate with each other and with the infrastructure through vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs). The dynamic (ad hoc) nature of VANETs along with the strict...

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  38. Zheng Zeng (Penn State Behrend), William Hemminger (Penn State Behrend), Abdallah Abdallah (Penn State Erie - The Behrend College)
    21/09/2021, 16:20
    RF Machine Learning
    Poster

    This poster focuses on using software-defined radio to collect device signature information. The goal of this project is to create a testing environment that is ideal for collecting device fingerprinting data specifically for nRF24L01+ and Heltec WIFI LoRa 32 (V2) modules. This project takes three computing devices, one laptop and two Raspberry Pi computers, as well as a USRP B200 SDR to...

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  39. Daren Swasey (Utah State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
    21/09/2021, 16:30
    Digital Signal Processing
    Talk

    Indoor digital communication, such as Wi-Fi, can be used to provide real-time indoor physical intrusion detection, in other words, a “burglar alarm”. In this work, we use signals internal to the radio receiver, such as the PLL or AGC block, to identify when a channel is changing due to a target moving within the physical channel. We describe a test using GNU Radio and Ettus USRP N310 hardware...

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  40. Todd K. Moon (Utah State University)
    21/09/2021, 16:45
    Digital Signal Processing
    Talk

    Wireless communication systems employed in buildings (such as WiFi)
    can be used for bistatic radar to track targets moving in the building.
    The transmit and receive hardware and software can be readily
    implemented using Gnu radio. The general processing steps at the
    receive include Doppler frequency extraction, using FFT or
    MUSIC-algorithm based processing, following by Viterbi...

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  41. Matthew Knight, Mr Marc Newlin
    21/09/2021, 17:00
    Wireless Spectrum Management
    Sponsor Lightning Talk

    Join us for an update on the Radio Resilience Competition, including a recap of the leaderboard, interesting matches, and more!

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  42. Barry Duggan (GNU Radio)
    21/09/2021, 18:00
    Other

    See details on Virtual Attendance page.

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  43. 22/09/2021, 08:45
    Project Talk
  44. 22/09/2021, 09:00
    Keynote
  45. Ben Hilburn, Jacob Gilbert
    22/09/2021, 09:45
    GNU Radio Core Functionality
    Talk

    SigMF, the Signal Metadata Format, will hit its v1.0.0 release just before GRCon. Since it's introduction in 2017, use of SigMF has grown rapidly, and your favorite format for storing, sharing, and processing RF data is better than ever. This talk to cover what's included in the v1.0.0, what changed from the previous release, and where the project is going from here.

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  46. Dr Nathan West (DeepSig)
    22/09/2021, 10:20
    RF Machine Learning
    Workshop

    This 4-hour workshop will be a hands-on guide to walk through working with the open data challenge that is currently live, hosted at https://eval.ai/web/challenges/challenge-page/1057/overview. Deep learning concepts will be introduced with python, and a SigMF loader will be developed to read the dataset. Finally, participants will develop deep learning models and training techniques to learn...

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  47. Jeff Zurita (Deepwave Digital)
    22/09/2021, 10:30
    RF Machine Learning
    Sponsor Lightning Talk
  48. Barry Duggan (GNU Radio)
    22/09/2021, 10:35
    Amateur (HAM) Radio
    Talk

    The Modular station control package contains GNU Radio flowgraphs for transmitters and receivers which work in conjunction with a common station control module. It is a "plug and play" concept supporting various modulation methods such as Narrow Band FM and Single Sideband.

    The control module contains SDR source and sink blocks, switching logic to control transmit / receive functions,...

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  49. Daniel Estévez
    22/09/2021, 11:00
    Amateur (HAM) Radio
    Talk

    For nearly one year, the German amateur satellite association [AMSAT-DL][1] has regularly been decoding the telemetry of the Chinese Mars probe Tianwen-1 using the [20m antenna at Bochum observatory][2] and GNU Radio. This has allowed us to obtain updated orbital information from the spacecraft and receive the relayed signals during the landing of the Zhurong rover. To our best knowledge, this...

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  50. Michael Piscopo
    22/09/2021, 11:30
    Radio Astronomy
    Talk

    Through a community partnership between GNU Radio and the ATA, a project to create a fully functional radio astronomy X-Engine based on GNU Radio and high-end GPU's has been in progress to support science observations at the telescope array. This talk will provide an overview of the open source GNU Radio OOT modules and hardware components that support this functionality. The current state...

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  51. John Orlando
    22/09/2021, 13:00
    SDR Hardware
    Sponsor Lightning Talk

    Many SDRs available today utilize RFICs that support accessing RF signals at 6 GHz and below. But a growing contingency of commercial and defense signals are showing up above 6 GHz, including both cellular and Wi-Fi. In this talk, we will discuss why operation above 6 GHz is important, what signals are driving this interest, and solutions that are enabling access to these signals.

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  52. Dr Marc Lichtman
    22/09/2021, 13:10
    GNU Radio in Education
    Workshop

    Fairly informal, virtual meetup with anyone who is an educator and uses GR. Plan is to briefly discuss challenges educators face and how GR could be made into a better tool for education. It's also just good for networking. This discussion will happen over on chat.gnuradio.org in the #Education room.

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  53. 22/09/2021, 13:10
    Digital Signal Processing
    Sponsor Talk

    Wireless communication is the fabric of modern connectivity, but no one thinks of wireless as inherently secure. Fundamentally, it’s a means of easily increasing access and mobility, but as much as we want high-speed no-drop 5G/wifi/bluetooth connectivity everywhere, that same coverage area is attack surface. In BlackHat USA 2021 alone, there were 8 talks covering remote/baseband...

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  54. Neel Pandeya (Ettus Research)
    22/09/2021, 13:30
    SDR Hardware
    Workshop

    Join us for an open discussion forum and bring your technical questions and challenges specifically related to engineering with the USRP. If you want to learn about leveraging the FPGA for your SDR application you're invited to pre-watch the Ettus Research USRP RFNoC Technical Workshop Video --> [Here][1], you can download the content from this video --> [Here][2]… We’ll have Ettus Research...

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  55. Dr Steve Croft (UC Berkeley / SETI Institute), Daniel Estévez, Dr Wael Farah (SETI Institute)
    22/09/2021, 13:30
    Radio Astronomy
    Workshop

    The SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array, at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory in remote Northern California, consists of 42 six-meter dishes that are primarily used for searches for radio technosignatures - potential indicators of technology developed by extraterrestrial intelligence - in addition to other astronomical applications such as searches for fast radio bursts. The science backend...

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  56. Jacob Gilbert
    22/09/2021, 13:40
    GNU Radio Core Functionality
    Talk

    GNU Radio 3.10 has seen the addition of several new modules including gr-pdu, which contains a number of PDU processing tools. This talk will discuss PDUs in GNU Radio, what is currently in-tree, what the path forward is, and some example uses for PDUs in GNU Radio.

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  57. Jeffrey Moore (www.embeddednow.com)
    22/09/2021, 13:55
    SDR Hardware
    Talk

    Most often we use laptops or desktop computer systems to interface to SDRs and run GNU Radio software. With few challenges these approaches work well until it is time to create a product with an embedded computer, embedded SDRs and of course GNU Radio. Creating an embedded computer / SDR system is a challenging project with engineering tradeoffs in many areas. It is important to design these...

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  58. Eric Mair
    22/09/2021, 14:25
    5G Wireless Technology
    Talk

    5G technology promises to deliver major advances in mobile broadband communications, IoT device density and reduced network latency. 5G is also the first telecommunications technology to solely use internet protocol (IP) as a means to transport traffic across its networks. The requirements for 5G have ushered in the need for cloud computing, SDN and SDR capabilities like never before. While...

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  59. Hrishi Shelar
    22/09/2021, 14:55
    Other
    Sponsor Lightning Talk
  60. Neel Pandeya (Ettus Research)
    22/09/2021, 15:00
    SDR Hardware
    Workshop

    Join us for an open discussion forum and bring your technical questions and challenges specifically related to engineering with the USRP. If you want to learn about leveraging the FPGA for your SDR application you're invited to pre-watch the Ettus Research USRP RFNoC Technical Workshop Video --> [Here][1], you can download the content from this video --> [Here][2]… We’ll have Ettus Research...

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  61. 22/09/2021, 15:20
    Sponsor Lightning Talk
  62. Michael Hennerich (Analog Devices GmbH)
    22/09/2021, 15:25
    SDR Hardware
    Talk

    Title: A new Linux kernel subsystem for JESD204 multichannel RF Transceiver Systems

    Author:
    First Name: Michael
    Last Name: Hennerich
    Organization: Analog Devices GmbH
    Country: Germany
    Email: michael.hennerich@analog.com

    Abstract:
    Many applications need multiple channels of phase and frequency synchronization and coherency. Applications like...

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  63. Philip Balister
    22/09/2021, 15:55
    GNU Radio Core Functionality
    Talk

    Tracking GNU Radio development together with combined Linux distribution changes across multiple CPU architectures is a challenge. This talk describes using Buildbot to build small GNU Radio distributions for several architectures with OpenEmbedded. OpenEmbedded provides a mechanism to support packaging test cases, installing them in images and running the tests on actual hardware (or emulated...

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  64. David Miller
    22/09/2021, 16:05
    High Performance SDR Applications
    Paper (no talk)

    This paper presents a GNU Radio Modem design that demonstrates the feasibility of
    achieving ≥10 Mbps Real-Time Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) performance with a relatively low cost Personal Computer (PC) that contains an 8-core General Purpose
    Processor (GPP). The high date rate is achieved with a single GNU Radio flowgraph and without a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or Graphics...

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  65. Aaron Rossetto (NI/Ettus Research)
    22/09/2021, 16:10
    Digital Signal Processing
    Talk

    Last summer's USRP Hardware Driver (UHD) 4.0 release included a major overhaul of the RF Network-on-a-Chip (RFNoC) processing framework that enables high-throughput digital signal processing (DSP) on NI/Ettus Research's Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) products. This architecture allows users to define algorithms to be performed by connecting DSP elements, or RFNoC blocks, together...

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  66. Jacob Holtom (Arizona State University)
    22/09/2021, 16:30
    SDR Instrumentation and Control
    Talk

    Implementing novel RF applications has traditionally required significant time and expertise, even for relatively simple algorithms. Software-defined radios (SDRs) enable rapid implementation and validation of RF applications without specialized hardware or advanced programming skills. Many tools have been developed to facilitate SDR development, such as GNURadio as well as language libraries...

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  67. Matthew Knight, Mr Marc Newlin
    22/09/2021, 17:00
    Wireless Spectrum Management
    Sponsor Lightning Talk

    Join us for an update on the Radio Resilience Competition, including a recap of the leaderboard, interesting matches, and more!

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  68. Barry Duggan (GNU Radio)
    22/09/2021, 18:00
    Other

    See details on Virtual Attendance page.

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  69. 23/09/2021, 08:45
    Project Talk
  70. 23/09/2021, 09:00
    Keynote

    The Square Kilometre Array will be the world’s largest radio observatory. In this presentation I will talk about the key questions in modern astrophysics that have motivated the design of the SKA instruments and the technical factors that influence the location of the two SKA telescopes in South Africa and Australia. SKA precursor instruments are already operating and I’ll highlight some of...

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  71. Dr Robin Coxe (Atom Computing Inc.)
    23/09/2021, 09:45
    SDR Instrumentation and Control
    Paper (with talk)

    In this talk, we will provide an overview of unique, wired SDR applications for Atom Computing Inc.’s quantum computer. Our apparatus employs a suite of lasers, magnets, and cameras to cool, trap, manipulate, and read out an array of qubits constructed from optically trapped neutral atoms. The physical processes that underpin neutral atom quantum computing would not be possible without...

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  72. Josh Morman (Peraton Labs)
    23/09/2021, 10:30
    GNU Radio Core Functionality
    Workshop

    Work towards GNU Radio 4.0 is fully underway to the point that we are ready to invite developers to learn more about the specific changes to the Runtime and Block API, and try their hand at implementing new blocks (or porting existing ones) into the updated framework.

    This workshop will detail the changes that will impact GNU Radio going forward and also serve as an opportunity to collect...

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  73. Lauren Johnson
    23/09/2021, 10:40
    Wireless Spectrum Management
    Sponsor Lightning Talk
  74. Jean-Michel Friedt (FEMTO-ST/Time & Frequency, Besancon, France)
    23/09/2021, 10:45
    SDR Instrumentation and Control
    Paper (with talk)

    We have previously demonstrated passive bi-static RADAR using a static emitter and static (passive bistatic RADAR) [1a] or moving (passive bistatic synthetic aperture RADAR) [1b] receiver: range estimate to target is achieved by cross-correlating the reference signal facing the non-cooperative emitter with the surveillance signal facing the target. Azimuth resolution is achieved by moving...

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  75. Mr Yukang Fu (Arizona State University)
    23/09/2021, 11:15
    High Performance SDR Applications
    Talk

    RF Spectral Convergence, or joint radar-communications, has recently emerged as an important area of research, especially for the telecommunications sector. However, there is a significant amount of difficulty in implementing this class of systems in actual hardware due to the computational complexity and nuances of the algorithm. In this talk/poster, we successfully implement a previously...

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  76. Robin Getz (Analog Devices)
    23/09/2021, 11:30
    High Performance SDR Applications
    Sponsor Talk

    In ADI’s Sponsor talk, after a brief introduction to ADI, we review an intern project that was completed during 2020, and will discuss some of the challenges associated with controlling direct RF, or more generally high-speed-transceivers, using the IIO framework, like computational/uplink bandwidth constraints and RX/TX timing synchronization, and how these can be addressed for bursty systems.

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  77. Martin Braun (GNU Radio)
    23/09/2021, 13:00
    SDR Hardware
    Sponsor Talk

    Ettus Research / NI has been a proud sponsor of the GNU Radio conference since its inception. At previous conferences, we have generally presented our latest advancements in our SDR products to the community. In this talk, we want to present the people behind those USRPs: Members of the engineering teams that build your SDRs. We will have a short conversation with some of our engineers, see...

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  78. Jacob Gilbert, Ben Hilburn
    23/09/2021, 13:00
    Other
    Workshop

    The Signal Metadata Format (SigMF) has seen specification expansion and improvement, greater adoption, and a long overdue v1.0 release since the last formal workshop, and will likely continue to see growth over the coming year including greater integration into GNU Radio. This workshop will be held in two parts; the first portion of this workshop is suitable for all interested people and is...

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  79. Ms Ashley Beard (Spectrum Bullpen, LLC.), Mr Steven Sharp (Spectrum Bullpen, LLC.)
    23/09/2021, 13:30
    RF Machine Learning
    Paper (with talk)

    In this paper, we address the problem of radio spectrum crowding by using a stochastic gradient descent neural network algorithm on simulated cognitive radio data to identify open and closed channels within a specified RF range. We used GNU Radio 3.8 flowgraphs to simulate cognitive radio data for standard U.S. Wi-Fi channels, and to design both the neural network and classical power...

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  80. John Ferguson (Deepwave Digital), Adam Thompson (NVIDIA Corporation)
    23/09/2021, 14:00
    RF Machine Learning
    Talk

    Applications like machine learning, deep learning, and the promise of high-performance compute abstracted from highly programmable software APIs are driving future requirements for Software Defined Radios; these challenges cannot be met by CPUs or FPGAs alone. While
    Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) provide an attractive alternative, they require a unique perspective on SDR architecture to...

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  81. Federico Larroca (Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República)
    23/09/2021, 14:30
    Other
    Talk

    Like all time-varying voltage and current, a video interface connecting a PC to its monitor emits electromagnetic waves. The attack commonly known as TEMPEST (or Van Eck Phreaking) consists in receiving this signal and inferring the image being displayed on the monitor; that is to say, pointing an antenna to a PC and spying the monitor. This is a particularly interesting application for...

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  82. Craig Pomeroy (Microsoft), Mr Hrishi Shelar (Microsoft)
    23/09/2021, 15:25
    High Performance SDR Applications
    Talk

    In this presentation we’ll introduce RF|Sim, a software radio automation framework that allows users to simulate their SDR designs in the cloud in a highly scalable, GNU Radio-based, virtual channel emulation environment. RF|Sim allows users to provide containerized SDR designs and instantiate them in a simulated RF environment. RF|Sim can simulate the propagation of RF emissions from each...

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  83. Travis Collins (Analog Devices Inc)
    23/09/2021, 15:55
    SDR Hardware
    Talk

    In this presentation, we will discuss a new open-source tool for configuring systems that utilize the JESD204 specification called pyadi-jif or JIF for short. JESD204 is an electrical specification used by modern high-speed data converters to transfer data between ASICs, FPGAs, and even other converters which are at the heart of wideband software radios. Even though JESD204 greatly simplifies...

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  84. Matthew Knight, Mr Marc Newlin
    23/09/2021, 16:25
    Wireless Spectrum Management
    Sponsor Lightning Talk

    Join us as we reveal the overall results of the Radio Resilience Competition, including prize presentations!

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  85. Derek Kozel (GNU Radio), Josh Morman, Samantha Palazzolo
    23/09/2021, 16:30
    Project Talk
  86. 24/09/2021, 08:45
    Project Talk
  87. 24/09/2021, 09:00
  88. Håkon Vågsether, Seth Hitefield
    24/09/2021, 09:00
    GNU Radio Core Functionality
    Breakout Session (Friday Only)

    Review the ongoing development of GRC and plan for the future

    Session Chair: Håkon Vågsether

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  89. Samantha Palazzolo
    24/09/2021, 10:45
    Breakout Session (Friday Only)
  90. Barry Duggan (GNU Radio)
    24/09/2021, 11:00
    Other
    Breakout Session (Friday Only)

    This breakout session will discuss aspects of our documentation such as:

    • Block docs
    • Tutorials
    • Needs for other materials
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  91. Matt Ettus
    24/09/2021, 12:00
    Breakout Session (Friday Only)
  92. Barry Duggan (GNU Radio)
    24/09/2021, 13:00
    Amateur (HAM) Radio
    Breakout Session (Friday Only)

    The Ham Radio breakout session will focus on the application of GNU Radio within the amateur radio community. Some of the items to be covered are:

    • modulation methods: FSK, NBFM, SSB
      simulation
      hardware examples
    • station control
    • digital applications
    • the future of the monthly video meetings
      need coordinator/scheduler
      need host/moderator
      need contributors
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  93. Josh Morman (Peraton Labs)
    24/09/2021, 14:00
    Hardware Accelerated Applications
    Breakout Session (Friday Only)

    Discuss opportunities, approaches, and available libraries/utilities for accelerating GNU Radio using GPUs

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  94. Robin Getz (Analog Devices)
    SDR Hardware
    Sponsor Talk

    The AD9361 (aka Catalina) from Analog Devices was introduced over 10 years ago, and quickly became the industry standard as the "goto" RF transceiver for many software defined radios and are exposed in GNU Radio in many different frameworks including UDH (B200, B210), IIO (PlutoSDR) and BladeRF. During 2021, the next generation device was introduced, the ADRV9002 (aka Navassa), and is quickly...

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  95. Derek Kozel (GNU Radio)
    Project Talk
  96. Matthew Knight, Mr Marc Newlin
    Wireless Spectrum Management
    Lightning Talk

    Join us for an update on the Radio Resilience Competition, including a recap of the leaderboard, interesting matches, and more!

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  97. Josh Morman
    Other
    Sponsor Lightning Talk

    Quick overview of the company and career opportunities

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