Patent ID: 8498629
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G06F,H04B,H04M

Abstract:
1. A software defined radio comprising: a radio circuit and display; an executable radio software system operable with the radio circuit and display and conforming to the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) specification and defining an operating environment that allows a waveform application to operate with the radio circuit for transmitting and receiving voice and data; a system controller; an ASCII engine; a Front Panel engine; and a plurality of waveform plugin shared objects, a selected one of which is operable with a selected one of a waveform application, each of the waveform plugin shared objects comprising ASCII, system and front panel plugin components for the system controller, ASCII engine and Front Panel engine; and said system controller, ASCII engine and Front Panel engines are configured to implement command and database interfaces from the waveform plugin shared objects and provide a human machine interface and dynamically load each waveform application, wherein the Front Panel engine is operable to configure a screen on the display based on data contained in a front panel plugin component to define a user interface specific to a loaded waveform application and the ASCII engine is configured to receive data and transform the data into ASCII commands to be processed by the radio circuit and by executable radio software as distinct classes for installed waveform applications.