Research Article
Reliable and Reproducible Radio Experiments in FIT/CorteXlab SDR Testbed: Initial Findings
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_19, author={Leonardo Cardoso and Othmane Oubejja and Guillaume Villemaud and Tanguy Risset and Jean Gorce}, title={Reliable and Reproducible Radio Experiments in FIT/CorteXlab SDR Testbed: Initial Findings}, proceedings={Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks. 12th International Conference, CROWNCOM 2017, Lisbon, Portugal, September 20-21, 2017, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={CROWNCOM}, year={2018}, month={3}, keywords={Reproducibility Software defined radio Cognitive radio Wireless testbed FIT/CorteXlab}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_19} }- Leonardo Cardoso
Othmane Oubejja
Guillaume Villemaud
Tanguy Risset
Jean Gorce
Year: 2018
Reliable and Reproducible Radio Experiments in FIT/CorteXlab SDR Testbed: Initial Findings
CROWNCOM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-76207-4_19
Abstract
The FIT/CorteXlab platform is a wireless testbed situated in Lyon, France, where all radio nodes are confined to an electro- magnetically (EM) shielded environment and have flexible radio-frequency (RF) front-end for experimenting on software defined radio (SDR) and cognitive radio (CR). A unique feature of this testbed is that it offers roughly 40 SDR nodes that can be accessed from anywhere in the world in a reproducible manner: the electro-magnetic shield prevents from external interference and channel variability. In this paper we show why it is important to have such a reproducible radio experiment testbed and we highlight the reproducibility by the channel characteristics between the nodes of the platform. We back our claims with a large set of measurements done in the testbed, that also refines our knowledge on the propagation characteristics of the testbed.