SDR Forum's Smart Radio Challenge

Welcome to the site for the SDR Forum's Smart Radio Challenge, a worldwide competition in which student engineering teams design, develop and test a software defined radio (SDR) or a cognitive radio.

The SDR Forum has long been active in educational endeavors and has academic members that include universities in Finland, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain and the U.S. Its Smart Radio Challenge ’07 was open to student teams from all academic institutions interested in SDR and cognitive radio. Registration ended June 15, with 43 student teams from 12 different countries signing up.

After the development phase, the SDR Forum will award several prizes, and teams already qualified may compete in successive years for the annual prizes, which include monetary grants to the student teams as well as their university departments.

Challenge News:

Smart Radio Challenge Winners Announced

Washington, 5 November, 2008 – The SDR Forum has announced the winners of the 2^nd annual Smart Radio Challenge, a worldwide competition in which student engineering teams design, develop and test software defined and cognitive radio technologies that address specific problems relevant to the advanced wireless community.

The six qualifying teams for the 2008 Smart Challenge (www.smartradiochallenge.org) addressed one of three defined problems, which they tested and demonstrated the day before the conference. Problem 1 involved extending the range of a wireless network, problem 2 addressed mapping frequencies and locations of RF emitters, and problem 3 was preparing a Rapid Waveform Development

Carnegie Mellon University took home three awards: Best Design, Problem 2, and Overall Winner. The team’s awards totaled $7,000 in scholarship money, two plaques and a trophy. One of two qualifying teams from Penn State took home the award for best paper ($1,000 in scholarship money and a plaque), the Virginia Tech team earned the award for Problem 1 ($2,000 in scholarship money and a trophy), and University of Calgary got the win for Problem 3 ($2,000 in scholarship money and a trophy).

The 3^rd annual Smart Radio Challenge will begin spring 2009. Any university teams interested in participation should contact SDR Forum CEO Lee Pucker at lee.pucker@sdrforum.org.

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	Welcome to the site for the SDR Forum's Smart Radio Challenge, a worldwide competition in which student engineering teams design, develop and test a software defined radio (SDR) or a cognitive radio. The SDR Forum has long been active in educational endeavors and has academic members that include universities in Finland, Germany, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain and the U.S. Its Smart Radio Challenge ’07 was open to student teams from all academic institutions interested in SDR and cognitive radio. Registration ended June 15, with 43 student teams from 12 different countries signing up. After the development phase, the SDR Forum will award several prizes, and teams already qualified may compete in successive years for the annual prizes, which include monetary grants to the student teams as well as their university departments. Challenge News: Smart Radio Challenge Winners Announced Washington, 5 November, 2008 – The SDR Forum has announced the winners of the 2^nd annual Smart Radio Challenge, a worldwide competition in which student engineering teams design, develop and test software defined and cognitive radio technologies that address specific problems relevant to the advanced wireless community. The six qualifying teams for the 2008 Smart Challenge (www.smartradiochallenge.org) addressed one of three defined problems, which they tested and demonstrated the day before the conference. Problem 1 involved extending the range of a wireless network, problem 2 addressed mapping frequencies and locations of RF emitters, and problem 3 was preparing a Rapid Waveform Development Carnegie Mellon University took home three awards: Best Design, Problem 2, and Overall Winner. The team’s awards totaled $7,000 in scholarship money, two plaques and a trophy. One of two qualifying teams from Penn State took home the award for best paper ($1,000 in scholarship money and a plaque), the Virginia Tech team earned the award for Problem 1 ($2,000 in scholarship money and a trophy), and University of Calgary got the win for Problem 3 ($2,000 in scholarship money and a trophy). The 3^rd annual Smart Radio Challenge will begin spring 2009. Any university teams interested in participation should contact SDR Forum CEO Lee Pucker at lee.pucker@sdrforum.org.

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