A New Sampling Frequency Selection Scheme in Undersampling Systems

In software defined radio systems, placing the analog-todigital converter (ADC) near the antenna part in the block diagram of the receiver is desired to improve the flexibility of the system. The radio frequency (RF) sampling method, in which the received signal is sampled at the RF stage, realizes such structure. The undersampling is a potential method to sample the RF signal using the existing consumer ADCs because high speed ADCs are required in the traditional methods, such as Nyquist sampling or the oversampling of the RF signal. This paper presents a technique to determine the minimum sampling frequency to undersample the separated multiple wireless systems simultaneously. In addition, this paper proposes a frequency selecting scheme that enables selection of a lower sampling frequency by receiving at least the desired transmission channels in the wireless system signals. This paper also provides a result of performance analysis of the proposed scheme. key words: software defined radio, undersampling, sampling frequency, RF sampling