A UML profile for model-driven design of software defined radio applications

Model-driven design (MDD) is considered a very promising approach to cope with complex software applications such as software defined radio (SDR). This paper proposes a MDD approach for SDR applications. Our approach comprises: (1) DiplodocusDF, a domain-specific modelling language for telecommunication applications, which is based on UML. (2) The mechanism to transform DiplodocusDF models into C-language code ready for compilation, and (3) a runtime environment for the generated code. Moreover, the proposed UML profile is supported by Ttool, which is a framework for design exploration and formal verification at model level. We illustrate the potential of our methodology designing a SDR application.