SDR-Based Supporting System for Multimedia Services in Mobile Communication Networks

Today mobile communications have evolved from merely connecting devices to enabling a wide range of heterogeneous services, particularly with 5G networks. The rise of multimedia services and digital content consumption is driving the proliferation of wireless devices, which in turn is increasing the complexity of resource management. In this scenario, a distributed system could be the most effective way to manage this complex environment for monitoring and support purposes, especially through Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology. This paper introduces a distributed SDR-based system designed to perform various services to monitor and support any mobile communication systems. After presenting the overall design of the proposed system, this work will describe and test a prototype that can execute a monitoring service for spectral analysis, interference detection, and localization.