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Security Programmable Metamaterial Antenna for Physical Layer Security

Week 4

By: Prachi Patel & Dylan Turner

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Introductions:

Dylan Turner

Prachi Patel

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Goal Recap:

  • Achieve Directional Modulation with Metamaterial Antenna Array.

  • Investigate OFDM Carrier Allocator Block

  • Implement Symbol Precoding

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Weekly Progress

  • Created custom python blocks to interact with OFDM Carrier Allocator Block:
    • Print its output in a readable format.
    • Multiply specified carriers by precoded vector

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Weekly Progress

  • Studied the math that goes into Symbol Precoding.
  • Began implementing these functions using Python so we can complete our system and begin testing.

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Goals for Next Week

  • Finish implementing precoding calculations directly into the flowgraph in GNURadio.

  • Test the system in the anechoic chamber at the Electrical Engineering building on Busch campus if our flowgraph is working as intended.