Software defined radio reconfiguration management

Reconfiguration of configurable radio communication platforms contains uncounted difficulties and pitfalls. This paper contributes to the solution of this situation with a proposal of a management architecture capable to prevent mis-configurations and also to ensure reliable reconfiguration of terminals. An introduction to reconfiguration management and its requirements is followed by a description of our reconfiguration management architecture (RMA). Later parts contain an outline of the mechanisms used to implement parts of the RMA.