software radio and software defined radio

[ak214]

please tell me .....is there any difference between software radio & software defined radio?
if its different how its different.:?:

 

[jiveshgovil]

please tell me .....is there any difference between software radio & software defined radio?
if its different how its different.:?:

The following link is about Software radio:
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The first page of the attached pdf gives the difference between software radio and software defined radio in clear terms.

 

[Daniz40]

no there is no difference between software radio and software defined radio. what a software defined radio is that u define all the parts of a radio (e.g tuning) in a software. but a software radio is not fully software defines. some of its parts are in hardware