Chapter1. The Evolution of Software Defined Radio - An Introduction.- Part I: Architectures, Designs and Implementations.- Chapter2. Design Transformation from a Single-Core to a Multi-Core Architecture targeting Massively-Parallel Signal Processing Algorithms.- Chapter3. The CoreVA-MPSoC - A Multiprocessor Platform for Software-Defined Radio.- Chapter4. Design and Implementation of IEEE 802.11a/g Receiver Blocks on a Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Array.- Chapter5. Reconfigurable Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip.- Chapter6. NineSilica: A Homogeneous MPSoC approach for SDR platforms.- Part II: Software-based Radio Cognition and Implementation Tools.- Chapter7. Application of the Scalable Communications Core as an SDR Baseband.- Chapter8. HW/SW Co-Design Toolset for Customization of Exposed Datapath Processors.- Chapter9. FPGA-based Cognitive Radio Platform with Reconfigurable Front-End and Antenna.- Chapter10. Synchronization in NC-OFDM-Based CR Platforms.- Chapter11. Towards Adaptive Cryptography and Security with Software Defined Platforms.- Chapter12. The Future of Software-Defined Radio-Recommendations.