Hi Ziad, Welcome! You are using the mailing list perfectly.
Our ideas list includes projects that are currently available. You are welcome to propose your own idea; however, as you noted, that would require finding a mentor for the project. Regarding the 5G scanner, I believe this has already been implemented. We have several other exciting projects listed for this year that may interest you. Cheers, Johannes On Fri, 6 Mar 2026, 18:50 Ziad Haithem 202201027, < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear GNU Radio Community, > > My name is Ziad Haithem, and I am a Communication and Information > Engineering student from Egypt. I am writing to introduce myself and ask a > few questions regarding GSoC. > > I have a strong interest in communication systems and DSP, so I was quite > excited to see GNU Radio participating in GSoC this year. > > I wanted to share a quick story about my experience with SDR last semester > in my Digital & Wireless Communication course. Our project was to transmit > audio or images wirelessly. We used LabVIEW and two NI USRPs. My teammates > and I decided to be ambitious and build an OFDM-based system. Creating the > OFDM system in LabVIEW, debugging the issues, and finally transmitting > audio over a distance of just a few centimeters was one of the most > painfully educational experiences I've had in college. > > I came out of it with one big realization: theory is great, but the things > that were a nightmare to deal with were the practical issues you rarely > think about in a classroom—managing buffers and limited memory, > synchronizing everything so your demodulation isn't ruined by being off by > a single sample, and getting creative with debugging techniques just to > figure out what was breaking. > > I feel like developing the skills to tackle these exact issues can only > come from actually building and contributing to real-world communication > systems, which is why I am so eager to get involved with GNU Radio. > > Regarding GSoC, I had a few questions I was hoping the community could > help clarify: > > 1. > > When it comes to the list of projects from previous years, are all the > projects mentioned still available to be proposed this year, or are the > ones that had a student attached to them already considered complete? > 2. > > I wanted to get in contact with the mentors of one of last year's > projects (the 5G cell scanner). Their names are listed; however, I don't > see any actual contact info for them. > > Lastly, this is the first time I have used a mailing list. I apologize if > I have broken any etiquette; please let me know if I have, and where an > email like this one would be more appropriate to send. > > Thank you for your time, and I look forward to contributing. > > Sincerely, > > Ziad > - > Ziad Haithem Fahmy > ID:202201027 > > Communications and Information Engineering Student > > Zewail City of Science, Technology and Innovation > > Ahmed Zewail Road, October Gardens, Giza 12578, Egypt > <https://goo.gl/maps/bbNTX7EMrbZA1Lhu7> > > www.zewailcity.edu.eg > > > 0120 205 7175 > > Whatsapp number - 0109 479 1824 > > > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free.www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_-1949707499316946840_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >
