Performance evaluation of a NoC-based design for MC-CDMA telecommunications using NS-2

The trend nowadays is to integrate telecommunication system on complex SoC. But the requirements of such architecture in terms of interconnection and bandwidth constraints lead designers to propose innovative solutions such as networks-on-chip (NoC). In this paper we address a NoC-based implementation for a 4G modem. We propose a modelling environment based on a network simulation tool to evaluate its performance and set critical parameters. We present results validating our transceiver modem and showing the pertinence of the study for design exploration compared to other approaches.