CORBA delays in a software-defined radio

Author

Bertrand, John ; Cruz, John W. ; Majkrzak, Bryan ; Rossano, Thomas

Volume

40

Issue

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

152

Lastpage

155

Abstract

The increasing processing power available in single-chip processors is the technical enabler for a software-defined radio. Previous efforts have defined a software radio architecture based on POSIX operating systems and CORBA. Although this approach successfully hides details of the underlying hardware from the application software, it raises questions concerning the delays introduced by CORBA and their impact on the radio´s real-time operation. Measurements performed on a software radio indicate that CORBA-related delays are tolerable, even in a nonoptimized implementation

Keywords

Unix; delays; digital signal processing chips; distributed object management; multiprocessing systems; radio equipment; software architecture; CORBA delays; POSIX operating systems; application software; delay measurements; multiprocessor environment; nonoptimized implementation; real-time operation; single-chip processors; software radio architecture; software-defined radio; Application software; Communication system software; Computer architecture; Delay; Hardware; Operating systems; Performance evaluation; Software architecture; Software measurement; Software radio;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.983922

Filename

983922