Title :
A Multi-Standard Viterbi Decoder for Mobile Applications Using a Reconfigurable Architecture
Author :
Niktash, Afshin ; Parizi, Hooman T. ; Bagherzadeh, Nader
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA
Abstract :
Viterbi decoder is used for decoding of convolutional codes in wireless communication protocols. In this paper, implementation of a Viterbi decoder on a dynamically reconfigurable architecture is presented. Performance of this implementation for applications like W-CDMA, WLAN and WiMAX is studied.
Keywords :
Viterbi decoding; WiMax; code division multiple access; convolutional codes; mobile computing; protocols; wireless LAN; W-CDMA; WLAN; WiMAX; convolutional codes; dynamically reconfigurable architecture; mobile applications; multi-standard Viterbi decoder; wireless communication protocols; Application specific integrated circuits; Convolutional codes; Digital signal processing; Feeds; Maximum likelihood decoding; Multiaccess communication; Reconfigurable architectures; Viterbi algorithm; WiMAX; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2006. VTC-2006 Fall. 2006 IEEE 64th
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0062-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0063-5
DOI :
10.1109/VTCF.2006.176
